OHIO ODNetwork Programs
Each month, OODN will offer programming on various OD topics and practices, including industry leaders, workshops, communities of practice, and networking opportunities, to broaden and enrich our OD knowledge.
Join us for our monthly interactive events focused on Organizational Development, hosted by OODN! These virtual gatherings take place on the second Friday of each month at noon. We look forward to having you with us!
Upcoming Programs
Evolving the Field of OD
Matt Minahan
Friday, June 5, 2026: Noon- 1 P.M. ET (Virtual)
This session raises some difficult, some would say undiscussable questions for us as OD practitioners. We'll note that the number of OD graduate programs is now less than half of what it was 15 years ago. The number of OD jobs advertised is now a fraction of what it was even 5 years ago. We'll note that many (most?) OD jobs are blended with HR duties. We'll be wondering how and why the coaching and change management and project management disciplines have thrived in these past years, but not OD. We'll speculate on a few of the factors that may be in our way, and we'll propose some ideas that might be shocking.
Matt Minahan EdD
Registration
Please join us for this engaging and participatory learning experience.
Cost: $10 for non‑members | Free for members
Members will receive a calendar invitation via email.
👉 REGISTER HERE: https://www.ohioodn.org/_paylink/AZ3hhFSR
Matt Minahan EdD is President of The Minahan Group, an international OD consulting firm specializing in strategic planning, organizational design, business process systems, and culture change. He has been honored with the OD Network's Lifetime Achievement and Service to the Network Awards. He was on the board of the OD Network for 8 years, including as Vice-, Co-, Chair, and Past-. He co-edited the OD Network's first book, Handbook for Strategic HR: Best Practices in Organization Development from the OD Network and has published dozens of articles and book chapters (www.minahangroup.com/writings-all). He is an Emeritus member of NTL Institute and is Co-Steward of the Core Labs business.
OODN Members Attend Free
All OODN members can attend events free of cost and will receive automatic invitations and links to attend. We kindly ask for an RSVP if you plan to join us, as it helps us inform the presenter about the expected number of attendees.
Non-Members
Non-members can attend events for a nominal cost of $10.00. To register for the event only please use the registration link for the specific event.
Events are held on the second Friday of each month at 12:00 PM (noon) ET.
Not a Member But Would Like to Join?
Visit the Join Our Community Page to complete the membership registration process and begin taking advantage of member benefits!
Humanizing Systems by Engaging Men
Sean Harvey
Friday, October 2, 2026: Noon- 1 P.M. ET (Virtual)
Humanizing Systems by Engaging Men is an interactive session designed for OD practitioners to explore how masculinity, power, and system dynamics intersect to shape leadership and culture. Participants will examine the masculinity imprint on organizational systems and consider strategic men’s engagement as an untapped culture lever of this work, uncovering where resistance lives, where engagement begins, and how men can become a powerful lever for humanizing culture and strengthening organizational effectiveness.
Sean Harvey, MSOD, MSEd,
Registration
Please join us for this engaging and participatory learning experience.
Cost: $10 for non‑members | Free for members
Members will receive a calendar invitation via email.
👉 REGISTER HERE: https://www.ohioodn.org/_paylink/AZ3bTx7p
Sean Harvey, MSOD, MSEd, is a Senior Advisor and Organizational Development practitioner who works at the intersection of masculinity, leadership, and culture. He is the founder of WCI Advisory Group, where he partners with organizations to humanize systems from within by surfacing the unspoken dynamics that drive behavior in high-pressure environments. His work examines how masculinity, identity, and power shape organizational systems and culture, particularly within male-dominated and high-intensity sectors, and helps leaders strengthen trust, reduce polarization, and improve performance.
He has held senior leadership roles including Head of Personal Transformation and Wellbeing at EILEEN FISHER and VP of Talent Consulting at Partners International, and has taught organizational behavior and change at Cornell, NYU, and Baruch College. Sean is a Fellow at American University’s Polarization and Extremism Research and Innovation Lab (PERIL), where he teaches on men, masculinity, and extremism, bringing a distinctive blend of organizational development, psycho-spiritual insight, and practical application to his work.
OODN Members Attend Free
All OODN members can attend events free of cost and will receive automatic invitations and links to attend. We kindly ask for an RSVP if you plan to join us, as it helps us inform the presenter about the expected number of attendees.
Non-Members
Non-members can attend events for a nominal cost of $10.00. To register for the event only please use the registration link for the specific event.
Events are held on the second Friday of each month at 12:00 PM (noon) ET.
Not a Member But Would Like to Join?
Visit the Join Our Community Page to complete the membership registration process and begin taking advantage of member benefits!
Helping Leaders Move Intelligently at the Speed of Change: OD Practice for High-Velocity Environments
Dr. Christopher Washington
Friday November 6, 2026: Noon- 1 P.M. ET (Virtual)
Christopher Washington, Ph.D.
This session introduces the intellectual work of the ILI Think Tank, suggesting that Organization Development (OD) practitioners can Help Leaders Move Intelligently at the Speed of Change. In high velocity environments, a central OD outcome is greater adaptive capacity: the ability of an organization to detect meaningful signals, make sense of complexity, align leaders, act with discipline, and learn quickly from results. Participants will have reviewed a practical engagement pathway for connecting traditional OD strengths with the emerging organizational demands of decision velocity, AI-enabled change, and adaptive capacity.
Registration
Please join us for this engaging and participatory learning experience.
Cost: $10 for non‑members | Free for members
Members will receive a calendar invitation via email.
👉 REGISTER HERE: https://www.ohioodn.org/_paylink/AZ53Qm5e
Dr. Christopher Washington serves as the President of the Innovative Leadership Institute’s Think Tank, where he partners with CEO’s executive teams, and boards to design leadership systems that enable sensemaking, innovation, and sustained performance in complex, fast changing environments. He is Provost Emeritus of Franklin University and serves as a contributing member of the Forbes Nonprofit Council where he writes about topics related to leadership, intrapreneurship, and innovation.
Dr. Washington holds a Ph.D. from the College of Education at The Ohio State University. He is a recipient of OSUs College of Education and Human Ecology Career Achievement Award and Western Illinois University’s Distinguished Alumni Award where he earned both Bachelor of Arts and Master of Science degrees.
OODN Members Attend Free
All OODN members can attend events free of cost and will receive automatic invitations and links to attend. We kindly ask for an RSVP if you plan to join us, as it helps us inform the presenter about the expected number of attendees.
Non-Members
Non-members can attend events for a nominal cost of $10.00. To register for the event only please use the registration link for the specific event.
Events are held on the second Friday of each month at 12:00 PM (noon) ET.
Not a Member But Would Like to Join?
Visit the Join Our Community Page to complete the membership registration process and begin taking advantage of member benefits!
Past Programs
Calling Forth Collective Wisdom for Better Outcomes
Maria Sgambati and Argerie Vasilakes
Friday, May 1, 2026: Noon- 1 P.M. ET
Imagine what would be possible in your organization if collective wisdom were easier to access – if the insights, perspectives, and lived experience already present in the system could surface more naturally and shape more fluid, adaptive solutions. This interactive workshop offers OD professionals a chance to experience that possibility firsthand through a collaborative dialogue process inspired by the World Café.
Delivered virtually, we’ll explore what becomes available when participatory conversation is intentionally cultivated: what shifts in relationships, what becomes clearer, and what new pathways for action emerge. You’ll leave with a felt sense of how collective intelligence shows up when the conditions are right – and with a concrete next step you can try in your own context to spark more generative, system-wide dialogue.
Maria Sgambati, MD and Argerie Vasilakes, MEd, MPOD
Registration is closed.
Tenneson Woolf
Getting to the Heart of It –The Art of Hosting and Organization Development
Friday, April 3, 2026, noon- 1:00pm
Organization Development espouses lofty and much-needed values for our times. It espouses practices that point to more humanity, not less. In organizations. In communities. In neighborhoods. OD dares to bridge and invoke human reverence for life with human commitment to accomplishment. The Art of Hosting, with it’s insistence on the relational, is one of the practicing communities that connects such aspirational qualities with operational direction.
Tenneson Woolf is a Poet, Coach, Group Process Facilitator.
Registration is closed.
Kathy Allen
Living Systems
Friday, March 6, 2026, noon- 1:00pm
Registration is closed.
Panel Discussion
Starting Your Own Consulting Practice
Friday, February 6, 2026, noon- 1:00pm
Registration is closed.
Jennifer Sorenson
Focusing on Human Design in the Age of AI
Friday, December 5, 2025, noon- 1:00pm
Drawing from complexity theory, Jennifer will share human dynamics that span across all of us as people. You’ll leave with a practical framework you can take with you to activate human-centric design thinking in the age of artificial intelligence.
Registration is closed.
Argerie Vasilakes
We’ve Got You: Systems that Embrace the Bereft
Friday, November 7, 2025, noon- 1:00pm
A Case Study: How a parish is co-designing a ministry to accompany grieving people from the overwhelm of loss to renewal. Guiding ideas are grounded in positive organization development. Argerie will invite us to explore transferable insights for communities facing death, job loss, loss of civil rights, and more.
Registration is closed.
Peter Block
Community
Friday, October 3, 2025, noon- 1:00pm
Peter will facilitate discussion and practice with the Six Conversations that are outlined in his book, Community: The Structure of Belonging.
Registration is closed.
Cliff Kayser
Strengthening Inner & Outer Development Using Polarity Thinking
Friday, September 5, 2025, noon- 1:00pm
An interactive presentation that will use Polarity Thinking developed by Barry Johnson and Polarity Partnerships that will focus on bridging the polarity of Inner Development Goals (IDGs) And global impact Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Registration is closed.