After twenty deeply satisfying years as a Framework member, I have decided to bring my career in consultancy to a close at the end of this year. Since making my decision I have been recalling the many people I have
What kind of leadership best supports OD? What is the relationship between leadership and organisational culture? What can we learn from our own experience and from recent management thinking on leadership? These were some of the questions that participants from across the
Earlier this year I completed an extremely interesting assignment with the Dutch organisation PAX for Peace. PAX approached INTRAC to ask for help with devising and piloting an action learning programme. INTRAC asked me if I would be interested to
Earlier this month we received the very sad news that Tim Pickles died very unexpectedly on 1 February 2018. Tim was a member of Framework from 1989-2000 and played a very influential role in the collective’s development. As an early
Happy New Year wishes from all of us at Framework. We hope 2018 brings you health, fulfilment and happiness in a more peaceful and socially just world.
We are looking for new members to join us in Framework. If you share our values and can demonstrate this through your current work; if you have approximately 10 years of experience in your field, ideally with consultancy experience; and if your field
Since March 2016 Brenda and I have been working as mentors in the INTRAC / NAMA Foundation initiative called Consultants for Change (C4C). C4C aims to develop the ability of a cohort of committed individuals to provide sustainable consultancy and support services
If you are interested to see the great organisations we have been working with over the past year, please check out our animated client timeline here.
Organisational development practice is always evolving and in my view one of the most interesting recent developments in the field has been the evolution of dialogic OD (in contrast to the more conventional diagnostic approach). The main champions of the dialogic approach
We held one of our twice-a-year Development Days in York yesterday. We extended the format a little – arriving the previous evening and having an excellent meal at the El Piano vegan restaurant accompanied by a passionate discussion about recent
I’m sure many of you are seeing your newsfeeds full of discussion about what is happening in Ukraine, and how best to help. That desire to help is a basic human instinct, and the reason why many of our current
