Organizational Clarity: Unicorn Books and Music

Okay, as an Organizational Development student (finishing in Winter 2017) it is very hard to separate “real life” from the OD realm in which constant analysis occurs. Evaluation, engagement, interaction all of this is summed up, categorized and reanalyzed with every organization or representative we meet, it is very hard to shut it off. In fact, we as professionals are usually on a constant rant about how to make things better (with an organization) that every business whether it is a large corporation or a mom and pop has the pleasure of undergoing this type of scrutiny.

The one thing that most professionals in the Organizational Development field wish to have is the chance to “see” an organization/ business as it starts out with a purely “Clean slate”. Just to get a psychological understanding of what first motivated its founders into beginning their business, to all the ins and outs of the decision process. From choosing the name to the location of the first location, these “basic building blocks” are essential to the business success, therefore, seeing or hearing it all got started firsthand, and not two to ten years later is fantastic.

There is an old friend of mine starting a Book, Collectible and Music store down in Winchester, Kentucky, the business is called Unicorn Books and Music. In Organizational Development, you maintain a standard of ethics so I could not pry too much into what was going on but, his email announcement of stating his intentions was right on the money. Plus, it allowed me the chance to ask a couple of questions while not being an OD “freak” at the same time.

The email got into the reason why he is starting the business because like most OD Professionals he had the analytic strength of observing how to run a business like this firsthand and what he would do to make it better if given a chance. Exactly, what most OD professionals are guilty of in some capacity!!!

Being a huge collectible nut myself and a friend I cannot wait to this store opens on June 10^th and hopefully, I will be able to pick his brain on the ins and outs of starting a new business and the challenges that go with it (that’s OD for you).

As with the downloads, I review what I recommend so this is the address of the new store so if you are in the area or are online you can review them as well:

Unicorn Books And Music

18 N. Main Street

Winchester, Kentucky, KY 40391

https://www.facebook.com/UnicornBooksAndMusic/

Finding Organizational Development organizations to network with, follow or even learn from.

When it comes to Organizational Development there are certain groups you can follow on popular social media sites either Twitter, Blogger, Google Plus, or Facebook, each of these Organizations, allow you access to articles, special tips for Organizational Development (OD) and offer (paid) goods or services that can help you with issues you or your organization may face. Plus, these sites are great for networking, publishing articles for blogs upon, and grow your OD brand overall. One of the main things OP Professionals must do constantly is network and investigate new ideas and solutions to beat the 70% probability of failure when change is implemented in the organization.

One of the main organizations I use a lot is OCAI, Marcella Bremer, who has produced a lot of articles that discusses the failures within Organizational Change and how management’s positive impact can make change possible and change the organization’s culture. The Organization Development Network is more of a paid site however one of the reasons I choose this organizational is because of the annual workshops, the 2017 OD Network Annual Conference happens in October right in Chicago, IL giving the OD Professionals not only a membership in a collective but a major chance to network with other like-minded professionals. But also as a member you will have the chance to work with the organization with Coaching and Mentoring programs to finding a job in the field being a member can have its advantages (and opportunities)! The last one, the Centre for Organization Development you will have the chance to train with the organization at different programs as a member, but on an international stage.

In case you want the chance to connect or just check out more about these organizations that focus on Organizational Development, down below is their primary website, social media sites

OCAI, Marcella Bremer: OCAI.com you can follow this organization on these popular social media sites, Twitter, Google Plus community and Facebook at:

• https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/104244751799086975666
• https://twitter.com/MarcellaBremer
• https://www.facebook.com/marcella.bremer.1

 Organization Development Network: http://www.odnetwork.org/  you can follow this organization on these popular social media sites, on Twitter and Facebook:

• https://twitter.com/ODNetwork
• https://www.facebook.com/ODNetwork/

Centre for Organization Development:  http://www.codhyd.org/ you can follow this organization on these popular social media sites, Twitter, Blogger and Facebook at:

• https://twitter.com/codhyd
• https://www.facebook.com/Centre-for-Organization-Development-146834348697514/ http://codhyd.blogspot.com/

Happy Networking!