Generative Change and Generative Leadership: A Conversation with Gervase Bushe

This is the fifth video produced in the ‘Just in Case…’ mini-series sponsored by Quality and Equality. In this video, Gervase Bushe, a leader on the discussion of Dialogic OD, speaks to us about generative change, how it differs from the traditional planned change approach, and details the generative change model with examples. The five questions we asked her are:   

1. What is dialogic organisation development?

2. What are the three enablers of transformation?

3. What is the traditional planned change approach?

4. What is a generative image? (eg. Stress Free Customer Service)

5. What is generative leadership?

Resources and Pages from the Bushe-Marshak Institute for Dialogic OD

• The Generative Change Model: Creating the Agile Organization while dealing with a Complex Problem

• Dialogic OD: A Theory of Action

• Generative Leadership

• The Dialogic Mindset for Generative Change

• Planned and Generative Change in OD

For a detailed overview to the theory of Dialogic OD, you can download the free Companion to the BMI Series in Dialogic OD by registering with the institute.

• A playlist of videos on Dialogic OD curated by Gervase Bushe: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuxjy50DBmIj9teFyT5JIjFSB9R4fWZNN

• On Dialogic Process Consulting with Bob Marshak

• On Hosting Generative Change with Mark McKergow

• On Dialogic Team Coaching with Ben Bratt

Biography 

Gervase (pronounced Jervis) Bushe is the Professor of Leadership and Organization Development at the Beedie School of Business at SFU  His career spans four decades of transforming organizational structures, cultures and processes away from command and control toward more collaborative work systems.  He is an award winning author of over 100 papers and four books on organizational change, leadership, teams and teamwork. Gervase has consulted to blue chip corporations and start-ups, public sector and business corporations, in a variety of sectors, using highly collaborative process of inquiry to create transformational change. His recent book, Dialogic Organization Development: The Theory and Practice of Transformational Change, co-edited with Robert Marshak (2015) builds on his groundbreaking research into processes of generative leadership and change, and has garnered international acclaim. His latest book, The Dynamics of Generative Change (2020), offers a practical alternative to traditional planned change, better aligned with the needs for agility and engagement in today’s organizations.  Since 2016 HR Magazine in the UK has identified him as one of the 30 most influential HR Thinkers. In September 2019 he was ranked 12th. A chapter on his life and work appears in the Palgrave Handbook of Organizational Change Thinkers.

Email

bushe@sfu.ca