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Join Sarah Fraser and Steve Hearsum in this podcast episode as they talk about their time teaching a module on organisational change. They discuss the challenges of planning for the future when it's uncertain and touch on power dynamics, the need for sharing power, and the role of human behavior in shaping organisations. They share some surprising moments, like the idea of a group nap, and emphasize the importance of being fully present today to create a better future. 

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In our latest Mayvin Sofa Chats episode, Sophie Tidman and Tony Nicholls, are back for more talk about feedback. This time, they're chatting about how to handle positive feedback and why it can be tricky. 

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In our first Mayvin Sofa Chats episode, our principal consultants, Sophie Tidman and Tony Nicholls, sit down for a chat about feedback. They talk about how to give feedback, what it is, and share their own stories.

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In today’s episode we are very grateful to be joined by two more of our current masters cohort – Jennie and Rachel. We asked if they would be up for sharing their experience of the Mayvin Masters programme with you and they sent us this. In this 20min conversation they talk about how their expectations differed from the reality (in a good way), fitting the programme in around full time work, feeling like they’ve really found their tribe in the other members of the cohort and the impact the programme has had on them both professionally and personally including the Masters being responsible for Jennie securing a new job role, feeling like a corporate hippie, and feeling revitalised, re-energized, hopeful and confident. 

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Tony and Martin recently went to the EODF conference in Lisbon and in this short podcast episode they discuss the conference's energy, innovative ideas, and the harmony between technology and people. They talk about artificial intelligence and how it influences how businesses are organised, blending tech tools with the human aspect in companies.

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Tony and Martin recently went to the ODEF conference in Lisbon and in this short podcast episode they discuss the conference's energy, innovative ideas, and the harmony between technology and people. They talk about artificial intelligence and how it influences how businesses are organised, blending tech tools with the human aspect in companies.

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In today’s episode, Sebastien de Morelos and Andrew Grenfell, participants from our MA programme, had a chat about their experiences. They talked about how the programme changed their professional lives and made them think differently about work and personal life. They also mentioned the importance of self-awareness, understanding power dynamics, and finding both joy and learning in the programme. 

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As promised Tony & Carolyn have recorded some exclusive content for you, our Alumni network. And as you might have guessed from the title, this particular piece is around Practice Based Learning in times of continuing disruption. If you have any questions or comments please do let us know - [email protected].

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In today's episode, James and Carolyn are going to be talking all things Mayvin Masters. As you may have heard, we're thrilled to be announcing the second cohort of our MA in people and organisation development starting March 2024. To celebrate, Carolyn and James got together and recorded this podcast, answering some of your most common questions. So why do it and why is it different? What will it do for me? And what will I get out of it? And a little bit about the structure and what you can do if you want to find out more.

Transcript 

James Traeger  1:33  
Hello, so we're going to be talking about our master's in people and organisation development. So I'll start by asking you, Carolyn, why might people do a programme like this, like the people in organisation development masters that we run?

Carolyn Norgate  1:53  
Well, if I think back to most of my career was as an internal OD consultant, so many years in NHS, few years in the civil service before I came here. And one of the things that I was looking for in the internals I worked with internal change and organisational development design consultants are often looking for is, I suppose to reflect on my practice, a community of practitioners to work with and really think about how change happens. I'm going to say in reality, which makes it sound like they're not in reality. Yeah. But I think there's something quite interesting about how organisations choose to position change, as if it is structured and linear and

James Traeger  2:48  
can be planned easily. Yeah, yeah.

Carolyn Norgate  2:50  
And I think that can be quite difficult to work with so. So that sense of have both having community having the time and space to research and work with the, you know, what do theorists say around this? But more importantly, how do I practice well in this space, so my background was as an internal OD consultant, this programme works for internal OD consultants, but we also have people on the programme, who come from a more change, sort of business change that sort of internal world business architecture, that sort of area. We've, and we designed it for people who might be leaders of change. So I'm thinking again, of our current cohort, there's someone who's a leader of a big operational function in a sort of broadly healthcare environment. external consultants, freelancers, yeah, again, some of them working more in design, more sort of plan change areas, some in the what who would call themselves OD consultants. So it's quite a broad church. But I think change is the the nexus point, and

James Traeger  4:13  
how to really get change done, isn't it if you're really interested in how you get change done, besides what it says in the textbooks, but actually how you create coalition's and manage the process in order to do that. And you're not just stepping back and thinking about it, are you you're actually doing it? Yes, part of the master's programme,

Carolyn Norgate  4:34  
which actually, you might start to answer now, James, because one of the things we're going to talk about was, how is it different? So what's your stance and pretend around that?

James Traeger  4:42  
Well, the programme, I would say, is designed for busy people. So it's designed for people who have a hankering to learn and who may be in a point in their career where they really want to learn for themselves, but also, they're usually doing big jobs. busy jobs, and they've got big lives, you know, lots of commitments. And they want a programme that gives them a community. But that fits in well with their busy life that has some meeting real meeting with people face to face, but also works online so that they can virtually so that they can mix and match their their lifestyle and their learning sty

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In this episode, we're lucky to be joined by client and now friend of Mayvin, Adrian Clarke, head of OD at Virgin Media O2. After Adrian read our Tony's book: "Managing Change in Organizations, he had some questions that he wanted to ask Tony, around:

• Leadership as a tool of management (rather than the other way around)
• Limitations of change and management tools
• The importance of embracing difference and challenge
• And how to find time for these practices

The conversation highlights the key role of relationships in effective management and provides insights into the characteristics of a good manager in the context of change management. Hope you enjoy listening.

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