Mayvin associate Dr Richard Hale has collaborated with Professor Dave Ulrich on the publication of the article How Leaders Lead Post-Pandemic
Organisation Development
10 years of Mayvin: Martin Saville & James Traeger in conversation
In this short animation, founding directors Martin Saville and James Traeger reflect on Mayvin’s first decade of creating People Change with our clients and community. Founded in 2010 by Tony Fraser, Martin Saville and James Traeger, with Sarah Fraser joining the director team in 2014, Mayvin has helped people across the public, private and third sectors to manage the uncertainty and …
Purpose and ethics of organisation development: moral practice of the moment
Dr James Traeger and Dr Rob Warwick have been working with ODN Europe to ask some fundamental questions about the future of organisation development (OD). Here, James and Rob share where they see the future and ethics brought into sharp relief by the ongoing pandemic. Rob Warwick writes: It is spring 2020 and Covid-19 is ripping its way …
Inviting Dialogue on a Forthcoming Mayvin Book – Part 3: Shifts in management practice, not more leadership, enables change
In the last of three posts, Mayvin Principal Consultant Tony Nicholls continues to set out the content for his future book. His aim is to socialise his thinking in order to invite commentary and critique. In his first post, he set out his thinking for why management needs a stronger focus to counterbalance the decades-old obsession …
Inviting Dialogue on a Forthcoming Mayvin Book – Part 2: Management Practice is Essentially Change Management Practice
In the second post of a series of three, Mayvin Principal Consultant Tony Nicholls sets out the opening chapter for his future book. His aim is to socialise his thinking in order to invite commentary and critique. In his first post, he argued why management needs a stronger focus to counterbalance the decades-old obsession with leadership. …
Inviting Dialogue on a Forthcoming Mayvin Book – Part 1: Management has to be the new Black
In a series of three posts, Mayvin Principal Consultant Tony Nicholls sets out the opening chapter for his future book. His aim is to socialise his thinking in order to invite commentary and critique. He writes based on experiences working and consulting in various types of organisation. This experience is intermingled with the theories and …
The serious challenge of appreciation that gets results
In this article about using an appreciative approach to solve organisational challenges, Mayvin Director Tony Fraser describes the core and effectiveness of this approach through real examples. An appreciative approach to organisational challenges offers the possibility of being more forensic and effective Last year my favourite piece of work was with a hospital. The work …
Gestalt in Organisation Development: Contact
In this last blog post of his series about Gestalt in Organisation Development, Mayvin Chairman Tony Fraser shares his understanding of the Gestalt idea of ‘Contact’. Using real-life stories and examples, Tony explains what contact is and why it is so relevant to organisational consulting. As in the previous articles, (Awareness Comes First and Making …
Carolyn Norgate joins Mayvin on secondment from the UK Civil Service
We are delighted to announce that Carolyn Norgate has joined the Mayvin Team as Principal Consultant, on a one-year secondment from the UK Civil Service Organisation Development and Design Specialist Partnering function. The stars were aligned so that Carolyn has been able to come onboard at a time when Mayvin Director Sarah Fraser is preparing to …
Gestalt in Organisational Development: Making Meaning
This article about Making Meaning is the second in a series of three about the practical application of the Gestalt Method to organisations: Raising Awareness; Making Meaning; Encouraging and Supporting Contact. Mayvin Chairman Tony Fraser describes the distinctive Gestalt Organisational Development interventions. Moreover, these interventions bring fresh insight and recognition by getting around the typical …
Tourette’s Syndrome: Shedding fresh light on our everyday Organisation Development Practice
Since a Tourette’s related one-liner won the funniest joke of the 2019 Edinburgh fringe, the neurological condition has received a lot of media attention. Mayvin Principal Consultant Tony Nicholls has been investigating more about Tourette’s. He writes about his reflections on one of Oliver Sacks’ stories about patients with this syndrome. In addition, Tony shares his …
Gestalt in Organisation Development: Awareness Comes First
Mayvin Chairman Tony Fraser introduces the first of three articles about Gestalt in Organisation Development (OD). After a brief introduction including an account of his personal experience of the power of the Gestalt method, Tony highlights the three distinctive domains of the Gestalt OD practitioner: Raising Awareness; Making meaning; Encouraging and supporting contact. This article …