CGO Change Agent Action Learning Forum
In May 2000, CGO launched its “Action Learning Forum” for senior professionals working to advance gender equity and diversity and improving effectiveness in organizations. CGO convened a group of 10 change agents and reflective practitioners who engaged in mutual inquiry and learning about making and sustaining deep cultural and systemic changes in organizations.
This project was guided by the principles of “action learning.” In several sessions over a seven-month period participants had the chance to:
interact with CGO researchers and other senior professionals engaged in making change around gender equity and broader diversity issues in complex organizational systems
work on real problems and dilemmas with which they were currently struggling as the basis for learning
meet on equal terms to discuss one another’s dilemmas and share ideas and lessons grounded in members’ years of practice and research
engage in ongoing cycles of action and reflection, by focusing on the work they do in their organization and the reactions and analytical frameworks that were brought forward.
This project was funded by the Ford Foundation and built on research and practice of the Center for Gender in Organizations (CGO). The design of the Forum was done in collaboration with Gill Coleman of the New Academy of Business in the UK.
Click here to download the resulting briefing note, “Exploring Action Learning,” developed by the CGO Action Learning Project Team.
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