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Papers by Royce Holladay
Stanford University Press eBooks, Jun 30, 2020
Rooted in the study of chaos and complexity, Adaptive Action introduces a simple, common sense pr... more Rooted in the study of chaos and complexity, Adaptive Action introduces a simple, common sense process that will guide you and your organization into reflective action. This elegant method prompts readers to engage with three deceptively simple questions: What? So what? Now what? The first leads to careful observation. The second invites you to thoughtfully consider options and implications. The third ignites effective action. Together, these questions and the tools that support them produce a dynamic and creative dance with uncertainty. The road-tested steps of adaptive action can be used to devise solutions and improve performance across multiple challenges, and they have proven to be scalable from individuals to work groups, from organizations to communities. In addition to laying out the adaptive action framework and clear protocols to support it, Glenda H. Eoyang and Royce J. Holladay introduce best practices from exemplary professionals who have used adaptive action to meet personal, professional, and political challenges in leadership, consulting, Alzheimer's treatment, evaluation, education reform, political advocacy, and cultural engagement-readying readers to employ this new toolkit to meet their own goals with a sense of ingenuity and flexibility.
Rooted in the study of chaos and complexity, Adaptive Action introduces a simple, common sense pr... more Rooted in the study of chaos and complexity, Adaptive Action introduces a simple, common sense process that will guide you and your organization into reflective action. This elegant method prompts readers to engage with three deceptively simple questions: What? So what? Now what? The first leads to careful observation. The second invites you to thoughtfully consider options and implications. The third ignites effective action. Together, these questions and the tools that support them produce a dynamic and creative dance with uncertainty. The road-tested steps of adaptive action can be used to devise solutions and improve performance across multiple challenges, and they have proven to be scalable from individuals to work groups, from organizations to communities. In addition to laying out the adaptive action framework and clear protocols to support it, Glenda H. Eoyang and Royce J. Holladay introduce best practices from exemplary professionals who have used adaptive action to meet pe...
In today’s fast-paced, information-rich, and quickly expanding landscape, organizations face a mo... more In today’s fast-paced, information-rich, and quickly expanding landscape, organizations face a monumental task. Building and maintaining solid foundations to support adaptable, positive cultures is difficult in the face of a shifting economy, physically separated workplaces, and increasing diversity in the workforce. These changes in the landscape are forcing organization leaders to think about organizational sustainability in new and different ways. The purpose of this paper is to describe a concept and process of developing “simple rules” as a key to establishing the adaptability and flexibility that is necessary in complex organizational environments. After presenting the underlying theory and dynamics of this tool, real-life examples describe how the tool has been used in a manufacturing corporation, a governmental agency, and in a small consulting firm.
Journal of Personnel Evaluation in Education, 1992
Educators across the country are struggling with the issues of restructuring the education system... more Educators across the country are struggling with the issues of restructuring the education system, being held accountable for their efforts, and raising the expectations for student outcomes. Different groups rally around various programs, causes, and schools of ...
OD Network Journal, 2005
In today's fast-paced, information-rich, and quickly expanding landscape, organizations face a mo... more In today's fast-paced, information-rich, and quickly expanding landscape, organizations face a monumental task. Building and maintaining solid foundations to support adaptable, positive cultures is difficult in the face of a shifting economy, physically separated workplaces, and increasing diversity in the workforce. These changes in the landscape are forcing leaders to think about organizational sustainability in new and different ways. The purpose of this paper is to describe a concept and process of developing "Simple Rules" as a key to establishing the adaptability and flexibility that is necessary in complex organizational environments. After presenting the underlying theory and dynamics of this tool, real-life examples describe how the tool has been used in a manufacturing corporation, a governmental agency, and in a small consulting nonprofit organization. Organizations as Complex Adaptive Systems The field of human systems dynamics applies concepts of chaos and complexity science to study interactions of individuals as they live, work, and play together in organizations, communities, and families (Eoyang, 2003). Borrowing metaphors from complex systems in nature, the field applies those concepts to understand interactions and interdependencies in human systems. The usefulness of this work is its underlying assumption that understanding how a system works can lead to knowing how to influence its future behavior.
Stanford University Press eBooks, Jun 30, 2020
Rooted in the study of chaos and complexity, Adaptive Action introduces a simple, common sense pr... more Rooted in the study of chaos and complexity, Adaptive Action introduces a simple, common sense process that will guide you and your organization into reflective action. This elegant method prompts readers to engage with three deceptively simple questions: What? So what? Now what? The first leads to careful observation. The second invites you to thoughtfully consider options and implications. The third ignites effective action. Together, these questions and the tools that support them produce a dynamic and creative dance with uncertainty. The road-tested steps of adaptive action can be used to devise solutions and improve performance across multiple challenges, and they have proven to be scalable from individuals to work groups, from organizations to communities. In addition to laying out the adaptive action framework and clear protocols to support it, Glenda H. Eoyang and Royce J. Holladay introduce best practices from exemplary professionals who have used adaptive action to meet personal, professional, and political challenges in leadership, consulting, Alzheimer's treatment, evaluation, education reform, political advocacy, and cultural engagement-readying readers to employ this new toolkit to meet their own goals with a sense of ingenuity and flexibility.
Rooted in the study of chaos and complexity, Adaptive Action introduces a simple, common sense pr... more Rooted in the study of chaos and complexity, Adaptive Action introduces a simple, common sense process that will guide you and your organization into reflective action. This elegant method prompts readers to engage with three deceptively simple questions: What? So what? Now what? The first leads to careful observation. The second invites you to thoughtfully consider options and implications. The third ignites effective action. Together, these questions and the tools that support them produce a dynamic and creative dance with uncertainty. The road-tested steps of adaptive action can be used to devise solutions and improve performance across multiple challenges, and they have proven to be scalable from individuals to work groups, from organizations to communities. In addition to laying out the adaptive action framework and clear protocols to support it, Glenda H. Eoyang and Royce J. Holladay introduce best practices from exemplary professionals who have used adaptive action to meet pe...
In today’s fast-paced, information-rich, and quickly expanding landscape, organizations face a mo... more In today’s fast-paced, information-rich, and quickly expanding landscape, organizations face a monumental task. Building and maintaining solid foundations to support adaptable, positive cultures is difficult in the face of a shifting economy, physically separated workplaces, and increasing diversity in the workforce. These changes in the landscape are forcing organization leaders to think about organizational sustainability in new and different ways. The purpose of this paper is to describe a concept and process of developing “simple rules” as a key to establishing the adaptability and flexibility that is necessary in complex organizational environments. After presenting the underlying theory and dynamics of this tool, real-life examples describe how the tool has been used in a manufacturing corporation, a governmental agency, and in a small consulting firm.
Journal of Personnel Evaluation in Education, 1992
Educators across the country are struggling with the issues of restructuring the education system... more Educators across the country are struggling with the issues of restructuring the education system, being held accountable for their efforts, and raising the expectations for student outcomes. Different groups rally around various programs, causes, and schools of ...
OD Network Journal, 2005
In today's fast-paced, information-rich, and quickly expanding landscape, organizations face a mo... more In today's fast-paced, information-rich, and quickly expanding landscape, organizations face a monumental task. Building and maintaining solid foundations to support adaptable, positive cultures is difficult in the face of a shifting economy, physically separated workplaces, and increasing diversity in the workforce. These changes in the landscape are forcing leaders to think about organizational sustainability in new and different ways. The purpose of this paper is to describe a concept and process of developing "Simple Rules" as a key to establishing the adaptability and flexibility that is necessary in complex organizational environments. After presenting the underlying theory and dynamics of this tool, real-life examples describe how the tool has been used in a manufacturing corporation, a governmental agency, and in a small consulting nonprofit organization. Organizations as Complex Adaptive Systems The field of human systems dynamics applies concepts of chaos and complexity science to study interactions of individuals as they live, work, and play together in organizations, communities, and families (Eoyang, 2003). Borrowing metaphors from complex systems in nature, the field applies those concepts to understand interactions and interdependencies in human systems. The usefulness of this work is its underlying assumption that understanding how a system works can lead to knowing how to influence its future behavior.