Change is the Only Constant

"Change is the only constant. Hanging on is the only sin."
~ Denise McCluggage, US Race Car Driver


I've updated this blog from the "old" Blogger platform to the "new" one.

If you attempt to post to the CCODN blog, you may be asked to upgrade your profile so that you can use the new Blogger platform.

I hope this won't pose any problems. However, if it does, don't hesitate to contact me at tkreminski [at] gmail [dot] com. I'll do my best to assist you in the transition.

(Note that the previous email address has been disguised in the probably vain hope that automated spam bots won't pick up my email address and send me a gazillion more spam messages than I already receive daily. You know what a legitimate email address looks like - please decipher the text above to create a correct and fully-formed email address if you need to contact me. Thanks!)

"Get Green," CCODN!

Green innovation was in full bloom at Friday's "Get Green Columbus" business conference! It was a wonderful surprise to bump into CCODN board members Phyllis Brusky and Kathryn Tarantino at this first-ever conference on sustainable business in Central Ohio.

I was delighted to learn about the many public-sector and private-sector projects that are in flight or planned for the next year. Of particular interest to me was the planned eco-industrial park presented by Mike Long of SWACO. An eco-industrial park is built on the eco-effectiveness principle that "waste equals food." In this concept, waste from one industrial process is "food" (raw material or input) for another industrial process. In an eco-industrial park, independent companies are co-located to support the "waste equals food" cycle.

I imagine that these independent companies must become highly interdependent to facilitate the process. To support this interdependence, I envision that OD professionals will need to be experts in how partnerships, communities, and large networks best develop, operate and grow.

Do you think that the work of OD professionals will need to change to support this interdependence? If so, how? And what are you doing to prepare for it?

- Tina Kreminski

Innovation is a Risky Business

Cleveland-based OD consultant Jack Ricchiuto shares some thoughts on innovation this week on his blog jack/ zen.

Who "gets it" in Central Ohio?

How are you helping them innovate?

Columbus "Get Green" Business Conference

Young innovators and entrepreneurs are jumping on the green business bandwagon. As OD professionals, we can help new green businesses and organizations develop their capacity and grow their triple bottom lines of planet, people, and prosperity.

Want to meet some local green entrepreneurs?

Attend the Columbus Green Business Forum December 15. The conference is sponsored by Mayor Michael Coleman's "Green Team," as well as the Center for Resilience at Ohio State and a number of local businesses and institutions.

Columbus Green Business Forum Invitation
(Note: Clicking the link opens a 1.43M .pdf file.)

Speakers include David Brehm of DesignGroup, Michael Long of SWACO, and a panel presentation by representatives of Corna/Kokosing, Northstar Cafe, Clean Water Limited, The Ohio State University, and Honda of America Manufacturing.

ISPI Coaching Event December 5

This week the Heartland Chapter of ISPI presents Janine Moon on "Coaching & Brain Science: How You Can Change Behavior."

You can register for the December 5 lunch program here.