Firstly, I love my work, and most of the time, I get to walk with extraordinary individuals, those rare few that dare to lead and embody the work of modern leadership pioneers, like Brene Brown. What I am still surprised about is, how rare this mindset is amongst our leaders and more importantly, our Human Resource and learning and development communities.

Recently, I gave a talk on the future of Organisational Development and Organisational Design to a group of Human Resource professionals. The session focused on progressive approaches to the two organisational domains mentioned above. About mid-way through, I presented eight questions that were in a form of litmus test, for the participants to self-measure their progressions toward modern and contemporary approaches being modelled in some of the most progressive organisations.

Here are the eight questions: