Memoirs of a Change Agent

<p><em>Memoirs of a Change Agent</em> is the most comprehensive book ever written to illustrate Organization Development (OD). It includes significant interventions in manufacturing nuclear industry software and community development. The author takes one into the <em>nitty-gritty</em> of his successful interventions.</p><p>Beyond the amazing interventions Crosby shares mostly unknown information about the beginning of Organization Development and integrates social justice with it as was the case in the birth of the T-group and the Organization Development movement.</p><p>Our turnaround was valued at hundreds of millions of dollars...the underlying most significant change was a human intervention (goal alignment survey feedback and Crosby's Skill Groups). -George Bergeron Executive Vice President Alcoa (Retired)</p><p>Crosby's account of the use of the T-group and Kurt Lewin's social psychology is a must read for practitioners and academics. -Edgar H. Schein Professor Emeritus MIT</p><p>At last a book that integrates the myriad threads of humanity OD T-groups and social justice threads often seen as unrelated. -Dr. Gloria J. Burgess CEO & President Jazz International</p><p>Robert Crosby's knowledge of the importance and application of T-groups is unsurpassed. -Dr. W.Warner Burke Columbia University</p><p>How does significant change come about? Read this book and marvel as I did with how change is accomplished. -Dr. Rodney D. Coates Miami University</p><p>A gift to OD practitioners. He whispers at your shoulder: Here's what to expect how to handle it and the underlying principle. -Barry Oshry Developer of the Power Lab</p><p>An exquisite text lovingly imagined for the next generation this tour de force should be required for aspiring applied social psychologists. -Dr. Richard A. Schmuck University of Oregon</p>