Welcome Back…
Welcome back,
Your dreams were your ticket out.Welcome back,
To that same old place that you laughed about.Well the names have all changed since you hung around,
But those dreams have remained and they’re turned around.Who’d have thought they’d lead ya (Who’d have thought they’d lead ya)
Here where we need ya (Here where we need ya)
How is it that every time we start a new semester it seems like we JUST finished the previous one? I know we had a few weeks off for the holidays, but it seems like we never even left…
Our 625 class (Change Strategies) met for the first time on Wednesday, and I must say, I think it’s going to be better than I expected. To be honest, I didn’t even pay attention to the course description before coming to class, and I was expecting…well, I’m not sure what I was expecting. But I wasn’t convinced this would be a class I really needed. Now I’m not so sure.
Not only was it actually good to see my classmates Wednesday night (I think it will be a great group – small, but we all know each other fairly well by this point), but I think the subject matter will actually be pretty timely for me. My organization is currently undergoing a major change initiative, and I think this class will help me shed some light on what everyone in the agency is going through, and also give me some great resources for assisting the agency through the change. I’m really excited that we are going to get to facilitate some of the change strategies – Future Search, Open Space Technology and Appreciative Inquiry. I’m hoping that actually facilitating one of these and participating in the others firsthand will give me some helpful ideas to bring back to my organization.
So bring on the new semester… Welcome back!
