Interdepartmental Organizational Change Network / Réseau interministériel du changement organisationnel

(Disponible en français : RICO-IOCN)

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Welcome to the Interdepartmental Organizational Change Network (IOCN)

You may wonder, what the Interdepartmental Organizational Change Network (IOCN) does as a Community of Practice (CoP) or as a Community of Interest (CoI). We embrace Organizational Development (OD), Change Management (CM), and Mindful Change Leadership (MCL).

What is OD and CM?

Although there are a number of definitions of Organization Development (OD) and Change Management (CM), we offer the following as a source of information to understand the essence of the field of OD and CM:

• Organization development is a system-wide process, led by clients, to increase the effectiveness and well-being of their organization, through the application of action-research and human behavioural science knowledge.
• Change management is a structured approach to transitioning individuals, teams, and organizations from a current state to a desired future state. It includes both organizational change management processes and individual change management models, which together are used to manage the people side of change.

Find out more details by reading the IOCN's Terms of Reference

Do you want to contact us and get involved? Send us an email

Please note that by joining any of the groups listed on this page you become a member of the IOCN.

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Our Groups

GCCollab: Government of Canada Organizational Culture and Change (IOCN-RICO CM CoP)

gcxchange: The IOCN is now active on gcxchange, join us at A Mindful Change Leadership (MS Edge recommended)

• Note: As GCConnex will be decommissioned on April 1, 2025, we are moving our Change Management to Mindful Change Leadership (GCConnex) into the GCCollab and gcxchange platforms. GCConnex will be available as "read only" from January 27, 2025, and will be decommissioned April 1, 2025.

GCCollab: Mindful Change Leadership Development (MCLD) - Program Cohort, CoP & CoI

♥ NEW -THE OFFERING!!: Invitation to the Mindful Change Leadership Development (MCLD) Program 2025 English Offering

Convergence: A page dedicated to leverage the various sessions offered by, and to, the Federal Government of Canada employees

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Resources

Discussions		Blogs / Les blogues - GCCollab Blogs - gcxchange (internal to public service access)
Events - GCCollab Events - gcxchange (internal to public service access)		Recordings for the Group / Les enregistrements pour le groupe : Recordings and slides from past sessions (on the GCConnex group internal to public service access) 2021 IOCN Think Tank series on Transformation (TTsT)(youtube) 2022 IOCN Think Tank series on Transformation (TTsT)(youtube) Adaptive Action - The Power of Inquiry (youtube) Mindful Change Leadership Development (MCLD) (youtube)
Tool Compendium (GCPedia internal to public service access)		GCcollab Group Files

Review

• Revised and Updated January 2025.

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