Author Archives: Patrick A. Trottier

About Patrick A. Trottier

I am a 30 plus year applied Organizational Development practitioner having honed my craft in the U.S., Canada and internationally. Presently living in beautiful Vancouver, B.C., I am currently developing the next evolution of O.D. termed; 'Emergent Organizational Development and Emergent Change® (EODC)®, and focusing on Emergent OD®, Emergent Change® and the development of Emergent Organizations® within my professional practice.

Emergent Leadership™ For The Modern World

Posted on July 5, 2019

© By Patrick A. Trottier As organizations move into the 21st Century, Leadership must itself transform itself as organizations today are facing a significant increase in the rate of change, novel technologies as well as greater complexities related to the … Continue reading →

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Basic Principles For An Emergent Organizational Development and Change (EODC)™ Platform

Posted on July 2, 2019

© By Patrick A. Trottier The following thoughts and principles, having been formed from the last 30+ years of my study, thought and practice, create a synergistic component of an overall foundation for an Emergent Organizational Development and Change (EODC)™ … Continue reading →

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Self-Agency

Posted on June 19, 2019

Everything included in this blog site is under trademark, 2017. We appreciate your honoring and respecting such. Nothing can be printed or used in any way without written (not email) permission by Patrick A. Trottier, The Institute of Emergent Organizational … Continue reading →

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Up-dated PPT ‘Part 1, Emergent Change’

Posted on July 10, 2018

© Patrick Trottier This is an up-dated PPT version of: ‘Part 1 Emergent Change’. Click here to view: Part 1 PPT EODC ‘EMERGENT CHANGE’ 2.3.1.1.1.1 AB It may take a bit of time to come up in Microsoft PPT – … Continue reading →

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My Approach To Traditional Organizational Development

Posted on July 9, 2018

© By Patrick A. Trottier Before we begin: This write-up relates to the traditional Organizational Development methodology rather than the Emergent Organizational Development (EOD)® Platform generally referred to on this site. To begin: What is Organizational Development? Organizational Development is a … Continue reading →

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PPT Presentation on EMERGENT CHANGE®

Posted on June 11, 2018

© Patrick Trottier This an up-dated PPT presentation on ‘EODC® and Emergent Change®: Click on top menu ‘Slide Show‘, then to the left ‘From Beginning‘. It is important to view the PPT ‘in motion’ to experience the GIFs… the GIFs … Continue reading →

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The Simple Law of Emergent Transforming™

Posted on April 18, 2018

© By Patrick A. Trottier The Law of Emergent Transforming™ “When one’s comfort zone (individual, group, organization) with ‘the unknown’ is greater than (>) one’s comfort zone of ‘the known’, transformation occurs naturally.” Curiosity, exploration, imagination, openness, inquiry, dialogue / … Continue reading →