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Session: Moving Teams from Fear to Forward: Building Trust, Optimism for Risk Taking, and Innovation Trust and optimism are not soft extras. They shape whether people will take risks, experiment, and move toward something new. This highly interactive session blends Timothy R. Clark’s 4 Stages of Psychological Safety and Amy Edmondson’s Fearless Organization — with a hands-on experiential activity that makes the theory visceral, memorable, and immediately applicable. Presenters: Debbie DiGregorio-Hixson + Sharon Blackborow
Debbie is an OD practitioner, coach, and facilitator whose work centers on building high-trust, high-performance cultures. She brings both scholarly rigor and practical wisdom to her practice, integrating research-backed frameworks with the kind of engaging facilitation that creates lasting behavior change.
Sharon has spent over two decades at top organizations such as the Campbell Soup Company, MetLife, AstraZeneca, HHMI and Inova - building a reputation for delivering programs based on cutting edge research that shape growth-minded and change agile cultures. Using her humor, compassion and strength, Sharon is a uniquely skilled facilitator and coach, creating spaces that are both safe and challenging. |
HOW DO TEAMS MOVE FROM FEAR TO FORWARD?Who We AreChesapeake Bay Organization Development Network (CBODN) is the premier DC Metro area network for organization development (OD) practitioners. Founded in Chesapeake Bay, Maryland, our name pays homage to those elders who made vital contributions to the field of OD. | Quick links | Connect with CBODN |
