Workshop | When Good Interventions Meet Adaptive Walls: A Five-Dimensional Metatheoretical Audit of OD Practice Across Global Contexts

Many Organization Development interventions are technically sound, yet struggle to create lasting adaptive change. Why do approaches that work in one context fail in another?

In this interactive workshop, Dr. Mohammed Raei (Mo) introduces the Five-Dimensional (5D) Metatheory, a practical diagnostic framework that helps practitioners uncover the hidden assumptions shaping their interventions. Through discussion, reflection and collaborative exercises, participants will explore how context, culture and foundational beliefs influence the success of change efforts, and learn how to design interventions that are better aligned with the systems they seek to transform.

In this workshop you will:

• Explore why technically sound interventions often fail to address adaptive challenges.
• Learn the Five-Dimensional (5D) Metatheory as a practical diagnostic tool.
• Apply the framework to analyse real OD challenges.
• Examine how culture, values and assumptions influence intervention design.
• Reflect on what truly context-sensitive OD practice looks like.
• Leave with practical ideas for designing interventions that better fit their context.

Who should attend?

This workshop is designed for Organization Development practitioners, consultants, academics, practitioner-scholars and students working across national and cultural contexts. No prior knowledge of the Five-Dimensional Metatheory is required.

About the facilitator

Dr. Mohammed Raei (Mo) is an independent scholar specialising in metatheory, transdisciplinary methodology and innovation studies. He is the creator of the Five-Dimensional Metatheory, a framework for examining the foundational assumptions underpinning theories, institutions and interventions, as well as the TD 3.x transdisciplinary methodology and the M3 Innovation Topology.

Mo holds a doctorate in Leadership and Change, specialising in adaptive leadership in the Heifetz tradition. He has co-edited three Routledge books, serves as Guest Editor for the Journal of Management, Spirituality & Religion, hosts the Epistemic Alchemy Podcast, and delivers doctoral coaching internationally. Based in Amman, Jordan, he brings a distinctive cross-cultural perspective to Organization Development and metatheoretical practice.

Event Details

• Date: Saturday 3 October
• Time: 07:00 New York | 08:00 Santiago | 12:00 London | 13:00 Madrid | 16:30 New Delhi | 19:00 Singapore | 21:00 Sydney. Check your time zone HERE. 
• Duration: 90 minutes
• Cost: FREE for IODA members, U$D20 for non-members