About

My name is Oliver (Ozzie) Crocco (click here to listen to how my name is pronounced) and this blog is where I write about issues of human resource development (HRD), culture, leadership, and everyday life.

I am an Associate Professor of Leadership and Human Resource Development at Louisiana State University (LSU). I received my doctorate from George Washington University (GW) in Human and Organizational Learning and master’s degree from Harvard University in Human Development and Psychology. My scholarship explores (1) regional and comparative human resource development, particularly in Southeast Asia, (2) global leadership development and adult learning as developmental and transformative processes in complex settings, and (3) the changing nature of work and workplace learning, including digitalization, remote/hybrid work, and emerging employment arrangements.

Before coming to LSU, I worked as a Lecturer of Human and Organizational Learning at GW. I also taught at Payap University in Chiang Mai, Thailand, for four years. During that time, I became interested in HRD while working on an organizational development certificate program offered to Myanmar community-based organization workers at the Thai-Myanmar border and inside Myanmar. As an academic, I am passionate about living a meaningful life in service to others through research and teaching.

I’m grateful to have had the opportunity to work and present papers in Ireland, Malaysia, Morocco, Myanmar, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste, the UK, and Vietnam. I served as a Board Member on the Academy of Human Resource Development Board of Directors (2021-2024) and currently serve as an Associate Editor for Human Resource Development Review and on the editorial boards of Advances in Developing Human Resources, Human Resource Development International, and Industrial and Commercial Training.

In my free time, I enjoy ultimate (frisbee), reading, writing, running, motorcycling, traveling, and spending time with family.

Please feel free to get in touch with me at olivercrocco@lsu.edu.

All the best,

Ozzie