Join our Experiment in Disruption . . . we are transitioning our 2020 Conference content into a virtual series, and integrating the Whova event management app to help build the sense of community ODF is strongly committed to!

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Engaging learning opportunity! Sessions will be interactive And we are pleased to offer . . .

Engaging learning opportunity!
Sessions will be interactive
And we are pleased to offer . . .

We will have one session/day
starting @ 11 AM (EDT)
on June 18 and June 24

We will have two
90-minute sessions/day
on June 19, 22, & 23
first starts @ 11 AM
and second @ 2 PM (EDT)

Now is an amazing time to be living, learning, working, and designing our future. Whether it be in organizations, communities, or any number of other types of human ecosystems – the ability to structure activity for a desired outcome has never been more powerful. The exponential rate of change, fueled by technological innovation has created opportunity to challenge, re-think, try and fail, risk and achieve extraordinary things.

ODF’s 2020 Conference “Experimenting with Organization Design: New Ways of Creating and Evolving Work” is about seizing the moment, accepting the challenge, and learning with some of the brightest and most accomplished minds in the field. We’ll explore organization design today – from start-ups to mature organizations, from traditional to more modern structures, and consider tools of the trade – how they’re changing, how they’re the same, and what data driven decision making looks like in 2020. We’ll explore how to assess things like belonging and connectedness, and the role of purpose in defining the work to be done.

We hope you’ll join us in experimenting, innovating, challenging your own mental models, and being a part of creating the future of work in a virtual series on June 18, 19, 22, 23, & 24.

Braided Organizations: Designing Augmented Human-Centric Processes to Enhance Performance and Innovation

 Bill Pasmore, PhD Michel Zarka, PhD Read More

 

Organizational Network Analytics – Innovative Tools, Data, and Thinking to Advance Organization Design

Ben Waber, PhD

 

Peer Workshops

 

Our peer workshops offer a wide variety of learning opportunities for those looking to stretch their design thinking, as well as for those looking to take home new tools and techniques. We feature dynamic, outside the box thinkers who will engage our conference participants in diverse conversation and experiential learning. ODF is committed to providing a conference experience that inspires, connects, enables, and supports the exciting work of organization design with our community of experienced, committed, enthusiastic practitioners looking to learn and share client needs and solutions that advance organizational capacities to more nimbly adapt and innovate.

DESIGNING ADAPTABLE ORGANIZATIONS TO THRIVE IN A COMPLEX WORLD

HETAL PANDYA, Deloitte
COREY NORMAN, Deloitte

It is time for organizations to make a radical shift towards becoming more adaptable, agile, and purpose-driven to respond to the demands of today’s customers and thrive in a landscape of disruption. Let’s discuss what adaptable organizations look like and why they are more effective than traditional structures and how network analysis can be used to organize for better business performance.

EXPANDING YOUR POWER (this Experiment is real): NOW DESIGN the NEW WORLD

BRUCE MABEE,  Milestone Partners, LLC

Power in organizations remains feared, misunderstood and often ignored as a design element. Yet, today’s level of transformative change explodes the opportunities. When business leaders don’t use power effectively, good design has no chance for success. This session will explore – and experiment with – how we can use organizational power much more effectively as design professionals.

THE FUTURE IS ALREADY HERE, IT’S JUST NOT EVENLY DISTRIBUTED – DYNAMIC ORGANIZATION DESIGN

SARAH SONNENFELD, Alsephina Consulting
& STEVE GARCIA, Institute for Contemporary Leadership

Science-fiction writer William Gibson said: “The future is already here — it’s just not very evenly distributed.” Where do we see glimpses of the future in organization design? We’ll explore and co-create inside a MURAL digital whiteboard

GAINING INSIGHTS AND LEVERAGING RESOURCES with NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING

ANDREW WILLIAMS, Slalom

How do you interpret multiple, extensive textual sources and align multiple viewpoints. How do you make your recollection of meetings more reliable and increase you and your teams efficiency? Natural Language Processing is a powerful tool and more accessible than you’d imagine . . .

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NAVIGATE

NAVIGATE the event agenda and logistics, even without Wi-Fi or data. Access useful information like ridesharing and local attractions through the Community Board

NETWORK

NETWORK effectively. Plan whom to meet by exploring attendee profiles and sending out messages

PARTICIPATE

PARTICIPATE in event activities through session likes, comments, ratings, live polling, tweeting, and more

“ODF conferences present information relative to the practice of organization design and organization development from the basics, including theory, to cutting edge ideas and practices. It’s an excellent return on investment for practitioners and academics.”

“This was, unquestionably, the finest professional conference of its kind I have ever attended.”

This was my first conference and it was a really great experience. Valuable learning and networking opportunities, and I felt very welcome. It truly had a feeling of a community of experts and practitioners. A 10+! Thank you.”

As planning began for a virtual series we were committed to offering sessions without charging a registration fee, and knowing the hearts and minds of our community, thought we may have an opportunity to do more good by rallying to raise funds for another non-profit organization in alignment with our mission of helping organizations around the world become more effective, successful, and inspiring.  And, with ODF board members’ emphatic support we have selected DirectRelief.