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!
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.
Engaging learning opportunity!
Sessions will be interactive
And we are pleased to offer . . .
Free registration!
Conference Brochure
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)
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
– 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 . . .
MIND THE GAP: CREATING NEW WAYS OF WORKING by LINKING ORGANIZATION DESIGN
with WORKPLACE DESIGN STRATEGIES
with WORKPLACE DESIGN STRATEGIES
ARNOLD LEVIN, Gensler
There exists a gap in thinking and practice in the areas of organizational design and workplace design that potentially inhibits the successful adoption of workplace change, while at the same time posing opportunities to help organizations create the substantial change required in today’s disruptive business environment.
NAVIGATING UNCERTAINTY: CREATING A SENSE-AND-RESPOND ORGANIZATION
JARDENA LONDON, Rosetta Technology Group
SALLY BREYLEY PARKER, TimeZero Enterprises
A VUCA world – Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous – limits the effectiveness of predictions and plans. However, organizations must have a way to make decisions about longer term investments. This session addresses how to incorporate sense-and-respond techniques suited for VUCA environments into organizational design and management.
“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.
MORE DETAILS . . .
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NETWORK effectively. Plan whom to meet by exploring attendee profiles and sending out messages
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