Pre-Conference Workshop – Introduction to the Practice of Organization Design
$349.00
Are you new to the field of organization design? Do you want to better understand and be conversant in foundational organization design models and processes? If so, this engaging, interactive program will build your awareness, understanding, and knowledge as an emerging practitioner of organization design. You will be introduced to a growing, inclusive, learning community and connect what you already know to the vital practice of organization design!
Date: May 6, 2024
Time: 9:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Facilitated by Cynthia Escamilla, an ODF Board Member and Principal/Owner of Elena Consulting LLC
This fast-paced, highly interactive session is intended for those who are beginning the practice of organization design or want to better understand what organization design is, its underlying theory and methodology. If you are wondering how to connect what you already know to the deep and powerful change that organization design creates, this workshop is for you. At the conclusion of the program, participants will:
- Be conversant in a few of the important organization design models and the assumptions behind what shaped them
- Know how to recognize what is – and isn’t – an organization design opportunity
- Understand the steps in a “typical” organization design process and some common pitfalls along the way
- Be familiar with their role as a consultant including where and what level they are entering the client system and capabilities required for org design consulting
- Have experience applying a subset of course material to their own experience
- Have information on where to go from here including access to a library of resources
Participants will be asked to watch a short introductory video as pre-work and they will also be provided with the course material to use for future reference.
More about Cynthia Escamilla: Cynthia Elena Escamilla is the Principal/Owner of Elena Consulting LLC and Principal Consultant with KatesKesler Organization Consulting. With over 25 years of Fortune 500 experience, Cynthia is an insightful strategic consultant with deep organizational development skills.
She has led global organization design projects, from strategy to implementation planning and activation. She thrives in coaching leaders through the design process, building organizational capabilities by helping them lead through change and understand the talent and cultural impact of their designs.
Prior to launching her consulting career, Cynthia was a Senior Human Resources leader with Nike and started her career with Intel. Cynthia holds an Advanced Organization Design certification from the USC Marshall School of Business, and earned her B.S. in International Business from San José State University.
Cynthia resides in Portland, OR with her family.
