The Transformation Decade: Trends 2010-2020
Session description: We have left the Information Age and are moving into the Shift Age. Everything is in a state of shift. Companies, managers, and leaders need to be able to transform the companies and organizations they run to succeed in the next 10 years. This session will be a big picture look into the future by the “emerging futurist of today”.
In this session, you will learn:
- the forces shaping this new decade
- changes in the workplace and leadership
- what companies will need to do to survive and thrive in the years ahead
Presenter: David Houle is a futurist, speaker, and author. He has been called the “CEOs futurist” having spoken to or advised some 1,000 CEOs in the last three years. His book, The Shift Age was published in 2008 and his semi-annual Shift Age Trend Report was launched in 2009.
The Neuroscience of Organizational Change
Session description: Change is a constant for today’s organizations. Those that develop a greater capacity to adapt and change will find themselves with a strategic advantage. OD practitioners can play a key role in helping their organizations ready themselves for change, especially by understanding the change process further. Until recently we have only had ‘descriptive’ models of change—models that explained the stages that occur when change happens.
New research is pointing in the direction of more ‘active’ models that OD practitioners can use to actually better enable change to occur. Research especially from neuroscience is uncovering how change happens in the brain, the conditions that make change more likely, and how change can be brought about more easily. Join David Rock for an inspiring and insightful session about the emerging science of NeuroLeadership, and discover how you can better help your organization adapt to changing times.
In this session, you will learn:
- how organizational change is tied to neural-change
- how the brain changes
- the conditions for change in the brain
- how to effectively implement systemic changes across an organization
Presenter: David Rock coined the term ‘NeuroLeadership’ and co-founded the NeuroLeadership Institute. He has authored the books Personal Best, Quiet Leadership, and the textbook Coaching with the Brain in Mind.
Does Learning Really Change Anything?… Creating Transformational Development Experiences
Session description: A significant element of the 21st Century focus on learning and OD will be designing and delivering transformational development experiences for employees and customers. The key word to note is “experiences”. It’s time for business and talent leaders to make the paradigm shift from workshops and events lasting hours and days to extended development experiences that integrate formal and informal development to deliver personal and organizational change. In this interactive presentation, you will reflect on your own “life changing” learning experiences.
In this session, you will learn:
- how to apply the models and frameworks of The Experience Economy as a part of a six-step process that converges learning and change to produce transformational business results
- the Pecha Kucha presentation, which introduces the Progression of Learning Value and the high level process for designing and delivering transformational development experiences
Presenters: Bob Dean is a senior executive in learning, LD, and talent management, and is the Director of Americas for Profiling Online. He has been a catalyst for learning innovation driving business impact in three major professional services firms.
Richard Flanagan is a business consultant whose practice focuses on helping people and organizations to change and improve the ways that deliver measurable business and personal results. Richard is a co-author of The Six Disciplines of Breakthrough Learning: How to Turn Training and Development into Business Results.
STRETCHING Ourselves as OD Professionals
Session description: How do you grow yourself personally and professionally in today’s business climate? In what ways do we need to evolve our understanding of what it means to be an OD professional in this time of the “New Normal?” Stretch your thinking about vital skills and approaches for OD professionals through engaging your clients intellectually, physically, emotionally, and soulfully. Participants will be exposed to the “S-T-R-E-T-C-H” concept, which wraps together: Social responsibility, Technical expertise, Relationship building, Experiential techniques, Technology-enhanced delivery, Cross-cultural principals, and Having purposeful fun.
In this session, you will learn how to:
- create innovative and intensive experiences when implementing OD initiatives
- stretch your own OD skills and approaches from multiple perspectives
Presenter: Grayce Belvedere Young is the President of Organization Development for The Prouty Project. She specializes in LD, strategic planning, team effectiveness, change management, talent management and succession planning, performance management processes, and culture revitalization.