Concurrent Sessions by Day
We've taken your feedback and blended it with insight from leading experts to create five tracks of over 50 leading-edge concurrent sessions that will send you home with sharper skills, new information and renewed motivation.
- Sun, Oct 18
- Mon, Oct 19
- Mon, Oct 19
- Tues, Oct 20
- Wed, Oct 21
Group 1: 3:30-5:00pm
Building Communities and Connections
The Obama Tipping Point: Developing Human Systems Beyond Recession to Renewal
Saul Eisen, Ph.D. - Developing Human Systems
Using World Café© Methodology to Achieve “Real World” Results
Carla Dancy Smith - Booz Allen Hamilton
Amanpreet (Aman) Gohal, MSOD - Booz Allen Hamilton
Demonstrating the Value of OD
Assessing Diversity and Inclusion Efforts through Social Network Analysis
Stephen Garcia - Philosophy IB
Edward Shin - Philosophy IB
Enhancing Senior Leadership Team Effectiveness at Microsoft
Rob Schmieder - Microsoft Server and Tools Business
Sue Larson - Microsoft Leadership Development Group
Three Keys to Establishing the Value of OD
Robert Ebers - Knowing Point Partnership, LLC
Eric Sanders - OD Economist
Developing Leaders and Managing Talent
Developing Supervisory Skills in India: The Challenges of Cultural Differences
Sylvie Marie Heroux
Getting New Executives to Work: Strategies to Facilitate Successful Leadership Transitions
Katherine Farquhar - AU/NTL MS in Organization Development Program
Fred Nader - NTL Institute
Texas Instruments' “Choose to Lead Program”: 1800 Frontline Leaders, 12 Countries, 6 Languages, 12 Months
Jeff Asmus - Texas Instruments
Carol Jenkins - Assess Systems - A Bigby Havis Company
Enlarging Our Toolkit
Lean and Green
Jeff McAuliffe - Leadership Institute of Seattle
Carlos Venegas - Straus Forest
Team Performance: Taking it to the Next Level by Using Group Methods
Tom Devane - Tom Devane & Associates, Inc.
Vital Signs in the ER: Promoting A Change of Heart
Susanne Diggs-Wilborn - Wellstar Health System
Diana Marino - Wellstar Health System
Practicing Outside the Box
Intentional Inquiry: Collaborative Learning to Enhance Individual and Organizational Performance
Todd Slingsby - Risk Management Solutions
Nancy Southern - Saybrook Graduate School
Social Technologies for Communicating, Collaborating, and Connecting
Jackie Alcalde Marr - Oracle
Mary Ellen Kassotakis - Oracle
Arthur Jue - Oracle
Weaving Positive Deviance and Liberating Structures
Keith McCandless - Social Invention Group
Sharon Benjamin - Alchemy
Henri Lipmanowicz - Plexus Institute
Student Paper and Presentation Program
Presenter to be announced
Group 2: 10:15-11:45am
Building Communities and Connections
Building Connected Organizations: How to AchieveBreakthrough Performance Through Inclusive Mindsets and Behaviors
Judith H. Katz - The Kaleel Jamison Consulting Group, Inc.
Frederick A. Miller - The Kaleel Jamison Consulting Group, Inc.
Generating Results Through a Culture of Respect and Collaboration
Ann Van Eron - Potentials
Reinventing Democracy in Our Organizations, Communities, and Society
Jim Rough - Jim Rough & Associates, Inc.
DeAnna Martin - Center for Wise Democracy
Demonstrating the Value of OD
Launching a Sustainable Consulting Practice
Lisa Zweber-Smith - ROI Consulting and Implementation
H. Terry Smith - ROI Consulting and Implementation
OD Interventions Work—and We’ve Got the Numbers to Prove It!
Pat Kenner - The University of Iowa
Teresa Kulper - The University of Iowa
The Long Happy Life of Organization Theory: When Nothing Changes, Yet Everything Is Different
Edwin Nevis - Gestalt International Study Center (GISC)
Using a Peer Review Process to Evaluate OD Performance
Robert Hessler - The Boeing Company
Deborah Pagel - The Boeing Company
Denise Tegel - The Boeing Company
Developing Leaders and Managing Talent
Leading through Identity: Radical Logic for 21st Century Management
Larry Ackerman - The Identity Circle LLC
Legacy Leadership: Catalyzing the Future Today
Gloria Burgess - Jazz, Inc.
Organizational ADD: How to Coach ADD Leaders and Consult to the Frenetic Organization
Scott Wimer - Wimer Associates
John Dupre - Mattel, Inc.
Using Career Paths To Integrate Talent Management and Change: Career Models at Microsoft
David White - Microsoft
Enlarging Our Toolkit
Consulting to Your Organization's Strategic Change Agenda
Linda Ackerman Anderson - Being First, Inc.
Images of the Future: The Dream Phase of Appreciative Inquiry
M. Sue Baughman - University of Maryland Libraries
Elaine Jennerich - University of Washington Libraries
Influencer: The Power to Change Anything
David Maxfield - VitalSmarts
Use of Self: Leveraging Ourselves as Instruments of Change
David Jamieson - Jamieson Consulting Group, Inc.
David Shechtman - Tru Progress Consulting
Matthew Auron - DaVita
Practicing Outside the Box
Transforming How We Do Business: Integral Inclusive Leadership
Ilene Wasserman - ICW Consulting Group
Placida Gallegos - ICW Consulting Group
What’s New in OD: Dialogic Interventions
Robert J. Marshak - American University
Gervase R. Bushe - Clear Learning, Ltd.
Group 3: 3:30-5:00pm
Building Communities and Connections
Awakening the Dreamer: New Possibilities for Community Development
Christopher (Kit) Tennis - Sanchez Tennis & Associates, LLC
Anita Sanchez - Sanchez Tennis & Associates, LLC
Designing Your 3rd Act: For gODParents and Senior Practitioners
Frances Baldwin - DesignedWisdom, Inc.
Beverly Scott - Bev Scott Consulting
Developing Networks that Change People's Lives
Jeff Cohen - The Mount Sinai Hospital
Angela Doyle - 1199SEIU Healthcare Workers East
Daniel Bustillo - 1199SEIU/League-Management Project
Yahshaanyah Hill - Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone Development Corporation
Transition Towns: Creating Tomorrow's Communities Today
Jeanne Longley - Transition Portland Metro to Transition PDX (Portland)
James Newcomer - Transition Portland Metro to Transition PDX (Portland)
David Johnson - Transition Portland Metro to Transition PDX (Portland)
Demonstrating the Value of OD
Closing the Deal with Leaders: Winning OD Strategies for the First Meeting
Albert Blixt - Dannemiller Tyson Associates
ROI Survival Guide: A Dollars—and Sense—Approach to OD Value
Julia Geisman - Millennium Learning, Inc.
Reaping the Rewards of Positive and Dynamic Collaborations
Kittie Watson, Ph.D. - Innolect, Inc.
John Bennett - Lee Hecht Harrison
Sustainablity and OD Meet in the 21st Century
Travis Green - TGreen Consulting
Developing Leaders and Managing Talent
“Spreading the Wealth” at Work: A Diversity Initiative at W. L. Gore & Associates
Michael Broom - Center for Human Systems
Jane Rosensweig - W. L. Gore and Associates
Leadership Wholeness--The Lived Experience of Spiritual Leaders
Thomas Thakadipuram - St. Claret College, Bangalore, India
Leading in a Hyper-Connected Society — A Shift in Leadership Models
Michael Arena - Bank of America
Sharon Benjamin - William Kirkwood & Associates, LLC
William Kirkwood - Alchemy
Enlarging Our Toolkit
Simple Models for Systemic Change: Easy to Understand/Practical to Implement
Gabe Singer - Booz Allen Hamilton
Steve Cady - Bowling Green State University
Kristine Quade - Dynamic Leadership Academy
The Candor Imperative
Jim Bolton - Ridge Associates, Inc.
The Nonprofit Organizational Model: A brand new assessment and strategic planning tool
Carolyn T. Thompson - CTThompson Consulting
Practicing Outside the Box
Evolutionary Management: Learning from Nature and Evolution for OD
Klaus-Stephan Otto - Dr. Otto Training & Consulting
Sustainable Globalization: Six Lenses for Every Organization
Victoria G. Axelrod - Axelrod Becker Consulting
Karen J. Davis - Karen J. Davis
“With Friends Like These:” Women's Relationships in the Workplace
Anne Litwin - Anne Litwin & Associates
Group 4: 4:45-6:15pm
Building Communities and Connections
Change Strategies That Push Us Beyond Single Organizations into Complex Regional Systems
Michael Manning, New Mexico State University
Barbara Mink, Fielding Graduate University
Jose de la Cerda Gastelum, ITESO University
Using Appreciative Inquiry in the Mexican Culture
Hector Efrain Rodriguez de la Rosa, University of Guanajuato
Nancy Westrup, Universidad de Monterrey
Demonstrating the Value of OD
Building a Successful, Transformative OD Consulting Practice
Gina Lavery - Synchronicity Partners
Tracey Wik - Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.
Edie Seashore
Honest Signals – Hard measures for Social Behavior
Michael Arena, Bank of America
Sandy Pentland, MIT Media Lab
Presence-Based Intervening: Developing and Extending Your Signature Presence
Doug Silsbee, Doug Silsbee, PCC
Developing Leaders and Managing Talent
Evidence-Based Coaching, or Flying By the Seat of Your Pants: Which Do Your Clients Want?
Laura Hauser, Leadership Strategies International
Leni Wildflower, Fielding Graduate University
Getting Culture Change off the Ground at American Airlines
Alejandro Morales-Jimenez, American Airlines
Sarah Glass, Assess Systems
Leah Mouton, American Airlines
Transformation through Conversation
Louise van Rhyn, Symphonia Consulting
Donna Glanvill, Worldsview Consulting
Enlarging Our Toolkit
Introduction to Gestalt Field Theory in Organizations
Rick Maurer, Gestalt Institute of Cleveland
Mining the Wisdom of the Group: Discovery and Action Dialogues
Barbara Rosen, Albert Einstein Healthcare Network
Using Improv Theater Techniques for Systems Thinking in Teams and Organizations
Yael Schy, Dramatic Strides Consulting
Practicing Outside the Box
Facing Tough Times with Wisdom and Courage
Sam Magill, Sam Magill Coaching and Consulting
OD Education—The Future is Here
Svenja Leggewie, Johnson & Johnson, Global Strategic Design Office
Candace Cabbil, Camille Group Consulting
Christine Sherman, Booz Allen Hamilton
Student Research Colloquium
Anita Bhasin - Pepperdine University
Steve Upham - Fielding Graduate University
Fonda Na'Desh- Fielding Graduate University
Student Research Colloquium
Nuala Campany - Pepperdine University, Graduate School of Education and Psychology
Earon Kavanagh - Tilburg University/ Netherlands: Organization Studies
Joyce Langenegge
Group 5: 9:00-10:30am
Building Communities and Connections
10,000 Girl Scouts Use Their Voices : Conversation and Stories in Large-scale Culture Change
Christine Whitney Sanchez - Collaborative Wisdom & Strategy
Julie Murphy - Girl Scouts of the USA
Demonstrating the Value of OD
Making Measurable Progress: Project Management Methodology and Change Initiatives
Denise Morris Kipnis - ChangeFlow Consulting
Rob Ziegler - Lumina Partnership
Developing Leaders and Managing Talent
Leaders Building Leaders: Transforming Microsoft's High Potential Development Experience
Shannon Wallis - Microsoft
Anita Bhasin - Sage Ways
Enlarging Our Toolkit
Applying Power Equity Group Theory in a Self-Directed Team of OD Professionals
Rianna Moore - New Dynamics Consulting
How Vital and Joyful is your Organization?
Imre Lovey - Concordia Organization and Mgt. Development Ltd.
Practicing Outside the Box
Complex Responsive Processes: Challenging Systems Thinking
Bonnie Cooper - Team Management Systems (Americas)
Tom Gibbons - Team Management Systems (Americas)
Contemporary Issues Facing OD in Healthcare: An Open Space on Current Practice and Future Possibility
Heather Hanson - Kaiser Permanente
Mark J. Moir - Sanford Health
Jason A. Wolf - HCA
The Changing Dynamics of Workplace Spirituality
Bill Huffaker - Visa Inc.
Anitah Draimon - Crafting Transitions
Student Research Colloquium
Presenter to be announced