ODF's 25th Anniversary Conference

What is Reframing Organization Design?  A conversation and learning experience that explores the new ideas and practices that will influence how adaptive, innovative and sustainable organizations are designed in the future.

• Organizations are continually pressed to make quicker iterations of strategic thinking and decision-making in response to market forces
• Workers must join together, often across great distances, to quickly create connections and produce quality work and results
• OD theories and practices of yesterday must be tested against the realities of today so we can build new theories and practices for tomorrow

Who should be attending?

• Current organizational designers and aspiring students and professionals
• Business leaders responsible for results and the design of their organizations
• Consultants and advisors to business leaders
• Those curious and enthusiastic about OD and development

What’s the personal benefit of attending?

• Broaden your perspective and sharpen your skills for designing organizations for the future
• Network with others who share one of your passions
• Reconnect with past colleagues and friends
• Build new friendships with people you can connect with and continue the conversations after the conference is over
• Seek advice from thought leaders on careers and specific organization design challenges

Who's presenting?

Join us for an intimate and interactive learning experience
featuring internationally recognized speakers: 

• Ori Brafman, author of The Chaos Imperative and The Starfish and The Spider
• Pavi Mehta, author of Infinite Vision: How Aravind Became the World's Greatest Business Case for Compassion
• Glenda Eoyang, leads the Human Systems Dynamics Institute and is a well known thinker & doer in the realm of leading through complexity in organization

Concurrent Sessions:

• Mila N. Baker - The Peer to Peer Network Community: Reframing Organization Design for the 21st Century
• Barbara Benedict Bunker - The Decay of Power & Increasing Differences and Conflict in Organizations – Can Large Group Systems Methods Meet the Challenge?
• Lauren Carnegie - The Organisation Design Reframing Project – Building an Internal Capability
• Andy Cottrill, Olly Purnell, & Rick Dzavik - Organization Design in the Media Sector – How to Utilize OD Tools and Techniques to Design the Future of Newsrooms and Journalism
• Wendy Helmkamp & Alex Silva deBalboa - Designing the Co-Creative Enterprise
• Tobi Odunowo - Social Enterprise in the Future Design of the Public Sector
• Toria Thompson & Gregory Rouillard - Rewiring Decision Making for Innovation and a More Empowered Workforce
• Bill Zybach & Rich Thayer - Design Challenge: Reframing Organization Design through the Lens of Four Landscapes of Work; Directive, Participative, Adaptive, and Emergent

Registration $1895 
(Register early - Save $400!)
(Better yet, bring someone new to the conference and Save $600!!) 

Please join us in celebrating
25 years as a community
on the evening of April 30th

You can RSVP during registration

PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS - MONDAY, APRIL 28TH

"Designing for Agility" 

A 1-day version of ODF's "Designing for Agility" workshop featuring Craig McGee & Kathy Molloy

Today all organizations need agility in order to shift and advance in global markets. What does your organization need to be more agile and how can you embed agility in your design work? The workshop takes a “whole system” approach, positioning you with a sound strategic foundation for designing the right structures, work processes, and human capital systems for an effective culture and enduring results.

8:30 AM - 5:00 PM

$495 Registration Fee

"Setting Conditions for Self-Organizing OD"

A half-day workshop featuring Glenda Eoyang, PhD

The discipline of human systems dynamics begins with the assumption that ALL human systems self-organize, all the time.  The role of the OD professional (or anyone for that matter) is to set conditions that influence how the self-organizing process evolves. 

1:30 - 4:45 PM

$149 Registration Fee