Conference Program
| 2009 World Conference Program |
Organization Design:
Implementing Strategy Efficiently and With Trust
Hotel Panamericano
Conference Notes Theme tracks: The conference is designed with two tracks. The tracks are recommendations and are not restrictive.
Workshops, plenaries and concurrent sessions that are suitable for both groups are marked "BOTH" - and are shown without any colour) Language: Simultaneous translation is provided in most sessions. Legacy Day on Sunday, october 25th is in English only. A number of concurrent sessons on Wednesday, October 28th and Thursday, October 29th are in Spanish only.
GO Board Meeting (Board members only) Location: Hotel Panamericano, San Martin Room 9:00 - 17:00
Legacy Day - By invitation only and with no-charge to the society's stewardship group, the Associates, Fellows and Senior Fellows, who have signed Engagement / Support Agreements with the GO Society. Location: The Technological Institute of Buenos Aires, Room 122 9:00 - 17:00 Celebrating our past, appreciating our present, and planning our future. Focus on professional development In English. No translation provided
8:30 am to 17:00 pm Concurrent pre-conference workshops (with simultaneous translation) Location: Hotel Panamericano 8:30 - 9:30 INTRO - One-hour introduction to organization design based on requisite organization concepts - Gerry Kraines, USA 9:45 - 17:00 Whole Day workshops INTRO - Effective Managerial Leadership Practices – Nancy Lee, Sandi Cardillo, Terry Seigel, USA ADV - Multiple perspectives on talent assessment (or appreciation) and on-going development initiatives. Moderated by Herb Koplowitz Multi-instrument based coaching - Mike Jay, USA The origin, evolution, philosophy of the Career Path Appreciation method, Judy Hobrough, UK How Talent Development and Strategy Development Reinforce Each Other. The presenters introduce Laske's Critical Development Framework (CDF) in an applied way and demonstrate why and how strategy and people development are mutually dependent. We also build upon Kegan's and Jaques's work. Otto Laske, USA and Jan De Visch, Belgium Evaluation research: Cecilia Cortina, AMG Consulting Group, Argentina ADV Appreciating the potential and variety of uses of the Time Span of Discretion: in evaluating potential acquisitions, designing mergers, in understanding how organizations work, and in deisigning. Also how to conduct time-span interviews. Ulf Lindberg, Sweden, Harald Solaas, Gerry Kraines. (invited) 12:45 - 13:45 - Lunch
17:00 pm to 18:30 Rest and social time 18:30 pm to 19:00 Reception and book signing sponsored by Novus International
19:00 to 21:00 BOTH - Conference formal opening Welcome by GO Society - Harald Solaas, Conference Co-chair Video presentation - Organization Design: International Experience in Designing and Managing for Innovation and Entrepreneurial Performance Welcome by Argentine co-sponsor and host, Jose Luis Roces, ITBA, Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires Welcome by Sponsor for the evening: Thad Simons, CEO, Novus International The story of how requisite organization has spread in Argentina Update on the history. Report on the RO Diffusion Study -- our research of how requisite organization ideas spread in Argentina - Ken Shepard Celebrating and honoring those pioneers Aldo Schlemenson: Video and words Elliott Jaques: Video and words Gerry Kraines: Video and words Introducing conference themes Our primary focus is on implementing -- Implementing strategy efficiently while increasing trust. Appreciated by our three perspectives: general managers, consultants, and academic-clinicians. As we move toward an integrated approach to designing and managing organizations by exploring and aligning RO with other major organizational approaches Linking to Jay Galbraith's approach to organization design -- Ken Shepard, Canada Linking RO with Quality, Lean Six Sigma - Steve Clement and/or Roger Harvey (invited) Exploring links between Jaques's Requisite Organization and Robert Bales Values work. Brian Brittain, Entheos Consulting, Canada The CEOs challenge in leading requisite organization projects - Azucena Gorbaran 21:00 to 23:00 Two receptions and dinners Reception and Dinner for all conference participants Special invitational Reception and Dinner for CEOs with experience in applying requisite organization in their companies.
Executive Day - BOTH (Included in conference registration or priced separately as desired.) Presentations by general managers about implementation of Global Organization Design 8:30 to 12:15 Morning Opening video: CEO perspectives on their experience with requisite organization Welcome: Jose Luis Roces, Vice Rector of ITBA Working with governance / boards- Carlos Leone Implementing requisite organization at Ericsson India, Christoffer Andersson, Vice President, Ericsson Multimedia MU India & Sri Lanka (invited) CRA (mining company) Sir Roderick Carnegie, former CEO by video, Australia Rio Tinto: Leigh Clifford, Former CEO – by video. UK The Acindar Story – Transformation of a family owned steel company.
Raul Timerman – CONARCO (invited) 12:15 to 13:15 Lunch - Special interest discussion tables - meet the speakers and other issues. 13:30 to 17:00 Afternoon Grupo Assa – Roberto Wagmaister, CEO - in person if schedule permits or by video Requisite Organization in small and medium sized organizations – a panel of CEOs. The Novus International Story –
AngloGold Ashanti Report by Mark Cutifani, CEO - by video A leader’s transformation – personal reflections. 17:00 Adjourn 17:00 Reception for attendees of the evening sessions. 17:30 - 21:00 Session A: Use of software to support RO implementation, with Gerry Kraines, USA, Mike Jay, USA, and Ulf Lindberg, Sweden Session B: Taking your company to the next level. Use of RO in supporting growth and effectiveness in small & medium sized organizations Atilio Penna, Argentina Harald Solaas, Argentina Pablo Kanterewicz, Argentina Décio Fábio de Oliveira, Brazil Evening: All others not attending the PyME session - have dinner on your own October 28th, Wednesday 8:30 BOTH - Keynote, Guest of Honour, Gerry Kraines, Levinson Institute, USA 9:10 - 10:40 Concurrent sessions sharing practice, 1.1 INTRO - Spanish only. Designing Organizational Structure using requisite organizaton concepts - Harald Solaas, Argentina 1.2. ADV - Appreciating various approaches to Organization Design Moderated by Mike Jay, USA - Major questions about implementation; Implementing by the book (fixation on Elliott Jaques), Addressing the CEO's pain, Working in the areas of the consultant's strengths, Implementing while under full steam, and questioning assumptions that requisite behaviour can be assumed early in interventions. Entering through executive assessment and talent pool work. Judy Hobrough, bioss Europe, UK Values First. Ian Macdonald or Catie Burke, The Macdonald Consultancy, UK (invited) Structure First - Due diligence - Enhancer Consulting, Sweden Management Practices First: 1.3 ADV - Ways of learning and teaching RO: classroom, workshop, study group, teleconference, mentoring, in the process of doing one's work, or web-based learning Moderator: Gerry Kraines, The Levinson Institute. (GO Board Champion for Professional Development -- Nancy Lee, Requisite Organization Consultants, USA) Report on a workshop: Teaching RO More Effectively, at ITBA, Ricardo Gutierrez, ITBA, Argentina Learning in the course of doing one's work: Herb Koplowitz, Canada The Classroom - Ricardo Gutierrez, ITBA, Argentina The Public Workshop - Gerry Kraines, USA The Teleconference - and workshop - Herb Koplowitz, Canada A Web-based learning model for high mode individuals: The Western Behavioural Sciences Model - Ken Shepard 11:00 to 12:30 Concurrent sessions sharing practice, 2.1. INTRO - Spanish only -- Talent Pool Management using requisite organization concepts - Mariano Barusso, AMG Consulting Group, Argentina 2.2. ADV - Case studies in requisite organization based design Growth of a global mobile communications company (MTN) into areas where others fear to tread…by Verena MacLean, Australia The Road Ahead- the story of the 104 year old Royal Automobile Association of South Australia - by Andrew Olivier, Australia Enhancer Consultants - case from Sweden 2.3. ADV - Perspectives on Individual Assessment, Coaching, and Development Moderator: Glenn Mehltretter Mike Jay, USA Otto Laske, USA Louise Stratford, bioss, USA
12:30 Lunch 13:30 - 15:10 One set of concurrent sessions 3.1 INTRO - Spanish only --Cross-functional role relationships using requisite organization concepts, Ricardo Gutierrez, ITBA 3.2 ADV - Use of requisite organization in multi-national organizational issues - mergers and acquisitions and cross-functional teams Azucena Gorbaran, AMG Consulting, Argentina Verena Maclean, South African mobile communications company Sabrena Hamilton, Novus International, USA 3.3. ADV - Cases in Talent Pool Management Developing Measures of Aggregate Talent Pool Strength - Glenn Mehltretter, PeopleFit, USA Senior consultant, AMG Consulting, Argentina Tracing High Mode individuals over 15 years - AMG consultant Senior bioss associate
15:30 - 17:30 INTRO - Questions and Answers about requisite organization. Bring all of your unanswered questions from the various workshop and executive presentations. - Herb Koplowitz, Canada. ADV - An Open Space plenary working informally in small groups on issues raised by the participants Tentative questions for Open Space Discussion
17:30 Adjourn 18:30 - 20:30 ADV - English only - Issues in marketing RO-based consulting services Moderator: Azucena Gorbaran, AMG Consultants, Argentina How a leadership and training consultancy transforms itself into an RO-based general consultancy -- Nick Forrest, Forrest and Company and Herb Koplowitz, Terra Firma Consulting both of Canada Michelle Mallay Carter, PeopleFit, USA - blogging and public workshops Ulf Lindberg, Enhancer, Sweden,
October 29th, Thursday 8:30 BOTH - Keynote: Senior practitioners sharing about how we mature in the understanding and application of this work. Herb Koplowitz, Terra Firma Consultants, and others. 9:15 to 11:00 Concurrent sessions 4.1 INTRO - Spanish only - Designing requisite compensation systems, Pablo Kanterewicz, Argentina 4.2 ADV - Toward an integrated approach to designing and managing organizations. Aligning RO with other major organizational approaches
4.3 ADV - Exploring work at strata V, VI, and VII - How to describe the work? and indications of transitions? and how to support executives at these levels. Judy Hobrough, bioss, UK Herb Koplowitz or Mike Jay Glenn Mehltretter, PeopleFit, USA Gerry Kraines, Levinson Institute, USA (invited) Verena MacLean, Australia (invited) Jan de Visch (invited ) 11:15 BOTH - Plenary session - Implications for society A call to study and publish a Jaquesian analysis of the lives of outstanding entrepreneurs in business, governement and the social sector. My experience, studying, writing, and sharing the Working Journey of Muhammad Yunus - Nobel Peace Prize Winner 2006), father of two million entrepreneurs -- Andrew Olivier, Australia 12:00 Next steps 13:00 Closing lunch 14:30 Adjourn
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