Leading Dynamic Organizational Transformation
Foundation — Activation — Orchestration
To stay competitive in today’s digitally connected business environment, it’s not enough to have a digital edge. You need to become the edge. Perpetual change is the new norm, and your organization must learn to adapt in perpetuity in order to thrive – leveraging new technologies and innovations to drive value creation and improve efficiency while enabling seamless cross-functional collaboration.
The Leading Dynamic Organizational Transformation program equips executives with the frameworks, practices, and insights needed to enable dynamic change within their organizations.
Drive Change by Leveraging a Transformation Canvas
Central to this program are Professor O'Driscoll's Organization Transformation (OT) Canvas and People Centered Transformation (PCT) Framework, designed to guide leaders through the complexities of organizational change.
Over the course of the three-day immersive program, you will develop an OT Canvas and PCT Framework unique to your organization’s challenges. And by the program’s conclusion, you will be ready to return to your organization and drive the change you envision. Here is what you and your organization can expect to gain:
1. Improved Clarity, Alignment, and Decision-Making
- ROI: The OT Canvas helps organizations build the proper transformation foundation, activate a transformation lifecycle and orchestrate perpetual transformation, ensuring all stakeholders are aligned and working towards the same transformation objectives.
2. Enhanced Agility, Adaptability, and Strategic Resource Allocation
- ROI: The PCT Framework fosters a culture of Aspiration, Alignment, Autonomy, and Accountability enabling organizations to swiftly respond to unforeseen changes in the business landscape. Additionally, it provides a structured approach to building a second operating system that is focused on the next growth horizons.
3. Increased Innovation, Creativity, and Customer-Centricity
- ROI: The OT Canvas and PCT Framework encourage exploration of new ideas and innovative solutions, while driving continuous improvement and staying focused on delivering value to customers in the core business.
4. Increased Responsiveness, Resilience, and Adaptability
- ROI: Applying the OT Canvas and PCT Framework builds responsiveness, resilience, and adaptability while streamlining the implementation of strategic initiatives by providing clear progression plans and timelines.
5. Long-Term Business Sustainability with Measurable Outcomes
- ROI: The OT Canvas enables the development of sustainable business models that can withstand future challenges, utilizing clear metrics and KPIs to track progress and measure success.
Lead Innovation With Personalized Guidance From Faculty
Throughout the program, Professor O'Driscoll offers personalized guidance and feedback. His approachable teaching style and willingness to engage with participants ensure that everyone receives individual attention and support tailored to their specific needs and goals.
Industry Expertise and Thought Leadership: A recognized expert in the fields of organizational transformation and digital innovation, Dr. O'Driscoll brings decades of experience in academia and industry, and a wealth of knowledge and real-world insights. His groundbreaking OT Canvas and PCT Framework are widely recognized as powerful tools for guiding organizations through complex change initiatives.
Proven Transformation Track Record: Professor O'Driscoll has helped a wide range of organizations achieve successful transformations. His work with leading global companies and institutions has consistently delivered measurable improvements in performance, innovation, and adaptability. Participants in this program will benefit from his extensive experience and examples of transformation in action.
Cutting-Edge Content: The program is built around the latest research and best practices in organizational and people transformation. The curriculum is updated to reflect the most current trends and insights, ensuring that participants receive the most necessary and relevant information available.
Who Should Attend?
This program is designed for emerging and advanced executives, managers, and leaders responsible for driving change and transformation within their organizations.
More About Duke's Organizational Transformation Program
This immersive program combines interactive lectures, hands-on workshops, case studies, and group discussions to provide a rich learning experience. Participants will have the opportunity to apply the Transformation Canvas to their own organizational challenges and develop actionable strategies for implementation.
To fully participate in the program, participants are required to bring a laptop to each session.
All program sessions will be held at the Thomas Executive Conference Center located on the Duke Campus.
Lodging, dinner on arrival the evening prior to the program as well as Day 1 and Day 2, and daily breakfast and lunch on Days 1, 2, and 3 are included in the registration fee. Snacks are also provided throughout the program day.
Framing the Context for Dynamic Organizational Transformation: Overview of your current business landscape and the imperative for transformation, focusing on the key drivers of change and their impact on the organization.
The Organizational Transformation (OT) Canvas: In-depth exploration and detailed construction of the OT Canvas framework with case studies and practical examples to illustrate best practice application.
The People Centered Transformation (PCT) Framework: In-depth exploration of the ten elements required to lead from the middle out in creating an agile culture of aspiration, alignment, autonomy, and accountability.
Technology, Platform, and Innovation Strategies: Leveraging digital technologies and platform-based ecosystems to enable perpetual transformation.
Operating in Perpetual Beta: Building a dynamic culture that supports continuous improvement and adaptability through collaboration, creativity, and innovation.
Change Leadership and Execution: Best practices for leading and executing dynamic transformational change by engaging and aligning all stakeholders throughout the transformation journey.
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Program Location and Accommodations
Contact Details
Duke Executive Education
100 Fuqua Drive
Durham, NC 27708-0120 USA
Office Hours
Monday - Friday
8:30 am - 5:00 pm
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Program Schedule
Day 1
9:00 – 10:30 a.m.
Introducing the Transformation Canvas
10:30 – 10:50 a.m.
Break
10:50 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Framing the Transformation Context
12:30 – 1:30 p.m.
Lunch
1:30 – 3:00 p.m.
Identifying the Transformation Objective
3:00 – 3:20 p.m.
Break
3:20 – 5:00 p.m.
Accessing Transformation Capabilities
Day 2
9:00 – 10:30 a.m.
Activating the Transformation Lifecycle
10:30 – 10:50 a.m.
Break
10:50 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Inspiring Your People
12:30 – 1:30 p.m.
Lunch
1:30 – 3:00 p.m.
Mobilizing for Change
3:00 – 3:20 p.m.
Break
3:20 - 5:00 p.m.
Completing the Transformation Trajectory Touchstones
Day 3
9:00 – 10:30 a.m.
Enabling Perpetual Transformation
10:30 – 10:50 p.m.
Break
10:50 – 12:30 p.m.
Leading People Centered Transformation + Program Close
12:30 – 1:30 p.m.
Lunch
Faculty
Dr. Tony O'Driscoll
Tony O’Driscoll is a professor, speaker, author, and advisor whose engaging message emphasizes that the key digital-age differentiator is not technology, but humanity.
Tony has spent the bulk of his professional and academic career at the nexus of Business, Innovation, Technology and Learning, creating and implementing strategies that enable organizations to realize the full potential of their most valuable asset: Human Beings.
Dr. O’Driscoll’s current appointments as Adjunct Professor at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and Pratt School of Engineering, Senior Fellow at the Drucker Society’s Vienna Center for Management Innovation, and consulting work through Compleximple afford him the unique opportunity to apply cutting-edge academic research to address increasingly complex and unpredictable business challenges.
During his 18-year corporate career, Tony held several strategic leadership positions. At Duke Corporate Education, he launched the company’s Asian operation and led innovation at Duke CE Labs. At IBM, he was a founding member of IBM Global Service’s Strategy and Change consulting practice where he consulted at the highest level with business executives on how to leverage disruptive technology to create competitive advantage in increasingly complex environments. Dr. O’Driscoll also served as a member IBM’s Almaden Services Research Group where he investigated the changing roles of leadership, innovation, and collaboration as enterprises become more global, virtual, open and digitally mediated. At both IBM and Nortel Networks, Tony had strategic responsibility for crafting and implementing enterprise-level learning, transformation, and human performance improvement strategies to increase organization performance and drive tangible business results.
Dr. O’Driscoll is a frequently invited speaker at both corporate and academic conferences. He has been a keynote speaker, workshop leader, moderator, speaker, and panelist at over 200 national and international conferences. He has also provided expert analysis and interviews to media outlets such as The Wall Street Journal, Business Week, Wired Magazine, The Financial Times, India Today, Chief Learning Officer Magazine, Training Magazine and for industry analysts such as Gartner and Forrester.
Tony has authored and co-authored articles for business periodicals such as Harvard Business Review, The Financial Times, Strategy and Business, and Dialogue. He also writes the popular “Learning Matters” column for Training Magazine. Dr. O’Driscoll has published two books on Learning and Organization Performance: Learning in 3D: Adding a New Dimension to Enterprise Learning and Collaboration, and Achieving Desired Business Performance. His most recent book, Everyday Superhero, proposes a revolutionary People-Centered approach to Transformation (PCT) that enables organizations to operate in a state of perpetual beta.
Dr. O’Driscoll has contributed to science via publications in journals such as Management Information Sciences Quarterly, Journal of Management Information Systems, Performance Improvement Quarterly and the Journal of Product and Innovation Management. His current research and practice examine how rapidly emerging technologies are disrupting existing industry structures and business models. He specifically focuses on how to develop strategy, transformation and leadership systems that enable organizations to adapt and evolve in increasingly unpredictable and turbulent business environments.
Along with his teaching, research and formal speaking engagements, Dr. O’Driscoll maintains an active consulting practice with his firm Compleximple. Compleximple’s client list includes Fortune 500 companies across a broad range of industries including High-Technology, Medical Devices, Banking, Biotechnology, Software Development, Gaming, Energy, Retail and Professional Services. For more information visit www.compleximple.com
Dr. O’Driscoll holds an Ed.D. in Organization Learning and an M.S. in Management from North Carolina State University. His B.S. in Electrical Engineering is from Virginia Tech.
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