Future of Work and Agility
Organisation Design for Agility Online
Online: 15.00 – 16.00 BST (16.00 – 17.00 CEST)
As technological, geopolitical and social forces increase the complexity of doing business, the need to design organisations that enable people to make faster and better decisions becomes ever more pressing. Organisations must manage a core tension between being agile and responsive to customer needs while achieving economies of scale, all in an increasingly virtual and digitally enabled environment.
The in-person masterclass (taking place a week prior to this online session) will be led by global organisation design expert Amy Kates, who will outline the key issues and essential frameworks and tools, enabling attendees to apply them in their organisation. Using real-life cases to illustrate the decisions that organisations have taken in response to their business challenges, Amy will deliver an interactive session that explores the latest thinking in organisation design.
This online session, one week later, will feature an ‘in conversation’ with Amy Kates.
These events will be accompanied by a CRF Research Report.
Learning Objectives:
- Deepen your understanding and ability to apply the latest organisation design models and frameworks.
- Explore how to design for organisation agility and to balance economies of scale and customer responsiveness.
- Gain insight from experts and peers on how to tackle the organisation design challenges of your business.
Who is this Event for?
HR Directors and senior OD and HR professionals involved in organisation design.
Speakers
Amy Kates
Managing Partner, Kates Kesler Organization Consulting
Amy Kates is an organisation designer and managing partner at Kates Kesler Organization Consulting, based in New York City. She advises business leaders around the world and teaches programmes at the Executive School of Business, Denmark and Cornell University Executive Education. Her career began as a city planner and Urban Fellow following a Master’s degree from Cornell. She has written four books on the topic of organisation design with Greg Kesler and Jay Galbraith. Amy also serves as a Visiting Fellow to the government of Singapore.
Prateek Sinha
Partner CEO.Works and Head of Strategy Muuto Consulting
Prateek Sinha is a recognised change agent who brings a deep understanding of complex transformations and corporate dynamics to accelerate value realisation by bridging strategy and execution. As an advisor and delivery partner, Prateek works with leaders to scope, shape, and execute change that delivers value while building organisation capability. He has profitably orchestrated, led, and delivered change in multinationals as an internal consultant (Shell, British Telecom) and external consultant (Accenture, CapGemini).
Gillian Pillans
Research Director, Corporate Research Forum
Gillian has worked as a senior HR practitioner and OD specialist for several organisations including Swiss Re, Vodafone and BAA. Prior to her HR career, she was a management consultant with Deloitte Consulting and is also a qualified solicitor. Gillian has written various CRF reports on subjects including HR strategy, organisation design and development, leadership development, coaching and diversity.
