
Organisational Development Conference 2023 – Cape Town
Organisational Development (OD) is critical to strategic success in the world of work. Combining structure, people, management, psychology and more— leaders in OD are some of the most valuable organisational problem solvers industries can hope for.
That’s why, this coming February, KR will be hosting the biggest Organisational Development conference in Africa— joining together and investing in the most valuable business assets for the future of work.
Featuring local and international industry forerunners, the KR Organisational Development Conference 2023, will explore the latest insights, challenges, and research in the OD field. Hear first-hand how organisations can create cultures that empower employees and promote company values, approach transformation and change, react to external change and much more!
Who should attend?
- Heads and Managers of Organisational Development, Organisational Design, Organisational Effectiveness, Transformation and Change Management
- Organisation Development Advisors and Consultants
- HR Directors, Heads of HR, HR Managers and Business Partners
- Heads and Managers of Learning & Development, L&D Advisors, Consultants, Leadership Development Managers and Business Partners
- Heads and Managers of Talent Management, Talent Development Specialists and Consultants
Why you should attend this event?
- Explore how to align OD with business goals to improve efficiency and performance
- Discover how we can gather data on the changes we have seen in the working world over the past couple of years – implications for organisational development
- Explore the ability to respond effectively to challenges critical for long-term business success
- Learn how to create better team collaboration for more efficient teams?
- Discover how to utilise change management initiatives to maintain a high level of communication in the workplace
- Discuss the competencies and capabilities required for the OD practitioner in the hybrid world of work
- Explore the key characteristics for a leader to create a regenerative organisation
- Learn how to navigate complexity
- Discover which organisational design models and practices are best suited to your organisation
- Case studies on strategy, design and culture
- And more…
Extend your learning by attending the pre-conference workshop:
Designing fit-for-purpose organisations
20-21 February 2023 – Cape Town
The way an organisation is designed has a profound effect, not only on its capacity to perform, but also its ability to:
- Execute strategy successfully,
- Create memorable experiences for customers and employees,
- Effectively deploy and use resources,
- Implement efficient modes of working,
- Influence the flow of people energy and positively engage staff,
- Embed a healthy organisational culture and dynamics
- Consequently, perform effectively,
- And ultimately to be a successful and viable business.
Your organisation can (and should!) be competing by its design. This workshop will show you how.
Hourly Schedule
Day 1: 22 February 2023
- 09:00 - 09:10
- Welcome and introduction by chairperson
- 09:10 - 10:20
- How can OD be aligned with business goals to improve efficiency and performance? – Join this highly interactive discussion with our industry experts
- 10:20 - 10:40
- Morning tea break
- 10:40 - 11:20
- Adapting evidence-based practice to keep up with change – implications for organisational development
- 11:20 - 12:00
- Organisational agility and the ability to respond effectively to challenges critical for long-term business success
- 12:00 - 13:00
- Lunch break
- 13:00 - 13:40
- How do you create better team collaboration for more efficient teams?
- 13:40 - 14:20
- The key characteristics for a leader to create a regenerative organisation
- 14:20 - 14:30
- Afternoon tea break
- 14:30 - 15:10
- Accelerating culture change in thew new world of work – culture change intervention (Case Study)
- 15:10 - 15:50
- Redesigning organisations for the new world of work
- 15:50 - 16:00
- Wrap and close of day one
Day 2: 23 February 2023
- 09:00 - 09:10
- Welcome and introduction
- 09:10 - 10:20
- Competencies and capabilities required for the OD practitioner for the modern workplace – Join this highly interactive discussion to discover the latest trends
- 10:20 - 10:40
- Morning tea break
- 10:40 - 11:20
- OD interventions required in designing and managing hierarchy-free organisations
- 11:20 - 12:00
- How they got to their organisational purpose and living their organisational purpose (case study)
- 12:00 - 13:00
- Lunch break
- 13:00 - 13:40
- A case study on strategy, design and culture
- 13:40 - 14:20
- Neuroscience across the organisational landscape: Application, Translations. Integration – implications for managing change
- 14:20 - 14:30
- Afternoon tea break
- 14:30 - 15:15
- Cultivating human flourishing to build personal and organisational resilience in an ever-changing environment
- 15:15 - 15:30
- Wrap-up and closure of conference