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UPCOMING CONVERSATIONS . . .
Wednesday, June 30th @ 12:30 PM (EDT)
Using Zoom, a virtual platform, we host 60-minute conversations on the themes we see emerging from the articles in each newsletter and then take a deeper dive into the one receiving the most interest . . .
As a joint project between ODF & European ODF we invite you to be part of our monthly online conversations on hot topics/trends in Organization Design. The Curatorial Board, composed of five OD experts, academics, and practitioners, selects the most interesting new articles, blog posts, books, and case studies to share with our fellow organization design professionals each month in a newsletter distributed by EODF.

If you are not already a member of European Organization Design Forum, or have access as a benefit of having registered for our 2020 Annual Conference planned in Nashville (which was, unfortunately, canceled), you can receive the monthly newsletter & access EODF’s Knowledge Base for €60/year!
PAST CONVERSATIONS
ODF + EODF May 26th Global Conversation (.txt file from Chatbox dialog)
This month’s newsletter topics include:
- Forces of Nature
- Workforce Ecosytems
- How to Do Hybrid Right
- Use Employee Personas to Design Employee Experience for a Hybrid Workforce
- How Self-Organization Serves Psychological Safety – and Helps Produce Results
- Bonus article: How to Promote Racial Equity in the Workplace
May 26th Global Conversation – Audio Only
ODF + EODF Apr 28th Global Conversation (.txt file from Chatbox dialog)
This month’s newsletter topics include:
- Inclusion Without Clear Lines of Accountability is Pointless. Here’s Why.
- The New Possible: How HR Can Help Build the Organization of the Future
- The Self-(re)Designing Organization
- Unleash People’s Potential Through Self-Organization
- Bonus article: The Ideal Span of Work is a Myth: Companies Should Think Holistically
April 28th Global Conversation – Audio Only
ODF + EODF Mar 31st Global Conversation (.txt file from Chatbox dialog)
This month’s newsletter topics include:
- Designing the Hybrid Office
- The Race to Fix Virtual Meetings
- How to Help Employees Work from Home with Kids
- Not Everyone Can Be Agile
- Goodbye Performance Ratings, Hello Impact
- Bonus article: Organizational Life Cycle Models: A Design Perspective
March 31st Global Conversation – Audio Only
ODF + EODF Feb 24th Global Conversation (.txt file from Chatbox dialog)
This month’s newsletter topics include:
- Deciding Your Organization Structure for 2021
- Don’t Confuse Platforms with Ecosystems
- Groundbreaking Sephora Study Shows Racial Bias is Entrenched in US Retail Experience
- When Should You Consolidate Resources?
- Organisation Design Systems Models
- Bonus podcast – Profit and Prejudice: The Luddites of the Fourth Industrial Revolution
Feb 24th Global Conversation – Audio Only
ODF + EODF Jan 27th Global Conversation (.txt file from Chatbox dialog)
This month’s newsletter topics include:
- 3 Essential Steps to Make 2021 More Inclusive
- Design for Ecosystems: Emergence and Attraction
- The Essence of Strategy is Now How to Change
- Use OKRs to Set Goals for Teams, Not Individuals
- What is “Leadership”? Thoughts for a New Year (#MLQH)
- Bonus: A 25-year-old Bet Comes Due: Has Tech Destroyed Society?
Jan 27th Global Conversation – Audio Only
ODF + EODF Dec 22nd Global Conversation (.txt file from Chatbox dialog)
This month’s newsletter topics include:
- The Biggest Problem with Capitalism? Not Enough Capitalists.
- What an Anti-Racist Business Strategy Looks Like
- Can Data Drive Racial Equity?
- New Evidence for Workplace Innovation and Health
- How to Prepare for a Future Where Creativity is a Survival Skill
- Bonus: The Organizational Analytics E-book
Dec 22nd Global Conversation – Audio Only
ODF + EODF Nov 24th Global Conversation (.txt file from Chatbox dialog)
This month’s newsletter topics include:
- How Apple is Organized for Innovation
- Implementing “Agile at Scale”: The Aftermath
- Jobs Are Melting into Fluid Work
- How Ready Are You for the Work-From-Anywhere Era?
- Governing Ecosystems
- Bonus: Supporting Digital Nomads in Your Business is Good for Your Bottom Line
Nov 24th Global Conversation – Audio Only
ODF + EODF Oct 28th Global Conversation (.txt file from Chatbox dialog)
This month’s newsletter topics include:
- Corporation Dysfunction on Indigenous Affairs: Why Heads Rolled at Rio Tinto
- Do Small and Innovative Firms Need “Structure”?
- Learnings from the Boeing 737 MAX Disaster
- The Overlooked Key to Leading Through Chaos
- Re-Engineering Uncertainty: Reflections from the RenDanHeYi Boundaryless Network
- Bonus: Busting Bureaucracy to Unlock Human Ingenuity and Entrepreneurship
Oct 28th Global Conversation – Audio Only
ODF + EODF Sep 30th Global Conversation (.txt file from Chatbox dialog)
This month’s newsletter topics include:
- Your Purpose is at Risk of Being Pointless
- (Re)Designing Work (podcast)
- How Digital Natives are Influencing Traditional Organizational Design
- “Build Back Better” and Organizational Resilience
- Is Your Organization Ready for Permanent WFH?
- Bonus: Psychological Safety and The Future of Work (podcast)
Sep 30th Global Conversation – Audio Only
ODF + EODF Aug 26th Global Conversation (.txt file from Chatbox dialog)
This month’s newsletter topics include:
- Organization Design for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
- The Nuts and Bolts of Working for An All-Remote Company
- Psychological Safety in Self-Organisation
- How Task Uncertainty Plays into the Social and Technical Coordination of Work
- Using Power Dynamics to Build Better Teams
- Bonus: Reflections on the Design of Corporate Headquarters
August 26th Global Conversation – Audio Only
ODF + EODF July 29th Global Conversation (.txt file from Chatbox dialog)
This month’s newsletter topics include:
- Diversity in Info Curation?
- Can You Do It Again? One Successful Innovation Project Is Not Enough To Change Your Company’s Culture
- Thriving During The Covid-19 Outbreak: The Story Of Chinese ‘U-Vaccine‘
- Who’s Zooming Who?
- Organizational Structure – The Aston School (Podcast)
July 29th Global Conversation – Audio Only