Pre-Conference Workshop: November 16, 2020 - 11:30 am - 3:30 pm ET

Conference:

November 17, 2020 - 11:30 am - 4:00 pm ET

November 18, 2020 - 11:30 am - 2:45 pm ET

About the Virtual Conference

This year’s conference will focus on some of the unique and unforeseen challenges that organizations now face, as well as how to leverage strategy, alignment, data, talent, and culture to accelerate organizational performance—even in an altered world. Join your peers, thought leaders, and experts who will share their insights on how to create a “new normal” within evolving business models as organizations engage in the shifts needed for growth and survival.

As an attendee, you’ll learn from real-world case studies on how organizations from diverse sectors are responding effectively and efficiently to the rapid market shifts. You’ll also hear impactful stories about culture and associated expectations for companies to remain relevant. The result will be a highly engaging forum to discuss emerging best practices and new approaches for a dynamic future.

Benefits of Attending

• Gain new ideas, approaches, and best practices to apply to your organization
• Hear the “view from the bridge” from a diverse group of functional leaders
• Access the pre-conference workshop for a deeper understanding of core tools & frameworks

Who Should Attend

This conference is designed exclusively for executives from any discipline responsible for large-scale transformation efforts or wanting to make their organization more effective. Titles include:

Chief Executives, Heads, VPs, Directors, and Managers of:

Human Resources | Organization Design | OD/OE | Change and Transformation | Business Capability | Business Performance | Strategy | IT | Digital Strategy

Two Things to Do Now

1. Register

This event is complimentary for The Conference Board members, and $495 for non-members. Register now to join us live or to watch later on demand.

2. Get Involved 

If you would like to get more involved in this year’s conference, please contact us.

For speaker opportunities, contact cleta.galvez@conferenceboard.org 
For sponsorships, contact michael.felden@conferenceboard.org.
For marketing partnerships, contact zoyna.dixon-glover@conferenceboard.org
For group registrations and discounts, contact: ulei.kou@conferenceboard.org 

Conference Day One | Tuesday, November 17, 2020

(ALL TIMES EST)

11:30 – 11:45 am

Welcome, Introductions

Cleta M. Galvez Ph.D., Program Director, The Conference Board

11:45 am – 12:30 pm
General Session

Mars: Redefining the Organization, Market and the Way We Work

For more than a century, family-owned Mars, Incorporated has been driven by the belief that the world we want tomorrow starts with how we do business today. Across its diverse and expanding portfolio of confectionery, food, and petcare products and services, Mars employs 125,000 dedicated Associates who are all moving in the same direction: forward. With $40 billion in annual sales, Mars produces some of the world’s best-loved brands including DOVE®, EXTRA®, M&M’s®, MILKY WAY®, SNICKERS®, TWIX®, ORBIT®, PEDIGREE®, ROYAL CANIN®, SKITTLES®, UNCLE BEN’S®, WHISKAS®, COCOAVIA®, and 5™; and take care of half of the world’s pets through its nutrition, health and services businesses, including AniCura, Banfield Pet Hospitals™, BluePearl®, Linnaeus, and VCA™ In 2019, Consumer Goods Technology named Sandeep Dadlani Top CIO for Consumer Goods (awarded to the chief information officer who has made the greatest demonstrable business impact on his or her organization through the implementation and use of technology).  Under the leadership of Chief Digital Officer, Sandeep Dadlani, Mars combined data analytics, AI and automation with design thinking techniques, resulting in a shift in the company’s organization and customer approach. In a recent HBR article (Walsh, 2020), the conveyance at Mars was highlighted from the traditional organization to an effective remote organization, leveraging the use of data. Sandeep Dadlani will open our conference with insights into highly impactful changes at Mars.

Sandeep Dadlani, Chief Digital Officer, Mars Incorporated.

12:30 – 12:55 pm

General Session

Re-Designing P&G to Operate at the Speed of Market

Procter & Gamble operates globally in 80 countries and is a recognized leader in supply chain. In 2019, P&G moved from a hybrid/matrix organization with a center-led supply chain to a much different structure. The complexity of the corporate hybrid structure led to a need to simplify, increase focus, agility, and accountability. The teams that once aligned with supply chain at central and regional offices have been realigned to six product-based operating units, each with their own CEO. The journey continues and Laura Mattimore will share the strategic imperative, the approach to organization design, and ultimately the impact on the culture and people.  

Laura Mattimore, Senior Vice President Human Resources, Global Talent, Proctor & Gamble

12:55 – 1:20 pm

General Session

Alignment at Cargill: Strategy, Organization, Design and Culture

Cargill, a 150-year-old private company spanning 70 countries, is on a transformational journey with one key goal in mind: preparing for the future, long-term. But where does an organization, this size, start with such a monumental task? Cargill developed a Workforce Blueprint to help articulate what skills, automations and frameworks for decision making should be made for their future. By leveraging data, Cargill considered the “art of the possible” to set forward a compelling vision to guide the organization to a more customer-centric future state, starting now. They have learned much along the way, and will share lessons and best practices that may also help other organizations looking to design for an elevated tomorrow.

Ellen Dowley Stewart, Global Leader of Organization Development & Transformation, Cargill

1:20 pm – 1:35 pm

Break

1:35 -2:00 pm

Culture and Organization Design During Organizational Acrobatics: Merge, Stand, Spin, Perform

M&A always presents interesting opportunities for the organization design process. In late 2015, Dow and DuPont announced the intent to merge and spin-off into three new companies, a chemical company, a specialty products company and an agricultural company, resulting in the largest deal in chemical industry history. Culture plays a crucial part in successfully creating each ‘new’ organization from the parts. During this period, Meg Stevens led the talent selection efforts across the “heritage Dupont” as a HR leader. Currently, Meg leads the Corteva Agriscience Global Talent Management organization. Meg will share how balancing the culture tightrope had and continues to have impact on operating models and organizational design within one of the biggest transactions in history.

Megan Stevens, Global Leader of Talent Management, Corteva Agriscience

2:00 -2:45 pm

General Session

The Future of Organization Design

Discussion Leader:

Reed Deshler, Organization Design & Change Leader, AlignOrg Solutions

Panelists:

Laura Mattimore, Senior Vice President Human Resources, Global Talent, Proctor & Gamble

Ellen Dowley Stewart, Vice President Human Resources Organization Development, Cargill

Megan Stevens, Global Leader of Talent Management, Corteva Agriscience

2:45 – 3:00pm
Break

3:00 – 3:45 pm
General Session

Align Org:  Case Study

3:45 – 4:00 pm

Closing Remarks First Day, Evaluations

Cleta M. Galvez Ph.D., Program Director, The Conference Board

(ALL TIMES EST)

11:30 -11:40 am

Opening Remarks

Cleta M. Galvez Ph.D., Program Director, The Conference Board

11:40 am – 12:30 pm
General Session

The Microsoft Journey: 10 Things We’ve Learned about Culture

As a purpose-driven organization, Microsoft believes its organizational culture serves as a platform for achieving its mission and business success. With the intent to build the culture of growth mindset that people want to be a part of, Microsoft has gone through complex culture evolution over the last few years. In this session, Microsoft will share top 10 reflections on culture definition, activating multi-dimensional change, accelerating it through use of technology, and engaging all employees in achieving its purpose of empowering people around the world to achieve more.

Irada Sadykhova, Senior Director, OD, Microsoft

12:30 – 1:30 pm
General Session

Panel Discussion 

Cracking the Culture Code: People Development, Technology, and Creativity

Moderator:

Ken Thompson, Principal, AlignOrg Solutions

Panelists:

Robin Erickson Ph.D., Principal Researcher, Human Capital, The Conference Board

Andy Fleming, Co-author, An Everyone Culture: Becoming a Deliberately Developmental Organization

Juliana Nunes, Global Head of HR-Enterprise Technology, Johnson & Johnson

Irada Sadykhova, Senior Director, OD, Microsoft

1:30 – 1:45 pm
Break

1:45 pm – 2:30 pm
General Session

Orgvue: New Ways of Designing, Planning and Analysis

The year 2020 gave new definition to the VUCA world. Organizations found themselves needing to adapt faster to survive, with greater effectiveness and efficiently, to deliver on shifting strategies. Change, however, can still be cumbersome and the intended benefits unrealized. Against this backdrop, Organization Design and Development has evolved, with a keen focus on accelerating workforce productivity to deliver increasingly complex strategies. To proactively identify opportunities and guide design decisions, Orgvue has leveraged data via an innovative Organization Planning and Analysis (OP&A) model, a natural partner to Finance’s FP&A process. This capability in forecasting and planning connects the organization to ever-changing business needs with a precision that benefits the organization, leaders and employees. Come hear about this dynamic work and see how it can enhance your current Organization Design processes!

Rupert Morrison, CEO, OrgVue

2:30 pm – 3:15 pm

Concurrent Session

Raytheon Technologies: Aligning Strategy, Talent and Workforce Analytics

United Technologies Corporation agreed to buy Raytheon Company in an all-stock deal, forming an aerospace and defense giant with $74 billion in sales in one of the industry's biggest transactions ever. Raytheon Intelligence & Space (RI&S), one of 4 new business entities created by the merger, has been on a significant integration journey. Ensuring that each of RI&S has the talent to grow and support its $14B business portfolio across 35,000+ employees across the globe is now more critical than ever. Talent planning and strategy is an essential component to ensuring this alignment between the business strategy and the workforce to assure organizational performance. Generating targeted, actionable analytics has assured credibility with the businesses and has helped drive change. Bob Motion will walk us through the talent strategy and workforce analytics process to identify resources needed for the new organization design.  

Robert Motion, Director, Talent Strategy & Planning, Raytheon Intelligence & Space, Raytheon Technologies

2:30 pm – 3:15 pm

Concurrent Session

Evolving a Legacy with Human-Centered Design

Ford Motor Company is a global employer of 200,000 employees with a rich, 117-year history.  Over the past several years, Ford has incorporated Human Centered Design into many aspects of our business, including how we shape our organizations, embrace a learning mindset, and incorporate consideration of experience – for the customer and employees - in all we do.  As a strategic Human Resources partner at Ford, Kirstin Queen will provide insights to how understanding the soul of the company is transforming the culture and helping Ford to realize our aspirations. 

Kirstin Queen, Manager, OD, Ford Motor Company

3:15 – 3:30 pm

Closing Remarks, Evaluations

Cleta M. Galvez Ph.D., Program Director, The Conference Board