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PANEL DISCUSSION 

Humanity and Efficiency: Navigating Toward Our Organizational Future

The history of organizations contains a constant tension between the importance of the human experience at work and the efficiencies that make an organization successful. Is it nothing new or does the tension increase over time? Does AI create more space for humanity at work or less? If tomorrow’s organizational landscape is different, how should coaches and consultants guide their clients into it?

PANELISTS:

Michelle Caryn Paul, Ph.D.

Behavioral scientist, organizational psychologist and change agent Dr. Michelle Caryn Paul brings 25 years of experience helping high-growth technology firms, government agencies, and non-profit organizations maximize organizational effectiveness. Dr. Paul’s strategic advisory services increase adoption of changes, technologies, and new ways of working; foster resilient stakeholder ecosystems; enhance equitable and data-driven impacts; accelerate innovation; and improve team and organizational results. Dr. Paul collaborates with her clients to design, implement and evaluate a wide variety of initiatives to improve individual, team, and organizational performance. Dr. Paul has a MA and PhD in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from the University of Maryland College Park and a BA (summa cum laude) in Psychology/Sociology from Emory University.

Larry Hultberg

Larry Hultberg, Managing Director of Change Point Consulting, LLC, is a former executive with Accenture with extensive experience focused on Organization Development and Change Management for business transformations, corporate restructurings, and strategic planning. His engagements span the federal government, including the Department of Defense, as well as the private sector and non-profits. As a certified Executive Coach and Gallup CliftonStrengths Coach, and certified in the MBTI assessment, he has coached senior leaders across the federal government and women in technology globally. Larry is a 20-year veteran of the US Air Force with a Master of Science in Organization Development and Strategic Human Resources from Johns Hopkins University. He previously served as faculty at Hopkins and is currently a Learning Team Coach for the Organization Development Consulting and Change Leadership certificate program at Georgetown University’s Institute for Transformational Leadership.

Shekar Nalle Pilli Venkateswara (“Shaker”)

Michelle Caryn Paul, Ph.D.  | Workshop: Generative AI: An Organizational Accelerator

Workshop Overview: How can organizations take advantage of the acceleration potential of generative artificial intelligence (Generative AI) tools? How can these tools enhance jobs, help teams expand their impact, and create new sources of value for organizations? During this workshop Michelle will share essential things you need to know about Generative AI and the implications for upskilling and job enhancement, team process redesign, and business strategy. Michelle will also outline the predominant concerns and risks associated with Generative AI and highlight risk mitigation actions most likely to address those concerns. Next, she will host a small group discussion session where participants will explore how to integrate Generative AI into their organizations or with their clients. Michelle will end the session with reflections on the exercise and an open question and answer forum

Behavioral scientist, organizational psychologist and change agent Dr. Michelle Caryn Paul brings 25 years of experience helping high-growth technology firms, government agencies, and non-profit organizations maximize organizational effectiveness. Dr. Paul’s strategic advisory services increase adoption of changes, technologies, and new ways of working; foster resilient stakeholder ecosystems; enhance equitable and data-driven impacts; accelerate innovation; and improve team and organizational results. Dr. Paul collaborates with her clients to design, implement and evaluate a wide variety of initiatives to improve individual, team, and organizational performance. Dr. Paul has a MA and PhD in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from the University of Maryland College Park and a BA (summa cum laude) in Psychology/Sociology from Emory University.

Marc Stoecker | Workshop: Innovative Teams: Three Brains to Coach for Creativity and Speed

Workshop Overview: The concept of the "three brains" referring to the stomach, heart, and head is often used metaphorically to describe different centers of intelligence or sources of wisdom within the body. While these "brains" don't have the same neurological complexity as the brain in our head, they are thought to play important roles in our overall well-being and decision-making processes. This workshop taps into our creativity from these three neural pathways to create from using coaching elements.

This workshop is a bit of a sandbox -- we know what we're going for and yet also need to be open with what becomes available during it. We have a path to becoming more self-aware and taking actions to activate our ideas. The speed of our ideation determines our success, at the individual and team level. You're here and have something to create. Let's find out what that is!

Participants will:

• Learn skills on how to ideate and do it quickly
• Learn how to connect to other people creatively and powerfully as that enhances ideation
• Learn how to be with failure more effectively (as people who can be with failure are the most successful)
• Enhance creativity with perspective-shifting techniques

Marc Stoecker is a senior trainer with 20+ years of experience with a Masters in Instructional Design, has worked in various business and government environments, and is a certified professional Co-Active Coach, ICF accredited coach and Positive Intelligence Coach. He regularly works with individuals and groups to provide career, creativity and mental fitness coaching solutions along with designing and facilitating custom workshops for clients through his company, Prism of Purpose Coaching and Training, LLC.

 

Lauren Green | High Velocity Meetings: Using Design Thinking Tools to Maximize Meeting Outputs

Workshop Overview: Design thinking tools are an essential part of an organization’s toolkit. We can use design thinking tools to gather information from stakeholders, co-create organizational change strategies and prototype solutions.

Our goal is to experience the power of design thinking tools in maximizing group, meeting and project outputs. We will start with the basics of design thinking principles and layer on tools that you can use in coaching, focus groups, strategic planning, systems thinking and decision-making conversations with your teams and clients.

This is a hands-on experiential session, where will be brainstorming and prototyping high-velocity solutions to OD and coaching, challenges, and trends.

3 Key Takeaways:

• Define design thinking in an organization development context.
  
• Experience design thinking tools in action.  
• Exposure to high-velocity solutions to trends and challenges we see in our field.

Lauren Green is a meeting facilitator, coach and trainer, as well as a visual notetaker. She is the owner and executive director of MeetingMakers, a close-knit team of experienced facilitators, trainers and meeting coaches who partner with clients to facilitate meetings with tangible outcomes and lasting impact. She believes facilitation should be a core competency for all professionals and is on a mission to make this a reality. She is recognized for her high energy and ability to fuel creativity and drive productivity in meetings, while also helping groups recognize and scale their collaboration strengths.

Lauren earned a master’s degree in Organization Development and Knowledge Management from George Mason University, where she now teaches facilitation as an adjunct professor. Lauren is an International Coach Federation certified coach and an MBTI® and EQi (emotional intelligence) Practitioner. She is certified in LUMA human-centered design methodology and teaches design thinking workshops on behalf of LUMA Institute. Lauren is the host of the podcast This Meeting Sucks, on a mission to un-suck meetings and bring meeting skills to the masses, one episode at a time.

Stay tuned for more updates on our esteemed speakers and workshops, coming your way very soon!