OD Conclave 2014

A Conclave entitled ‘Evolving Frontiers in OD’ was held from December 8 –10, 2014 at Clarks Amer Hotel, Jaipur.

The conclave was a generative space for learning, contributing and co-creating in the field of OD. Through the various papers, presentations and thought discussions by both, national and international OD scholars and practitioners, it celebrated and furthered the reach and practice of OD. The Conclave also evoked new energies to enhance the momentum of OD growth, especially in the context of India.

Here are the presentations at this Conclave:

Presentation Title Presenter(s) Affiliation Email id
My experience with OD and HR – Keynote Address Dr. T V Rao Professor-IIMA Chairman – TV Rao Learning Systems, Ahmedabad tvrao@tvrao.com
Combining Leadership Learning and Organizational Learning: Experience from a Hospital in Austria Dr. Marlies (Maria Elisabeth) Garbsch Organizational consultant, management-trainer and coach, Vienna, Austria marlies@garbsch.at
A merger without undesirable side effects. The fusion of two pharmaceutical companies in Austria with brain and heart Dr. Liselotte Zvacek Teacher, Trainer and Organisation consultant. Board member, Oggo, Vienna, Austria zvacek@organisationen-beraten.net
Culture Building at Raychem: The story of Raychem’s journey of culture transformation, sharing the experience of this journey so far Mr. Ratish Jha President and Head - HR for Raychem Limited, an RPG Group company, Mumbai ratishjha@raychemrpg.com
The Genesis and Spread of OD in India Dr. Somnath Chattopadhyaya Founder member, ISABS and OD Consultant, Delhi
Transformation in Farmers Cooperatives - an institution building approach Dr. Lalitha Iyer OD Consultant, Bengaluru lalithaiyer13@gmail.com
Facilitating social learning and capacity building for sustainable action towards urban dev. - a case from Austria / Korneuburg Mr. Christian Schrefel Ecocounselling Europe, 17&4 Consulting Limited, Vienna, Austria christian.schrefel@me.com
An OD Approach Towards Holistic Development of Children from Underprivileged sections of Society Dr. Uma Jain – Gayanshala HR and OD Consultant, Ahmedabad and Director – ODCP, ISABS umajain53@gmail.com
Organization change at conscious and sub-conscious levels - Recognising organizations as living systems Facilitating Organisation Development through Hypnotic Interventions. Mr. Khirod Pattnaik
Dr.Snigdha Pattnaik
Mr. Ajay Sharma
Learning Associates, Bhubaneswar
Xavier School of HR, Xavier University,Bhubaneswar
FG Wilson, Dubai
khirod@learningassociates.in
snigdha@ximb.ac.in
ajay@fgwilson.ae
New Leadership Assimilation Process to Manage Organization Restructuring Ms. Jahnavi Gurjar HR, Tata Timken, Bengaluru jahnavi.gurjer@timken.com
Seven levels of consciousness of an organization Ms. Rashmi Datt Founder & Director, Dialog Services, Mumbai rashmi_dialog@yahoo.com
Diversity Dynamics in Groups – Implications for Organisations and OD Dr. Uma Jain HR and OD Consultant, Ahmedabad and Director – ODCP, ISABS umajain53@gmail.com
Gender Process & Women’s Leadership. Ms. Veena Pinto Organizational Trainer and Coach, Mumbai veensp2004@yahoo.com
Gender Patterns in an IT Organisation Dr. Marisa D’Mello Organisational Consultant, Mumbai marisa2410@yahoo.com
“Depth OD - Exploring organisations for deeper transformations” Mr. R. Sankara subramanyan Change Works, Mumbai rsankara@yahoo.com
OD Dilemma: Marrying OD with Business Mr. Ameet Dubey Independent Consultant, Mumbai ameetdubey80@gmail.com
Creating an enabling work culture and developing leadership competencies in an Indian PSU Dr. N P Singh Director, ASEED-IDMAT, Greater NOIDA nagendra@aidmat.com
Implementing Appreciative Inquiry (AI) intervention examining the external context (societal culture), internal context (organizational culture), and leadership behaviors Ms. Sandhya Johnson PhD Scholar, Fielding Institute, USA sandhya.johnson@gmail.com
Organization Branding and OD - How OD approach can be used for generating organization Branding Mr. Subramaniam Kalpathi People Business Consultants, Gurgaon subramanian.kalpathi@gmail.com
Roopantar - OD at the workers level in the factories of ACG Ms. Priya Vasudevan
Ms. Nikita Vasudeva
ACG Worldwide, Mumbai and ODCP Alumni
ACG Worldwide, Mumbai and ODCP Alumni
priya.vasudevan@acg-world.com
nikita.panchal@gmail.com
Action Research methodology as a way of diagnosis involving all people Mr. Ameet Mattoo
Mr. Luke Vishram Chandekar
ST micro Electronics, NOIDA and ODCP Alumni
ST micro Electronics, NOIDA and ODCP Participant
ameet.mattoo@st.com
luke.chandekar@gmail.com
OD practices at ZENSAR Ms. Sushama Kulkarni Zensar, Pune and ODCP Alumni nagendra@aidmat.com
Organizational Metaphors for Change Management - the Ninth metaphor. Using the Gareth Morgan model on organizational metaphors Mr. Tejinder Singh Bhogal Innobridge Consultants, Delhi tejibhogal@gmail.com
Facilitating Transformation in HR Academics at WeSchool Dr. Anjali Joshi Welingkar Institute of Management Dev & Research, Mumbai anjali.joshi@welingkar.org
Consultants approach to change management - innovation, styles and Values and its impact on OD work Mr. Pradeep Prakash UTSAV, Delhi pradeepprakash2001@gmail.com
Designing SMB organizations: Learning from success and lessons from failure Mr. Shyne Devasia Kochuveed Managing Partner, PeopleWiz Consulting, Pune. shyne.devasia@peoplewizconsulting.com
Here are the presentations at this Conclave:
Presentation Title My experience with OD and HR – Keynote Address
Presenter (s) Dr. T V Rao
Affiliation Professor-IIMA Chairman – TV Rao Learning Systems, Ahmedabad
Email id tvrao@tvrao.com
Presentation Title Combining Leadership Learning and Organizational Learning: Experience from a Hospital in Austria
Presenter (s) Dr. Marlies (Maria Elisabeth) Garbsch
Affiliation Organizational consultant, management-trainer and coach, Vienna, Austria
Email id marlies@garbsch.at
Presentation Title A merger without undesirable side effects. The fusion of two pharmaceutical companies in Austria with brain and heart
Presenter (s) Dr. Liselotte Zvacek
Affiliation Teacher, Trainer and Organisation consultant. Board member, Oggo, Vienna, Austria
Email id zvacek@organisationen-beraten.net
Presentation Title Culture Building at Raychem: The story of Raychem’s journey of culture transformation, sharing the experience of this journey so far
Presenter (s) Mr. Ratish Jha
Affiliation President and Head - HR for Raychem Limited, an RPG Group company, Mumbai
Email id ratishjha@raychemrpg.com
Presentation Title The Genesis and Spread of OD in India
Presenter (s) Dr. Somnath Chattopadhyaya
Affiliation Founder member, ISABS and OD Consultant, Delhi
Email id
Presentation Title Transformation in Farmers Cooperatives - an institution building approach
Presenter (s) Dr. Lalitha Iyer
Affiliation OD Consultant, Bengaluru
Email id lalithaiyer13@gmail.com
Presentation Title Facilitating social learning and capacity building for sustainable action towards urban dev. - a case from Austria / Korneuburg
Presenter (s) Mr. Christian Schrefel
Affiliation Ecocounselling Europe, 17&4 Consulting Limited, Vienna, Austria
Email id christian.schrefel@me.com
Presentation Title An OD Approach Towards Holistic Development of Children from Underprivileged sections of Society
Presenter (s) Dr. Uma Jain – Gayanshala
Affiliation HR and OD Consultant, Ahmedabad and Director – ODCP, ISABS
Email id umajain53@gmail.com
Presentation Title Organization change at conscious and sub-conscious levels - Recognising organizations as living systems Facilitating Organisation Development through Hypnotic Interventions.
Presenter (s) Mr. Khirod Pattnaik

Dr.Snigdha Pattnaik

Mr. Ajay Sharma
Affiliation Learning Associates, Bhubaneswar

Xavier School of HR, Xavier University,Bhubaneswar

FG Wilson, Dubai
Email id khirod@learningassociates.in

snigdha@ximb.ac.in

ajay@fgwilson.ae
Presentation Title New Leadership Assimilation Process to Manage Organization Restructuring
Presenter (s) Ms. Jahnavi Gurjar
Affiliation HR, Tata Timken, Bengaluru
Email id jahnavi.gurjer@timken.com
Presentation Title Seven levels of consciousness of an organization
Presenter (s) Ms. Rashmi Datt
Affiliation Founder & Director, Dialog Services, Mumbai
Email id rashmi_dialog@yahoo.com
Presentation Title Diversity Dynamics in Groups – Implications for Organisations and OD
Presenter (s) Dr. Uma Jain
Affiliation HR and OD Consultant, Ahmedabad and Director – ODCP, ISABS
Email id umajain53@gmail.com
Presentation Title Gender Process & Women’s Leadership.
Presenter (s) Ms. Veena Pinto
Affiliation Organizational Trainer and Coach, Mumbai
Email id veensp2004@yahoo.com
Presentation Title Gender Patterns in an IT Organisation
Presenter (s) Dr. Marisa D’Mello
Affiliation Organisational Consultant, Mumbai
Email id marisa2410@yahoo.com
Presentation Title “Depth OD - Exploring organisations for deeper transformations”
Presenter (s) Mr. R. Sankara subramanyan
Affiliation Change Works, Mumbai
Email id rsankara@yahoo.com
Presentation Title OD Dilemma: Marrying OD with Business
Presenter (s) Mr. Ameet Dubey
Affiliation Independent Consultant, Mumbai
Email id ameetdubey80@gmail.com
Presentation Title Creating an enabling work culture and developing leadership competencies in an Indian PSU
Presenter (s) Dr. N P Singh
Affiliation Director, ASEED-IDMAT, Greater NOIDA
Email id nagendra@aidmat.com
Presentation Title Implementing Appreciative Inquiry (AI) intervention examining the external context (societal culture), internal context (organizational culture), and leadership behaviors
Presenter (s) Ms. Sandhya Johnson
Affiliation PhD Scholar, Fielding Institute, USA
Email id sandhya.johnson@gmail.com
Presentation Title Organization Branding and OD - How OD approach can be used for generating organization Branding
Presenter (s) Mr. Subramaniam Kalpathi
Affiliation People Business Consultants, Gurgaon
Email id subramanian.kalpathi@gmail.com
Presentation Title Roopantar - OD at the workers level in the factories of ACG
Presenter (s) Ms. Priya Vasudevan

Ms. Nikita Vasudeva
Affiliation ACG Worldwide, Mumbai and ODCP Alumni

ACG Worldwide, Mumbai and ODCP Alumni
Email id priya.vasudevan@acg-world.com

nikita.panchal@gmail.com
Presentation Title Action Research methodology as a way of diagnosis involving all people
Presenter (s) Mr. Ameet Mattoo

Mr. Luke Vishram Chandekar
Affiliation ST micro Electronics, NOIDA and ODCP Alumni

ST micro Electronics, NOIDA and ODCP Participant
Email id ameet.mattoo@st.com

luke.chandekar@gmail.com
Presentation Title OD practices at ZENSAR
Presenter (s) Ms. Sushama Kulkarni
Affiliation Zensar, Pune and ODCP Alumni
Email id nagendra@aidmat.com
Presentation Title Organizational Metaphors for Change Management - the Ninth metaphor. Using the Gareth Morgan model on organizational metaphors
Presenter (s) Mr. Tejinder Singh Bhogal
Affiliation Innobridge Consultants, Delhi
Email id tejibhogal@gmail.com
Presentation Title Facilitating Transformation in HR Academics at WeSchool
Presenter (s) Dr. Anjali Joshi
Affiliation Welingkar Institute of Management Dev & Research, Mumbai
Email id anjali.joshi@welingkar.org
Presentation Title Facilitating Transformation in HR Academics at WeSchool
Presenter (s) Dr. Anjali Joshi
Affiliation Welingkar Institute of Management Dev & Research, Mumbai
Email id anjali.joshi@welingkar.org
Presentation Title Consultants approach to change management - innovation, styles and Values and its impact on OD work
Presenter (s) Mr. Pradeep Prakash
Affiliation UTSAV, Delhi
Email id pradeepprakash2001@gmail.com
Presentation Title Designing SMB organizations: Learning from success and lessons from failure
Presenter (s) Mr. Shyne Devasia Kochuveed
Affiliation Managing Partner, PeopleWiz Consulting, Pune.
Email idshyne.devasia@peoplewizconsulting.com