Speakers & Lectures

One of the most popular educational programs offered by Organizational Dynamics is our Dinner and Lunch lecture series.

Speakers who are leaders in their fields are invited to discuss topics pertaining to their practice or scholarship and to connect their work with the Organizational Dynamics concentration areas - i.e., coaching and consulting, leadership, global, development and change management, project, program and portfolio management, and sustainable development, as well as other topics.

These lectures offer unique opportunities to keep abreast of the latest developments in many areas of interest as well as to socialize and network with faculty, other students, alumni, and Organizational Dynamics Exchange Network members.

To make the event particularly enjoyable, we combine most speakers with a meal. Dinner Lectures are held from 5:15 p.m. until about 6:15 p.m. Lunch Lectures are held Saturdays from 12 noon untill 1:00 p.m. We also offer Brunch Lectures as part of the Organizational Dynamics new semester community gathering in January and September. Unless otherwise advised lectures are held in the Hourglass Room, University Club.

There is no charge or need to register if you are a current DYNM student taking a course on day of the lecture or if you are a faculty member. Students and faculty not taking a course on the lecture day and members of the Organizational Dynamics Exchange Network (ODEN) must send an email to dynamics@sas.upenn.edu to register so that we can provide sufficient seating and food. Members of ODEN and other community members may be charged a fee in advance to attend.

Dinner Lecture Video Archive - check back often for updates


2011/2012 Academic Year

Spring 2012
Tim Hornung, MBA
Joel Adler, PhD
Organizational Dynamics
April 21, 2012
"The SAP Business Transformation Management Method, BTM2 and its alignment with the Organizational Dynamics program and its P3 concentration"		 Larry Hirschhorn, PhD
Organizational Dynamics
April 14, 2012
"Executing Strategy through Backcasting"
Marc Cooper
Project manager in the Division of Facilities and Real Estate Services at the University of Pennsylvania
March 10, 2012
"Project Management of the Penn Park"		 Richard Bayney, PhD
President and Founder of Project & Portfolio Value Corporation (PPVC); Affiliated faculty, Organizational Dynamics
February 11, 2012
"Managerial Decision-Making (or the Lack of it) Under Risk & Uncertainty"
Cheryl Pallant
Writer, poet, dancer, writing coach, workshop leader, and professor
February 7, 2012
"Generative Thinking"		 Andrei Villarroel, PhD
MIT Center for Collective Intelligence and the Catolica Lisbon School of Business and Economics Lisbon, Portugal
January 31, 2012
"The global ecology of crowdsourcing: opportunities and challenges
Maritin Pospisil
Visiting Research Scholar, Organizational Dynamics;
PhD Candidate, Charles University and Czech Academy of Sciences
January 19, 2012
"Economic Overview of Central Europe"		 Peter Dachowski
past-President and CEO, CertainTeed Corporation
January 7, 2012
"Topic to be announced"

Fall 2011
Angelika C. Bullinger-Hoffmann, PhD
Visiting Scholar, Organizational Dynamics, Assistant Professor of Information Systems, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
November 29, 2011
"Innovation. Interaction. IT"		 Matt Minahan, Ed.D.
Johns Hopkins University
November 22, 2011
"Global/cultural perspectives of organization development and change"
Trevor Naidoo
Senior Director, Oracle, Affiliated Faculty, Organizational Dynamics
November 19, 2011
"Business Process Management; Concept and Impact"		 Michael Curry
Principal of Business Contingency Services, Vanguard
November 17, 2011
"Crisis Management"
John Pourdehnad, PhD
Organizational Dynamics and Ackoff Collaboratory for Advancement of Systems Approaches, School of Engineering and Applied Science
November 12, 2011
"Introduction to holistic systems thinking"		 Harold Klein, PhD
Department of General and Strategic Management, Fox School of Business and Management, Temple University
November 8, 2011
"Envisioning complexity"
Jan Hanousek, PhD
Charles University and Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
November 7, 2011
"Economic turmoil, political consolidation, and environmental challenges"		 Michele Ballet, PsyD
Lecturer, School of Social Policy & Practice; Founder, Principal, Applied Consulting, LLC
October 27, 2011
"Family systems"
Arthur M. Freedmant, PhD, MBA
World Institute of Action Learning and National Training Laboratories
October 25, 2011
"Action learning coaching"		 Nancy Post, PhD
Post Enterprises
October 20, 2011
"Leading Healthy Change"
Ralph Menzano
Executive Director -­‐ Transportation Industry Solutions, Oracle
October 15, 2011
"Managing IT in the Public Sector"		 Marvin Weisbord
Future Search Network
October 11, 2011
"Productive workplaces: A living history"
Krzysztof Ostrowski, PhD
Affiliated Faculty, Organizational Dynamics
October 6, 2011
"EU developments from the perspective of the current Polish presidency"		 Nora Lewis
Vice Dean, Professional and Continuing Education, School of Arts and Sciences
September 10, 2011
"Pathways in Professional Education: Stories from Penn Arts and Sciences"

Spring 2011
Kerry Brown
SAP Education
April 9, 2011
"Program Management Challenges in Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Systems Deployment"		 David Grazian, PhD
Penn Sociology
April 5, 2011
"Learning from Nightlife: Consumer Culture as Collective Experience"
Jonathan Schanzer, PhD
Foundation for Defense of Democracies
March 29, 2011
"Social Media and Social Upheaval: Understanding the New Middle
East"		 James McNair Connor, PhD
University of South Wales, Australia
March 22, 2011
"Passionate Projects: Managing the Emotions in a Project"
Joe Hsueh, PhD
System Dynamics Group, MIT Sloan School of Management
March 15, 2011
"Systems Thinking: Structure Determines Behavior"
March 16, 2011
The Beer Game		 Jean-Marc Choukroun, PhD
Organizational Dynamics; Managing Director, Park/Mathieson Group, Inc.; Senior Advisor, Strategy Services, Omega Group, LLC.
March 5, 2011
"The Project Manager as Leader in Strategy Execution"
Benjamin Waber
Doctoral candidate, Human Dynamics Group at the MIT Media Lab
February 21, 2011
"Human Networks: The Future of Work"		 Larry Hirschhorn, PhD
Organizational Dynamics
February 5, 2011
"Executing Strategy through Backcasting"
Judy Wicks

January 8, 2011
"Building a New Economy for a Sustainable Future"

Fall 2010
Frank Nuessle
Organizational Dynamics; Managing Partner, Global Performance Institute
November 30, 2010
"Leadership and Sustainability: How to Engage in Collaborative Innovation"		 George Gonzales Rivas
AnyLogic North America
November 20, 2010
"Lean for the Information Age"
Martin Stankard, PhD
Organizational Dynamics
November 13, 2010
"Lean Six Sigma Overview"		 Kent Myers, PhD
Booz Allen Hamilton
November 9, 2010
"The Cognition of Professionals: What Works Under Turbulence?"
Teodora Paligorova, PhD
Bank of Canada
November 4, 2010
"Organizational Dynamics of Bank Lending Behavior in Canada during the Financial Crisis"		 Ruth Orenstein, PsyD
Organizational Dynamics
October 26, 2010
"Organizational Consulting and Executive Coaching"
Arthur Freedman, PhD
World Institute for Action Learning
October 19, 2010
"Action Learning for Organization Development and Change"		 Howard Hostrander
Organizational Dynamics
October 14, 2010
"Post Traumatic Stress: Disorder or Injury. A Semi-self Portrait"
Marvin Weisbord
Co-director, Future Search Network (FSN)
September 28, 2010
"A Living History of Productive Workplaces"

2009/2010 Academic Year

Summer 2010
C.V. Madhavi, PhD
Senior Professor and Director, Centre for Organization Development
June 2, 2010
"Women in Indian Business, Change Management"

Spring 2010
Ali Shapiro
Health Coach and Consultant
April 8, 2010
An Interview of Ms. Shapiro by Dr. Alan Barstow on the occasion of the publication of Shapiro's e-book, The Roots of Going Green: Your Fork, Your Power		 Kennard Wing
Owner, Kennard T. Wing & Company, Project Director, Consultant
April 6, 2010
"The Sticky Problem of Spreading Innovation."

Video of Ken Wing's address
Gregg Lichtenstein, Ph.D.
President and CEO of Collaborative Strategies
March 31, 2010
"Talent Has a Method: Developing Entrepreneurs and Enterprises"		 David Ing
IBM Marketing Scientist and Business Architect
February 15, 2010
"The Emerging Science of Service Systems."
Video of David Ing's address
Göran Carstedt
Director, the Natural Step
Former President, IKEA North America
Former President of Volvo Svenska
February 11, 2010
"Transformational Change for a Sustainable Future"		 Jan Hanousek, Ph.D.
Visiting Scholar and Affiliated Faculty, Organizational Dynamics, and full Professor at CERGE-EI, a joint workplace of the Charles University and Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
February 1, 2010
"The European Union: the Global Contender Up and Coming"
Andrew Binns, Ph.D.
Vice Provost for Education, University of Pennsylvania
January 9, 2010
"What is the Place of Professional Master's Degree Programs at Penn
and by Extension at Research-Intensive Universities in the US?"
Video of Dr. Binns' lecture		 Larry Starr, Ph.D.
Executive Director and Faculty, Organizational Dynamics
January 9, 2010
"The State of the Program Address"
Video of Dr. Starr's address

Fall 2009
William Graham President, Enterprise Integration Group, Lockheed Martin Information Systems & Global Services
"Being an Entrepreneur in a 'Mature' Business Environment"
Video of Mr. Graham's Lecture

L. Frederick Sutherland Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Group Executive, ARAMARK Corporation.
"Entrepreneurship and Leadership at the Individual Level in ARAMARK"

David W. Jamieson, Ph.D. President, Jamieson Consulting Group, Inc.; Adjunct Professor, Master of Science in Organization Development Programs, Pepperdine University and AU/NTL
"Living on the Bridge . . . Bridging Theory and Practice"
Video of Dr. Jamieson's Lecture

Arthur M. Freedman, Ph.D. Consulting Psychologist
Former Director of the American University National Training Laboratories' (AU/NTL), Master of Science in Organizational Development Program
"How Action Learning Team Coaching Contributes to Leadership and Organization Development"
Video of Dr. Freedman's Lecture

Marvin Weisbord Co-director, Future Search Network (FSN)
"Evolution of Workplace Improvement Strategies from Taylorism through Participative Management to Systems Thinking and Beyond"
Video of Dr. Weisbord's Lecture

Chris Born, MD Fellow, American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons
"Disasters: An Overview of Preparedness and Response Management"
Video of Dr. Born's lecture

Robert J. Marshak, Ph.D. Scholar in Residence, School of Public Affairs, American University
"Organization Development and Post Confucian Countries"
Video of Dr. Marshak's Lecture

Alan Barstow, Ph.D. Director of Academics and Professor, Organizational Dynamics
"The Flight 93 Memorial: A Report on Students' Work in the Organizational Dynamics Project Course"
Video of Flight 93 Presentation

Debra Gmelin, PhD Corporate Director, Leadership Institute at Humana Inc.
"Learning as a Go-to-Market Strategy"

2008/2009 Academic Year

Spring 2009
Ruth Anne Guerrero Vice President, Project Management Office, Amerihealth Mercy Family
"What Makes a Program Management Office (PMO) Successful?"

Peter F. Norlin, Ph.D. Executive Director, Organization Development Network
"Developing a Meta-Organization: Laboratory Learning at the OD Network"

J. Andrei Villarroel, Ph.D. Visiting Scholar, Organizational Dynamics; Postdoctoral fellowship, MIT with Professor Eric von Hippel (Head of Innovation and Entrepreneurship)
"Strategic Crowdsourcing: Motivating Firm-Sponsored Online Collective Work"

Anne Papageorge Vice President for Facilities and Real Estate Services, University of Pennsylvania
"The Penn Connects program"

Jason D. Patent, Ph.D. Independent Consultant
"Are These Truths Self-Evident? Digging Deeper into Chinese and American Culture"

William E. Smith, Ph.D. Director of Organizing for Development, an International Institute (ODII); Adjunct Associate Professor, Organizational Sciences, George Washington U.
"The Transformational Origins and Opportunity in Our Current Crisis: A New Philosophy, Theory, and Model of the Organizing Process"

Richard Caruso, Ph.D. Chairman/ CEO/ President of Integra LifeSciences
"How to Become the Entrepreneur of the Enterprise of Your Own Life"

Fall 2008
Diane Brennan President, International Coach Federation
"Leadership Coaching: The Impact on the Organization"

David Cook, Ph.D. December 2, 2008
"Sustainable Development and The Natural Step Framework"

Matt Minahan, Ed.D. President, MM&A
Adjunct Professor, Organization Development/Strategic Human Resources, Johns Hopkins University; Adjunct Professor, Management and Organization at the Smith School of Business, University of Maryland
"Some Myths and Realities about Cross Culturalism"

Arthur M. Freedman, Ph.D. Consulting Psychologist
Former Director of the American University National Training Laboratories' (AU/NTL), Master of Science in Organizational Development Program
"The Undiscussable Sides of Implementing Complex Systems Change"

Jan Hanousek, Ph.D. Visiting Scholar and Affiliated Faculty, Organizational Dynamics; Professor at CERGE-EI, Charles University & Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
"Organizations' Behavior and Types of Ownership: Responsibility, Soft Budgetary Constraints, and Bailouts."

Jason Magidson, Ph.D. Director of Innovation Processes, GlaxoSmithKline
"Organizing So Institutions and the Individuals in Them Can Thrive in Turbulent Times"

Alexander (Sandy) Pentland, Ph.D. Director of the Digital Life Consortium; Media Lab Group, M.I.T.
"Honest Signals: Understanding Organizations through Reality Mining"

2007/2008 Academic Year

Spring 2008
Gunnar Olsson, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus, Economic Geography, Uppsala University, Sweden.
April 17, 2008 - "Towards a Critique of Cartographic Reason"
April 19, 2008 - "Mapping the Human Territory"

Paul Osimo Jr. Vice President, Lehigh Nanotech, LLC
"Nanotechnology for Energy and Environment - Applications and Implications"

Rosa Colon, Ph.D. Vice President, Systems learning,
Christiana Care Health System, Delaware
"Learning and Organization Development in Healthcare"

Claudia Byram, Ph.D. Senior SAVI trainer and Psychologist and Fran Carter, MSS Clinical and Consulting Practice
"Making a Map of Communication - SAVI: Tracking the Patterns that Matter"

Robert Croner Executive Vice President, Human Resources, Radian Group, Inc.
"Anatomy of a Merger: Connecting 'People' Strategies with Business Strategies"

Feliks Tarasenko, Ph.D. Dean of Faculty and Professor, Department of Public and Business Administration, Tomsk State University, Tomsk, Russia
"Seven Paradoxes of Voting Systems: Inherent Peculiarities of Collective Decision Making"

Richard Harriman Managing Partner, Synectics Corporation
"Creativity and Innovation"

Fall 2007
Krzysztof Ostrowski, Ph.D. with Henry Teune Ph.D. Executive Director, International Institute of Regional and Local Studies, Pultusk School of Humanities
"A Berlin-Warsaw Axis? New Perspectives on the Old Fractures in a Changing Europe"

Juraj Stancik Ph.D. Candidate, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
"The Impact of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) on Sales Growth of Domestic Companies"

Ruth Orenstein, Psy.D. President of Princeton Consulting Resoruces, Inc.; Director of the Organzational Psychology Consulting Group, Center for Applied Psychology, Rutgers University; Part-time faculty, Center for Applied Psychology, Rutgers University
"Multidimensional Executive Coaching"

Richard Kilburg, Ph.D. Senior Director, Office of Human Services, Johns Hopkins University
"On Executive Conscience: Coaching and the Virtue of Justice in Leaders"

Larry Hirschhorn, Ph.D. Affiliated Faculty, Organizational Dynamics

Jane Frankel and Laura Burford Founder, The Art of Performance, LLC.
"Strategic Capabilities: People and Technology"

J.T. Kostman, Ph.D. Industrial/Organizational Psychologist and Sociocognitive Economist
"Leadership in Times of Crisis, Chaos and Change"

2006/2007 Academic Year
Director, Graduate Certificate Program in Executive Coaching; Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology
"Graduate Education in Executive Coaching: Competence, Professional Ethics, and Commitment to the Community."

Robert J. Marshak, Ph.D. Scholar in Residence, School of Public Affairs, American University
"The Hidden Dimensions of Organizational Change"

Harold Klein, Ph.D. Affiliated Faculty, Organizational Dynamics; Associate Professor, Department of General and Strategic Management, Fox School of Business and Management, Temple University
"Complex Organizational Problems in the Mind's Eye"

J. Andrei Villarroel Ph.D. Candidate, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne; Former Visiting Scholar, Center for Organizational Dynamics
"Organizational Networks"

Karen Daroff President and Principal in Charge of Design, Daroff Design

2005/2006 Academic Year
Robert J. Lee, Ph.D. Practicing Executive Coach, Author, Lecture
"Executive Coaching: An Executive Summary"

James Pawelski, Ph.D. Director of Education,
University of Pennsylvania; Positive Psychology Center; faculty, Master's of Applied Positive Psychology
"Applications of Positive Psychology"

Jose Lambert, Ph.D. Leuven Research Centre in Belgium
"Intercultural Communication"

Diane Hanson President of Creative Resource Development

Gerald Suarez, Ph.D. Consultant and Lecturer
"Threats in the Workplace"

Mike van Oudtshoorn, Ph.D. Organizational Psychologist
"Doctoral Coaching Programs in the UK ."

2004/2005 Academic Year
Jeremy Rifkin, Ph.D. Author and President, Foundation on Economic Trends; Personal Advisor to Romano Prodi, President of The European Commission
"The Impact of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) on Sales Growth of Domestic Companies"

Robert Barsky, Ph.D. Professor of Comparative Literature, Vanderbilt University
"Haven or Purgatory? Refugee Policies of the US and Canada"

Jan Hanousek, Ph.D. Visiting Scholar and Affiliated Faculty, Organizational Dynamics; Professor at CERGE-EI, Charles University & Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
"The Gray Economic Zone: Firms, Stocks, and Shadows"

Krzysztof Ostrowski, Ph.D. with Henry Teune Ph.D. Executive Director, International Institute of Regional and Local Studies, Pultusk School of Humanities
"Prospects and Problems of the Baltics in a New Europe"