Presentation:

"Changes in Change Management: A 25-Year Retrospective"

After more than 25 years of teaching, consulting and writing in the field of change management, this keynote will present some observations on the evolution of our field's thinking and practice. What has changed? What has remained the same? What have we learned? In addition, looking to the future, what are the biggest challenges ahead? Will our tools and models need to change? In short, are we as a field "maturing" and solidifying, while at the same time, adapting as needed?

Biography:

Todd D. Jick is Professor of Management at Columbia Business School and President of Global Leadership Services, Inc., a consulting firm specializing in leadership training, consulting, and executive development.  In 2009, Todd won the prestigious prize for Excellence in Teaching at Columbia, selected as the best teacher by Columbia students. He was a professor at the Harvard Business School for 10 years and a Visiting Professor, Organizational Behavior-Human Resource Management at INSEAD, and the London Business School.  Todd earned his MS and PhD from Cornell University in organizational behavior.  He has a BA in social anthropology from Wesleyan University.

Todd has published widely in the field of Organizational Change, including the leading textbook, Managing Change (3rd edition due out in 2010 with Maury Peiperl, and The Challenge of Organizational Change (with Rosabeth Kanter and Barry Stein). He has written more than 30 business cases featuring organizations going through change and he created the first graduate courses in Organizational Change at both Harvard and Columbia Business School. His other books include The Boundaryless Organization (with Ashkenas, Ulrich and Kerr, 2nd edition) which won the Accord Group Executive Leadership best business book of the year award and Management Live! (with Marx and Frost).  He was featured on Business Week On Line podcasts as a management expert on Executive Teamwork.

Todd also was a senior consultant to GE's corporate transformation initiative called "Workout." He has been actively involved in executive education, offsite and conference facilitation, coaching and consulting in areas such as leadership, strategic planning, organizational change and transformation, service management, and human resources management. Some of his clients have included: GE, Morgan Stanley, Reed Elsevier, Toyota, and PricewaterhouseCoopers.  European-based clients have included Intercontinental Hotels Group, Credit Suisse, Zurich Financial Services, Novartis, and Cadbury.  And he has consulted and taught for a number of government organizations.

Todd was honored to have been selected by the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation in 2002 to be the facilitator of a series of meetings to determine the mission and program elements for the World Trade Center Memorial and the 9-11 Museum at Ground Zero, and he facilitated the jury that chose the Memorial design.

Finally, Todd has been on the board of Claire's Stores, Inc., a leading retailer, as Chairman of the Compensation Committee, and at Standard Electric, an electrical distribution company. He also is on the Board of the Williamstown Theatre Festival.

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