Introduction to Scratch OD

8 Days

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Cohort-based Course

Upgrade your OD skillset using examples and design frameworks that amplify your efforts and increase your impact.

Course overview

Evolve from a program manager to a scratch designer

Off-the-shelf programs and best practices can only take you so far. Every organization has unique traits and different contexts that affect what works best. This course helps you understand the base elements of organization performance and provides master tools and templates that help you build high-impact programs and processes that deliver better results.

Who is this course for

01

Experienced HR and OD professionals who are in a position to manage or develop programs for their company.

02

Are you frustrated with typical "off the shelf" programs or trendy "best practices" that never measure up to their promises?

03

Get "under the hood" with program design and learn the essential elements for building HR and OD programs the deliver business results.

What you’ll get out of this course

Business Driven Design

Learn how to align every single program, process, and practice in your organization to create business value.

Human-Centered Design

Deepen your fluency with fundamental human needs and learn how to meet those needs and tap the creative power of human performance.

Data-driven, results orientation

Explore design frameworks that put your projects and programs in context of a business objective, measure progress, and assess impact.

More influence, more impact

See how to position programs and processes as investments and catalysts that help executives meet their goals.

What people are saying

        I know it will be a game-changer for those that attend.
JP Elliott

JP Elliott

Chief People Officer and Future of HR Podcast Host
        I've learned an awful lot from John Foster about great experience and org design.
Joris Luijke

Joris Luijke

Co-Founder Pyn, Former CPO Atlassian and Squarespace

Meet your instructor

John Foster

John Foster

John has led HR and OD for world-class companies like Fidelity Investments, IDEO, and Hulu and delivered hundreds of OD and transformation projects for all kinds of organizations from series-A tech start ups to massive multinational corporations.

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Course syllabus

Week 1

Jun 13—Jun 18

    Delivering Business Impact

    1 item

    Organization Anatomy

    2 items

Week 2

Jun 19—Jun 20

Course schedule

  • Three 2-Hour Sessions

    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT

    Presentations will be mixed with breakouts and short assignments and we include a short break in the middle to keep you fresh.

  • June 13, 15, & 20

    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT


Free resource

What is a winning organization?

Do you ever get overwhelmed by the array of programs and processes in your HR operation? Does it all add up to better business performance or is just keeping you crazy busy trying to keep everything in motion? Create an explicit OD strategy and you'll find focus, energy, and better results.

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