Meet Our Speakers

Keynote Speaker

What Changes Next? Insights on Future Change Success

Tim Creasey, Chief Innovation Officer, Prosci Inc. 

Session Description: How do you prepare yourself, your leaders, and your organization for the changes on the horizon? A critical first step is knowing what to expect. Prosci's latest research identified the top changes organizations will face in coming years, as well as trends in the change management discipline. In this interactive session, Prosci's Chief Innovation Officer Tim Creasey will lead an engaging session that explores the frontiers of the discipline and equips change agents with a blueprint for what to expect and how to increase their impact.

Bio:
Tim Creasey, Chief Innovation Officer at Prosci, is a researcher and thought leader on managing the people side of change. His work forms the foundation of the largest body of knowledge in the world on change management. He has spoken to hundreds of thousands of people across the globe, helping them to see how successful change is unlockable when we prepare, equip, and support people 

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-leverage-your-new-ai-intern-tim-creasey-kbtac/ 

https://www.prosci.com/solutions/speaking-engagements/tim-creasey 

Pre-Conference Workshop

The Time is NOW​! Step-up to LEAD (not merely mange) Change! 

Barbara Trautlein, PhD., Change Catalysts

Session Description: 

More than ever, those we serve need what we as change professionals bring to the table: a human-centered approach to leading change, that simultaneously fosters successful and sustainable transformation for the benefit of our workplaces and our world. Join us to share YOUR best practices leading through this time of massive disruption, as well as to learn experience- and research-based Change Intelligent® approaches to enhance YOUR influence and impact. 

Highlights include honing our own ability to become even more agile and effective change leaders, discovering how to coach leaders-at-all-levels from the senior ranks to the front line to get their voices heard, to fostering more diverse, inclusive, psychologically safe, and change-capable cultures. 

Registration includes a complementary invitation to complete the Change Intelligence®/CQ® Assessment, which helps us understand our Change Leadership Style and how to become even more confident and competent, a $50 value. PDUs:  
Barbara’s 3-hour workshop can earn attendees 3 PDUs.

Bio: Barbara A. Trautlein, PhD is author of Change Intelligence: Use the Power of CQ to Lead Change that Sticks and originator of the CQ® System for Developing Change Intelligence®. For over 30 years, Barbara has coached executives, trained leaders at all levels, certified change agents, and facilitated mission-critical change management initiatives.  In 2015 she had the honor of being awarded Change Management Consultant of the Year by the Association of Change Management Professionals (ACMP) Midwest Chapter. Her blend of research and real-world expertise makes her an in-demand speaker at conferences around the globe. Barbara has a unique ability to connect with her audiences, from steel mills to sales teams, refineries to retail outlets, and healthcare to high tech. She was a founding member of the ACMP-Midwest Chapter, and her company, Change Catalysts, LLC, is an ACMP Qualified Education Provider (Q.E.P.). Clients served include Abbott Labs, BP, Cisco, Deloitte, Northwestern University, and the United Nations. Barbara holds a doctorate in Organizational Psychology from the University of Michigan. 

Breakout Speakers

​The Road to Change Maturity: Building Change Capacity in a Large, Global Organization 

Stacy Hollowell, Prosci® Certified Change Practitioner and Trainer

Catherine Mitchell, CCMP™

Session Description:  Are we there yet? If you're looking for ways to increase change capacity and resiliency in your organization to support OCM activities, join this lively session where two intrepid change guides share the roadmap they used, along with their encounters with construction, cross traffic, and roadside attractions (a.k.a metrics, resistance, other agendas, and silos), to develop a strong framework of OCM understanding and practice in a global company with 60K+ employees. We’ll share strategies for creating your own resiliency roadmap, along with tips, tricks, and tools to strengthen your practice.

Bios: Catherine Mitchell, CCMP™, is a change management leader with more than two decades of experience, currently at Jacobs Solutions Inc., an international consulting firm in architecture and engineering, where she provides OCM strategy for clients around the world. At Jacobs she has driven change maturity and capacity, supporting a Community of Practice based on center of excellence principles and Transformation Office workstreams. Stacy Hollowell, Prosci® Certified Change Practitioner and Trainer, has led dynamic portfolios of change for large transformations, including at Jacobs Solutions and Siemens. She is passionate about educating practitioners, sponsors, and project teams to both lead and advocate change in a way that prepares, equips, and supports all impacted stakeholders. With more than 20 years of experience, she currently leads change for transformation projects at HP, Inc.

• When Change Management Adapts Like the Sales Team
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• Mark Henry

Session Description: Sales is the front line and manages change on a daily basis - shifting customer preferences, adjusting to changing timelines, convincing customers to switch to their product/service, etc. So why can’t we as change managers adapt like that too?  Attendees of this talk will gain an understanding of how embracing certain sales behaviors, philosophies, tools, and tactics can lead to greater adoption and buy-in for Change Management initiatives. We will explore parallels between driving organizational change and complex sales, including the strategies and tactics that are often overlooked by Change Management teams. This highly practical talk will highlight non-salesy sales techniques, strategies for communication, and pitfalls to avoid. This talk is for Change professionals seeking innovative ways to navigate and lead transformation within organizations.

Bio:  launched Do Even Better LLC in 2021 with a belief that many organizations could do even better with what – and who – they already have, by simplifying systems and processes based on what is already working well. At DEB we design, develop, and deliver change management, communication and training to increase technology fluency. We primarily focus on HR technology, primarily Workday. Prior to Do Even Better, Mark held roles in Change Management, Training and Development, Talent Management, and Executive Compensation at Aon, Alight Solutions, TiER1 Performance Solutions, and Principal Financial Group. Mark also spent nearly a decade in financial services and sales. Mark received his BA from Grinnell College in Iowa, and Masters in Learning and Organizational Change from Northwestern University. Mark now lives in Evanston, IL with his wife and three children.

Taking Off with AI: How Proactive Change Management Can Soar Success to New Heights

Stephanie Douglas, Ph.D.

Dr. James E. Sulton III

Session Description: The future of change management lies in artificial intelligence driving proactive change. In the dynamic landscape of organizational evolution, Artificial Intelligence (AI) emerges as a transformative catalyst driving the next chapter of change management. In this presentation, explore how AI-powered predictive analytics goes beyond prediction, actively reshaping the change management narrative. This session focuses on proactive change that empowers organizations to not only foresee challenges but to preemptively address them. You will discover the innovative ways AI leverages vast datasets, foreseeing disruptions and recommending strategic interventions, fundamentally transforming traditional change management paradigms. Taking inspiration from the rapidly evolving and growing aviation and aerospace industries, we present real-world case studies from airport operations. These instances showcase AI's role in proactive change management, ensuring smooth technology integration, compliance with evolving regulations, and risk mitigation in complex environments. The case studies showcase the dual benefits of AI-driven proactive change management—averting disruptions and fostering a culture of continuous improvement. Use this session to gain insights into harnessing AI as a strategic asset for resilient, adaptive, and effective transformations that drive innovation and adaptation for success and the next chapter of change management.

From Insights to Action: Harnessing the Power of Data-driven Decision-making in Change Measurement

Session Description:

Embark on a learning journey that will inspire your approach to change measurement and enable you to maximize the change impact. We'll dive into the importance of a measurement approach including defining success, understanding what to measure, and actions to take. We'll unveil a roadmap to value through analytics, provide a practical change measurement framework and share a success story to inspire you. At the end of the session, attendees will leave with valuable insights that will revolutionize the way they impact stakeholders and their organization as well as ideas to kickstart their company’s data-driven decision-making culture.

Bios: Matt Csaki is a versatile and energetic change leader with over 16 years at Accenture dedicated to managing adoption, realizing business benefits, and building lasting relationships. With experience across various stakeholder groups, he has driven change efforts at multiple levels within the organization. Currently, Matt leads the WalkMe, End User Enablement and Analytics Strategy Service Areas within Accenture's Journey & Change Mgmt COE where he develops and implements change management, measurement, and adoption strategies to achieve desired business outcomes. He focuses on fostering a data-driven decision-making culture and empowering behavioral change across Accenture's internal products and services. Brian Knoll is the Analytics Change Lead in the Accenture Global IT Journey & Change Management Center of Excellence focusing on the measurement of adoption and enablement strategies within change management programs. He has spent his entire career working to empower a data-driven decision-making mindset across Accenture Global IT, enabling teams to target their change efforts to areas that drive the most business impact. He provides a high-energy, value-focused presence, showing approachable strategies to be implemented on any change management project.  

Meet Our Panelists

Cameron Cammarata

Cam is an internal change guru with over a decade of experience leading change in agile world. He currently works for Northwestern Mutual has a deep passion for change portfolio data, AI, and design thinking. In his free time, Cam enjoys pursuing creative outlets such as photography, writing music, and is secretly building out his Lego collection.