digital transformation – ORCHANGO https://orchango.com Transform your business. Make it nimble. Mon, 29 Sep 2025 15:21:33 +0000 en hourly 1 https://orchango.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-orchango-logo-circles-512-512-1-32x32.png digital transformation – ORCHANGO https://orchango.com 32 32 🎤 Keynote for DeGroote’s EMBA cohort https://orchango.com/keynote-degroote-emba-2023/ https://orchango.com/keynote-degroote-emba-2023/#_comments Thu, 07 Sep 2023 14:15:18 +0000 https://orchango.com/?p=13075 Each year in September, DeGroote School of Business (McMaster University) invites ORCHANGO president & co-founder Edmond Mellina to speak with the graduating cohort of their EMBA in Digital Transformation. It’s the last week of the program, so the atmosphere is filled with anxiousness and excitement! Edmond starts by helping Academic Director Dr. Milena Head judge case presentations. Then…

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]]> https://orchango.com/keynote-degroote-emba-2020-21/feed/ 0 10510 Virtual studio ready for tomorrow! https://orchango.com/virtual-studio-ready-for-tomorrow/ https://orchango.com/virtual-studio-ready-for-tomorrow/#_comments Wed, 18 Nov 2020 22:21:12 +0000 https://orchango.com/?p=10203 The virtual studio of Edmond Mellina, our president & co-founder, is ready for tomorrow. Edmond will be delivering Session #1 of our flagship program – NIMBLE CHANGE LEADERSHIP™ powered by our STEP UP!™ Game simulation – to a mixed cohort of leaders & change agents from a health care institution. Session #2 will be the following day (the actual STEP UP!™ Game); and Session #3…

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]]> https://orchango.com/virtual-studio-ready-for-tomorrow/feed/ 1 10203 It’s going to be different this time! https://orchango.com/its-going-to-be-different-this-time/ https://orchango.com/its-going-to-be-different-this-time/#_comments Tue, 15 Sep 2020 14:11:23 +0000 http://orchango.com/?p=10105 This Friday and as usual each September, ORCHANGO president & co-founder Edmond Mellina will go to DeGroote School of Business (McMaster University) to judge case presentations and deliver a keynote to the finishing cohort of their amazing EMBA in Digital Transformation: LIGHT-SIDE POLITICS™ − How to use internal politics ethically when leading change ℹ️ More info about this keynote…

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]]> https://orchango.com/its-going-to-be-different-this-time/feed/ 0 10105 Our STEP UP!™ Game simulation goes virtual!! https://orchango.com/step-up-game-simulation-goes-virtual/ https://orchango.com/step-up-game-simulation-goes-virtual/#_comments Mon, 08 Jun 2020 20:16:48 +0000 http://orchango.com/?p=9812 We have super exciting news to share: the virtual edition of STEP UP!™ is fully tested and ready to go! We confirmed our first virtual cohort yesterday: a group of leaders + change agents who were supposed to participate last week to STEP UP!™’s in-person edition, which obviously had to be cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was not easy to pivot our highly interactive learning…

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]]> https://orchango.com/step-up-game-simulation-goes-virtual/feed/ 0 9812 Change management: stop playing golf on the basketball court! https://orchango.com/stop-playing-golf-on-the-basketball-court/ https://orchango.com/stop-playing-golf-on-the-basketball-court/#_comments Mon, 09 Mar 2020 14:03:03 +0000 http://orchango.com/?p=9311 NimbleVlog Season 1 Episode 8 — ORCHANGO’s president & co-founder Edmond Mellina uses a sports analogy to explain the mismatch between mainstream change management and the new nature of change in our era of digital transformation… Reading time: less than 5 minutes Change management started to pick up steam in organizations at the end of the 90’s / early 2,000’s, when the pace of…

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]]> https://orchango.com/stop-playing-golf-on-the-basketball-court/feed/ 0 9311 Losing sleep over the political WIND WATCHERS? https://orchango.com/losing-sleep-over-political-wind-watchers/ https://orchango.com/losing-sleep-over-political-wind-watchers/#_comments Mon, 10 Feb 2020 19:21:20 +0000 http://orchango.com/?p=9073 NimbleVlog Season 1 Episode 7 — Before moving to other topics, here is the final episode about the Ladder of Commitment & Resistance™ — one of our #nimble tools to work with and through the politics of change. ORCHANGO’s president & co-founder Edmond Mellina discusses the WIND WATCHERS. They are true “political animals” who would have no problem planting the proverbial knife in the back of change…

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]]> https://orchango.com/losing-sleep-over-political-wind-watchers/feed/ 0 9073 You gotta love the SKEPTICS! https://orchango.com/you-gotta-love-the-skeptics/ https://orchango.com/you-gotta-love-the-skeptics/#_comments Tue, 28 Jan 2020 16:09:05 +0000 http://orchango.com/?p=8993 NimbleVlog Season 1 Episode 6 — Building on the previous four episodes, ORCHANGO’s president & co-founder Edmond Mellina discusses the importance of the SKEPTICS when executing a corporate #transformation or rolling out an #innovation.… Reading time: about 7 minutes Ok, we are getting close to the end of the series of #NimbleVlog episodes focussed on the Ladder of Commitment &

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]]> https://orchango.com/you-gotta-love-the-skeptics/feed/ 0 8993 Two types of opponents: FOOT DRAGGERS vs. TORPEDOES https://orchango.com/two-types-of-opponent-foot-draggers-vs-torpedoes/ https://orchango.com/two-types-of-opponent-foot-draggers-vs-torpedoes/#_comments Tue, 07 Jan 2020 02:11:36 +0000 http://orchango.com/?p=8942 NimbleVlog Season 1 Episode 5 — Building on the previous three episodes, ORCHANGO’s president & co-founder Edmond Mellina explains the difference between the Foot Draggers and Torpedoes at the bottom of the Ladder of Commitment-Resistance™ (a nimble tool to work with and through the politics of change). Both are Opponents but in different ways. He highlights some of the implications for change &

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]]> https://orchango.com/two-types-of-opponent-foot-draggers-vs-torpedoes/feed/ 0 8942 Two types of supporters: HELPERS vs. CAMPAIGNERS https://orchango.com/two-types-of-supporter-helpers-vs-campaigners/ https://orchango.com/two-types-of-supporter-helpers-vs-campaigners/#_comments Mon, 02 Dec 2019 01:31:13 +0000 http://orchango.com/?p=8872 NimbleVlog Season 1 Episode 4 — Building on the previous episode, ORCHANGO’s president & co-founder Edmond Mellina explains the difference between the Helpers and Campaigners at the top of the Ladder of Commitment-Resistance™ (a nimble tool to work with and through the politics of change). Both are Supporters but in different ways. He highlights some of the implications for change &

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