innovation – ORCHANGO

Speaking at I4PL Toronto

Editor — Thu, 09 Jan 2025 23:48:16 +0000

After seeing ORCHANGO’s president & co-founder Edmond Mellina speak at the annual conference of the Institute for Performance & Learning (I4PL), the local Toronto chapter reached out for a follow-up session. On Feb-25, Edmond will be highlighting for the audience of Learning & Development (L&D) professionals a unique opportunity for the L&D function: reinventing change management for today’s…

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PR spin or brilliant culture-driving by Elon Musk?

Edmond Mellina — Mon, 03 May 2021 22:07:33 +0000

NimbleVlog Season 02 Episode 03 — NASA recently announced it has selected SpaceX’s Starship to land astronauts on the moon for the first time since the Apollo era! The news prompted ORCHANGO’s president & co-founder Edmond Mellina to reflect on Elon Musk’s frequent use of the term R.U.D. (Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly) through the Starship development program. He concludes with three questions…

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Article for ICD’s Director Journal — Change Management Has Changed: BOARDS MUST TOO

Edmond Mellina — Wed, 19 Jul 2017 21:26:01 +0000

PDF version of the article as it appeared in ICD’s Director Journal.

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Teamwork: Google’s data shows that sensitive beats smart

Edmond Mellina — Fri, 18 Nov 2016 21:15:24 +0000

Google’s quest to crack the team excellence code brings the author back to his childhood – when his parents insisted on two simple rules for discussions around the dinner table. It turns out these rules are the keys to team success! Article first written for the People + Strategy blog of HRPS (USA). When I was a kid, my parents had simple rules to keep our family of five in harmony around…

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Speaking on making change & innovation stick

Editor — Wed, 19 Oct 2016 21:51:59 +0000

ORCHANGO’s co-founding president Edmond Mellina will be speaking at the upcoming Annual Conference of the Institute for Performance and Learning (i4PL). This will be Edmond’s fourth appearance at this learning & development industry’s premier conference. Making Change & Innovation Stick – The Absolute Essentials Innovation and change go hand in hand. Indeed, we cannot turn new ideas…

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A customer-focused culture for market leadership and innovation

Edmond Mellina — Mon, 15 Aug 2016 14:11:00 +0000

Stories about companies losing their market dominance often concentrate on the technology-disruption angle (e.g. how Apple’s iPhone destroyed Nokia’s mobile business). The same is true when new players shake entire sectors (e.g. how Uber’s app is causing havoc to the taxi industry). However, the story of Airbus Helicopters in North America reminds us that market leadership – and innovation – is…

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Intrapreneurship Conference interviews ORCHANGO president

Editor — Wed, 25 May 2016 15:29:36 +0000

The Intrapreneurship Conference interviewed ORCHANGO founding president Edmond Mellina and the other speakers for their upcoming event in Montreal on June 16. An overview of Edmond’s presentation can be found here. Friends of ORCHANGO can use the special 25% discount provided by the conference organizers.

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Give a change stethoscope to your managers

Edmond Mellina — Sat, 12 Mar 2016 01:07:49 +0000

The critical role that direct managers play during change – both upstream and downstream – cannot be overemphasized. They represent the real keystone of organizational change. However, managers have no time, nor need, for the kind of tools favored by internal change consultants and project teams. What do they really need then? Three things: a very concise overview of your model…

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Workshop for change & innovation practitioners

Editor — Thu, 18 Feb 2016 22:31:03 +0000

ORCHANGO president talks about our 1- or 2-day workshop titled “MAKING CHANGE & INNOVATION STICK — THE ESSENTIALS“. This program is available both in-house and on an open-enrollment basis. …

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Where should we locate our innovation team?

Edmond Mellina — Mon, 11 Jan 2016 20:36:57 +0000

A discussion with an intrapreneur got the author to think about the pros and cons of embedding an innovation team in a tech hub or similar innovation district. Article first written for the People + Strategy blog of HRPS (USA). Also appeared on the blog of the Strategic Capability Network (Canada). Eric (not his real name) is an intrapreneur at a large Canadian company operating in the…

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