Jan 24, 2022
In this podcast, Dr. Shalini Lal speaks about entering an era of exponential change which will require creating new organizational forms, and huge shifts in the kinds of cultures and leadership that can support rapid change. The mechanisms for innovation transformation that organisations are going to need over the next few decades are going to be of a completely different magnitude and order from anything they've seen in the past. Because of the pandemic, organizations almost overnight were forced to work differently from anything that they had ever experienced, and for the most part were quite surprised by how well parts of it worked. Shalini also speaks about whether OD is doing the right work and where we should be concentrating our energy now. Shalini also gives some insights into what is unique about OD work in India.
Dr. Shalini Lal is an organizational thought leader, based in Delhi. Recently she founded Unqbe — an education and advisory firm helping leaders understand and prepare themselves for “The Future of Work”. She has devoted herself to the field of OD as a researcher, a practitioner, a scholar and as a consultant, bringing her many years of experience in both Indian and global organisations, including as Director of HR for Deutsche Bank. She has a PHD in Organisation Science from UCLA and is a Global Fellow at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Shalini is a frequent contributor to HT Mint, Business World, and Forbes India, and the author of a number of books. Shalini also hosts a frequently watched show on LinkedIn called the Future of Work Show, where she discusses ideas about the future that are becoming central to how we think about work.