The Change Exchange

In episode twenty-five of the Change Exchange podcast, Kate Morican is joined by previous guests Ben Fish and James Healy to discuss the role of behavioural change in addressing climate change and sustainability challenges. Consumerism and urbanization have made it increasingly difficult for individuals and employees to act in environmentally sustainable ways. Governments and corporations have a key role in shaping public services and workplaces to make climate-conscious behaviours easier and more rewarding through the incentives, relationships, and stories they tell.

As corporate climate action and standards continue to evolve, professional services firms have an important opportunity and obligation to act on the climate crisis, both within their own organizations and with their clients. In this episode, Kate Morican is joined by Sheri Penner, Deloitte Canada's Executive Sponsor for WorldClimate, to discuss how Deloitte is approaching the changes required to model authentic climate action, avoid greenwashing, and achieve the deep emissions cuts required to achieve net-zero in line with leading standards.

As organizations set out on their net-zero journeys, mobilizing their people has become a critical factor to accelerate climate action. Businesses are realizing that in doing so they will also be better able to attract and retain talent, raise productivity, and achieve long-term stakeholder value. In this episode, Kate sits down with Ben Fish, a Partner in Deloitte’s Australian practice, to discuss how organizations have been transforming to meet the challenges of the climate crisis.

As Covid-19 restrictions loosen around the world, organizations are grappling with where and how work will be done in a hybrid world. Deloitte’s Next Normal is a reimagined, flexible way of working that enables everyone to create value by making purposeful choices about where and how we work and how we define and measure success. In this episode, Kate Morican is joined by Laura Nisbett, Partner in Deloitte Consulting, to discuss Deloitte's transition and how we are supporting our clients adapt to the Next Normal. 

As the concept of the Social Enterprise grows increasingly important, connecting people to meaningful purpose will be critical to organizational success. In today’s episode, Kate sits down with Mike Robitaille to discuss the link between organizational and societal transformation. Transformations within an organization are not happening in isolation from the outside world, often these initiatives are a driven by an external pressure. This episode looks at the emerging importance of connecting purpose with the larger ecosystem or context of our organizations and transformations.  

In episode twenty-one of the Change Exchange podcast, Kate Morican and Janine Nel, Partner in Deloitte Consulting and leader of Deloitte's the Global ER&I Future of Work Community discuss the disruptions and opportunities for transformation within the Energy, Resources and Industrials Industry. 

With the continuous acceleration of digital transformation activity and technological change within organizations, the workforce has become key to scaling and sustaining the value of digital investments. In this episode of the Change Exchange, host Kate Morican is joined by Sebastien Gelus, a leader in Deloitte's Human Capital practice who specializes in applying Human-Centered Design approaches to workforce change, particularly in the context of digital transformation. They discuss a refreshed approach to the people side of digital transformation. Using some tangible examples from the field, Sebastien argues that organizations too often jump to trying to redefine their culture for digital without taking the first crucial step - to clearly define what the future of work in a more digital future will look like. Only then can organizations begin to look at the changes in culture, behaviours and mindsets they may need to design around to realize their transformation goals.

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In today’s business landscape, how are organizations able to focus on adaptability and agility while continuing to drive scale and efficiency? Faced with ever-increasing external threats, organizations may need to take bold steps to accelerate growth. In this episode, Change Exchange host Kate Morican sits down with Mark Reid and Hetal Pandya to discuss the Two Speed Organization and how this model helps transform organizations to survive in our rapidly changing environment and resolve tensions between operating at scale and being agile.

With the increasing pace of change, organizations are rapidly pivoting services and operating models, impacting their change strategy. In this episode of the Change Exchange, host Kate Morican and her guests discuss how change centers of excellence (CoE) are becoming key to executing organization strategy. Kate is joined by Kat Lee and Emily Boudreau, both Deloitte Canada partners in the organization transformation practice.  With her guests, Kate will discuss the definition of a change CoE, and how that changes for different organizations, how to get clear of the value it will deliver and the operating models and structures to be in place to ensure success with a change CoE.

The Deloitte Human Capital Trends report is a keystone thoughtware piece developed by Deloitte, now in its tenth annual installment. In this episode, Change Exchange, host Kate Morican sits down with Aaron Groulx, who leads Deloitte’s HR Transformation Advisory practice, to discuss the 2020 Human Capital Trends Report, titled Leading the Social Reinvent With a Human Focus. Aaron and Kate dive into the trends and discuss how Aaron sees these trends come alive and be applied in our workforce now. Listen now to hear from Aaron and Kate as they discuss how organizations and individuals can rethink our working world with a human focus.

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