PP 19 :: 09/21/2008 - 09/27/2008

Participated in 15th Annual Organizational Performance Consultants' Conference sponsored by CG-0931 and held at the National Conference Center outside Leesburg, VA.

Agenda highlights:

• Program direction from CG-0931, including areas of standard work. CG-0931 also highlighted my post, Commanding Officers speak to organizational performance consultants, which was posted on both Coast Guard Performance Excellence (Internet) and In Pursuit of Organizational Excellence (Intelink-U), as a knowledge management best practice for OPCs and to be emulated by others.
• Change Management brief from CG-1B, including information on the upcoming COMDTINST 5224.5, Change Management, and contract with, and training available, from Prosci.
• Modernization, Social Media, and Hamilton Award: A brief from CG-00.
• Working group meeting on the continued implementation of the Coast Guard's organizational management framework with CG-0931.
• Modernization and the role of OPCs in bringing about modernization: A brief by CG-1.
• Delivering quality OAS feedback and analysis to unit leaders; a session by CG-1B2.
• Best practice sharing session facilitated by D13opc.
• Innovation Initiatives with CG-0931.
• Coast Guard Business Intelligence with CG-0931.
• Working group/planning session for the OPC booth at the Innovation Expo; CG-0931 has lead.
• Modernization Effort panel discussion with representatives from each of the four primary modernization efforts (OPCOM, FORCECOM, DCMS, DCO).

Dr. Wehrenberg's change management ppt is available here or embedded directly here:

Managing Change in the Coast Guard and other complex organizations

View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: guard" "coast)

Trip report for the OPC Conference from the D13 staff is embedded directly below.

Coast Guard D13 Trip Report for OPC Conference 2008 - Upload a Document to Scribd

Additional Highlights:

• Opportunity to discuss upcoming roll-out of new CG Portal which will have a number of tools, including a full suite of social media tools, to enhance collaboration, ease knowledge management, and increase organizational and personal effectiveness and efficiency. Chosen by CG-0931 to lead group of OPCs who will be piloting this new software. For a view of what is coming down the pike for Coast Guard personnel through the new portal technology, see Lotus Greenhouse.

Future look: In office for next several weeks. Focus will be on preparing for upcoming CPEC training in Elizabeth City and planning for upcoming major events including Innovation Expo, Intelink User Group session at the Expo, Measurement Summit follow-on at the Expo, and the Knowledge Management Summit scheduled for February 2009.

Upcoming Projected Leave: Thursday, 2 October 2008, 8 hours.

Summary for this reporting period

• Hours Worked: 54.5
• Conference hours: 37.0
• Days away from home: 5