ODCP Alumni Webinar Series
First Edition
Rivet
Honest conversations from practitioners navigating the real work of organisation development.
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What Is Rivet?
Rivet is a webinar series created by ODCP alumni, designed specifically for the OD and people community. It is built on a simple belief: the most relevant insights in organisation development don't sit in textbooks or frameworks alone—they live with practitioners who are navigating real constraints, making trade-offs, and learning in action every single day.
Too often, the richest learning happens in corridor conversations, in the quiet reflection after a difficult intervention, or in the moment a practitioner decides to try something different. Rivet creates a dedicated space for these honest conversations—where practitioners share what they are experimenting with, what is shifting in their thinking, and what remains beautifully, productively unresolved.
Each edition features voices from the field who bring not polished case studies, but real stories of practice. The series is designed to surface the kind of knowledge that only emerges when people feel safe enough to think aloud together.
First Edition
The Role of Simplicity & Behavioural Science in Performance Management
What changes when we strip away complexity and pay closer attention to how people actually behave at work?
Why This Topic Matters
Performance management continues to be one of the most persistent and deeply felt challenges across organisations of every size and sector. While systems, frameworks, and technology platforms evolve at pace, many leaders and practitioners still struggle with a fundamental question: how do we make performance conversations meaningful, human, and genuinely effective?
Systems Evolve, Problems Persist
Organisations invest heavily in new performance tools and processes, yet employee engagement with these systems remains stubbornly low. The gap between design intent and lived experience is often vast.
Complexity Creates Distance
When performance management becomes overly engineered—multiple rating scales, cascading objectives, forced distributions—it creates distance between managers and their people rather than fostering connection.
Behaviour Is the Missing Lens
Behavioural science reveals that people don't respond to systems the way we assume. Cognitive biases, social dynamics, and emotional triggers shape performance conversations far more than any framework can account for.
Meet the Speakers
This edition of Rivet features two practitioners who have been deeply immersed in rethinking performance practices from the inside. They bring not theoretical perspectives, but hard-won insights from building and redesigning systems in fast-moving, real-world contexts.
Himanshu Bhavsar
Chief People Officer, Zeno Health
Himanshu brings deep experience in building people systems that balance scale with simplicity. His work focuses on creating practical, behaviourally informed approaches to performance, culture, and leadership in fast-growing organisations. He is known for designing systems that leaders actually want to use—not just comply with.
Kartik Rao
Chief People Officer, Vahan.ai
Kartik works at the intersection of people strategy, technology, and behavioural insight. He has been closely involved in rethinking performance and talent practices to make them more human-centred, adaptive, and grounded in how people actually behave at work—not how policies assume they do.
Event Details
📅 Date
3rd March, 2026
🕐 Time
5:00 PM IST
Format
Live virtual session — join from anywhere in the world. The session is designed as an interactive conversation, not a one-way broadcast.
Who Should Attend
OD practitioners, people leaders, HR professionals, and ODCP alumni who are curious about rethinking performance practices.
How to Register
Spots are limited to keep the conversation intimate and meaningful. Please register using the link provided on this page to secure your place.
You will receive a calendar invite and joining link upon registration. We encourage you to come with questions, provocations, or dilemmas from your own practice.
What to Expect from Rivet Sessions
Every Rivet session is designed to feel more like a practitioner gathering than a webinar. Expect candid reflections, unresolved questions, and the kind of thinking-together that only happens when people bring their real work into the room. You'll leave not with a neat framework, but with fresh perspectives and practical provocations to carry into your own context.
Join the Conversation
The best insights in organisation development emerge when practitioners think aloud together. Rivet is your invitation to be part of that exchange.
The most relevant learning doesn't sit in textbooks—it lives with practitioners who are navigating real constraints, making trade-offs, and learning in action.
Whether you're an ODCP alumnus, a people leader rethinking your approach to performance, or an OD practitioner curious about what behavioural science can offer your work—this session is for you. Bring your questions, your scepticism, and your own stories from practice.
The ODCP Community
The ODCP community brings together practitioners across organisation development, people practices, and leadership roles who share a deep commitment to reflective practice and grounded experimentation. It is a community that values inquiry over certainty, and learning over performance.
Alumni of ODA's OD Certification Programme continue to engage with each other well beyond the programme itself—through ongoing conversations, learning spaces, peer coaching circles, and shared inquiry. The bonds formed during the programme become the foundation for a lasting professional community.
Rivet is one such space—designed to deepen collective learning by making lived experience visible and discussable. It is an invitation to stay connected, stay curious, and stay in practice together. The series represents a belief that community-held knowledge is more powerful than individual expertise alone.