ODCP Alumni Webinar Series
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.
Third Edition
The Influence Equation: Social Capital for Leader
As HR and OD professionals increasingly step into the role of internal and independent consultants, the nature of impact is shifting. It is no longer defined by expertise or frameworks alone, but by the quality of trust, relationships, and influence one builds within the system. Because while it is about what you know, it is equally about who you know—and more importantly, how those relationships translate into influence and reach. This session explores Social Capital through an OD lens and examines how it is actually built in everyday interactions. We will look at how patterns of trust, credibility, and behaviour shape outcomes, and how influence becomes the mechanism through which leaders and practitioners create relevance and impact—both within organisations and in their consulting journeys.
This session explores Social Capital through an OD lens and examines
How patterns of trust, credibility, and behaviour shape outcomes
How social capital is built in everyday interactions
How influence becomes the mechanism through which leaders and practitioners create relevance and impact

The session will draw perspectives from both - within organisations and as an independent consultant.
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.
Nitu Walia Kanwar
Founder and Leadership Presence Coach- Empower Image
With over 25 years of rich and varied experience, Nitu Walia Kanwar, Founder of Empower Image is a trusted name in Leadership Development and Executive Presence. For more than a decade, she has been designing and leading impactful leadership interventions that help leaders discover their voice, strengthen their presence and enhance the way they influence, engage and inspire.
She has worked with over 15,000 professionals, including CXO-level leaders, managers and high-potential talent, through customised interventions for over 100 MNCs, PSUs and Fortune 500 companies and private firms. Her clients include KPMG, Tata Advanced Systems Ltd, Samsung E&A, Indian Oil Corporation Ltd, Sun Life Global Solutions, Gufic Biosciences Ltd, Greenlam Industries Ltd, Valtech, Media Tek, PVR, DIMTS Ltd and Comviva, among others. She has also been a visiting consultant to Vistara and Air India, where she played a key role in staff branding and presence.
She is certified as an OD Practitioner by TISS and OD Alternatives, trained in John Mattone’s Intelligent Leadership Coaching process, certified in Advanced Image Skills and Personal Branding from the London Image Institute, USA, and is a Dale Carnegie-certified trainer. With an MBA in HR from IMT Ghaziabad, she brings both depth and credibility to her work.
Gopal A Iyer
Founder and CEO - Career Shifts Consulting
Gopal A. Iyer is the Founder & CEO of Career Shifts Consulting, an Executive Coach (ICF-PCC, EMCC Senior Practitioner, Hogan Certified), TEDx Speaker, and Professor of Practice in Leadership & Future of Work at IBS Mumbai. He works at the intersection of leadership reinvention, career transitions, and organisational transformation, helping CXOs, founders, and senior leaders realign purpose, people, and performance in a rapidly changing world of work.
Through Career Shifts Consulting, Gopal leads executive coaching, leadership facilitation, and portfolio career advisory for professionals navigating complexity and reinvention. His writing, podcast, and speaking engagements explore the themes of identity, significance, and what it means to lead authentically in the age of AI and platform work. A Stanford-certified Design Thinking practitioner with 22+ years of experience across EY, Deloitte, Goldman Sachs, and Target,
Gopal is also the author of The Other Half of Success — a work exploring the invisible barriers that hold even accomplished leaders back. His TEDx talk, Why Careers Aren't Marble Statues, captures his core belief: that growth is never about perfection, but about the courage to keep rebuilding.
Event Details
📅 Date
18th April, 2026
🕐 Time
3:30 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.
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? Watch the first session here

01:45:24

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Rivet Session 1


Second Edition
Systems Thinking Informed Learning Design
Designing impactful learning experiences has traditionally focused on sound instructional design—from defining learning objectives to crafting scenarios and simulations. Yet, even well-designed programs often fall short of creating sustained impact. Watch the second session here.

01:36:13

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Rivet Session 2 - Systems Thinking in Learning Design

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.