Overcoming Change Saturation: A 2‑Hour Strategy Intensive for Leaders & OD Practitioners

 

Organisations are navigating unprecedented levels of transformation – restructuring, AI adoption, new systems, shifting priorities – often all at once. When these changes collide, people experience change saturation: the point at which capacity is exceeded, motivation drops, and well‑intended initiatives struggle to land.

 

This masterclass is designed to help leaders and OD practitioners step back from managing change project‑by‑project and instead look at the whole system.

Across two highly practical hours, we will explore how to understand your client and organisation’s true change capacity, identify where fatigue is emerging and make strategic choices that protect both performance and wellbeing.

Why Attend?

 

Participants will leave with:

• A clear, research‑informed understanding of change saturation and why it is now one of the biggest risks to organisational effectiveness.
• Practical tools to map overlapping initiatives, assess team fatigue thresholds, and forecast change load across the year.
• Approaches for sequencing, pacing and prioritising change so that transformation efforts land more successfully.
• Insight into how psychologically safe cultures and transparent communication practices can significantly reduce fatigue and rebuild trust.
• A shared space to reflect with peers on what is happening across the OD community and how we can respond collectively.

This session is designed for executive leaders, HR professionals and OD practitioners who want to strengthen their client/organisation’s ability to navigate continuous transformation without burning out their people.

Led by the OD Academy’s Founder & Director

This masterclass will be facilitated by Steve Benfield, Founder and Director of the OD Academy.

Steve brings decades of experience in Organisational Development, transformational leadership and community‑building across the OD field.

Steve’s work centres on making OD accessible, practical and grounded in real organisational challenges, and this session reflects that ethos. Participants will benefit from Steve’s deep expertise in understanding the human dynamics that shape successful transformation.

This is an opportunity for members to learn directly from the OD Academy’s founder in an intimate, practice‑focused environment.

The Research Evidence Base

The session draws on current benchmarks from across the field:

• The Velocity Crisis: The average employee experienced 10 planned enterprise changes in 2022 – up from just two in 2016.
• The Collapse in Support: Only 38% of employees are currently willing to support organisational change (Gartner) – down from 74% in 2016.
• The Saturation Point: 73% of organisations are operating at or beyond their total change capacity (Prosci).
• The Cost of Fatigue: When fatigue sets in, 54% of affected employees look for new roles, 48% experience workplace stress, and 37% report a loss of trust in their employer.
• The Leadership Lever: Structured portfolio forecasting and psychologically safe cultures can reduce workforce change fatigue by up to 46%.

 

The OD Academy’s Masterclass and Seminar series is sponsored by Leodis Consulting.