Denise M. Morris Kipnis

About Denise M. Morris Kipnis

Certified Geek * Fierce Mama * Wine Enthusiast * Singapore Expat * Proud Consultancy Owner *(Just One) Cat Lady * California NativeOfficial Bio: Denise is an organization development expert specializing in transformation and culture change. She has led numerous change projects across various sectors and industries in pursuit of organizational effectiveness and innovation. Past projects include implementing strategy initiatives, executive leadership team coaching and facilitation, organization design, program development, culture and climate assessment and change, assessing and developing organization change capabilities, among others.Denise studied strategy formulation and implementation, and organization design under Dr. Chris Worley, and takes seriously the charge to build agile and change-ready organizations. Her core competencies lie in uncovering gaps between strategic intention, culture, and system design; enrolling all levels of the organization in problem solving; and facilitating team and cross-department collaboration.She believes in co-creating culture-specific solutions with people in the organization: developing new or existing capabilities by transferring knowledge and skills, leveraging employee leadership and participation, and fostering connection to build trustful working relationships. With a background in operations and project management, she focuses on practical solutions and business outcomes as well as human factors. She is valued as a trusted advisor, consultant, coach, business partner, facilitator, and public speaker, among other roles.Denise has a Master of Science in Organization Development from Pepperdine University, a Bachelor of Arts in English from Stanford University, and project management certification from the U.C. Berkeley Extension. She is certified by the Center for Creative Leadership to conduct its assessments.

Experience

1. Founder and CEO

   Changeflow Consulting

   Jan 2007 — Present

   Organization and culture change projects-across a range of industries, sectors, and countries-to increase organization sustainability, performance, and effectiveness. Clients range from small-sized enterprises to multinational corporations. Key Service Areas: Change • Agility • Culture & Inclusion • Leadership Key Interventions: Change Management, Climate/Culture Assessment, Coaching, Communications Strategy, Cross-cultural and International Consulting, Culture Change, Group Facilitation, Leadership Development, Process and Program Design, Process Consulting, Project Management, Strategic Planning, Team Building/DevelopmentRecent projects: • Designed regional strategy and diversity and inclusion training for all APAC employees of an online payments multinational• Building the change management capability of a municipal government’s policy, budget, and strategy arm to implement a cross-agency performance management model• Driving change communications to engage line managers and the internal project team for an MNC\'s global business transformation initiative• Developing content and change management strategies for rolling out an MNC\'s flexible working program within the APAC region• Integrating Asia Pacific market research, stakeholder interviews, and culture assessment data to identify gaps and opportunities of an FMCG multinational’s employee value proposition• Instructional design and content for an online certification program for a hiring assessment that triangulates values of candidates, teams, and organizations

Education

• Pepperdine Graziadio Business School

  MS, Organization Development

• Stanford University

  BA, English, Communication

• University of California, Berkeley

  Certificate, Project Management

Skills

• Editing
• Human Resources
• Organizational Effectiveness
• Program Design
• Employee Surveys
• Change Management Communications
• Leadership
• Management Consulting
• Performance Management
• Employee Training
• Management
• Team Building
• Group Facilitation
• Organizational Development
• Training Delivery
• Internal Communications
• Systems Thinking
• Program Management
• Strategy
• Succession Planning
• Project Implementation
• Inclusion
• Training
• Organizational Learning
• 360 Feedback
• Organizational Change
• Process Improvement
• Executive Coaching
• Coaching
• Business Process Improvement
• Diversity Strategy
• Strategic Planning Facilitation
• Change Initiatives
• Strategic Planning
• Project Planning
• Leadership Development
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Cross-Cultural Consulting
• Marketing Strategy
• Organizational Design