Leading Change in the Digital Oilfield
A practical playbook for managing resistance, aligning stakeholders, and turning transformation fatigue into momentum
Full day on Tuesday, 2 September
Cost $900
WORKSHOP LEADER
Abhijeet Narvekar
CEO
The FerVID Group
Overview:
Digital projects succeed or fail on people, not platforms. In this intensive full-day workshop, you’ll move beyond theory to build a tailored change-management toolkit complete with real-world frameworks, hands-on simulations, and peer coaching so you can diagnose resistance, engage critical stakeholders, and keep your digital oilfield initiatives on track.
What Will You Learn?
- Pinpoint behavioural roadblocks using a proven “Wheel of Change Agility.”
- Identify and prioritize formal and informal influencers in your organization.
- Craft targeted messaging and intervention strategies for frontline adoption.
- Practice real-world pushback scenarios and refine your response techniques.
- Develop SMART milestones, accountability checkpoints, and success metrics.
Who Should Attend?
- Transformation executives and program sponsors
- Digital project leads in IT, OT or operations
- Vendor client-success and implementation teams
- Change-agent networks and innovation champions
Why Choose This Workshop?
- Exercises and case studies specific to upstream, midstream, and downstream challenges.
- Mix of facilitated lectures, small-group work, role plays, and peer coaching.
- Leave with a fully sketched change roadmap plus stakeholder-engagement templates.
- Delivered by seasoned practitioners who’ve driven digital transformations in major operators.
Agenda:
9:00–9:15 Welcome & Workshop Kick-off
- Workshop objectives & outcomes
- Participant introductions & “biggest change challenge” icebreaker
9:15–10:30 Module 1: Understanding Change Dynamics
- Mini lecture: why tech isn’t the blocker
- Case study debrief: a stalled SCADA rollout
- Self-assessment: map your organization’s resistance profile
10:30–10:50 Morning Break
10:50–12:05 Module 2: Stakeholder Mapping & Influence
- Identify formal vs. informal power holders
- Workshop: build your stakeholder-influence matrix
- Breakout: draft three tailored engagement plans
12:05–12:50 Lunch Break
12:50–14:05 Module 3: The Wheel of Change Agility Framework
- Framework walkthrough: Diagnose • Design • Deliver • Drive
- Small-group simulation: select one “spoke” and apply it to a live project scenario
- Debrief: lessons learned and best-practices checklist
14:05–14:25 Afternoon Break
14:25–15:40 Module 4: Building Your Influence Playbook
- Template introduction: messaging, channels, cadence
- Role-play exercise: handle common pushback from operations and IT teams
- Peer feedback and refinement of your own playbook
15:40–16:00 Short Break
16:00–16:45 Module 5: Action-Planning & Peer Coaching
- Draft your 90-day change roadmap with SMART objectives
- Peer-review pairs: critique milestones, metrics, and risk-mitigation steps
16:45–17:00 Wrap-Up & Next Steps
- Consolidated toolkit handout (templates + checklists)
- Q&A and resource pointers
- Feedback survey & closing remarks