Jeremy Ostrowski

Director of Change Management Border States

Jeremy Ostrowski serves as the Director of Change Management for Border Sates, where he helps lead the development and execution of change management strategies that enable successful transformation. In this role, his bucket is filled with connection and collaboration throughout the organization.

He has also been a musician for over 35 years, including the last 16 years as the drummer for Unleashed! where he has also gained experience in negotiating, managing schedules and finances, making new connections, leaning into courage and being change ready for any obstacle that comes up. Because it WILL come up!

With a focus on community impact, Jeremy started serving on the Board of Trustees for the United Way of the Cass Clay and also served on the Board of Directors for the Ronald McDonald House from 2019-2025. He also enjoys speaking and volunteering at community events, like DisruptHR.

Jeremy aspires to connect people, collaborate, and think outside-of-the-box. He prides himself on asking the "dumb' question – the one that is on everyone's mind, but no one wants to ask.

He has been married to Heather, his wife/road manger/groupie/coach for 25 years. He's the proud dad of Ethan, who just graduated from the University of Minnesota, and Adam, a 10th grader in Hawley, and labradoodles, Eddie and Chase who enjoy snoozing and eating snacks.

Tuesday, Jan 26: Change & Transformation Day 1

4:00 PM PANEL DISCUSSION: ARE CURRENT CHANGE MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORKS NO LONGER RELEVANT?

Organizational change is accelerating at a pace that many argue makes traditional change management frameworks obsolete. At a macro level, organizations are grappling with nonstop transformation, collapsing planning cycles, and unpredictable operating models driven by technology capability leaps. More specifically, this raises contentious debates around whether structured change methods still matter when roles are being redesigned in real time, resistance is constant, and leadership struggles to keep up. This panel challenges whether established frameworks are still fit for purpose, or if they need redesigning.

• Challenge the relevance of classic change frameworks by testing them against real-world transformation failures and successes

• Reframe adoption strategies by debating whether "managing change" should become "surviving continuous disruption"

• Confront leadership assumptions by examining who actually controls change in AI-enabled organizations

4:30 PM INTERACTIVE DEBATE GROUPS

GROUP A - THE CAPACITY TO CHANGE: ARE ORGANIZATIONS OVERLOADED?

Julio Ortiz Rivera, AVP, Process Excellence Delivery, Arch Insurance Group Inc.

GROUB B - THE WORKFORCE OF THE FUTURE: JOBS, SKILLS & LEADERSHIP

Rachel Cotter Davis, Ph.D., Change and Organization Effectiveness Consultant, Optum

GROUP C – WHAT DOES CHANGE MANAGEMENT LOOK LIKE IN 3 YEARS… EXTINCT?

Jeremy Ostrowski, Director of Change Management, Border States

GROUP D - LEADING TRANSFORMATION WHEN TRUST IS LOW AND CHANGE IS CONSTANT

Aurelia Valot, Vice President, Global Business Transformation, Sodexo

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