Donna Kimmel, Executive Vice President and Chief People Officer, Citrix will share the results of a yearlong study Citrix undertook to examine what the workplace in 2035 will look like, the global work patterns, work models work environment and the role of technology in enabling workers to perform their best. In an engaging fireside chat, Donna Kimmel will discuss how: Bots will make us smarter and more productive and will not replace us, new Jobs that will be created both in HR and beyond HR, how work will be more flexible, and the new role of leaders in an augmented workplace.
As we enter 2021the global pandemic has impacted every possible work-related dimension including the spaces where we work—which are now physical, digital, hybrid, the time when we work—which are now synchronous, asynchronous, on demand, the relations formed by our work—which are now formal, informal, peer-to-peer, and the collaboration experiences in our work—which are now step-by-step, autonomous, based on objectives. In this new world, work and collaboration increasingly are becoming the same thing: work shapes the way we collaborate and in return the way we collaborate shapes the work we do and how we do it. Gianpaolo Barozzi will share the opportunity we have before us: To reimagine work so it becomes an empathic experience, created by understanding, building a culture of dignity and reducing burnout. Learn why and how this is becoming a mandate for Cisco.
Employee wellbeing has often been a “nice to have perk,” and not a business imperative. This has all changed in 2020. Seventy-eight percent of participants in an American Psychological Association survey of 3,409 adults said the pandemic was a significant source of stress. Learn why and how Uipath has expanded its mental health benefits to committing the equivalent of 1% of salaries to health and wellness programs in 2021.
Employee experience is defined as a sum total of all the experiences an employee has with their employer over the duration of their relationship from recruitment through exiting the organization. Katherine Brune, Future Workplace Fellow and Lead Faculty for Designing A Holistic Employee Experience online course will lead a panel of HR and Learning leaders in discussing how they are creating more compelling employee experiences, leveraging the physical, virtual, emotional, digital and cultural levers and seeing benefits to both the individual and the organization.
A year into the global pandemic, by necessity, most organizations have learned how to operate remotely. However, executives across industries agree that distributed work comes at the expense of fostering culture. As leaders in HR, IT, and RE grapple with how to restructure policies, business processes and space to support emerging patterns of work: one thing is clear. There is an opportunity to fundamentally reconsider how the components of individual workplace experience can be assembled to shape culture.
As employee burnout has increased exponentially since the pandemic, more companies are focused on devoting resources to nurturing employee wellbeing and considering this the newest leadership skill. Tina Kao Mylon, Chief Talent and Diversity Officer, Schneider Electric, will share how investing in the wellbeing of employees so they are inspired to innovate and excel is a critical business mandate as we enter 2021.
The Coronavirus has drastically reshaped the economy and the labor force. Since its rapid spread around the globe, we have experienced titanic shifts in how we work, where we work, and the technologies we use to stay connected. Such massive change is escalating the importance of HR’s role within organizations. We will discuss key trends impacting the business and the HR function such as: preparing for a safe return to the office, the growth of remote working, new HR job roles and importantly what board of directors want from the CHRO role. Bring your questions and we look forward to an engaging discussion!
In today’s primarily remote work environment, employee experience is more important than ever before. As HR leaders rethink how to engage their employees, what programs can have the most positive impact on your employees and your company?
Neha Mirchandani, CMO of BrightPlan, will highlight why you need to prioritize employee engagement, the key components of an employee engagement program, and the role well-being, specifically financial wellness, should play when it comes to addressing employee “careabouts”. During the session you’ll also hear perspectives of HR leaders from Autodesk and eBay, and why they’re prioritizing financial wellness, how to measure the success of financial wellness programs, and how leading employers remain committed to investing in their employees’ well-being.
Amid the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruptions, employee layoffs, and furloughs, the needs for employees have never been greater and the stakes have never been higher for managers to possess the ‘human’ skills needed to drive business performance. The challenge of working remotely is intersecting with major societal shifts that are transforming workplace communications and company values at their core. Companies are looking for a solution, and VR training accelerates skill mastery in a realistic, efficient, and measurable way.
In times of rapid-fire change, companies look to pivot quickly to stay on top of their games. During these times, it is critical for leaders to set and communicate strategy, provide a culture that instills confidence with their teams, and establish a mindset of sustainability and growth. If the global pandemic has shown us anything, it is the importance of focusing on our customers, our employees, and the value of a focused but responsive business strategy. A core component of that strategy hinges on the organization’s ability to continuously evolve the workforce. It’s not a question of if transformation will take place, but more of when and will you influence it or will it happen to you. In this session, learn about the key areas that cultivate a high-performing learning organization where leaders can lean in to increase resiliency and responsiveness: engagement, effectiveness, efficiency, and evolution. When done correctly, these can foster a different way of thinking, while demonstrating the ability to rapidly evolve and maximize revenue in an ever-changing and volatile business environment.
Future Workplace Radical Learning Transformation online course was offered twice in 2020 (and will be offered four times in 2021) to rave reviews! Now you can learn how three alumni from Cargill, Sentry Insurance, and Arrow Electronics are taking steps to transform their corporate learning function and prepare their organizations for the future.
In 2020, edX attracted 10 million new users and became one of the world’s top-1000 websites. Learn how edX, a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) created by Harvard and MIT has changed education as we know it by creating single online courses and modular credentials to meet the needs of the modern learner. Today edX has more than 33 million learners, registering as many users in April, 2020 as in all of 2019. Lee will share why and how an increasing number of corporations are turning to edX to supplement their corporate learning offerings.
Tij Nerurkar, North America Head of Cognizant's Learning Academy, and Jeanne Meister, Managing Partner, Future Workplace, will share research among a sample of senior HR and Learning leaders to understand how corporate learning is being transformed, democratized and aligned to new ways of working. The research findings will detail innovations in learning and development approaches, new skills and capabilities learning teams need, and the accelerated application and adoption of technologies across organizational learning.
COVID-19 has emerged as an inflection point for digital learning. It forcibly pivoted the entire global educational system from in-person to digital learning almost overnight. Learn the major shifts in content formats, pedagogic approaches, technology frameworks, design experiences, learner expectations, business models, partnerships, and learning roles that has made the explosion in digital learning possible and the expansion of blended learning for education post Covid.
In their new book, The 60 Year Curriculum: New Models For Life Long Learning in the Digital Economy, Chris Dede and John Richards, explore new models and strategies for lifelong learning in an era of profound economic disruption and reinvention. Over the next half-century, globalization, regional threats to sustainability, climate change, and technologies such as artificial intelligence and data mining will transform education and the workplace. Learn the impact of this on corporate learning functions, institutions of higher education and business leaders.
Coaching has often been expensive, in-person and limited to a select few. Now technology can be used to democratize coaching so that it can be scaled and offered to both senior leaders as well as junior employees. Bring your questions about possible use cases at your organization and we can continue the conversation!
