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November 5, 2019

5-8pm
Welcome reception with hors d'oeuvres, cocktails, and local wine
Sponsored by Celemi

November 7, 2019

6:30 – 7:30am
Optional free yoga class

7:30 – 8:30am
Breakfast & Registration

8:30 – 8:45am
Day 2 kickoff - Andy Storch

8:45 – 9:45am
Opening Keynote - Julie Winkle Giulioni
Help Them Grow or Watch Them Go
In this talk, acclaimed author, global keynote speaker, and lauded leadership consultant Julie Winkle Giulioni demonstrates how simple it can be to build career development into everyday work life—where it belongs. Takeaways include tactical tips, research-based recommendations, and verbal skills that will make any leader more effective at developing their people on an ongoing basis.

9:55 – 10:55am
Concurrent interactive workshops:

What We've Learned About Digital Learning – Panel discussion
Paul Middleton, Co-Founder at 1st90
Marc Prager, Director of Learning & Development at LinkedIn
Myra LalDin, CEO at VECTRE
Sanchita Sur, Founder and CEO at Emplay Inc.
Digital learning has been around for years, but the jury is still out on how best to use it, how to measure its efficacy, when it adds value, and when it’s simply a Band-Aid for what is really needed – surgery. Have we expected too much from this learning method, or has it just not evolved enough yet? This moderated panel discussion with active audience participation will help us all find the clarity we need for these questions.

Going Human in A Digital World
Don Jones, Experience It Inc.
Fast Company Innovation Award Winner Don Jones, the founder of Experience It Inc., will engage you in a fun, interactive experience that underlines the "prime error" of our time – believing we are going digital, when the research shows that we have to double down on going human first.  Additionally we're proud to announce that Don will also provide the first public "sneak peek" of the new digital leadership simulation Infinity Inc. in the Talent Development Think Tank Tech Café before its official launch on Jan. 1, 2020, after 3 years of design, development, and testing.  This leadership experience already has won the Fast Company Innovation Award and has garnered great feedback (“The promise of digital learning has finally arrived”). Don’s simulations and games are in use by more than 200,000 leaders at 90 universities and in 80 countries for clients including Microsoft, Boeing, GE, Whirlpool, Mercedes-Benz, ABB, and more.

AccelerateME: How to put employees in the driver's seat of their career path
Christine DiDonato, Career Revolution
Today’s emerging professionals expect more career development, feedback, and mentoring. Yet managers struggle to keep up with changing business priorities while at the same time also playing the role of “career coach.”  As this gap increases, organizations lose critical leadership bench strength that can be hard to recover. Imagine if employees could meet manager's half way and own their development.  Learn a formula to engage and retain a new generation of talent by increasing your employees' capabilities for developing their career paths.

The Impact of Emerging Technologies on the Future of Human Capital
Bhaskar Krishnamachari, USC Professor of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science (Jt. Appt.)
Director, Center for Cyber-Physical Systems and the Internet of Things
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Our lives have become embroiled by the impact of the digital transformation. As talent management professionals, we are challenged with creating strategies to wrestle with the rapidly growing choices of digital technologies. This session will take a futurist’s perspective into how digital sciences and emerging technologies - from autonomous AI-based systems and the Internet of Things to blockchain technologies - will continue to shape how we need to lead and think about human capital. Join us in this session to gain insights on how to prepare for and embrace what’s coming.

10:55am – 11:20am
Networking break (visit the Tech Café!)

11:20am – 12:20pm
Concurrent interactive workshops:

What We've Learned About Digital Learning – Panel discussion
Paul Middleton, Co-Founder at 1st90
Marc Prager, Director of Learning & Development at LinkedIn
Myra LalDin, CEO at VECTRE
Sanchita Sur, Founder and CEO at Emplay Inc.
Digital learning has been around for years, but the jury is still out on how best to use it, how to measure its efficacy, when it adds value, and when it’s simply a Band-Aid for what is really needed – surgery. Have we expected too much from this learning method, or has it just not evolved enough yet? This moderated panel discussion with active audience participation will help us all find the clarity we need for these questions.

Going Human in A Digital World
Don Jones, Experience It Inc.
Fast Company Innovation Award Winner Don Jones, the founder of Experience It Inc., will engage you in a fun, interactive experience that underlines the "prime error" of our time – believing we are going digital, when the research shows that we have to double down on going human first.  Additionally we're proud to announce that Don will also provide the first public "sneak peek" of the new digital leadership simulation Infinity Inc. in the Talent Development Think Tank Tech Café before its official launch on Jan. 1, 2020, after 3 years of design, development, and testing.  This leadership experience already has won the Fast Company Innovation Award and has garnered great feedback (“The promise of digital learning has finally arrived”). Don’s simulations and games are in use by more than 200,000 leaders at 90 universities and in 80 countries for clients including Microsoft, Boeing, GE, Whirlpool, Mercedes-Benz, ABB, and more.

AccelerateME: How to put employees in the driver's seat of their career path
Christine DiDonato, Career Revolution
Today’s emerging professionals expect more career development, feedback, and mentoring. Yet managers struggle to keep up with changing business priorities while at the same time also playing the role of “career coach.”  As this gap increases, organizations lose critical leadership bench strength that can be hard to recover. Imagine if employees could meet manager's half way and own their development.  Learn a formula to engage and retain a new generation of talent by increasing your employees' capabilities for developing their career paths.

The Impact of Emerging Technologies on the Future of Human Capital
Bhaskar Krishnamachari, USC Professor of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science (Jt. Appt.)
Director, Center for Cyber-Physical Systems and the Internet of Things
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Our lives have become embroiled by the impact of the digital transformation. As talent management professionals, we are challenged with creating strategies to wrestle with the rapidly growing choices of digital technologies. This session will take a futurist’s perspective into how digital sciences and emerging technologies - from autonomous AI-based systems and the Internet of Things to blockchain technologies - will continue to shape how we need to lead and think about human capital. Join us in this session to gain insights on how to prepare for and embrace what’s coming.

12:20 – 1:15pm
Lunch

1:15pm – 3:15pm
Interactive workshop
The Business Case for Diversity & Inclusion - Brent Snow
Interactive session and group discussions with corporate D&I leaders serving as table coaches
Led by award-winning simulation designer and facilitator Brent Snow (founder and creative director of Ten Thousand Feet, LLC, and creator of the Inclusive Leader simulation experience), and supported by Diversity & Inclusion leaders from 6 different major corporations, this team-based interactive experience will bring to the surface the benefits of embracing a D&I strategy in your company as well as the risks of letting the topic remain hidden, misunderstood, or ignored.
More info: Why D&I isn't just a popular idea – it's a critical business strategy.

3:15 – 3:45pm
Networking break (visit the Tech Café!)

3:45 - 4:45pm
Closing Keynote - Michael Bungay Stanier
The 5 Question Leader
Despite many initiatives, most coaching training doesn’t stick in today’s busy workplaces. Managers and leaders are frustrated by teams that have become overdependent on them. They’re overwhelmed by the amount of work they have to do. And they’re disconnected from their own great work. In this talk, bestselling author and prolific speaker Michael Bungay Stanier will introduce 5 deceptively simple, quick-to-master questions to help your people get next-day-ready skills to embed coaching into their daily routine.

4:45 – 5:00pm
Applying learnings from the day - Andy Storch
We'll use digital technology to capture ideas and share them with everyone.
Action planning software graciously provided by BTS.

5:30 – ???
Join us for an optional networking happy hour!

November 8, 2019

An optional 3rd day add-on: Experience Multipliers, the simulation based on Liz Wiseman's groundbreaking research and book. Learn how to multiply the intelligence of the people around you.

Facilitated by Lori Urban - Partner, Advantage Performance Group

7:30 – 8:30am
Breakfast & Registration

8:30 -10:30am
The Multipliers Simulation

10:30 -10:45am
Break

10:45am -12:00pm
The Multipliers Simulation

12:00-1:00pm
Lunch

1:00-3:00pm
The Multipliers Simulation

3:00 -3:15pm
Break

3:15-5:00pm
The Multipliers Simulation