Sponsors

November 5, 2019

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

November 7, 2019

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

8:00 – 9:00am
Breakfast & Registration

9:00 – 9:30am
Day Two kickoff - Andy Storch

9:30 – 10:30am
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.

10:30am – 12:00pm
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.

12:00 – 1:00pm
Lunch

1:00 – 3:00pm
Concurrent 60-minute 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 Ballentine, CEO at VECTRE
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.

The New Workforce IQ: How to unlock the potential of a new generation of workforce
Christine DiDonato, Career Revolution (60 min.)
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.  Learn how organizations can develop their workforce outside of the traditional “career ladder” while at the same time empowering their employees to take ownership of their own career path.

The Impact of Emerging Technologies on the Future of Human Capital
USC Marshall Professor Bhaskar Krishnamachari (60 min.)
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.

3:00 - 4:00pm
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.

4:00 – 4:30pm
Applying learnings from the day - Andy Storch
We'll use BTS digital technology to capture ideas and share them with everyone.

4:30 – 6:00pm
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

8:00 – 9:00am
Breakfast & Registration

9:00am-12:00pm
The Multipliers Simulation - Part I

12:00-1:00pm
Lunch

1:00-5:00pm
The Multipliers Simulation - Part II