Previous HR Strategy Forums

2019 HR Strategy Forum

At the 2019 event we explored these themes and how you can harness curiosity, creativity, critical thinking and collaboration to open up dialogue, surface opportunities and play to your organisation’s strengths.

Themes explored:

• Leading transformation and the imperative to innovate
• Harnessing curious, creative and collaborative abilities
• Breaking bad habits to reinvigorate business growth
• Developing an organisation wide growth mind-set

Sessions included:

• Big picture perspective: Leading transformation by Julian Birkinshaw
• Organisational perspective: Breaking bad habits and enabling growth by Freek Vermeulen
• People perspective: Developing a growth mind-set

2018 HR Strategy Forum

Work Inc. 2028: Paving the way for the next decade

This event was held at the IET, London and brought together many of our leading faculty and practitioners with more than 150 senior learning and development executives, to examine the factors that will reshape the workplace of 2028, and the steps leaders and organisations need to take ensure they thrive over the next decade.

Sessions included:

• Work Inc 2028 with Michael Davies
• Prepare in the now, for tomorrow with Vodafone's Sharon Doherty and Hein Knaapen of ING
• 10 predictions for 2028 with Tammy Erickson
• Alive at Work with Dan Cable
• The diversity factor: Why collaboration is so difficult with Randall Peterson
• The future of brands and the customer with Simona Botti and David Faro
• The era of the responsible organisation with Ioannis Ioannou

2017 HR Strategy Forum

The Future-Proofed Organisation

This event was held at the iconic Science Museum and brought together many of our leading faculty with more than 100 senior learning and development executives, to talk about the challenges companies need to deal with to ensure their businesses are future proofed.

Sessions included:

• Learning from yesterday’s inventions with Tammy Erickson
• The future proofed organisation with Costas Markides
• The future business leader with Tammy Erickson
• Leading change with Richard Jolly
• Influencing without authority with Niro Sivanathan
• The future of work with Lynda Gratton
• The power of bringing out the best in people with Dan Cable
• Board level strategy execution with Dominic Houlder
• 100 Year life with Lynda Gratton
• Management Innovation with Gary Hamel

2016 HR Strategy Forum

How can organisations attract and keep the best people?

According to Professors Rob Goffee and Gareth Jones, they all face the task of building and maintaining authenticity.

The Forum asked the question: What does an authentic organisation look like?

At the event, where speakers included the Global Head of Culture at Barclays, the Chief Learning Officer at global consulting firm A.T. Kearney and the Head of People and Organisations at Novo Nordisk, the professors summarised their answer, based on a simple acronym: DREAMS.

D - Difference beyond Diversity – “I want to work somewhere I can be myself”
R - Radical honesty – “Tell me the truth before someone else does”
E - Extra Value – “Add value to me, don’t exploit me”
A - Authenticity – “mean what you say and say what you mean”
M - Meaning – “I want a meaningful job in an organisation which itself has meaning”
S - Simple Rules – “I want simple agreed rules, not a fog of bureaucracy”

Interview with A.T Kearney's Chief Learning Officer

Interview with Barclays Head of Culture

View photos from the event here