Work in Progress Tour San Francisco
17 Nov till 21 Nov 2019
Our customers, our services, our products, our organizations and our workforce are continuously “in progress”.
But how do you organize for that?
What are the types of culture, structure, people and leaders that provide success in such a volatile environment?
Experience first-hand with a group of C-level peers how the most successful startups, corporates and innovation experts are setting themselves up for an ultra-fluid market at our Work in Progress Tour!
Join author, MIT lecturer and keynote speaker Peter Hinssen on a 4-day long voyage through Silicon Valley to discover how you can keep your whole company future-proof and fluid: from the macro-level building blocks down to the role of the individual:
- The Work Revolutions: Your organization is not an island. We’ll help you understand all the different revolutions - customers, society, tech, industrial etc. - that are driving us to evolve towards a new world of work.
- Organizing Innovation: These revolutionary outside forces leave us no choice but to organize innovation on a continuous and structural macro-level. Let us inspire you with to the most successful types of organizations out there, and how they go about that.
- Power to the People: Every successful structure rests on the shoulders of giants: that’s why we’ll tackle all the human forces working together on pushing your organization to the future: from leadership in a complex world to augmenting and balancing your workforce with technology, diversity, lifelong learning, wellbeing etc.
- Company Culture: Perhaps the most important ingredient, is the glue that binds everything together, from your customers to your workforce, leaders and the structures that enable them. Together, we’ll investigate and visit the types of culture that define a fluid company.
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Check the highlights below to get an idea about what to expect!
Program
Google: Adam Leonard
As Head of People, Adam works intensely on their cultural change. We'll have an interactive presentation about how to thrive in supercomplex environments.
Matthew Mottola on Corporate freelance
At the age of 26, Matts background is all about freelancing- its all he’s ever done, in fact he was reluctant to join a corporate such as Microsoft. His core believe is that we can be better at work by embracing freelancing, for individuals, and even for corporates. Mathew was recruited to developed Microsoft’s 365 freelance toolkit, a tool that helps Microsoft implement freelancers and outsource project based work.
Matthew's presentation will explain how to scale freelance workers for corporates. How do corporates and F500 companies set up a freelance program and help with the collaboration and communication? All of these companies in various industries want to start but they don’t know where to start.
Upwork: about Millennial & Gen Z work trends
David Abramson- Vice president for growth at Upwork is responsible for understanding the customer, and is a specialist in Millennials & Generation Z work trends. How are millennials & Gen Z taking over the work force? What are their needs in the future of work? What does freelancing mean for future companies? What's the impact of decentralization? How will remote working and working network change the office environment? Will you physically need a HQ?
Emotiv: empowering your people through optimizing cognitive function
An introduction to Emotiv's history and how they recently are entering the world of work & optimizing employee wellness & productivity/ SAP. A demo for each participant to try on headset is integrated and every participant gets their personalized cognitive brain scan. By using brain control interface they get to see cognitive performances and learn to understand the brain of the workforce. This will help learning how to have an impact on the health/wellness/safety of people.
“Find good people. Set them free.” - Richard Branson
April Rinne: about the future of work
As a world renowned thought leader, keynote speaker and global trend authority, April will provide us with the perfect introduction to the future of work. A keynote about how these changes will not only impact business and economy, but also society, government, urban planning etc.
Wework: Global impact: Co-working space
Wework is the largest global co-working space. Will companies, of any scale, will need their own offices in the future? And how will this effect the real estate market- macro view?
We will hear from the community manager on how they create a space that focuses on community and co-creation and how they help people come in excited to work together! We will also get the perspective of two Wework members- one from a freelancer/start up pov other being F500 to compare and contrast how Wework has impacted their journey.
Bruce Fecheyr-Lippens
As Solvay's SVP Global Head Agile Working and HR Director Excellence center, Bruce is the ideal moderator to guide you on this tour. He profoundly knows the challenges on the future of work and by setting up an employer-experienced HR-platform at Solvay, he succesfully implemented the much needed change in a 25.000 people industry. As an introduction Bruce will talk about re-imagining the 'people ecosystem' and reinventing how we collaborate, innovate, develop ourselves and collegues, make decisions,... Lessons on how to leverage People Analytics and Digital in HR to step up and be true business leaders.
Our moderators
Peter Hinssen
Peter is a serial entrepreneur, Forbes contributor, LinkedIn Influencer, best-selling author and one of the most sought-after thought leaders on organizing for the Day After Tomorrow, radical innovation, leadership and the impact of all things...
Bruce Fecheyr-Lippens
Bruce Fecheyr-Lippens is SVP, Global Head Agile Working, Digital HR, People Analytics, and HR Director Excellence Center at Solvay. He is continuously investigating how people make an organization and drive performance. Passionately curious, he is...
KL605
from
Amsterdam Schiphol (AMS)
to
San Francisco Intl. (SFO)
Sunday November 17
from 10:20 till 12:25KL606
from
San Francisco Intl. (SFO)
to
Amsterdam Schiphol (AMS)
Thursday November 21
from 14:40 till 09:50
Location
San Francisco
SF, CA