Over the past three years, organizations showed remarkable innovation and responsiveness. HR led the way in transforming work models, embracing workforce flexibility and boosting accountability for employee well-being and equity. This took place out of necessity — extreme disruption forced a level of creativity and experimentation that seemed too risky before. The results expanded the boundaries of what leaders previously thought their people, systems and technologies were capable of achieving.

The opening keynote will explore how HR leaders can continue to boldly encourage remarkable change and innovation without a backdrop of extreme disruption driving extreme behavioral change.

While investments in well-being programs remain high, only 32% of total rewards leaders believe their organization does a good job assessing the effectiveness of those investments. Many rewards leaders focus on what they can measure (e.g., utilization) without a better understanding of what they should. Join this session to learn how the best organizations evaluate their well-being programs’ impact on their employees, talent outcomes, and business results.

With multiple successful global experiments, momentum is building for the four-day workweek (4DWW). Organizations must confront the reality that they may soon compete for talent with companies offering this progressive new work format. This breakout session will explore the case for a 4DWW, analyzing the benefits – and potential challenges – of implementing a 4DWW to boost talent outcomes while maintaining corporate results.

While many TR leaders track metrics, such as participation and engagement, few are satisfied with their ability to measure the holistic impact of their well-being investments, either on the organization as a whole or on employees themselves. This workshop will provide TR leaders with an easy-to-use framework to create a scorecard that captures key performance metrics and visualizes outputs to share with stakeholders.

Wild imagination can be a critical key to envisioning and planning for the next wave of possibilities in how work will change. Come hear four fictional stories that make the future of work come alive!