Sessions

COVID-19 is spreading exponentially, workforces have been sent home, physical distancing and self-isolation are the new norm and school's out. Welcome to the reality of being a professional in 2020. Partner this complexity with a workforce that was already feeling burnt out, anxious and humanly disconnected and you have the platform for a perfect storm.

Whilst the immediate priority is focused on flattening the curve, the long-term critical priority is maintaining the mental health of our society so that those who survive have the ability to thrive. We find ourselves at a forced moment of inflection. Mother nature has sent us to our metaphoric rooms and given us time out – time out to rethink the future of humanity and the role we have in shaping it.

Welcome to the human age! A place where those who put humans first and prioritise the mental health of their employees will reap the rewards long term. But how? It’s time to cultivate a new intelligence – an intelligence that enables humans to cease reacting and start intentionally adapting.

This interactive learning experience will explore:

• What it means to be human and why it matters more than ever
• How to cultivate positive human connection experiences whilst working virtually
• A framework for amplifying the human skills required to support intentional adaptation and basic wellbeing

Live Q&A with keynote speaker Penny Locaso.

Does your workplace need to adapt in disruptive times? Are you seeing a need for faster change in the “next normal”? How are you taking up your role to help your business create a more adaptive culture?

New values statements, training, systems, or processes won’t create more adaptive workplaces. You will need a new toolkit to shift the underlying patterns in the culture.

In this session, Siobhan McHale will share her thinking on HR’s role in the next normal and her groundbreaking 4-step solution to creating workplaces that can deliver, grow and adapt.

If you are interested in stepping more fully into your role as an adaptive leader in disruptive times, then this session is for you.

3 key learnings for this session include:

1. Learn about Siobhan’s 4-Step Solution to creating more adaptive workplaces
2. Bust the myths around workplace culture
3. Understand how to create faster change with less “noise”

QBE have been faced with the business problem. How do we increase the efficiency, effectiveness and experience of HR services which we deliver to 11,800 people across 27 countries?

In this revealing case study, Vernon will outline how QBE has started on a program of work to introduce intelligent automation (digital workers) alongside human colleagues. What tactics they have employed, what they would do differently and what they would avoid?

3 key learnings for this session include:

1. How smart tech is impacting the delivery of HR, work and the workplace
2. How QBE HR operations is progressing with its intelligent automation journey
3. The benefits and challenges of integrating a digital and human workforce

While we're all going though the same storm, we're not all in the same boat! So many people are struggling at the moment with resilience, anxiety and depression, all we can really do is be there for one another and help each other up! This session is designed to do exactly that, with the attendees walking away with 3 keys to shift their belief systems creating a more positive mindset for the new now we find ourselves in.

3 key learnings for this session include:

1. Question key current beliefs (start with the heart)
2. Shift focus to be more productive (check your focus and feed)
3. Create more powerful mental states through use of powerfully positive language (change your words and your world)

A company's culture is never more important than during a crisis. Over the last six months, COVID has impacted so many parts of an employee's life and wellbeing, that culture's ability to be the 'glue' in an orgniasation has been truly tested. How can organisations keep their people connected and resilient when social distancing and isolation are required?

3 key learnings for this session include:

1. How to maintain employee connection when working remotely
2. The role of leaders in a crisis
3. Using surveys to check in on mental health

Live Q&A with speaker Michael Vaz.

Live Q&A with speaker Sophie Holtham.

Live Q&A with speaker Vernon Griffith.

How to predict demand to help people re-skill in time to further their careers and become even more relevant for the future. Telstra's current proof of concept will explore how they orchestrate people outcomes that are values-lead, and really speak to joining for a career not just a job.

3 key learnings for this session include:

1. Learn about how Telstra is tackling their approach to re-skilling
2. Learn about what re-skilling and up-skilling are, and why they are important
3. Learn about Telstra’s approach to pathways to support re-skilling