Work changed radically in the first half of the decade, but more change is sure to come. What are the emerging contours? What further tasks will humans delegate to automation and what new skills will workers need to acquire? What will be the future of the full-time job, the career path, and the role of managers? HR leaders, researchers, thinkers and doers will offer their unconventional predictions about the future of work and workers.From Day One is a Recertification Provider for SHRM and HRCI

A technology boom has provided HR leaders with both opportunities and challenges. On the one hand, AI and other new tech can help match people to workforce needs, reduce bias in hiring, and produce an abundance of data to inform people-management decisions. On the other hand, HR experts need to venture beyond their comfort zones to embrace new tech platforms, collaborate energetically with colleagues with different expertise, choose among myriad new offerings, and recognize the limits and pitfalls of technology

Most major corporations need to distribute their work across regions, markets, and labor pools. Yet it can be immensely challenging to overcome all the barriers of language, culture, legal systems, and the effect of time and distance. What solutions are talent-acquisition and talent-management experts using to close the gaps? What are the emerging technologies and leadership skills that can help managers be more effective in supervising both workflow and worker well-being? What are the keys to managing a contingent workforce on a globally coordinated basis?From Day One is a Recertification Provider for SHRM and HRCI

When workers can get more done with less time or effort, everyone benefits. How can HR leaders collaborate with their management peers to evaluate workflows, staffing levels, digital tools, and other elements that affect worker efficiency? What are the leadership approaches that increase workforce productivity–and how can managers be developed to lead with authenticity, empathy and adaptivity? Why do productivity-boosting changes often encounter resistance–and how can those obstacles be overcome? What is the role of priority-setting in helping workers manage their time?From Day One is a Recertification Provider for SHRM and HRCI. This session is eligible for 3 credits from both organizations

In the movement towards focusing more on skills than on degrees and work experience, L&D professionals are tasked with transforming age-old systems of measuring worker aptitude. What are the elements of moving toward a new system–and how can AI and other technologies help? What are the best methods of creating a taxonomy of skills needed in an organization, now and in the future? How can L&D leaders systematically judge situations where upskilling will be effective, or reskilling is needed? What are the best new methods of training, including the use of simulations to imitate real-world applications? Can employers design programs that have a more durable impact, so that workers don’t slip back into their old ways of doing things? How can L&D experts gain more insights from the skills data they’re gathering?From Day One is a Recertification Provider for SHRM and HRCI. This session is eligible for 3 credits from both organizations

What was once a fairly standard set of offerings has blossomed into myriad point solutions, many of them beneficial to workers yet creating a daunting task for benefits leaders to evaluate and adopt them. With such an abundance of choice, what  new approaches are benefits leaders taking to designing comprehensive benefits packages? How are benefits experts measuring employee expectations, quality of outcomes, and return on investment? How are they informing employees about the growing complexity of what’s available to them? How can employers hold vendors accountable for delivering on their promises–and carry out changes when needed? Where are areas in which data and AI can help with complicated decision-making?From Day One is a Recertification Provider for SHRM and HRCI. This session is eligible for 3 credits from both organizations

Amid a backlash to the initiatives championed half a decade ago, employers are searching for direction on all the elements of DEI. For companies that have stayed the course on commitments made in 2020, has their rationale or articulation of their purpose changed, and how so? Has the business case for any aspect of DEI changed? How have some employers reframed their policy to focus more on inclusion and belonging, or expanded DEI roles to include supervision of talent management, corporate culture, and employee experience? What kind of anti-bias training programs are now deemed counter-productive, and which actually help? Are there alternative means for hiring and promoting the best candidates without considering demographics?From Day One is a Recertification Provider for SHRM and HRCI. This session is eligible for 3 credits from both organizations

Workers do better when they hear from managers and peers about how they’re doing. Yet many workers feel unappreciated or mystified about how their work is perceived. What are the organizational obstacles to providing better feedback? What are the most effective techniques for providing recognition? How can leaders get a better sense of a worker’s motivations, both intrinsic and extrinsic? What are the latest innovations in providing feedback in timely and impactful ways? How can managers be trained to be more conscious–and more fair-minded–about assigning non-promotable work, vs

When benefits leaders set high expectations for the quality and efficiency of the services they’re choosing for their company’s employees, the outcome can be a healthy workforce and a considerable return on investment. What innovative ways can benefits leaders stay in tune with what employees want, as well as evaluate the impact of those benefits? What are the latest developments in programs that offer support for women’s and family health, caregiving, mental health, and financial well-being?From Day One is a Recertification Provider for SHRM and HRCI. This session is eligible for 3 credits from both organizations