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Stacey Johnson
Head of Leadership & Culture Academy
Kraft Heinz

Redefining Leadership Expectations

Join us on this inspiring journey, as Stacey Johnson, Head of Kraft Heinz’s Leadership & Culture Academy, details the path to redefining and launching the new Kraft Heinz Leadership Principles. In addition, you’ll hear how the leadership principles are guiding the Company’s strategic learning & development agenda. During this session, Stacey will share reflections on this success story in the making, specifically touching on:

Co-creating leadership principles by involving stakeholders and culture carriers
Leveraging leadership principles to create and design learning programs for impact
Launching and embedding the new principles throughout the organization during a period of business transformation and disruption

BIO:

Stacey is an experienced team leader and L&D professional who is focused on developing inspiring, inclusive & innovative leaders. In her current role as the Head of Leadership & Culture Academy at Kraft Heinz, Stacey is obsessed with equipping leaders and managers with the skills, knowledge and resources needed to develop others, create inclusive environments, and engage employees. Stacey and her team are responsible for the global development of leadership programs, including Manager Excellence, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging as well as the Kraft Heinz Culture Curriculum. Prior to joining Kraft Heinz in 2016, Stacey spent a decade at Teach For America, the national non-profit dedicated to mobilizing as many of our nation’s most promising leaders to grow the movement for educational equity.

David Hutchens
Author & Consultant
The Storytelling Leader

Telling Stories that Inspire: Create Engagement and Belief so People will Act

In this active presentation, participants will encounter the deep and fascinating body of knowledge around organizational narrative. This isn’t about performance or building your “public speaking” skills. It is a recognition that story is a strategic act: Which stories should leaders tell? It begins with selection, because when you tell the right story at the right time the results can be transformational.

David Hutchens will introduce participants to storytelling through a lens of change management. They will discover the three stories they should be telling now in order to move the system and engage their team in a context of extreme uncertainty.

Attendees of this session will:

Explore how stories of continuity, novelty, and transition are needs that every organizational system has.
Hear specific examples of how other leaders and organizations are telling these stories.
Identify some of the “narrative assets” (the value-holding stories) that they can start telling right away!

BIO:

David Hutchens has been exploring the intersection of narrative, leadership, and complex systems change for more than 20 years. A bestselling author, business writer and learning designer, he creates solutions for Accenture, Harvard Business Review, L’Oreal, FedEx, The Coca-Cola Company, Wal-Mart, IBM, The US Olympic Committee, and many others. His partnerships include a recurring instructor position with the globally renowned INSEAD School of Business in Fontainebleau, France.

He speaks to organizations and leadership teams all around the world on the topic of storytelling as an organizational capacity. His new book is Story Sprint, due Spring 2021. It will be his tenth book. He is also the author of Circle of the 9 Muses: A Storytelling Field Guide for Innovators and Meaning Makers, (Wiley & Sons, 2015).

He created the innovative Leadership Story Deck — an innovative, card-based resource for developing narrative driven communications. The popular resource is now available on Amazon.com.

He is a founding partner of the international forum called Story the Future, which explores how narrative leads to deep system transformation in organizations and societies.

He has served as an executive speechwriter or ghostwriter for global thought leaders such as Stephen M.R. Covey, and the CEO of The Coca-Cola Company.

David Nour
CEO
The Nour Group, Inc.

Curve Benders: How Strategic Relationships Can Power Your Non-linear Growth in the Future of Work

In the future of how we’ll work, live, play, and give, 15 Forces will create dramatic headwind, tailwind, or turbulence in our lives and careers. Learning their relevance is no longer optional; it’s a necessity.

For most people, learning is linear – they learn, then they apply. We believe when it comes to relationships, a different lens is needed. Time and again, people enter our lives that dramatically alter our lives’ direction and destination. I call enablers of this adaptive and accelerated non-linear growth Curve Benders.

So, who are your Curve Benders, and how do you find them? More importantly, how do you become one in the lives of others? And how can the Curve Bending mindset unlock the next level of enterprise value creation and profitable growth?

Join bestselling author, senior leadership advisor, executive educator and coach David Nour as he shares key insights from his 11th book, Curve Benders, at the intersection of the future of work, strategic relationships, and non-linear growth.

Key Takeaways

Understand the 15 Forces that will impact the future of how we’ll work, live, play, and give.
Evaluate Your Personal Market Value and the key investments you must make to enhance it in 2021 and beyond.
Apply the Growth Grid to address your most complex innovation challenges and growth opportunities.
Get introduced to the Path to your Curve Benders and Curve Benders Roadmap (tools) to accelerate your professional relevancy amid constant disruptions.

BIO:

A senior leadership/board advisor, educator, executive coach, and bestselling author, David Nour is internationally recognized as the leading expert on applications of strategic relationships in profitable growth, sustained innovation, and lasting change. The author of eleven books, including bestsellers Relationship Economics® (Wiley), and Co-Create (St. Martin’s Press), as well as the forthcoming Curve Benders (Wiley, 2021), Nour serves as a trusted advisor to global clients and coaches corporate leaders. He is an adjunct professor at the Goizueta Business School at Emory University and Vanderbilt University’s Owen Graduate School of Management and was named to the Global Gurus Top 30 Leadership Professionals list. A Forbes Leadership contributor on the Future of Work, and an Inc. contributor on Relationship Economics, Nour’s unique insights have been featured in a variety of prominent publications, including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Fast Company,

Dr. Jill M. Siler
Superintendent & Author of Thrive Through The Five
Gunter ISD

Thrive Through the Five: Leading through Challenging Times

Mark Anthony famously said, “If you love what you do, you’ll never work a day in your life.” Well, I absolutely love what I do as a school leader – and I have never worked harder! The truth is there is a small percentage of our work (and life) that is really hard, and this has become even more pronounced during the COVID-19 pandemic.

This session will dig into some internal strategies to help us be our best, as well as some external strategies to help us lead in the best way during difficult seasons. From personal stories of trial and triumph, to lessons learned in leading through challenging seasons like financial crisis and the global pandemic, I will share “5 Tips to Thrive” in every season of life. We owe it to ourselves and everyone around us to not just survive challenging times, but to truly thrive!

Each of the “5 Tips to Thrive” will be framed in stories around school leadership but will also have strong connections to other industries. I will also share a little bit about my first crisis as a first-time superintendent as we were on the brink of bankruptcy (ended up losing 20% of our staff) – and how I led through that using these concepts.

BIO:

Dr. Jill Siler has been serving as the Superintendent of Gunter ISD, a growing school district an hour north of Dallas, since 2012. Jill grew up in Rochester & Buffalo, NY and completed her undergraduate work at the University of Pittsburgh where she was a collegiate swimmer. She moved to Austin in 1996 and began serving as a high school World Geography teacher and swim coach at John B. Connally High School in Pflugerville ISD. Jill earned her Master’s from Texas State University and began her administrative career in Marble Falls ISD where she served as the Assistant Principal for Instruction. In 2004, Jill went to Lake Travis ISD where she served as a campus and district leader for 8 years. During that time, she completed her doctorate at the University of Texas.

In her first months as a superintendent, Jill faced financial crisis along with many other challenges that leadership brings. In 2015, her school board was named a TASA Honor Board as one of the top 5 school boards in the state and one of her campuses was named a 2017 National Blue-Ribbon School. Jill is the Chair of the Future-Ready Superintendent Leadership Network (FRSLN) Design Team through the Texas Association of school Administrators (TASA) where innovative leaders from across the state gather to learn, share and grow together.

Jill has a passion for helping others reach their goals and is the leader of TASA’s Aspiring Superintendent Academy, and a frequent speaker at Texas’ First-Time Superintendent Academy as well as other leadership and education conferences. Her writing can be found on her website, jillmsiler.com where the initial blog inspiring her book, Thrive Through the Five was featured in the November 2019 edition of AASA School Administrator, the national school leadership organization’s publication.

Kaihan Krippendorff
CEO
Outthinker Strategy Network

Driving Innovation from Within: A Guide for Employees and Organizational Leaders

“Innovation” brings to mind the maverick entrepreneur who quits their job, at unimaginable odds, to build a business on their own. But this entrepreneurial story is a myth. As a successful entrepreneur, author, consultant and CEO, Kaihan Krippendorff argues that intrapreneurs – employees who incubate new businesses within corporations – have had a far greater impact on the world. Nearly all of the most transformative innovations over the past three decades, from e-mail and the Internet to DNA sequencing and MRI scans, were introduced by employees who did not quit their jobs but instead took the challenge of innovating from within.

Drawing on five years of in-depth research of hundreds of successful innovators and Intrapreneurial Intensity, as well as insights from thought leaders, C-suite leaders, business unit leaders, and front-line employees, Kaihan will share exclusive insights from his book, Driving Innovation From Within: A Guide for Internal Entrepreneurs (Columbia University Press, 2019).

Kaihan will unveil the most critical internal focus areas for driving innovation and moving your organization forward into the future. He will share specific tools, frameworks and techniques used by successful innovators to manage and unlock the value of employees’ ideas to increase corporate innovation levels and deliver bottom-line results. Participants will have actionable next steps to transform their organization by testing and scaling fresh ideas that generate value and growth. They will leave feeling inspired and empowered, ready to take on the future.

In this inspiring keynote, you will learn about:

The IN-OVATE Framework
The seven barriers of internal innovation and how to overcome them
The six characteristics of Internal Innovators
The seven steps to build an agile innovation team
How to disrupt your competition without disrupting your business
What it takes to lead an innovative organization and drive transformation
How to shift your organizational mindset and culture
How to build a wave of internal support for growth, innovation and creativity by reinforcing the idea that innovation is possible, attainable, and ultimately actionable

BIO:

Kaihan Krippendorff has made a commitment to helping organizations and individuals thrive in today’s era of fast-paced disruptive technological change.

He began his career with McKinsey & Company before founding the growth strategy and innovation consulting firm Outthinker, whose growth strategies and innovations have generated over $2.5B in revenue for many of the world’s most recognizable companies including BNY Mellon, Citibank, L’Oréal, Microsoft, and Viacom. He is a best-selling author of five books, most recently the Edison Award nominated Driving Innovation From Within: A Guide for Internal Entrepreneurs.

Kaihan is a member of the prestigious Thinkers50 radar group – A global selection of the top 30 management thinkers in the world to look out for. Thinkers50 also recognized Kaihan as one of the 8 most influential innovation thought leaders in the world considering him for a Distinguished Achievement Award in Innovation – given to the person in the world that has contributed the most to the world’s understanding of innovation in the past two years.

Amidst his dizzying schedule of keynote speeches, consulting projects, ongoing research and writing, Kaihan still finds time to teach at business schools throughout the US and internationally (including NYU, FIU, and UA). Regularly featured in major business media outlets, Kaihan is an advisory board member of multiple national and international companies.

Maria Rivera
Associate Director
New York University, The School of Professional Studies

The Reality of Extended Reality

This presentation provides an introduction to Extended Reality (XR), which includes Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR). As the technology advances, organizations have found practical ways to apply XR with all kinds of objectives. In Talent Development for example, VR can eliminate risk and safety concerns, provide scalability, offer the opportunity to gain practical experience, remove time and travel costs, and more.

Attendees of this presentation will:

Gain an understanding of VR and AR
Learn what equipment is required to utilize VR and AR
Learn how organizations are applying VR tools

BIO:

Maria Rivera has over ten years of Management, Sales and Technology Training, Project Management, Web Development, Video Production, and Training & Development (asynchronous and synchronous) experience in Fortune 500 companies, educational institutions, and professional service organizations. She led strategic initiatives at The Steven L. Newman Real Estate Institute – Baruch College as the Associate Director and at CUNY School of Professional Studies/ACS Project as a Deputy Director. She is currently at NYU the School of Professional Studies as the Associate Director of the Management and Systems Graduate Degree Program and manages the Management and Technology Noncredit Portfolio. She is also a standing committee member of the NYU SPS Inclusion, Diversity, Belonging, Equity, and Accessibility (IDBEA) Committee. She is a Training and Development Consultant for DigitalSummit.tv. Maria has produced a variety of blended digital media training solutions for various organizations/industries and has spoken at conferences including the Trenton Computer Festival regarding Virtual Reality/New Media. She is also the co-organizer of the XR Learning and Training Meetup.

She is a member of the Association for Talent Development (NYC and Northern NJ), the Project Management Institute (PMI), and the National Speaker Association. She believes in the “Everyone wants to be Magnificent” philosophy and has enjoyed training hundreds of adult learners successfully over the years. Giving back to the community is something that she always makes time to do. She participates in HISPA.org’s Role Model Program and helped design an App Development Training Program for middle school and high school students. She has also spoken at AT&T’s HACEMOS Leadership conference, HISPA’s Youth Conferences, Trenton Computer Festivals, mLearning conference, and at the 2019 ACE Women’s Network Women of Color Conference at Vaughn College

She received her BA from Lehman College and her MA in Adult Education & Training from the University of Phoenix. She also recently earned a Data Visualization Certificate from NYUSPS.

Omar L. Harris
Founder & Managing Partner
Intent Consulting

The End of the Boss – 7 Rules of the Modern Leader

A boss is not necessarily a leader. A boss can be someone who has authority but still lacks influence. A boss can self-centred, directive, defensive, and more. Leaders, on the other hand, inspire others, encourage their team, are vulnerable, and take responsibility. In this talk, Omar outlines the case to move away from ego-driven behaviors and toward humility driven servant leadership characteristics.

Participants will learn the following:

Why the Boss archetype is leading to a global employee engagement crisis
Why influence is far more powerful than authority in getting things done
How building trust enhances influence
What servant leaders accomplish

BIO:

Omar L. Harris (Charlotte, NC, born in Pittsburgh, PA) is a Business and Servant Leadership Thought-Leader, Award-Winning Bestselling Author of 4 books (including The Servant Leader’s Manifesto, 2020 and Leader Board: The DNA of High Performance Teams), Intent Consulting Founder, and Former GM (GSK and Allergan). With 20+ years of global pharmaceutical executive experience building teams, Omar’s worked on four continents (U.S., Middle East, Asia and Latin America) for Pfizer, Merck, Schering Plough and more. As a Gallup Certified Strengths Coach, Motivational Speaker and Entrepreneur, Harris is passionate about leading teams, high-performance coaching and inspiring future leaders of today and tomorrow to adopt the servant leader mindset and stop toxic leadership behaviors. Harris is also the Co-Author of “From Authors to Entrepreneurs F.A.T.E.: The Personal Side of Indie Publishing” (2015) and Author of “One Blood” fiction book (2011, pen name, Qwantu Amaru). His work has been featured on the Love Ideas Summit, Black News Channel, Thrive Global, CEO World Magazine, South Charlotte Weekly, Fast Leader Show Podcast, Young Upstarts, The Rebel Road Podcast, Human Capital Innovations (HCI) Podcast, VoiceAmerica: Finding Your Frequency and more. As fun facts, Omar speaks 5 languages, plays 7 instruments, and started his first company at the age of 7.

Birgit Maillefaud
HR & Business Executive

Leading Corporate Transformation – Navigating in Ever-Evolving Waters

Leading a corporate transformation project critical to a company’s future success is a challenge in itself – and even more so during a global health and economic crisis. Success will come from building and enabling a high performing team, keeping them focused and adapting to the continuously evolving environment. We will look at lessons learned from a compelling case: the creation of a new global headquarters for a Fortune 500 company, involving mass hiring and relocation, new ways of working and culture change.

Key Takeaways:

The power of a high-performing project team
Compassionate leadership – Building trust builds bridges when leading remote teams
Focusing on outcomes and smart communication makes a difference

BIO:

As a former VP of HR for Global Organization Transformation at Coty and Business & HR executive at P&G, Birgit combines both commercial perspective and broad-based HR experience in large corporations, with a recent focus on organization transformation in the digital era. Her belief is that building trust through compassionate leadership is the new currency for success. Birgit’s desire as a leader is to achieve results while helping people grow in a way that is meaningful to them.

Toby Newman
The Neverending Learner

Deciphering a Learning Mindset: How It Supports an Innovative Company

Having a learning mindset in today’s environment is essential. With technology growing at an exponential rate, it is harder than ever for companies and individuals within companies to keep ahead of the curve (the fight to keep your skills, and hence your products up-to-date and relevant). This idea is very prevalent in certain communities such as technical ones, and not much so in leadership communities but it is the leaders that set the tone for the company. In this talk, Toby Newman will explore how leaders can drive success and innovation through a learning mindset.

To have a true learning mindset, you have the responsibility to share back your new insights within an organization. This is where good leaders become great ones. This is where innovation really gets going. As leaders you have an extra responsibility as you set the tone and environment for this sharing to happen.

We will talk about the importance of these practices:

- Educate on the importance of keeping ahead of the curve for individuals – provide research (World Economic Forum) on changes of skills.
- Encourage the benefits of self-awareness and roll out practices to do it.
- Demonstrate that learning is a priority by putting learning at the top of agendas (take the first 5 mins to share learning)
- Emphasize the practice of skills and a psychologically safe environment to do it in.

BIO:

Toby Newman has been working in the Learning and Development industry for almost 20 years and is passionate about improving the learning experience for all of us. He works for and with companies to provide guidance and support to implement a learning mindset which is the foundation of a great learning experience. Toby has had the honour to guest on a number of podcasts to talk about many topics around L&D and he is currently writing a collaborative book on the importance of the learning experience. Toby is also proud to have been asked to give a TEDx Talk.

LEADERSHIP AND INNOVATION 2021 Online Conference

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In today’s new reality, continual learning, resilience, agility and strategic relationships have never been more important to individual and team success.

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David Hutchens

Telling Stories that Inspire: Create Engagement and Belief so People will Act

Omar Harris

The End of the Boss: 7 Rules of the Modern Leader

Dr. Jill M. Siler

Thrive Through the Five: Leading through Challenging Times

Maria Rivera

The Reality of Extended Reality

Kaihan Krippendorff

Driving Innovation from Within: A Guide for Employees and Organizational Leaders

David Nour

Curve Benders: How Strategic Relationships Can Power Your Non-linear Growth in the Future of Work

Birgit Maillefaud

Leading Corporate Transformation – Navigating in Ever-Evolving Waters

Toby Newman

Deciphering a Learning Mindset: How It Supports an Innovative Company

Stacey Johnson

Redefining Leadership Expectations

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