FOWX LIVE

Did you miss the second annual Future of Work Exchange LIVE Executive Roundtable event? Well, there’s always next year, but, until then, here’s a recap of the day’s festivities.

My colleague Andrew Bartolini (Ardent Partners’ Chief Research Officer) kicked off Tuesday’s conference and welcomed a packed room to a day filled with innovative insights. After a few minutes defining the Future of Work and setting the scene for the day ahead, Opptly CEO Lori Hock moderated an incredible panel discussion, “The Rising Tide of AI in Talent Acquisition,” that featured the solution’s Head of Operations, Rebecca Valladares, and Sevenstep’s Chief Solutions Officer, Paul Harty.

The panel discussed how critical artificial intelligence’s impact could be in the world of talent, especially as attributes such as the candidate experience, hiring manager experience, and the role of recruiter become ever-so-crucial in a volatile labor market. Valladares spoke of the utmost importance of the technology, stating, “Ultimately, recruiters who use AI will replace recruiters who do not use AI.”

The day’s second expert panel featured WorkLLama’s Kevin Leete, RSM’s External Workforce Lead, Lizzie Parnell, and Graphite’s VP of Alliances, Vanessa Miller. The panel, “Building Direct Access to Talent,” featured a lively conversation around the myriad ways talent acquisition is changing the ways businesses directly-access top-tier candidates. Parnell spoke about RMS’s unique “Work Your Way: An RSM Opportunity Marketplace” initiative, which prioritizes the candidate experience and encourages hiring managers to diversify their talent acquisition efforts through omni-channel sources of expertise.

HireGenics’ John DeWeerd (Senior Vice President) and Kristen McArdle (SVP of Client Success), with JLL’s Senior HR Business Partner, Caitlin Klezmer, discussed the impact of today’s extended workforce during the day’s third expert panel, “Why the Extended Workforce Is Your Greatest Asset.” The panel conversed around the contingent workforce’s role during uncertain economic times, its place in the pantheon of flexible workforce strategies, and how agile talent cascades into deeper talent acquisition innovation.

Before capping off the day with an elegant Harvard Club lunch (always a highlight of any event at this prestigious venue), FOWX Live’s attendees gathered for interactive roundtable discussions on topics such as remote and hybrid work, extended workforce management, DE&I, hiring challenges, and technology strategies.

This exclusive event was dedicated to exploring the Future of Work and addressing the unique challenges presented by the evolving workforce and business landscapes. For the procurement, HR, and talent acquisition executives in the room, this was another invaluable and engaging conference to help better guide them on their Future of Work journeys.

Today’s article features a recap of last year’s Future of Work Exchange Executive Roundtable conference. Registration is now open for this year’s edition, which will be held on June 13 in Boston at the historic Harvard Club venue. Register now!

In June 2022, Ardent Partners and the Future of Work Exchange hosted “FOWX Live,” an executive roundtable event focused on the core Future of Work topics that are driving business transformation. For many in attendance (including me!), it was the first time attending a live event since before the beginning of the pandemic.

John Healy, founder of Whrrr.work and one of the earliest Future of Work evangelists (and a former workforce solutions executive), kicked off Tuesday’s agenda with a spirited morning keynote that distilled various points of research around the Future of Work. “The way people connect with work is broken” is how John began his keynote address, discussing how the world of work has been transformed and requires new and innovative thinking regarding how businesses connect their projects with open talent-led work models.

FOWX Live featured two engaging panels:

• Atrium’s Nancy Maren, Utmost’s Dan Beck, and Sage’s Jessica Wall discussed how the extended workforce has impacted today’s businesses and how modern HR and procurement leaders can effectively harness the power of both VMS and MSP solutions to not only connect the enterprise with top-tier talent, but how to also drive true innovation and agility within extended workforce management.
• I joined JLL’s Caitlin Klezmer and WorkLLama’s Kevin Leete for a conversation on perhaps the hottest topic of the day: remote and hybrid work. Caitlin, Kevin, and I discussed how businesses are adapting to fully-remote and hybrid workplace structures, as well as how talent engagement and talent acquisition strategies are shifting to account for the desired flexibility in the candidate pool.

One of the major highlights of FOWX Live was the ability for attendees to converse with each other at “roundtable” sessions on core Future of Work topics, such as remote/hybrid work, DE&I, contingent workforce management, and technology strategy. These roundtable discussions featured lively discourse around these important areas of the Future of Work movement, and when it came time to “switch” roundtables (attendees could spend 30 minutes each at two different topic-led tables), it was tough for everyone to wrap up the conversations! Truly a highlight of this week’s event.

MA State Rep. Josh Cutler closed out the day as a special guest lunch keynote; Rep. Cutler was a prominent member of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ Future of Work Commission. He spent the lunch hour discussing the report’s major findings and how they were applicable to both professionals and businesses alike.

Earlier this week, Ardent Partners and the Future of Work Exchange hosted “FOWX Live,” an executive roundtable event focused on the core Future of Work topics that are driving business transformation. For many in attendance (including me!), it was the first time attending a live event since before the beginning of the pandemic.

First and foremost, FOWX would like to thank Utmost, WorkLLama, and Atrium for their support of this event!

John Healy, founder of Whrrr.work and one of the earliest Future of Work evangelists (and a former workforce solutions executive), kicked off Tuesday’s agenda with a spirited morning keynote that distilled various points of research around the Future of Work. “The way people connect with work is broken” is how John began his keynote address, discussing how the world of work has been transformed and requires new and innovative thinking regarding how businesses connect their projects with open talent-led work models.

FOWX Live featured two engaging panels:

• Atrium’s Nancy Maren, Utmost’s Dan Beck, and Sage’s Jessica Wall discussed how the extended workforce has impacted today’s businesses and how modern HR and procurement leaders can effectively harness the power of both VMS and MSP solutions to not only connect the enterprise with top-tier talent, but how to also drive true innovation and agility within extended workforce management.
• I joined JLL’s Caitlin Klezmer and WorkLLama’s Kevin Leete for a conversation on perhaps the hottest topic of the day: remote and hybrid work. Caitlin, Kevin, and I discussed how businesses are adapting to fully-remote and hybrid workplace structures, as well as how talent engagement and talent acquisition strategies are shifting to account for the desired flexibility in the candidate pool.

One of the major highlights of FOWX Live was the ability for attendees to converse with each other at “roundtable” sessions on core Future of Work topics, such as remote/hybrid work, DE&I, contingent workforce management, and technology strategy. These roundtable discussions featured lively discourse around these important areas of the Future of Work movement, and when it came time to “switch” roundtables (attendees could spend 30 minutes each at two different topic-led tables), it was tough for everyone to wrap up the conversations! Truly a highlight of this week’s event.

MA State Rep. Josh Cutler closed out the day as a special guest lunch keynote; Rep. Cutler was a prominent member of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ Future of Work Commission. He spent the lunch hour discussing the report’s major findings and how they were applicable to both professionals and businesses alike.

The Future of Work Exchange held its inaugural live conference yesterday at the Harvard Club in Boston. The event featured engaging panel discussions, exciting keynote speakers, and a lively interaction between HR, procurement, and talent acquisition executives, who discussed best practices, strategies, and solutions for managing the many transformations inherent in the evolving world of work and talent.

Look for a full recap of the event tomorrow here on FOWX. Big thanks goes out to our event sponsors, Utmost, WorkLLama, and Atrium, our fabulous speaker lineup, and of course, everyone who took time to spend a half-day with us yesterday in the heart of Boston!

We’ve been talking about it for the past month and now we’re only a couple of weeks away (two weeks from today, to be exact!). The Future of Work Exchange‘s inaugural executive roundtable live event is on June 14 in downtown Boston at the Harvard Club (Back Bay) and we’d love to see you there.

Are you a procurement executive that wants to better manage the growing complexities of the extended and contingent workforce? Are you an HR leader that is trying to balance the delicate nature of remote and hybrid work along with the many transformations within workplace culture? Or are you a talent acquisition executive that continues to face momentous pressure in light of The Great Resignation and extreme staffing shortages?

“FOWX Live” is the definitive Future of Work-oriented event of 2022 and you are cordially invited to attend this half-day conference, which will include:

• Insights and commentary on the transformations within the world of work and talent.
• Expert panels that will feature the industry’s brightest minds.
• Opportunities to network with like-minded peers and colleagues.
• An elegant lunch in one of Boston’s finest venues.

Register for “FOWX Live” or click on the image below. This is not an event you will want to miss!

The Future of Work Exchange was designed to be the premier destination for news, insights, and analysis of the Future of Work movement. Everyday, thousands of HR, procurement, talent acquisition, and other business leaders converge to this site to learn more about the changing world of work and talent.

And now, the Future of Work Exchange is bringing those insights to the live stage. “FOWX Live,” an executive regional roundtable event on June 14 in Boston, will be 2022’s most engaging Future of Work-oriented conference focused on the extended workforce, remote and hybrid work, DE&I, and the technology and innovation driving transformation in how enterprises address how work is done.

We’re in year three of a pandemic that has fundamentally altered the way we think about our leadership, workforce, workplace, and business operations. For today’s business leaders, operating as if we’ll return to 2019 is an exercise in futility. FOWX Live will be the conference that allows executive leaders to learn about what’s working well for other enterprises in terms of how work gets done, how to better manage a distributed workforce, and, most importantly, how to continue navigating a consistently shifting business arena.

Next month (June 14, Harvard Club in Boston), the FOWX Live roundtable event will feature:

• Keynote presentations on the future of work, talent, and business.
• Panel discussions centered around the best tactics and strategies for managing remote and hybrid workers.
• The business impact of Future of Work-era technology and innovations, and;
• An opportunity to network with like-minded colleagues and spend time discussing (in a roundtable format) the burning issues affecting business functions.

Register for FOWX Live today. Don’t miss out on 2022’s most dynamic Future of Work event.

The countdown is on! Ardent Partners is excited to host its inaugural Future of Work Exchange live conference, FOWX Live: An Executive Roundtable Event, to be held in Boston at the historic Harvard Club. The event, which runs from 9:30am until 1:30pm, will be jam-packed with insights, networking, and real-world case studies regarding the new world of work and talent.

What does the “Roundtable” in your event name mean?

Glad you asked! Conferences can sometimes be overwhelming from an information perspective. Too many keynote speakers, too many breakout sessions, and not enough time to converse with fellow attendees. The “Roundtables” at FOWX Live will follow an engaging pattern: each table will revolve around a particular Future of Work topic (such as DE&I, remote work, the extended workforce, etc.) and discussions around that topic will be facilitated between attendees.

It’s a refreshing change in the way major business conferences spark activity!

Can you tell me a bit about the speaker lineup?

Of course we can. In addition to this site’s creators (Christopher J. Dwyer and Andrew Bartolini), we’re thrilled to welcome industry luminary John Healy for our keynote address. Sage Therapeutics’ Jessica Wall and JLL’s Caitlin Klezmer are just two of our HR and talent acquisition executives that will share their unique, real-world stories with the audience. We will soon announce additional speakers, as well as a very special guest for FOWX Live’s lunch hour. Representatives from our esteemed sponsors, including Utmost, WorkLLama, and Atrium, will all appear as part of our exciting event lineup.

What about the venue?

The historic Harvard Club, in Boston’s Back Bay, is routinely honored as one of the top places in Boston to hold an event. FOWX Live will be held in the Club’s elegant Massachusetts Room, which is adorned with masterpiece artwork of Revolutionary War heroes, is the ideal spot for an event like this. FOWX Live will also feature a complimentary lunch (a fantastic one, at that!) that will cap off an amazing day of insights and engaging presentations and roundtables.

What is the central theme of FOWX Live?

FOWX Live is a culmination of the Future of Work Exchange‘s first full year as the industry’s preeminent destination for procurement, HR, talent acquisition, and other business leaders seeking to keep up with the latest trends in the transformative world of work and talent. We fully expect to carry over many of those trends within the FOWX Live agenda, particularly how executive leaders can better manage their distributed staff and how to enhance the way they find, engage, source, and manage extended talent.

Why should I attend?

The world of work looks markedly different than it did a couple of years ago. Talent acquisition has changed. The contingent workforce is transforming the way businesses get work done. Technology and innovation are abound and actively altering all facets of enterprise operations. More workers than ever before are working remotely. FOWX Live is the event that will give you the insights you need to thrive in this exciting new era of business. Learn some new tactics from those that are in similar roles and network with your colleagues in beautiful venue (with an amazing lunch!). Register here or click on the image below. Looking forward to seeing you in Boston on June 14!