TAKE WORK
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As a seasoned non-executive board member, advisor, and former HR executive, Janina Kugel offers powerful insights into shaping resilient and agile organizations. Leveraging her global leadership experience, she explores how HR can lead transformation by aligning talent strategy with long-term business goals, building inclusive cultures, and fostering high-performance teams. Janina’s session delivers practical frameworks for HR leaders to elevate their impact – from recruitment and retention to leadership development – empowering audiences to own HR as a strategic, enterprise-wide advantage.

The Human Algorithm: A Founder’s Perspective

Join Workhuman CEO and founder Eric Mosley for a candid conversation on the path that led him to reimagine how we work—and why recognition is the key to building more human workplaces. From early challenges to leading a global platform used by millions, Eric will reflect on the values, lessons, and pivotal moments that shaped his approach to leadership and innovation.

In this fireside chat, Eric will explore how a simple idea – gratitude at work – has grown into a transformative source of real-time workforce intelligence. He’ll share how a culture built on recognition not only strengthens employee experience, but also uncovers hidden skills, surfaces emerging leaders, and gives executives the clearest picture of what – and who – is moving the business forward.

Eric will also share his perspective on the future of work: that as AI is leveling the playing field, people are becoming the ultimate differentiator. Recognition provides the essential signals leaders need to unlock that human potential and deliver real business impact.

Metrics that Matter: Elevating Humanity in an AI-Driven Workplace

As AI reshapes the workplace, people and culture executives are more vital – and visible – than ever. In this timely conversation, KeyAnna Schmiedl, Chief Human Experience Officer at Workhuman and Alan Murray, President of The Wall Street Journal’s Leadership Institute, come together to explore how HR leaders can ensure business strategy stays grounded in human impact. With KeyAnna’s deep experience driving culture transformation and Alan’s unique vantage point into the priorities shaping today’s C-suite, they’ll share complementary insights on the evolving definition of performance, the growing demand for people-first metrics, and how to lead confidently in an era where technology must amplify – not replace – human potential.

Want to Improve Your Organization? Make It Fearless

FearlessImagine a workplace where every employee feels safe to speak up, share ideas, and tackle challenges head-on—a fearless organization where innovation thrives and engagement soars. In this unmissable keynote, Harvard Business School Professor and celebrated author Amy Edmondson brings her groundbreaking research to life, showing HR leaders how psychological safety can become the catalyst for organizational transformation.

Drawing on over two decades of insights and her acclaimed book, The Fearless Organization, Edmondson reveals how creating a culture of openness not only fosters collaboration and resilience but also delivers measurable performance gains—right down to the bottom line. Attendees will leave equipped with actionable strategies to break down silos, ignite team potential, and tackle today’s toughest challenges with confidence.

This session is your chance to learn from one of the world’s foremost experts on workplace dynamics and gain the tools to build an organization ready to thrive in an unpredictable world.

Attendees will gain:

1. Actionable strategies to cultivate psychological safety, unlocking the creativity and innovation your workforce needs to excel.
2. A roadmap for fearless leadership that drives collaboration, resilience, and measurable impact on employee engagement and organizational success.