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Workforce Transformation

Workforce transformation changes roles, capabilities and operating models at the same time, making it much more than an HR initiative. Stellant’s workforce transformation speakers help leaders plan for AI, automation and demographic change while protecting productivity and engagement. Their expertise spans reskilling, human-AI collaboration, workforce planning, organizational design and change management. For executive teams and HR audiences, these speakers bring practical perspective to the difficult work of preparing people and structures for a technology-driven future.

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George Westerman
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George Westerman

Senior Lecturer and Principal Research Scientist, MIT Sloan

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Rana el Kaliouby
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Rana el Kaliouby

Harvard Business School executive fellow

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Erik Brynjolfsson
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Erik Brynjolfsson

Director, Stanford Digital Economy Lab

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Stew Friedman
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Stew Friedman

Emeritus Practice Professor of Management, the Wharton School

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Speakers

Workforce Transformation Speakers

George Westerman

George Westerman

Senior Lecturer and Principal Research Scientist, MIT SloanAward-winning author of Leading DigitalCo-chair, MIT Sloan CIO Leadership Awards

Rana el Kaliouby

Rana el Kaliouby

Harvard Business School executive fellowCo-founder of Affectiva, pioneer of Emotion AIBestselling author of Girl Decoded

Erik Brynjolfsson

Erik Brynjolfsson

Director, Stanford Digital Economy LabNYT bestselling co-author, The Second Machine AgeFive-time Thinkers50 Top Management Thinker

Stew Friedman

Stew Friedman

Emeritus Practice Professor of Management, the Wharton SchoolAuthor, Total Leadership and Parents Who LeadThinkers50 Hall of Fame Inductee (2023)

Howard Gardner

Howard Gardner

John H. and Elisabeth A. Hobbs Research Professor of Cognition and Education, Harvard Graduate School of EducationAuthor, Frames of Mind and A Synthesizing MindMacArthur Prize Fellow and Grawemeyer Award recipient

Stephan Meier

Stephan Meier

James P. Gorman Professor of Business, Columbia Business SchoolAuthor, The Employee AdvantageFormer Senior Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

Iyad Rahwan

Iyad Rahwan

Director, Center for Humans and Machines, Max Planck InstituteRecipient, 2025 Lagrange-Fondazione CRT PrizeFormer associate professor, MIT Media Lab

Mark Mortensen

Mark Mortensen

Associate Dean and Professor of Organisational Behaviour, INSEADAuthor, "The Overcommitted Organization," Harvard Business ReviewWinner, MIT Sloan Management Review 2022 Beckhard Prize

Ayanna Howard

Ayanna Howard

President, Spelman CollegeFormer NASA JPL roboticist; author, Sex, Race and Robots2024 Forbes 50 Over 50: Innovation honoree

Juliet Schor

Juliet Schor

Professor of Sociology, Boston CollegeAuthor, Four Days a Week and The Overworked AmericanFellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science

Michelle Weise, PhD

Michelle Weise, PhD

Chief Impact Officer, Kern Family FoundationAuthor, Long Life LearningThinkers50 Radar Class of 2021

Peter Cappelli

Peter Cappelli

George W. Taylor Professor of Management, The Wharton SchoolAuthor, The Future of the OfficeFellow, National Academy of Human Resources

Matt Beane

Matt Beane

Assistant Professor of Technology Management, UC Santa BarbaraAuthor, The Skill CodeThinkers50 Radar Class of 2021

Nicholas Bloom

Nicholas Bloom

William D. Eberle Professor of Economics, Stanford UniversityGlobal authority on remote and hybrid workNamed to the 2022 Bloomberg 50

Nicholas Carr

Nicholas Carr

Author, The Shallows and SuperbloomFormer Executive Editor, Harvard Business Review2011 Pulitzer Prize finalist

Nelson Repenning

Nelson Repenning

School of Management Distinguished Professor of System Dynamics and Organization Studies, MIT Sloan School of ManagementFaculty Director, MIT Leadership CenterCo-Author, There's Got to Be a Better Way

Raffaella Sadun

Raffaella Sadun

Charles E. Wilson Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business SchoolCo-Founder, World Management SurveyThinkers50 Radar, 2023

Julia Freeland Fisher

Julia Freeland Fisher

Director of Education Research, Clayton Christensen InstituteCo-author, Who You Know

Bharat Chandar

Bharat Chandar

Research director, Stanford Digital Economy LabCo-Author, "Canaries in the Coal Mine?"Former Economist, Uber

Zeynep Ton

Zeynep Ton

Professor of the Practice, MIT Sloan School of ManagementAuthor of The Case for Good JobsWinner, Thinkers50 Talent Award 2023

David Blake

David Blake

Co-founder and executive chairman, DegreedCo-founder, Learn In and BookClubCo-author, The Expertise Economy

Elizabeth Bramson

Elizabeth Bramson

CEO and Publisher, MIT Technology ReviewFormer Global Managing Director, Economist Corporate NetworkChair, MIT Enterprise Forum

Tom Malone

Tom Malone

Patrick J. McGovern (1959) Professor of Management, MIT Sloan School of ManagementFounding Director, MIT Center for Collective IntelligenceAuthor, Superminds and The Future of Work

Ben Nelson

Ben Nelson

Founder, chairman and CEO, Minerva ProjectFounder and chancellor, Minerva UniversityAuthor, Building the Intentional University

Books

Books on Workforce Transformation

Four Days a Week: The Life-Changing Solution for Reducing Employee Stress, Improving Well-Being, and Working Smarter cover

Juliet Schor

Four Days a Week: The Life-Changing Solution for Reducing Employee Stress, Improving Well-Being, and Working Smarter

The Case for Good Jobs: How Great Companies Bring Dignity, Pay, and Meaning to Everyone's Work cover

Zeynep Ton

The Case for Good Jobs: How Great Companies Bring Dignity, Pay, and Meaning to Everyone's Work

The Real World of College: What Higher Education Is and What It Can Be cover

Howard Gardner

The Real World of College: What Higher Education Is and What It Can Be

The Future of the Office: Work from Home, Remote Work, and the Hard Choices We All Face cover

Peter Cappelli

The Future of the Office: Work from Home, Remote Work, and the Hard Choices We All Face

After the Gig: How the Sharing Economy Got Hijacked and How to Win It Back cover

Juliet Schor

After the Gig: How the Sharing Economy Got Hijacked and How to Win It Back

The Impact of COVID-19 on Productivity cover

Nicholas Bloom

The Impact of COVID-19 on Productivity

Handbook of Collective Intelligence cover

Tom Malone

Handbook of Collective Intelligence

The Good Jobs Strategy: How the Smartest Companies Invest in Employees to Lower Costs and Boost Profits cover

Zeynep Ton

The Good Jobs Strategy: How the Smartest Companies Invest in Employees to Lower Costs and Boost Profits

Why Good People Can't Get Jobs: The Skills Gap and What Companies Can Do About It cover

Peter Cappelli

Why Good People Can't Get Jobs: The Skills Gap and What Companies Can Do About It

Leading Minds: An Anatomy of Leadership cover

Howard Gardner

Leading Minds: An Anatomy of Leadership

Truth, Beauty, and Goodness Reframed: Educating for the Virtues in the Age of Truthiness and Twitter cover

Howard Gardner

Truth, Beauty, and Goodness Reframed: Educating for the Virtues in the Age of Truthiness and Twitter

Responsibility at Work: How Leading Professionals Act (or Don't Act) Responsibly cover

Howard Gardner

Responsibility at Work: How Leading Professionals Act (or Don't Act) Responsibly

Keynotes

Conversations on Workforce Transformation

Michelle Weise, PhD

How to prepare for a good life of work | Dr. Michelle Weise | TEDxAndover Live

  1. Michelle Weise, PhDHow to prepare for a good life of work | Dr. Michelle Weise | TEDxAndover Live
  2. Mark MortensenHow do we calculate the true cost of hybrid work? | Mark Mortensen | TEDxSydneySalon
  3. Nicholas BloomGo Ahead, Tell Your Boss You Are Working From Home | Nicholas Bloom | TEDxStanford
  4. Howard GardnerThinking in an AI-Augmented World | Askwith Education Forum
  5. Erik BrynjolfssonRobert Gordon, Erik Brynjolfsson debate the future of work at TED2013
  6. Vasant DharEye on AI: How artificial intelligence will change jobs and the future of work
  7. Juliet SchorNew Research Shows Benefits of a Four-Day Work Week (Video)
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