Power Speakers


Friday, Oct. 9, 2009
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

 

NEW! The closing keynote session has been replaced by a series of power speakers, allowing you to customize your learning experience to topics you’re most interested in. Select from four concurrent power speakers addressing the most relevant issues concerning the workplace.

 

7.01 An Owner’s Guide to the Future

David Zach, Futurist

 

Do we really want vacuum cleaners that can argue with us? Will the automation of health care lead to the automation of caring? How come teenagers can pay attention to 10 things at once and still be, like, bored? David Zach’s thought-provoking tour of modern times offers some useful answers to funny questions that will get people talking. One of the few professionally trained futurists on the planet, Zach blends the funny with the profound in this surprisingly practical session to help you decide what really matters. Rethink the balance between change and tradition and the need to hold on to that which shouldn’t change. At the end you’ll find yourself either thoughtfully quiet or engaged in some of the best conversations you’ve ever had at a meeting.
 

 

7.02 Rock Stars Incorporated: Hiring High-Performance, High-Maintenance Hotshots Half Your Age

Sarah L. Sladek, President and CEO, Limelight Generations

 

Working nine to five isn’t the only way for them to make a living. They would rather start their own business than climb a corporate ladder. They will likely ask more questions in a job interview than the interviewer will ask them. Salary is not their primary motivator. And they certainly aren’t going to work 20 years at the same company in hopes of receiving a gold watch at the retirement party. Generations X and Y are changing the way our world works, because what’s worked in the past isn’t working for them. Rock Stars Incorporated teaches employers and businesses leaders how to interest, engage, motivate and inspire Generations X and Y.
 

 

7.03 Innovative Thinking for Facility Managers

Robert Tucker, President, The Innovation Resource Consulting Group

 

Until recently innovation was considered the responsibility of the research and development department—the province of marketing or new product development. No longer. To keep pace with relentless, disruptive change, senior management needs innovation from everyone to lower costs and add strategic value. This session explores the mindset, skill-set and toolset you’ll need to thrive in this profession, and what it takes to create an environment where “out of the box” thinking flourishes. 

 

 

7.04 Global Economy and Financial Markets

Don Reynolds, Economist

As a former chairman of the board on pension and investment committees responsible for US$120 billion, Don Reynolds specializes in strategic asset allocation based on long-term trend analysis and an understanding of "big picture scenarios" and their impact on specific industries. He has a profound real-world insight into international financial markets in such key areas as interest rates, energy prices, real estate and economic policy. Though a long-term optimist, Reynolds is refreshingly candid about current economic realities and short-term solutions versus long-term wealth creation.
 

 

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