Human Capital Summit - Human Capital Institute

2012 Human Capital SummitMeet the UnderwritersSilkRoad is a leading global provider of cloud-based social talent managementsoftware with more than 2000+ customers across the globe. SilkRoad’s Life Suitesolutions include recruiting, onboarding and life events, performance, learning,content and intranets, and HRMS. The Life Suite is ideally suited for businessesof every size because of its unique and open “start anywhere” architecture —implement the complete suite or begin with one product and add functionalityas you need it. Either way, it’s the fastest path to develop more productive andempowered employees who can rapidly boost business performance.The Energy Project world-class leadership training program offersorganizations a detailed blueprint for fueling a fully engaged workforce.We do this in three ways:• Training leaders to become “Chief Energy Officers” whose highest priorityis to inspire, focus, and renew the energy of those they lead.• Helping employees develop highly specific rituals that make them moreenergized, more focused, and more productive.• Partnering with organizations to build the policies, practices, facilities, andcultural messages necessary for their employees to perform at the highest level.An open innovation project... The Management Innovation eXchange (MIX) is anopen innovation project aimed at reinventing management for the 21st century.The premise: while “modern” management is one of humankind’s most importantinventions, it is now a mature technology that must be reinvented for a new age.MediaThe spur for a revolution in management... Current management practicesemphasize control, discipline and efficiency above all else — and that’s aproblem. To thrive in the 21st century, organizations must be adaptable,innovative, inspiring and socially accountable. That will require a genuinerevolution in management principles and practices.An online clearinghouse and a virtual laboratory... The MIX helps to acceleratethe pace of management innovation by energizing the conversation around thechallenges facing managers today — and by providing a practical platform wherethey can document,share and develop their leading-edge ideas and practices.A stage for management innovators everywhere...The MIX is designed for all thosewho are frustrated by the limits of our legacy management practices. It’s for all theinspired thinkers and radical doers who believe we can, and must, find alternativesto the bureaucratic and disempowering practices that still rule most organizations.67