SHRM 2012 Strategy Conference

Author and globally acclaimed leadership expert David Novak is a director of JPMorgan Chase & Co and the CEO of Yum! Brands, the parent company of Taco Bell, Pizza Hut with more than 37,000 restaurants in 117 countries and territories.  Recognized by Harvard Business Review as one of the “100 Best Performing CEOs in the World” and by Barron’s as one of the world’s “30 Best CEOs,” Novak is noted for personally training thousands of YUM! managers in principles he describes in his latest book, TAKING PEOPLE WITH YOU: The Only Way to Make Big Things Happen. Named "2012 CEO of the Year" by Chief Executive magazine, an honor bestowed upon an outstanding corporate leader, nominated and selected by a group of his or her peers. 

A founding partner of the digital strategy firm Undercurrent, co-founder of the marketing agency Brandplay and the author of Game Frame: Using Games as a Strategy for Success, Aaron Dignan advises global giants such as GE and Disney on the best methods for leveraging digital resources to improve marketing, HR management, future planning, decision-making and other business processes.  Combining his brand marketing background with his work on the frontier of social interactivity, Dignan is an expert on engaging the “born digital” generation with the “gamification” of jobs and business processes.