World Café: Global HR Trends
New demands are driving the need to "rewrite the rules" in the workplace. The rise of technology breakthroughs has only accelerated the progression. Using a unique word café approach, you are invited to explore the latest thinking and global HR trends that are driving innovation, disrupting current practices and improving organizational success. Artificial intelligence and augmented reality are just examples of innovations that will significantly disrupt our way of life both at work and at home. What is the role of HR professionals facing these trends? As the stewards of culture, HR can play an active role in shaping the organizations of the future and embrace the workplace impacts of technology. Now is the time to help shape the future and play a significant role for next 10 years.
Learning Objectives:
- Join a unique “world café” session, learning, identifying, sharing and listening how HR should position themselves to address the global trends.
- How you can build bridges between knowledge gaps and the new technological workplace.
- How you can speed up organizational transformation, while stimulating disruptive actions.
- How you can help your leaders and organization adapt to technology and help your employees adapt to new models of work and careers.
- Actively participate by sharing stories, patterns, themes on global HR trends.
Alfredo Castro
Executive Director, partner and founder of MOT Training and Development, Inc a consulting company based in Miami, USA and Sao Paulo, Brazil, that holds a portfolio of international large companies since 1995.
Recognized by the T&D international community as one of the top professionals in the global industry, he is a leader in pioneering new models of learning and performance and people development at workplace, generating improvement of the business results in global companies. Alfredo is a multi-lingual Euro-Brazilian consultant, keynote speaker, board director, MBA professor and business books writer.
Amongst his extensive experience at global/international arena, evidenced through awards and invitations to make presentations at international T&D conferences, Alfredo Castro has travelled the world spearheading leadership models and learning solutions at business environment, mainly in the areas of change management, storytelling, corporate governance and consultative sales.
His 35 years of professional experience has given him the recognition from international T&D professionals and associations, after designing and implementing blended learning programs in more than 120 companies in more than 25 countries (Asia, Africa, Europe and Americas). His business agenda makes him travel about 40% of the year, making presentations or MBA classes, coach, consult and lead international projects at diverse cultures. After having a successful career as an executive (highlighted by a fast upward trajectory from consultant to international partner-director) along 17 years, in 1995 he became a founder of MOT Training and Development.
His top-notch expertise fully justified his nomination as the Chairman of the 2010 ATD Advisory Committee. He is the only non-north American T&D consultant who chaired the largest T&D association advisory committee, in 70 years of ASTD history.
Passionate about art, like performing humanitarian work for NPOs and carries out free coaching for professionals beginning their careers, in order to guide new gen-professionals on their goals.
Iñigo Sanchez-Cabezudo
Iñigo is director, global markets for the America’s, Caribbean and Spain at SHRM (Society of Human Resources Management), the largest association in the world dedicated to HR professionals.
Prior to SHRM he was senior regional manager at ATD (Association for Talent Development, formerly ASTD), where he managed International relations with Europe and Latin America for five years and half.
Prior to his role in ATD, Iñigo worked as director of sales and marketing at Fonexion USA, a European Bluetooth and wireless accessories distributor, managing U.S. and Latin American operations. Before that, he was deputy director for AGRAGEX (the Spanish Farm Equipment and Irrigation Exporters Association) for ten years in Bilbao, Spain. He extensively promoted farm equipment products, organizing trade shows and trade missions and bringing entrepreneurs to more than 85 countries.
He holds a BA in economics from the Complutense University of Madrid (Spain) and a diploma in economics from the University of Wolverhampton (UK), and has taken several doctorate courses in development economics at the University of the Basque Country in Bilbao (Spain). He is fluent in English, Spanish, and French, and is currently learning Portuguese. He has presented at different conferences and workshops in Latin America and Europe. He recently became SHRM- SCP (Senior Certified Professional).