In 2023, expert guests joined the Gartner Talent Angle to  share their advice about key drivers of employee engagement, retention and performance: flexible work, wellbeing and internal mobility. Stanford professor Nicholas Bloom discusses the impact of flexible work on employee productivity and on organizations’ bottom lines. Siemens chief people and sustainability officer Judith Wiese shares how Siemens commits to well-being to drive talent outcomes and to position the organization for sustainable success. Author Helen Tupper makes the case for nonlinear career paths to deliver on the promise of internal mobility by giving employees relevant and engaging opportunities.

 

Nicholas Bloom is the William Eberle Professor of Economics at Stanford University. Nick’s research focuses on working from home, management practices and uncertainty. He previously worked at the U.K. Treasury, McKinsey & Company and the IFS. He has a BA from Cambridge, an MPhil from Oxford, and a PhD from University College London. Nick is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the recipient of the Guggenheim and Sloan Fellowships, the Frisch Medal and a National Science Foundation Career Award. He was elected to Bloomberg50 for his advice on working from home.

 

Judith Wiese has been a member of the Managing Board of Siemens since 1 October 2020. She is the chief people and sustainability officer as well as labor director for Siemens. In addition, Judith is responsible for global business services (GBS) at Siemens. Judith has more than two decades of international experience in various HR fields. From 2017 to 2020, she was chief human resources officer at DSM, a Dutch company specializing in health, nutrition and sustainable living. Before that, she worked for the U.S. food company Mars, most recently as head of people and organization.

 

Helen Tupper is the co-founder and CEO of Amazing If, a company with an ambition to make careers better for everyone. Together with her business partner Sarah Ellis, she is the author of two Sunday Times bestsellers: “The Squiggly Career” and “You Coach You.” Their “Squiggly Careers” podcast is the U.K.’s No. 1 careers podcast, and their TEDx talk “The Best Career Path Isn’t Always a Straight Line” has over 1.5 million downloads. Helen also works as a trustee for Working Families, a U.K. charity with a mission to support families and caregivers with their work and life commitments. Prior to Amazing If, she held leadership roles for Microsoft, Virgin and BP and was awarded The Financial Times and 30% Club’s Women in Leadership MBA Scholarship. She is mum to Henry and Madeleine and lives with her husband in Buckinghamshire. You can find her on Instagram @amazingif.