From The Experts (FTE)™

An economist's perspective on the energy transition balancing act and the impacts of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. FTE guest expert Marianne Kah, global expert in the economics and markets for oil, natural gas, and power, gives her take on these questions: Is global energy transition coming along to plan? How do we maintain energy affordability and security during the transition? What new opportunities do we have during this energy transition? How does the energy transition impact your business?

Tesla and Amazon are dominating with strategic uses of AI and machine learning technologies. Today many more companies are adopting and implementing fit-for-purpose strategies to grow their business. The Start-up phase is critical to program ROI and overall success. In this talk, AI expert Manny Bernabe, shares some typical start-up pitfalls along with a practical structured approach that helps companies already committed to AI projects improve their chances to succeed.

WHY IT MATTERS!

The majority of executives spend more time reading and reviewing thought leadership content than before the pandemic began. They're looking for valuable insights on how to bring their companies into the future, but a 2021 Edelman-LinkedIn B2B Thought Leadership report says they're unimpressed.

FTE guest expert Ashley Beaudoin, Founder of UntapSocial, says it's time we take a critical look at the purpose of thought leadership, explore what makes a good thought leader and figure out how to find our unique voice.

Digitalization and open workforce ecosystems enable a new performance landscape giving more freedom, velocity, and precision in the way we collaborate and innovate internally and externally... leaving the traditional company structure in the dust. FTE guest expert Dyan Finkhousen, CEO Shoshin Works, explains the value and shares her current challenges helping organizations adapt this new framework for resilient growth.

Today's workforce is experiencing unpredictable turnover disrupting businesses across all industries. Will 2022 be the same and which lessons learned should be applied to your business processes for people and operations? Join guest expert Bryan Neely, Founder and President of HR Ally, as he shares how the great resignation is impacting his clients' businesses. Learn how the company employee handbook can be updated to help bridge the gaps and why it matters. What are your key workforce challenges and how are you tackling them? Join other leaders in the group discussion and takeaway new ideas, tips, & tricks that will help your business.

WHY IT MATTERS; With the emergence of the Metaverse, the place where the physical and digital worlds meet, there is a growing need to understand how businesses can leverage the power of AR / VR / XR / AI, and create ongoing value for the relationship between their content, consumers, and brand. The expert talk and discussion will be led by Adipat Virdi, Immersive Specialist and former Global Creative Product Lead (VR) for Facebook. This FTE Show will help management teams build a strategic roadmap for understanding the metaverse and how it may impact your business. Specifically the talk will address three main areas: The future of engagement, The power of recruiting advocates rather than audiences, The insights from using immersive storytelling as software.

WHY IT MATTERS: Mental health is the global pandemic no one is talking about. Fearful of the stigma, many people suffer in silence while others don’t know how to help or what to say. In this session, Liz Sweigart, a big four partner with a doctorate in leadership psychology, will share her personal journey with mental health and offer insights into practical ways leaders can foster a work environment where people feel safe to talk about mental health and well-being benefitting employees and organizations.

Do you ever wish you spent more time on your mobile phone? At the same time as social media has exploded in popularity over the last 20 years, there has also been an unprecedented rise in loneliness, mental health issues and the emergence of new ailments such as FOMO (the fear of missing out) and BOMP (the belief that others are more popular than you). The two facts are inextricably linked and more specifically, it is related to the additive design of the products that we all use on a daily basis. Founder and CEO Aidan O'Brien share's how his firm and others are innovating solutions to reduce these risks by introducing purposeful human friction into digital social applications. Have you reached digital overload yet? Is your firm proactively. Listen in, share your experience and ideas with the group.

"Transformation" - requires an end-to-end mindset, a rethinking of ways to meet customer needs, seamless connection of work activities, and the ability to manage across silos going forward.

A 15min talk + 20 min discussion

FTE Guest expert Lisa Wardlaw highlights how she tackled digital transformation and key lessons learned. https://lnkd.in/e8RRTUm5. Register to join the interactive group discussion. Share your experience or just listen in. Invite colleagues who may be interested in learning and connecting.

Lisa Wardlaw, Chief Strategic Financial Officer (ex-Farmers) and Chief Digital Strategy and Transformation Officer (ex-MunichRe).

FromTheExperts (FTE)™ - The FTE Show... It’s like a TED Talk with interactive discussion

Think about it - How do you break down traditional organizational verticals and functions to create digital emersion in a budget constrained environment? What has been working for your organization?

Topic: From Viewers to Subscribers - Attracting and Retaining Viewers and Supporters in a Hyper Competitive Market

SME: David Mullins, CEO - WFSU Public Media - Tallahassee Florida

Show Detail: The traditional business model for donor support of local PBS and NPR stations has become obsolete. This has created the challenge of attracting and retaining viewers and more importantly supporters in a hyper competitive market. Join the conversation led by David Mullins, CEO WFSU Public Media in Tallahassee Florida, as he shares what they are doing to solve this dilemma. In the spirit of "learning from the other person's tool kit", come to the group discussion ready to share solutions your company has applied to this or a similar challenge.

AGENDA (45MIN)

- Expert talk w/ Q&A

- Group Discussion