Summary
The global pandemic and societal upheavals of 2020 have ushered in a new era for companies, small and large. Across industries, organizations are resetting their internal and external priorities, such as the physical and mental health of employees. In this new environment, how do we ensure that work is seen as meaningful by employees, a key prerequisite to productivity? This session will examine how leaders are rethinking purpose while maintaining organizational agility.
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Vivian Schiller joined the Aspen Institute in January 2020 as Executive Director of Aspen Digital, which empowers policymakers, civic organizations, companies, and the public to be responsible stewards of technology and media in the service of an informed, just, and equitable world. A longtime executive at the intersection of journalism, media and technology, Schiller has held executive roles at some of the most respected media organizations in the world. Those include: President and CEO of NPR; Global Chair of News at Twitter; General Manager of NYTimes.com; Chief Digital Officer of NBC News; Chief of the Discovery Times Channel, a joint venture of The New York Times and Discovery Communications; and Head of CNN documentary and long form divisions. Documentaries and series produced under her auspices earned multiple honors, including three Peabody Awards, four Alfred I. DuPont-Columbia University Awards, and dozens of Emmys. Schiller is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations; and a Director of the Scott Trust, which owns The Guardian. |
| PARTICIPANTS |
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Stephanie Aaronson Vice President and Director - Economic Studies Brookings Institution |
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Penny Abeywardena Commissioner for International Affairs City of New York |
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Richard Adler Distinguished Fellow Institute for the Future |
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Rosalind G. Brewer Chief Operating Officer and Group President Starbucks |
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John Seely Brown Independent Co-Chairman Deloitte Center for the Edge |
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Mark Cooke Former Head-Global Operational Risk HSBC |
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Esther Dyson Executive Founder Wellville |
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Amy C. Edmondson Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management Harvard Business School |
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Sarah Gretczko Chief Learning & Insights Officer Mastercard |
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John Hagel Co-Chairman Deloitte Center for the Edge |
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Sheryl Jacobson Chief Strategy Officer Deloitte Consulting, LLP |
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Jacinta M. Jiménez Author The Burnout Fix |
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Jeff Jones Chief Executive Officer H&R Block |
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Gary Knell Chairman National Geographic Partners |
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Chauncy Lennon Vice President for the Future of Learning and Work Lumina Foundation |
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Guenter Pecht Global Vice President for the Future of Work SAP |
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Alexi Robichaux Chief Executive Officer BetterUp |
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Stephen Scott Founder and Chief Executive Officer Starling Trust Sciences |
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Tom Steding Founder and Chairman Quadrix Partners |
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Geoffrey West Shannan Distinguished Professor and Past President, Science Steering Committee Santa Fe Institute |
| ADVANCE READING |
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Erica Volini, Jeff Schwartz, Brad Denny, David Mallon, Yves Van Durme, Maren Hauptmann, Ramona Yan and Shannon Poynton, Returning to work in the future of work: Embracing purpose, potential, perspective, and possibility during COVID-19, May 15, 2020. Martin Reeves and Kevin Whitaker, A Guide to Building a More Resilient Business, July 2, 2020. Richard Adler, Redefining the Workscape: Bringing Value and Values to Machine-Human Collaboration, April, 2020. Ann Pendleton-Jullian, Pragmatic Imagination: a New Muscle for the White Water World, July 12, 2020. |
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