UCLA HARRT

Dean's Series - FULL-SPECTRUM THINKING IN A POST-OUTBREAK WORLD ~ Dr. Bob Johansen
2021-02-12 11:30 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Dr. Bob Johansen, a distinguished fellow with the Institute for the Future in Silicon Valley and friend of HARRT, has been doing ten-year forecasting for more than thirty years, with remarkable accuracy. In this talk, he will share his latest forecasts for the post-outbreak world, with a focus on opportunities and threats for the human resources function. Full-spectrum thinking is the ability to seek clarity across gradients of possibility–while resisting the temptations of certainty and simplistic labeling. Bob will discuss how leaders can think in full-spectrum ways, particularly across the spectrum of human/computer potential. Digital augmentation of humans will be mandatory to thrive in the future and Bob will provide his latest thinking about how leaders of the future can thrive in an increasingly digital world.
*As a follow-on to this discussion, Bob will facilitate a BOOK CLUB exclusively for HARRT Senior Executive Members on February 16 & 26. As part of membership, each participating HARRT Executive member will receive a complimentary digital copy of Bob’s new book: Full-Spectrum Thinking: How to Escape Boxes in a Post-Categorical Future

HARRT Executive Members only - Bob Johansen Book Club #1
2021-02-19 12:00 - 13:00 | virtual
Bob will broadly discuss the overall theme of his book but will mostly focus his time on Chapters 9 & 10 during this two-week book club. At his request, we have intentionally limited these discussions to a small group to encourage conversation. HARRT purchased an electronic copy of his book, Full Spectrum Thinking for each HARRT member attendee.

HARRT Executive Members only - Bob Johansen Book Club #2
2021-02-26 12:00 - 13:00 | virtual
Bob will broadly discuss the overall theme of his book but will mostly focus his time on Chapters 9 & 10. At his request, we have intentionally limited these discussions to a small group to encourage conversation. HARRT purchased an electronic copy of his book, Full Spectrum Thinking for each HARRT member attendee.

Dean's Series - LEADERS of the FUTURE: Unleashing the Power of Psychological Safety ~ Dr. Amy Edmondson
2021-03-19 11:45 - 12:45 | virtual
The past year has resulted in major disruptions to corporate strategies and operations as a result of the global pandemic, digital transformation, economic uncertainty, and social discourse. As corporate leaders rethink how their organizations will perform in the future, there is a renewed emphasis on creating an inclusive organization to encourage the development of creative, innovative, and productive teams.

For many years, Amy C. Edmondson, Professor of Leadership at Harvard Business School and author of the book “The Fearless Organization” and Martijn Sjoorda, Co-Founder, The Fearless Organization, have studied how creating psychological safety is the key ingredient to develop high-performing, humane, and resilient leaders for the future.
Please join UCLA’s Professor Corinne Bendersky as she interviews our speakers and they discuss how to build competitive and innovative organizations in the future by:

Exploring the link between psychological safety and high performance
Creating a speak-up culture where it’s “safe” to express ideas, ask questions, and admit mistakes
Nurturing the level of engagement and candor required to succeed in today’s new economy

Each attendee will receive access to a survey to gauge your personal level of psychological safety in your organization.

Week 1 - Fearless Book Club Lunchtime Series For People Leaders - How to create a psychologically safe workplace
2021-03-23 12:00 - 13:00 | virtual
When employees don’t have the freedom to speak up, it can erode your employee engagement. That’s one reason why cultivating psychological safety is so important.
Inspired by the Fearless Organization by Amy C. Edmondson, Novartis Professor of Leadership at Harvard Business School, this fully on-line 4-week FEARLESS book club series is designed for leaders in Human Resources, Organization Development, Learning & Development, and Talent Management as well as organizational leaders who are people-centric and committed to creating a workplace where employees can bring their full selves to work every day.
YOUR BOOK CLUB FACILITATOR
Sandy Asch
Sandy is a TEDx speaker, best-selling author, RESILIENCE thought leader, and woman of influence award winner. Her book ROAR was named by INC magazine as one of the best business books written by a woman. Over the past 20 years, through keynote presentations and workshops, 40,000+ leaders in 50 countries and 6 languages have implemented Sandy’s ideas to embrace change, manage work-life balance, and be more resilient – to ROAR with purpose and passion.

Week 2 - Fearless Book Club Lunchtime Series For People Leaders - How to create a psychologically safe workplace
2021-03-30 12:00 - 13:00 | virtual

Week 3 - Fearless Book Club Lunchtime Series For People Leaders - How to create a psychologically safe workplace
2021-04-06 12:00 - 13:00 | virtual

Week 4 - Fearless Book Club Lunchtime Series For People Leaders - How to create a psychologically safe workplace
2021-04-13 12:00 - 13:30 | virtual

Dean's Series - Future of Work: Leading with People Analytics in an Ambiguous World ~ Dr. Jeffrey Polzer
2021-04-21 11:45 - 12:45 | virtual
General session with Q&A on Wednesday, April 21 at noon with Jeff Polzer, the UPS Foundation Professor of Human Resource Management in the Organizational Behavior Unit at Harvard Business School.

HARRT at UCLA Future of Work Dean's Series: THE NEW WORK PARADIGM: SUCCEEDING FROM ANYWHERE - Dr. Tsedal Neeley
2021-05-18 11:45 - 12:45 | virtual
General session with Q&A on Tuesday, May 18 at 11:45 AM with Tsedal Neeley, Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School and author of the new book “Remote Work Revolution: Succeeding from Anywhere”.

HARRT Executive Exchange: The Global Talent Crunch
2021-05-25 11:45 - 12:45
HARRT Senior Executive Member Exchange

HARRT at UCLA: LIGHTS + CAMERA + ACTION - Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
2021-06-22 11:45 - 13:00 | virtual
Please join HARRT’s Faculty Director, Professor Corinne Bendersky in a conversation with Darnell Hunt, Ph.D., Dean, UCLA Division of Social Sciences, Professor of Sociology and African American Studies, Paul Martin, Senior Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer, Sony Pictures Entertainment, and Christine Simmons, Chief Operating Officer of The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences (The Oscars) on lessons learned in the entertainment industry when driving change in diversity, equity, and inclusion.
In the past year, many businesses have advanced DE&I initiatives for multiple stakeholders including employees, customers, shareholders, and constituents. Organizations with a clear strategy, well-defined focus, results-driven leadership, and defined measurements have successfully moved from awareness – to commitment – to action. There is no single formula for improving diversity and inclusion that applies to every company or industry. By collaborating on action-based initiatives that have been successful and in some cases unsuccessful, organizations can learn and apply new approaches to building an inclusive DE&I culture.
This session spotlights the importance of collaborative decision-making, data analytics, as well as, bold and accountable leadership when developing and prioritizing strategic DE&I programs.
• Dean Hunt will share insights and lessons learned from the Hollywood Diversity Report that examines the relationship between diversity and the bottom line in Hollywood and the degree to which women and people of color are present in front of the camera and behind the camera.
• Paul Martin will share insights about the multi-pronged racial equity and inclusion program launched in 2020 called Sony Pictures Action which includes an Action Council comprised of executives from across the company, the Diverse Directors Program that provides participants from diverse backgrounds to access and exposure to TV directing, as well as, lessons learned from Sony’s employee business resource groups that promote a culture of understanding, acceptance and, inclusion.
• Christine Simmons will share the next phase of the Oscars equity and inclusion program called Academy Aperture 2025 and lessons learned from the Academy Gold Internship Program which is a global talent development and inclusion initiative that provides opportunities for creative individuals and students from diverse backgrounds to participate in the entertainment industry.

HARRT at UCLA Associate Exchange: Why DE&I Programs Fail… and How to Fix It
2021-06-24 11:45 - 12:45 | Virtual Round Table, By Invitation Only, CA, United States
HARRT welcomes, entrepreneur, best-selling author, and 5 time Emmy winner, Michele Ruiz who will discuss the science driving an innovative approach to mitigating unconscious bias in the workplace. She, along with her colleague, Heidi Burnett, will share how this new technology can now help you collect meaningful DE&I data and obtain insights you can use to implement targeted, actionable inclusion initiatives in recruitment and employee development to support and achieve long-term DE&I objectives for your organization.

HARRT at UCLA Executive Exchange: DE&I Lessons Learned
2021-06-29 11:45 - 12:45 | Virtual Round Table, By Invitation Only, CA, United States

HARRT at UCLA Associate Exchange: FORESIGHT FUNDAMENTALS in a post-COVID workplace featuring The Institute for the Future (IFTF)
2021-07-22 11:45 - 12:45 | virtual
This year, we’ve been reminded just how quickly the world can change. Dealing with extreme uncertainty is not just a reality, but a way of life. How well equipped are you to anticipate and prepare for the challenges ahead? Join your fellow HARRT Associate members to discuss workforce strategies and how to incorporate the foresight tools designed to help individuals and organizations develop skills to become more resilient and to position HR as a leader of future organizational change.

HARRT at UCLA General Session: The Post-Pandemic Economic Outlook and the Impact on Employment featuring Jerry Nickelsburg
2021-07-27 11:45 - 12:45 | virtual
Please join HARRT’s Faculty Director, Professor Corinne Bendersky in a conversation with Jerry Nickelsburg, Ph.D., Director, UCLA Anderson Forecast, Adjunct Professor of Economics, UCLA Anderson School of Management as they discuss the June 2021 economic outlook for the United States and California. Dr. Nickelsburg will share how the economic reality of the pandemic has created new employment challenges, how it will impact employment trends, jobs, unemployment, wages, and the effect of hybrid work on office space.

HARRT at UCLA Executive Exchange: Hybrid Workplace Challenges & Lessons Learned
2021-08-12 11:45 - 12:45 | virtual

HARRT at UCLA ~ Annual DEI Event - The L.A. STORY: Aligning Cultural Change & DEI
2021-09-21 11:45 - 13:00 | virtual
Please join HARRT’s Faculty Director, Professor Corinne Bendersky in a conversation with Malaika Billups, Chief Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Officer, The City of Los Angeles, and Ruby Flores, Commander and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer, Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) as they discuss the DEI-driven culture in Los Angeles, the 3rd largest city in the world. Our speakers will share the complexity of operating in the public sector with multiple government regulations while driving culture change and developing comprehensive diversity, equity, and inclusion strategies. The city’s DEI leaders must consider multiple stakeholders including 50,00 employees, approximately 4,000,000 residents, more than 250,000 businesses, and over 50,000,000 visitors annually.
This session focuses on L.A.’s evolving journey to align the city’s forty-five very different departments and bureaus such as airports, police, fire, transportation, and public works to name a few. Our speakers will provide insights on the importance of planning, collaboration, and accountability in a decentralized organizational structure, the critical role of internal and external communications to gain consensus, the imperative of creating strategic department alignment to build a universal DEI-driven culture, and the challenges of implementing change management initiatives to overcome implementation barriers.

2021 Associate Symposium (Virtual)
2021-10-06 | virtual

HARRT at UCLA pre-Retreat round tables (October 14, 21, & 28) virtual
2021-10-14 12:00 - 2021-10-28 13:30 | Virtual Round Table, Twice-Weekly By Invitation Only, United States
As a lead-up to the (in person) Annual Retreat on November 3, Senior Executive members will (virtually) gather on three consecutive Thursdays in October, to hear from individual thought leaders and discuss topics that will be expanded upon at the upcoming Retreat.

HARRT at UCLA Annual Retreat: "HR Reset" (in person)
2021-11-03 | UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, 90024, United States

HARRT at UCLA: Adam Galinsky, Paul Calello Professor of Leadership and Ethics, Columbia Business School. "Leadership Reset: Creating a Collaborative Culture in a Post-Pandemic Workplace".
2022-01-20 11:45 - 13:00 | Virtual Round Table, Twice-Weekly By Invitation Only, United States

HARRT at UCLA: Katy Milkman, the James G. Dinan Professor, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. "How to Change: The Science of Getting from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be"
2022-03-08 11:45 - 13:00 | Virtual Round Table, By Invitation Only, CA, United States
During the pandemic, many leaders and human resources teams suddenly found themselves re-focusing on workers’ well-being. In addition to creating a more inclusive culture, many organizations have made significant investments in new benefit programs to address employee physical, mental, and financial wellness. However, often these programs are not successful since individual daily habits are very difficult to change. But why is change so difficult and what can we do to overcome the barriers? Professor Katy Milkman, a renowned behavioral scientist at The Wharton School will share evidence-based insights that are applicable whether you are interested in changing your own behavior or as a leader helping your employees achieve their personal goals. She will share science-based research from her new bestselling book, How to Change: The Science of Getting from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be on ways to develop positive change behaviors such as inclusion, future savings, personal fitness, and vaccination take-up.

Annual DEI Summit - Building Belonging: A Framework for the Future
2022-04-22 12:00 - 18:00 | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (by invitation only), 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA, 91109

2022 Day of Learning - The Great Re-set and what to do now (HARRT/Willis Tower Watson)
2022-05-18 07:30 - 16:00 | UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, 90024, United States

HARRT at UCLA: Laurie Weingart, The Richard M. & Margaret S. Cyert Professor of Organizational Behavior & Theory, Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University. "The No Club".
2022-06-02 11:45 - 13:00 | Virtual Round Table, By Invitation Only, CA, United States

Achieving Your DEIB Goals: The Secret Sauce for Leading Transformational Change
2023-01-25 11:30 - 13:00 | virtual
This ongoing series is offered as part of the new HARRT at UCLA DEI & Belonging Network which is a forum dedicated to providing participants with programming, research, and networking to further the effort of diversity and belonging in the workplace.
Description: As organizations implement new Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB) strategies, many leaders overlook the importance of incorporating transformational change approaches into their plans. A panel of highly accomplished experts featuring Ian Ziskin, Karen Jaw-Madson, and Sophia Kristjansson will provide a variety of perspectives on why an inclusive change culture is imperative to achieving sustainable DEIB change. Questions to be discussed will focus on what it takes to lead, survive, and even thrive when creating culture change:
1. What are the three most important considerations when implementing transformational change?
2. What is the value of applying transformational change approaches to DEIB strategies?
3. What do leaders who drive and sustain successful transformational change, actually do?

Annual DEIB Summit Day 1 @ NASA JPL
2023-03-28 10:00 - 15:00 | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (by invitation only), 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA, 91109
By Invitation Only. This annual event is offered as part of the UCI Paul Merage School of Business and the HARRT at UCLA DEI & Belonging Network which is a forum dedicated to providing participants with programming, research, and networking to further the effort of diversity and belonging in the workplace. If you are a DEI Senior Executive or ERG Leader in your organization and would like to attend this session as our guest, use this link to let us know.

Annual DEIB Summit Day 2 @ UCI Paul Merage School of Business
2023-03-30 11:30 - 18:00 | UCI Paul Merage School of Business (by invitation only), 4293 Pereira Dr, Irvine, CA, 92697, United States

HARRT at UCLA - WTW Annual Day of Learning
2023-05-10 08:00 - 15:00 | UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, 90024, United States
Each year we welcome our HR executive members and guests to campus to join us and our partner, WTW for the highly anticipated Day of Learning. This year, the full day experience will take place on Wednesday, May 10.
Key Takeaways:

Gain insights from leading employers and academic professors on the current HR landscape and the future of the workplace
Hear proven strategies to optimize the workforce through trends and best practices for effective leadership
Network with executive peers across industry sectors from leading global organizations
