In these volatile and uncertain times, it’s imperative for individuals and organizations to have the seaworthiness to withstand the rough waves of change. Mental toughness, resilience and a high Adversity Quotient are traits needed in the workforce as we face even more challenging years ahead

This session aims to answer the following questions:

• How can organizations develop these characteristics in their workforce?
• Are there ways to determine these characteristics during the hiring process?
• What can organizations do to develop a more resilient culture?

HON. MARIA ROSARIO SINGH-VERGEIRE, MD, MPH, CESO IV, OIC-Undersecretary of Health, Health Regulation Team, Department of Health
PAOLO BORROMEO, Chairman, Healthway Medical Center, President and CEO, Ayala Healthcare Holdings, Inc.

MODERATOR: NINGNING ADOLFO, Country HR Head – Merck, Inc. & Merck Business Solutions Asia Inc.

With high uncertainty in the world today – Brexit, the US-China trade war, protests in Hong Kong and Thailand, wildfires (Australia, Amazon rain forest, American West), a global pandemic, the most severe global recession since the Great Depression, and social justice movements – companies have to be more agile and adaptive to function and continue to move forward. In order for companies to address the ongoing changes happening today, companies have to build a culture that can not only withstand the headwinds of change, but adapt to the changes at a much faster pace than before. It is no longer sufficient for a company to sit back and wait for the dust to settle before changing strategy. Companies and leaders have to move now. Moving fast, failing fast, changing is all about a company’s culture. Therefore, culture is the future of work.

Culture is defined many ways but here are a couple: “how we do things around here” or “shared set of values, principles, assumptions, beliefs, symbols, and behaviors that reflect how an organization functions.” Companies requiring change in today’s VUCA environment will struggle to gain traction if their culture is not ready for it. A whitepaper by Deloitte on the Future of Work Research Study cites that over two thirds of C-level executives surveyed state that culture has a critically important impact on their organization’s ability to realize its mission and vision. The same paper shares that organizations have to pay attention to culture; help ensure leaders actively participate in its development and dissemination.

This talk will focus on Amazon’s peculiar culture and how we constantly strive to be the earth’s most customer centric company. Our culture is extremely important to achieving this big mission

SHAI GANU, Managing Director, Global Practice Leader – Executive Compensation, Talent & Rewards Business Leader – ASEAN & South Asia, Willis Towers Watson
KIM SCHMIDT, Global Leader – Leadership, People and Culture, Grant Thornton International Ltd.
ERICSON A. DEL CASTILLO, General Manager, Talent Management, ASEAN and HR Lead, Nissan Philippines

MODERATOR:
PRYNCESS HYACINTH ESGUERRA, HR Director, Robinson’s Land Corporation - Crowne Plaza Manila Galleria and Holiday Inn Manila Galleria

As the world adjusts to new WFH (work from home) arrangements, companies are being forced to re-evaluate the way they evaluate and appraise employees. This is further strained by new economic realities affecting company resources, requiring new approaches to performance & rewards management.

This session aims to answer the following questions:

How has the health & economic crisis affected promotion, bonuses, merit increases and other performance management strategies? How have WFH arrangements impacted the way we appraise employees?

With the proliferation of fake news, deep fakes, identify theft, data piracy and the Dark Net, disinformation has been normalized. This poses a serious threat to all organizations that require a society founded on decency, integrity, ethics and trust. It also increases the difficulty of HR’s role in validating information and building a culture of trust.

HON. VICTOR MA. REGIS “VICO” N. SOTTO , Mayor, Pasig City

This session aims to answer the following questions:

• What are the specific threats to trust in the era of disruption, specifically for businesses?
• What new skills do organizations need to be able to verify the credibility of information sources?
• How can organization leaders proactively alter this counter-culture by emphasizing the need for trust and by developing the values of their workforce?

Ramon B. Segismundo, DBA, PMAP Foundation President, Founder and CEO of 1-HR.X Pte. Ltd., Member, Singapore Management University International Advisory Council

We are in the midst of an unprecedented global and national crisis of our lifetimes. HR leaders are faced with a dilemma: do we continue to perpetuate the old ways of doing HR or create a new landscape where people-whether your own employees, families, extended families, fellow Filipinos- are truly FIRST.

In this session, Dr. Ramon “Mon” Segismundo will show us some frameworks and tools to use COVID-19 as an opportunity to reset your HR functions to plan for the recovery, accelerate transformation or even thrive during the crisis. Specifically, he will:

-provide some diagnostic approaches to assess the industry and the sector that you are in;
-present methodologies to develop business roadmaps and recreate organizations;
-discuss models on reinventing the HR function from the ground up; and
-outline how an enlightened model of leadership will enable organizations to succeed over the long term.

Key features of this session will be key priorities of Rebuild Better Beyond, Kapwa/Diwa: Filipino management ethos, accelerated HR Technology, Mindfulness and Focusing on the H in HR.

SESSION CHAIR: SERELY D. ALCARAZ, Executive Director, ITD Consulting Group, Inc.

KAIS MARZOUKI, Chairman and CEO, Nestle Philippines

This session aims to answer the following questions:

• Why do organizations need to be intentional with their purpose?
• How should organizations reinvent themselves in order to be more purpose-driven?
• What happens when purpose and profit do not align? What should an organization do?

SESSION CHAIR: GING IGUAL, Consultant,Willis Towers Watson

SHAHAB SHABIBI, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Machine Ventures
GRACE DAVID, Chief Marketing & Partnerships Officer, Edukasyon.Ph
DANN ANGELO DE GUZMAN, Founder and CEO, CloudSwyft

MODERATOR:
LUIS GIAN PAOLO O. MAPA, Chief Learning Engineer in LinkOD – SeeWorthy International

One of the best ways to navigate the uncertain road ahead is to learn from young leaders who have their pulse on the latest trends and innovations. These young trailblazers enable us to glimpse what lies ahead and provide a blueprint for reinventing our work in order to future-proof our organizations.
This session aims to answer the following questions:
• What other non-pandemic related disruptions should organizations anticipate in the future, and how do these affect the future of work?
• What does the organization of the future look like, and how can companies begin preparing for it?