The Future of Human Capital Management

The GRI Summit Dinner is an exceptional opportunity to challenge the status-quo of human capital, envision its future and meet the GRI community.

This event is by invitation only and will be held Monday April 27th, from 5:00pm to 9pm at Gateway Palo Alto, 1870 University Ave.

5:00 - Welcoming

The evening starts with a cocktail reception and an introduction by Frederic Lucas-Conwell, cofounder and CEO of Growth Resources.

5:45 - Help Companies Master Human Capital and Grow

Jose Tolovi, GRI International Development, will lead a discussion with GRI clients Typesafe and REDW.

Based in San Francisco, Typesafe is dedicated to helping developers build Reactive applications on the JVM. With the Typesafe Reactive Platform, including Play Framework, Akka, and Scala, developers can deliver highly responsive user experiences backed by a resilient and message driven application stack that scales effortlessly on multicore and cloud computing architectures.

Typesafe started using the GRI in December 2013, and has since deployed it globally for leadership development, team building, sharing of profiles among employees.

REDW is one of the 10 largest and most respected certified public accounting and business consulting firms in the Southwest. From its Albuquerque headquarters and Phoenix office, and with a staff of more than 200, REDW serves the tax, business and financial consulting needs of a wide range of clients, including publicly and privately held businesses, tribes and tribal enterprises, local and state government agencies, nonprofit organizations, healthcare and financial institutions, and individuals both regionally and nationally.

Since August 2014, REDW has used GRI in many applications, including recruitment, promotion, leadership and organization development.

6:30 - Facing Human Capital Challenges: the Voice of Silicon Valley.

During the sit-down dinner, Alison van Diggelen, a Silicon Valley based journalist, will interview Chris Yeh, co-author of a recent book with Reid Hoffman, cofounder and chairman of LinkedIn and Ben Casnocha: “The Alliance: managing talent in the networked age”.

Chris is VP Marketing for PBworks, which provides highly vertical collaboration solutions that help businesses work more efficiently and effectively. He is also a General Partner at Wasabi Ventures, a global venture fund, startup incubator, and consulting firm, where he leads the firm's investment committee. Chris is an active angel investor and advisor to a wide array of startups. He is also the founder and Chairman of the Harvard Business School Technology Alumni Association. Chris earned two degrees from Stanford University and an MBA from Harvard Business School, where he was named a Baker Scholar.

Alison van Diggelen is a Silicon Valley journalist, moderator and commentator. She is host of Fresh Dialogues and also contributes to the BBC, Public Radio and the Huffington Post.

A regular guest on BBC World Service “Business Matters,” Alison has appeared on NBC’s Tech Show “Press Here,” KTVU’s “Mornings on Two“, “Silicon Valley Business,” KGO and KBay radio. Her in-depth interviews and profiles of business leaders have appeared in the Silicon Valley Business Journal, VLQ and San Jose Magazine.

Alison has delivered speeches and moderated events internationally. Venues include the University of Edinburgh School of Business, The Commonwealth Club, The Churchill Club, and UC Santa Cruz. She interviewed Elon Musk as part of the Revolutionaries Series at the Computer History Museum. It is one of the most revealing and popular interviews Musk has ever done.

Venue

GRI Summit cocktail reception and dinner, Monday April 27th from 5:00 pm to 9:00pm at Gateway Palo Alto.

The event is by invitation only. Seats are limited. Please contact us if you would like to attend: event@gri.co.

Tuesday 4/28, 8:00 - Team Performance and GRI Future Improvements

GRI Advanced user are also invited to attend the Tuesday morning (April 28), working session at the Garden Court hotel in Palo Alto, to review key aspects of how the GRI improves the performance of teams and discuss future improvements. It will start at 8am with continental breakfast, and end at 10am.