HRPA FORUM

Date
Tue-Wed, October 24-25, 2017
2 Conference Tracks
300+ Participants
Location
Hotel & Congress Center Antunovic Zagreb
3 Key-note Speakers
12 Case-study Presentations

Welcome To HR & PEOPLE ANALYTICS FORUM 2017

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About HR & PEOPLE ANALYTICS Forum

This Forum is organized by HR Professionals for HR Professionals
Technology is changing the world of work and big data plays a key role in the process. Sorting out the “ocean of information” is the game-changer. HR analytics are not yet-another-hype, but a trend that is growing and is here to stay. It is increasingly becoming the “way we do things around here”. If you don’t have the right data – you are uninformed. If you have too much of unsorted data – you are overwhelmed. As a busy HR person, you can’t afford either. The quality of your decisions has a direct and lasting impact on your organization. The HR analytics provide a solution to that challenge.

HR & PEOPLE ANALYTICS FORUM ZAGREB is a double-stream conference dedicated to presenting, understanding and embracing the use of data-driven analytical approach in HR function, and business as a whole. The data-driven decision-making process is recognized as the key differentiator in today’s workplace, giving companies who apply it properly a substantial edge.

London, Paris, Berlin, Madrid are regularly hosting world-class HR analytics conferences ever more often. We wanted to bring some of that world to you, to Zagreb. The HR & PEOPLE ANALYTICS FORUM ZAGREB is the first HR analytics conference in Croatia and (to our best knowledge) in the region.

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Why Attend HR & PEOPLE ANALYTICS Forum?

First conference on the subject of HR analytics in Croatia
Learn about latest trends, applications, tools & best-practices
Understand why is HR analytics estimated as $18Bn market
Meet top speakers from Croatia and the World
Participate in discussions and have fun
Presentations you will hear are from real world, delivered by people like yourself - colleagues and peers from top companies in Croatia and the region. They will talk about REAL projects, REAL challenges, REAL issues, REAL success & failures and REAL people. No death by Power Point!
The goal of this conference is to help you – the attendee – to choose the best practices, tools & techniques for your organization and your own role. Some of the topics that we will talk about include:
· Building HR Analytics Functions, Teams, Capabilities and Support
· Data-Driven Recruitment and Talent Management
· Smarter Workforce Planning for Growth or Downsizing
· Technology-Enabled Employee Insights
· Workforce Differentiation and Predicting Attrition Impact
· Identifying and Developing Leaders among Candidates and Talent Pools

Learn, engage, participate and above all – have fun :)

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OUR SPEAKERS

Dr. Max Blumberg, PhD
Research Fellow
Leeds University Business School
Distinguished Key-note Speaker
Dr. Mariëlle Sonnenberg, PhD
Global Talent Management Effectiveness Lead
Tilburg University
Distinguished Key-note Speaker
Jonathan Ferrar
HR Analytics Global Thought Leader
Author · Speaker · Practitioner
Conference Chair
Maja Vekic Vedrina
Head of DWH/BI · Atlantic Grupa
Aco Momcilovic
CHRO · Rimac Automobili
Pamela Harding
CEO · Metzano · LinkedHR
Fran Mikulicic
Organization Design Thought Leader · Founder · Progressio


Vjekoslav Golubovic
HR Planning & Total Workforce Management Director · T-HT
Biljana Cerin
Founder & CEO · Ostendo Consulting Group
Luka Babic
Head of People Operations · Infobip
Djurdjica Preocanin Korica
HR Consultant & Coach · Independent HR Consultant for ManpowerGroup


Marina Moric
Head of HR Compensation & Benefits Strategy · VIPNet
Ninoslav Cerkez
Executive Director HR & Education · IN2 Grupa
Goran Feric
Corporate Performance Management and Rewarding Senior Project Manager · Atlantic Grupa
Vladimir Benic
Founder & CEO · Careerathand / Posao na Dlanu · HR & PEOPLE ANALYTICS FORUM SPONSOR


Sasa Jurkovic
President · Croatian HR Association · HR Centar
Moderator
Nebojsa Biskup
Country Manager · ManpowerGroup Croatia
Special Guest · Panellist


The organizers reserve the right to alter the speaker panel, modify the presentation schedule or otherwise change the content of the conference, if the circumstances require.

HR & PEOPLE ANALYTICS FORUM SCHEDULE · October 24

  • DELEGATE REGISTRATION · HR EXPO
    08:30 - 09:30 In front of the Conference Hall

    It's advisable to come early, as there are 300 delegates to be registered. The conferences will commence at 09:30 sharp, in order to meet the event schedule.

    Location: Main networking area in front of the Conference Hall Beethoven

  • A WORD FROM THE CONFERENCE CHAIR
    09:30 - 10:00 Main Conference Hall Beethoven

    About the Conference Chair:
    Jonathan Ferrar is a globally-respected author, speaker and influencer in HR strategy, workforce analytics and the Future of Work. He specialises in helping HR leaders become more analytical in their decision-making by building effective and business-relevant analytics functions.

    He was listed as one of the global “Top HR Analytics Influencers” on LinkedIn in 2014, as one of the “15 HR and People Analytics Experts to Follow” by Jibe for 2017 and as one of the 20 Experts in People Analytics in 2017 by Fairsail.

    Jonathan is the co-author of the book “The Power of People” (Pearson FT Press, May 2017) which helps successful organizations how to use workforce analytics to improve business performance. He is sought after as a speaker for conferences and clients; his powerful presentation style leaving thought-provoking messages about the importance of evidence-based HR.

    Jonathan has worked for over 25 years in corporate business at IBM, Andersen Consulting (now Accenture) and Lloyds Bank. For over eleven of those years he held executive and VP roles. He has led diverse teams across many countries, held P&L responsibility and managed multi-$100Ms budgets. Jonathan has advised Chief HR Officers and other business executives at some of the world's largest and most highly regarded companies on how to implement meaningful HR strategies, practices and technology.

    After working and living in New York for almost seven years, Jonathan returned to the UK in late 2016 to be closer to his family. In January 2017 he set up OchreRock Ltd with the mission to make HR professionals become more relevant in business.

    He holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Arts degree from the University of Cambridge, UK and a Diploma in Human Resources Management from Kingston Business School, UK. He is a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.

    Since returning to the UK, Jonathan combines his business activities with the creation of eye-catching landscape photographs, another passion of his. As an award-winning photographer and with the distinction of a Licentiateship of The Royal Photographic Society, he is often found with his camera in hand.

  • OPENING KEY-NOTE 1: HR Analytics Today - It's about People, Not Numbers
    10:00 - 10:30 Main Conference Hall Beethoven

    About the Speaker:
    Dr Max Blumberg (PhD, University of London) is a Visiting Researcher at Goldsmiths, University of London, a Chartered Psychologist and Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society, and founder of the Blumberg Partnership, a Top 50 analytics consultancy which provides analytics and automation advice to organizations including Nestle, Lloyds Register, the BBC, Rentokil Initial, Barclays Corporate and the CIPD.
    Prior to this, Max worked as a management consultant at Accenture after which he successfully founded and exited a technology start-up. He is a regular contributor to the media and global conference circuit.

    Presentation focus:
    · A brief history of people analytics
    · Strong and weak people analytics practices
    · New people analytics applications and technologies - robotics and artificial intelligence

    Overview:
    In the past five years, people analytics has become such a mainstream subject that it is becoming difficult to separate “sense” from “nonsense” when looking for good practices. As an academic and practitioner who has worked in the field since its earliest days, Dr. Max Blumberg from Goldsmiths, University of London will address the conference by describing what true business value the HR Analytics brings to an organization and how it truly empowers the HR.

    Key take-aways:
    1. What HR can do to prepare organization for the new people analytics
    2. Sorting out the True Business Value of People Analytics Vs. Hype
    3. Death of traditional statistics and the rise of artificial intelligence/machine learning

    Distinguished key-note Speaker: Prof. Max Blumberg, PhD · Professor · Leeds University Business School

  • OPENING KEY-NOTE 2: What Gets Other Functions Excited about HR Analytics?
    10:30 - 11:00 Main Conference Hall Beethoven

    About the Speaker:
    Marielle Sonnenberg combines business and academic experience in HR, Talent Management and analytics. She has knowledge and experience as an expert, manager, consultant, lecturer and researcher.
    Marielle currently works as Global Director HR Strategy & Analytics at Wolters Kluwer where she is responsible for the design of HR Strategy, reporting and analytics in the organisation, building up the capability, processes and structure. Working in both business and academic arenas inspires her to synergise best-in-class analytical approaches with practical business challenges for maximum impact.

    Presentation focus:
    · Working with other functions to show how HR data and People Analytics can be used to positively impact their own KPIs

    Overview:
    This session will focus on how to structure your HR analytics capability in such a way that other functions and the business are positively impacted. Marielle will showcase the HR analytics journey within Wolters Kluwer, the design decisions taken, and the way they work together with other functions and business areas in building their capability.



    Key take-aways:
    1. How to structure HR Analytics capabilities
    2. How to lead HR Analytics roll-out program
    3. How to positively impact other function in the company with HR Analytics

    Distinguished key-note Speaker: Prof. Marielle Sonnenberg, PhD · Global Talent Management Effectiveness study Lead · Tilburg University & CHRO · Wolters Kluwer

  • MORNING COFFEE & NETWORKING BREAK · HR EXPO
    11:00 - 11:45 In front of the Conference Hall Beethoven

    The coffee-break makes for a great occasion to mingle around some 300 delegates, share instant feedback about presentations you enjoyed the most, engage in casual chat and naturally visit the sponsors exhibition area.

    Location: Main networking area in front of the Conference Hall Beethoven

  • End of the MORNING Plenary Session Conference Tracks 1 / 2 begins
    11:45 - 16:30 Conference continues in separate rooms

    Please click on Track 1 / Track 2 Tab at the top of the schedule menu to continue browsing the conference program.

    Location Conference Halls Beethoven 1 & Beethoven 2

  • TALK 1A: Data-driven recruitment: Using candidate experience data to shape your recruitment process
    11:45 - 12:15 Hall Beethoven 1

    Presentation focus
    ∙ If candidates spoke, what would they tell you about your rec process?
    ∙ Why we chose to collect data from candidates?
    ∙ How we did it?
    ∙ What we learned from it (that you could find useful)?
    ∙ What we improved as a result?
    ∙ Next steps?
    ∙ If candidates spoke, what would they tell you about your rec process?

    Overview
    Conference attendees will be introduced to a particular case study that explores reverse engineering of Infobip's recruitment process through a simple candidate feedback mechanism. HR audience will get plenty of advice on how to setup such feedback loop and utilize the data to audit and improve their own processes.

    Key take-aways:
    1. Start collecting data from the people you interview.
    2. Make clear distinctions between actionable and vanity metrics and remove the latter ones.
    3. Embrace the scientific method to better your business output.

    Speaker: Luka Babic · Global Head of People Operatipns · Infobip

  • TALK 2A: Managing a community of 1.1 Million HR professionals and what Analytics Story tells us
    12:15 - 12:45 Hall Beethoven 1

    Presentation focus
    ∙ HR profession is evolving with technology
    ∙ Average age of HR is 43 years & increasing
    ∙ Learn statistical concepts without an economics background
    ∙ Learn to embrace HR analytics
    ∙ Make a strategic and quantifiable impact on your organization

    Overview
    The HR profession continues to experience profound changes based on new technology. That provides an extraordinary opportunity for growth and ability to positively impact your business objectives. However, many HR professionals are uncomfortable with the possibilities that come from workforce analytics. Join this interactive session to discuss this troubling phenomenon and look at ways to shrink the knowledge gap and fear factor that prevents many HR practitioners from leveraging HR analytics. We will explore:

    • Logical thinking with HR, not ‘gut’ feel
    • Barriers to accepting and utilizing analytics
    • Options to increase comfort level with analytics
    • Experiences with LinkedIn groups that demonstrate unease with analytics

    Key take-aways:
    1. Quality & availability of workforce analytics have greatly improved
    2. There is an increasing emphasis on utilizing predictive analytics in labor management
    3. HR professionals do not need to be data scientists to leverage analytics

    Speaker: Pamela Harding CEO · Metzano · LinkedHR

  • TALK 3A: Employee performance analytics
    12:45 - 13:15 Hall Beethoven 1

    Presentation focus
    ∙ Since performance management in IT industry is hard to implement, what can we do about it?
    ∙ What challenges regarding performance management we have in our company and what approaches we use to deal with them?
    ∙ What are our plans for the future?
    ∙ Data Science and HR – our experience

    Overview
    Performance management is probably one of the HR’s biggest headaches. It is extremely hard to implement performance evaluation system, especially in IT companies – some kind of paradox, isn’t it? How could People Analytics help us to cope with that? This presentation will offer a range of perspectives on this topic. In addition, we will present some cases and experience from our company.

    Key take-aways:
    1. How we migrate from Business Analytics to People Analytics?
    2. Challenges of performance management in IT industry.
    3. Can (big) data help us to predict employee performance?

    Speaker: Ninoslav Cerkez · Executive Director HR & Education · IN2 Grupa

  • LUNCH WITH SPEAKERS & DELEGATES
    13:15 - 14:30 Seated buffet lunch

    A great opportunity to engage in a casual chat with speakers and your fellow delegates. Lunch will be served at the main hotel restaurant, providing a variety of specialties ranging from traditional Croatian food to best international cuisine.

    Location Restaurant Argante @ the Convention floor of Hotel Antunovic

  • TALK 4A: EU GDPR from the HR perspective - are you handling the employee information properly?
    14:30 - 15:00 Hall Beethoven 1

    Presentation focus
    · How to identify gaps in employee data protection practices
    · How to put in place GDPR compliant data protection policies
    · How to conduct staff training and prepare for audits of processing activities
    · How to implement measures under the HR scope that meet the requirements of data protection by design
    · How to conduct reporting for data breaches should they happen

    Overview
    Upcoming EU data protection regulation aims to finally put in order massive misuse of personal data. What it brings is putting people in control over their personal data. To achieve it, European parliament and the Council of the European Union created GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) which caused huge interest on a global scale. “Jurisdiction” has been extended outside EU borders. It comes with number of straightforward requirements such as “right to be forgotten” and several concrete requirements aimed to ensure adequate level of personal data quality and security. All organizations having EU citizens’ personal data must comply, no matter where they are located. Bigger than ever enforcement power is enabled through ability to impose penalties up to 20 million euros or 4% of the global revenue, whichever is bigger! Huge penalties provide high level of confidence that, for the first time, EU privacy regulation will be taken seriously. This presentation will propose the best approach the HR managers should take in supporting GDPR implementation projects and collaborating with other key stakeholders in their organization to enable adequate fulfillment of compliance requirements.

    Key take-aways:
    1. Recognize gaps in current HR practices and GDPR requirements
    2. Understand how to put in place GDPR compliant HR processes and policies
    3. Understand regulatory requirements for data breach notifications and privacy by design integration within HR scope

    Speaker: Biljana Cerin · Founder & CEO · Ostendo Consulting Group

  • TALK 5a: Using people analytics in M&A processes
    15:00 - 15:30 Hall Beethoven 1

    Presentation focus
    · M&A success rate
    · Need for retaining key employees in M&A process
    · What tools to use in detecting key employees in post-merger integration
    · How people analytics can help in retention model in post-merger integration

    Overview
    Introduction: success of M&A in general and why 4 of top 5 reason of failure are HR related Development of M&As in 3 phases: before crisis, during crisis and after crisis Industry 4.0 brought the need for acquiring competences which for the companies that acquired meant that they need to integrate and maintain specific skills - change of both companies Focus must be on retaining specific new skills which means developing tools and ways to detect critical employees At the same time critical, besides employees in acquired company, one should focus on retaining key employees in original company

    Key take-aways:
    1. Companies in M&A process must focus on retaining key employees, rather than just taking over and melting in the new organization
    2. Creating risk maps and detecting critical skills can help in detecting employees who need special retention focus
    3. Successful organizational merger is a process that needs to be well planned and aligned from top of the organization

    Speaker: Marina Moric · Head of HR Compensation & Benefits Strategy · VIPNet

  • TALK 6A: Workforce Planning from an HR Generalist's Perspective
    15:30 - 16:00 Hall Beethoven 1

    Presentation focus
    ∙ Workforce Planning and its connection to Business strategy
    ∙ Drivers of workforce planning (internal – organizational strategy, business requirements; external – customers, market, regulators, potential employees, demographic trends…)
    ∙ Where and how to start with workforce planning (Business strategy, relevant data analysis, plan objectives and action planning)
    ∙ WF planning links to other HR processes, such as Resourcing and Talent planning, Learning and Talent development, Organization design and development, Employee Engagement

    Conclusion - WF planning is a very powerful tool, which supports the execution of the business strategy and thus positions HR as a strategic partner. Still, WF is one tool only and needs to be complemented by many other activities governed by HR, such as driving innovation in HR processes, fostering collaboration, org. design and culture, leadership and values, etc.

    Overview
    The presentation will assist HR professionals and generalists who may have analytical capabilities of varying quality in their businesses to kick off and use WF planning as a powerful tool in supporting business to achieve its strategy. Supported with examples from real businesses, we will show how good WF planning is as much about qualitative as it is about quantitative data, i.e. about understanding what the numbers and analytics are telling us and shaping our activities based on those discussions. Also, the presentation will talk about what kind of data are fed into WF planning to kick off the process. The benefits of the WF planning are clearly defined action plans for HR and the business in the area of sourcing, talent management, org design, learning and development and employee engagement. A beneficial WF planning side-effect is a very collaborative and focused strategic business planning discussion that positions HR to the right seat at the table.

    Key take-aways:
    1. WF planning is one of the key HR tools to identify future capabilities' needs in businesses
    2. Very useful in directing strategic planning discussions from quantitative to also qualitative aspects (from headcount and cost to capabilities)
    3. Positions HR as an equal partner shaping the strategy of the business together with other business stakeholders

    Speaker: Djurdjica Preocanin Korica · Independent HR Consultant for ManpowerGroup

  • AFTERNOON COFFEE & NETWORKING BREAK · HR EXPO
    16:00 - 16:30 In front of the Main Conference Hall Beethoven

    The coffee-break makes for a great occasion to mingle around some 300 delegates, share instant feedback about presentations you enjoyed the most, engage in casual chat and naturally visit the sponsors exhibition area.

    Location: Main networking area in front of the Conference Hall Beethoven

  • End of the TRACK A Conference continues with Afternoon Plenary Session
    16:30 - 18:00 Conference continues in separate rooms

    Please click on Afternoon Plenary Session Tab at the top of the schedule menu to continue browsing the conference program.

    Location Main Conference Hall Beethoven

  • TALK 1B: Who will stay and who will go… can you tell me my new crystal ball?
    11:45 - 12:15 Hall Beethoven 2

    Presentation focus
    · Identify business need (and grab opportunity) to implement people analytics
    · Do we have what’s necessary to have? - Clean data and sharp competencies!
    · Blood, toil, tears, and sweat or cutting-edge technology?
    · Don’t worry! Human knowledge and common sense still has final word!
    · Let’s check! Could we really predict the future?

    11:45 - 12:15 Hall Beethoven 2

    Overview
    The main goal of presentation is to share our experience in implementation of predictive people analytics based on cognitive technology in one of the leading regional food companies. From business case, promote the idea to management how to approach to this case in the new innovative way, building up competencies, project’s ups and downs, to predictive model development and reviving findings in specific actions. Our pilot case goal was to develop reliable attrition predictive model and based on identified predictors assume attrition risk per each employee. Furthermore, based on model insights actively intervene, reduce turnover risk and retain key company’s employees.

    Key take-aways:
    1. Close collaboration between IT & HR is key factor of successful people analytics implementation
    2. Maybe it’s boring to collect and organize data, but it’s crucial
    3. It’s nice to have model, but move from insight to action is what gives added value

    Speaker: Maja Vekic Vedrina · Head of DWH/BI · Atlantic Grupa

    Speaker: Goran Feric · Corporate Performance Management & Rewarding Projects Senior Project Manager · Atlantic Grupa

  • TALK 2B: Transformation of HR Analytics in Croatian Telecom
    12:15 - 12:45 Hall Beethoven 2

    Presentation focus
    · Automation of human resources data report
    · Using IT solutions for predictive analytics
    · Supporting business decision making by valid HR predictive data
    · Integration of HR analytics with Company Strategy

    Overview


    Key take-aways:
    1. Gaining insight in HT HR Analytics transformation over the time
    2. Get information about HT practice and HR Analytics maturity level in relation to Deloitte analytics maturity model
    3. Practices on how to face HR Analytics usage in everyday business practice

    Speaker: Vjekoslav Golubovic · HR Planning & Total Workforce Management Director · Croatian Telecom

  • TALK 3B: Recruitment Software and Analytics Based Conclusions
    12:45 - 13:15 Hall Beethoven 2

    Presentation focus
    · Automation of human resources data report
    · Using IT solutions for predictive analytics
    · Supporting business decision making by valid HR predictive data
    · Integration of HR analytics with Company Strategy

    Overview
    The aim of the presentation is to share HT experiences in Human Resources data reporting and how these practices are connected with business strategy execution. Transformation of the Human Resources analytics in HT will be elaborated using Deloitte’s people analytics maturity model, emphasizing current status progress and desired stage of people analytics development. We will provide a short overview of the challenges HR is facing related to the analytics competencies and tools used but as well issues related to business demands and how to support strategic decision making. Finally we will show the case of using 360o feedback results and sociometry to discriminate performance and leadership competence levels of managers as example of applied people analytics practices in HT.

    Key take-aways:
    1. Gaining insight in HT HR Analytics transformation over the time
    2. Get information about HT practice and HR Analytics maturity level in relation to Deloitte analytics maturity model
    3. Practices on how to face HR Analytics usage in everyday business practice

    Speaker: Aco Momcilovic · CHRO · Rimac Automobili

  • LUNCH WITH SPEAKERS & DELEGATES
    13:15 - 14:30 Seated buffet lunch

    A great opportunity to engage in a casual chat with speakers and your fellow delegates. Lunch will be served at the main hotel restaurant, providing a variety of specialties ranging from traditional Croatian food to best international cuisine.

    Location Restaurant Argante @ the Convention floor of Hotel Antunovic

  • TALK 4B: Using people analytics to improve global sales force performance
    14:30 - 15:00 Hall Beethoven 2

    Presentation focus
    · Using analytics to locate the causes of workforce performance challenges
    · Techniques for gaining senior stakeholder support in people analytics projects
    · Collecting workforce data

    Overview
    While small scale people analytics can offer reasonable returns on investment, properly executed large scale projects can offer massive benefits. This presentation will share the people analytics techniques used to successfully improve sales performance by 15% - 30% at a well-known global brand, including example of its operations in Croatia.

    Key take-aways:
    1. Using analytics outputs to modify talent management processes
    2. Employee profiling: The most effective approaches
    3. How to develop a business case for the project

    Speaker: Prof. Max Blumberg, PhD · Professor · Leeds University Business School

  • TALK 5B: Hiring Equation: how to optimize hiring in sales using analytics
    15:00 - 15:30 Hall Beethoven 2

    Presentation focus
    Presentation brings research results on sales performance predictability. Research is based on analysis of several employee factors like age, sex, hours of training, culture fit, psychometric assessment, digital skills, etc. We analyzed how these factors explain and drive sales performance and how to predict future hires based on the Hiring equation. Applicable to every other job role, but we choose sales as it has measurable output. ·

    Overview
    Presentation will highlight main results we achieved in our sales research project based on different industries. Then the Hiring equation will be presented as it is a derivation of the research data and the model of data analysis will be explained. In the end we will show how we prepared the data model and what kind of analysis was done in order to have simple how-to guide for participants which might be willing to try similar project on their own.

    Key take-aways:
    1. Research results presented - some of the biggest Croatian companies participated in this research.
    2. Optimize hiring in sales with understanding what employee characteristics lead to better sales results.
    3. How-to guide to do your own hiring analytics project.

    Speaker: Vladimir Benic · Founder & CEO · Careerathand

  • TALK 6B: Powering the HR role through Organization design
    15:30 - 16:00 Hall Beethoven 2

    Presentation focus
    · The importance of organization design and its elements
    · How do managers distort corporate “space-time”
    · HR's role in business development and enhancement of organization's performance
    · The objectives and the priorities of organizational audit
    · The structure and the process of organizational audit

    Overview
    There are two key questions for every HR professional. The first is how much of a role of a strategic partner you currently hold and how much leadership you provide in strategy execution and business development through human and organizational development activities. The second is how satisfied you are, professionally and personally, with the current state of affairs. The hypothesis of this presentation is that by raising their expertise in the field of organization design, HR professionals will magnify their influence in their organizations and increase their impact in strategy formulation and execution, and, consequently, improve the organizations’ bottom line. Organizational audit is an integral part of the organizational design and is used to analyze alignment between three levels of planning and decision-making: strategic, tactical and operational with three levels of organizations: organizational, process and human. Organizational audit will equip HR professionals with more profound understanding of the dynamic complexity of their organizations, help them identify causes of business issues and consequences of potential actions, as well as train them to apply systems thinking and judgment realizing organizations’ links and loops.

    Key take-aways:
    1. Organizational audit – Powering the HR role through Organization design
    2. HR, in addition to top management, is the only function with competences and incentives to monitor the whole system
    3. Organizational audit is the great first step in understanding the complexity and value of the organization design

    Speaker: Fran Mikulicic · Organization Design Thought Leader

  • AFTERNOON COFFEE & NETWORKING BREAK · HR EXPO
    16:00 - 16:30 In front of the Main Conference Hall Beethoven

    The coffee-break makes for a great occasion to mingle around some 300 delegates, share instant feedback about presentations you enjoyed the most, engage in casual chat and naturally visit the sponsors exhibition area.

    Location: Main networking area in front of the Conference Hall Beethoven

  • End of the TRACK B Conference continues with Afternoon Plenary Session
    16:30 - 18:00 Conference continues in separate rooms

    Please click on Afternoon Plenary Session Tab at the top of the schedule menu to continue browsing the conference program.

    Location Main Conference Hall Beethoven

  • Panel-discussion The Future of Work: Empowering HR for Business Success
    16:30 - 17:30 Main Conference Hall Beethoven

    The Future of Work: Empowering HR for Business Success



    Panelists:

    Dr. Marielle Sonenberg
    Fran Mikulicic · Organization Design Thought Leader
    Pamela Harding · CEO · Metzano · LinkedHR
    Jonathan Ferrar · Co-author of The Power of The People, international best-seller book
    Max Blumberg · HR Analytics Thought-leader · Speaker · University Professor
    Luka Babic · Global Head of People Operations · Infobip
    Nebojsa Biskup · Country Manager · ManpowerGroup Croatia
    Panel Moderator: Sasa Jurkovic · President · HR Centar


    Candid & controversial - not "just another" round-table

  • CLOSING OF THE HR & PEOPLE ANALYTICS ZAGREB 2017 FORUM
    17:45 - 18:00 Main Conference Hall Beethoven

    Sponsors & partners acknowledgements and drawing of valuable prizes (VIP Tickets for selected seminars & workshops)

    See you again next year

MASTERCLASS & WORKSOP SCHEDULE · October 25

  • DELEGATE REGISTRATION
    08:30 - 09:00 In front of the Conference Hall Beethoven

    It's advisable to come early, as there are over 100 delegates to be registered. The Masterclass will commence at 09:00 sharp, in order to meet the event schedule.

    Location: Main networking area in front of the Conference Hall Beethoven

  • SPEAKER INTRODUCTION: ABOUT YOUR MASTERCLASS LEADER
    09:00 - 09:15 Conference Hall Beethoven 1

    Jonathan Ferrar is a globally-respected author, speaker and influencer in HR strategy, workforce analytics and the Future of Work. He specialises in helping HR leaders become more analytical in their decision-making by building effective and business-relevant analytics functions.

    He was listed as one of the global “Top HR Analytics Influencers” on LinkedIn in 2014, as one of the “15 HR and People Analytics Experts to Follow” by Jibe for 2017 and as one of the 20 Experts in People Analytics in 2017 by Fairsail.

    Jonathan is the co-author of the book “The Power of People” (Pearson FT Press, May 2017) which helps successful organizations how to use workforce analytics to improve business performance. He is sought after as a speaker for conferences and clients; his powerful presentation style leaving thought-provoking messages about the importance of evidence-based HR.

    Jonathan has worked for over 25 years in corporate business at IBM, Andersen Consulting (now Accenture) and Lloyds Bank. For over eleven of those years he held executive and VP roles. He has led diverse teams across many countries, held P&L responsibility and managed multi-$100Ms budgets. Jonathan has advised Chief HR Officers and other business executives at some of the world's largest and most highly regarded companies on how to implement meaningful HR strategies, practices and technology.

    After working and living in New York for almost seven years, Jonathan returned to the UK in late 2016 to be closer to his family. In January 2017 he set up OchreRock Ltd with the mission to make HR professionals become more relevant in business.

    He holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Arts degree from the University of Cambridge, UK and a Diploma in Human Resources Management from Kingston Business School, UK. He is a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.

    Since returning to the UK, Jonathan combines his business activities with the creation of eye-catching landscape photographs, another passion of his. As an award-winning photographer and with the distinction of a Licentiateship of The Royal Photographic Society, he is often found with his camera in hand.

    Masterclass Leader Jonathan Ferrar · Founder & CEO of OchreRock: HR Strategy, Workforce Analytics · Co-Author - The Power of People · Former VP - IBM HR

  • MASTERCLASS OPENING: OVERVIEW OF DAILY AGENDA
    09:00 - 09:15 Conference Hall Beethoven 1

    Masterclass objective:
    By the end of this masterclass, participants will understand the basic elements for successful workforce analytics:
    · Success factors
    · Managing stakeholders
    · Determining skills needed for success
    · Learning the basics of storytelling with data

    Masterclass Leader Jonathan Ferrar · Founder & CEO of OchreRock: HR Strategy, Workforce Analytics · Co-Author - The Power of People · Former VP - IBM HR

  • SESSION 1: Analytics Success
    09:00 - 10:30 Conference Hall Beethoven 1

    · Learn what makes analytics successful
    · Discuss the elements of success through case studies
    · Using a strong methodology for analytics

    Masterclass Leader Jonathan Ferrar · Founder & CEO of OchreRock: HR Strategy, Workforce Analytics · Co-Author - The Power of People · Former VP - IBM HR

  • MORNING COFFEE & NETWORKING BREAK
    10:30 - 11:00 In front of the Conference Hall Beethoven

    The coffee-break makes for a great occasion to network with fellow delegates, share instant feedback about the Masterclass session, engage in casual chat and naturally find future business opportunities.

    Location: Main networking area on the convetion floor in front of the Conference Hall Beethoven

  • SESSION 2: Projects & Stakeholders
    11:00 - 12:30 Conference Hall Beethoven 1

    · Determine which projects are best for you to focus on
    · Learn how to manage stakeholders for success

    Masterclass Leader Jonathan Ferrar · Founder & CEO of OchreRock: HR Strategy, Workforce Analytics · Co-Author - The Power of People · Former VP - IBM HR

  • LUNCH WITH SPEAKERS & DELEGATES
    12:30 - 13:30 Seated buffet lunch

    A great opportunity to engage in a casual chat with the speaker and your fellow delegates. Lunch will be served at the main hotel restaurant, providing a variety of specialties ranging from traditional Croatian food to best international cuisine.

    Location Restaurant Argante @ the Convention floor of Hotel Antunovic

  • SESSION 3: Skills
    13:30 - 15:00 Conference Hall Beethoven 1

    · Learn what skills are needed for successful analytics
    · Discuss what skills you have in your team
    · Outline skill gaps needed for success

    Masterclass Leader Jonathan Ferrar · Founder & CEO of OchreRock: HR Strategy, Workforce Analytics · Co-Author - The Power of People · Former VP - IBM HR

  • AFTERNOON COFFEE & NETWORKING BREAK
    15:00 - 15:30 In front of the Conference Hall Beethoven

    The coffee-break makes for a great occasion to network with fellow delegates, share instant feedback about the Masterclass session, engage in casual chat and naturally find future business opportunities.

    Location: Main networking area on the convetion floor in front of the Conference Hall Beethoven

  • SESSION 4: Storytelling
    15:30 - 17:00 Conference Hall Beethoven 1

    · Understand simple techniques for creating effective stories
    · Learn the basic elements of using visual aids

    Masterclass Leader Jonathan Ferrar · Founder & CEO of OchreRock: HR Strategy, Workforce Analytics · Co-Author - The Power of People · Former VP - IBM HR

  • Action Planning & closing of The Essentials of Workforce Analytics Masterclass & Delivery of Certificates
    17:00 Conference Hall Beethoven 1

    · Create an action plan for success in your workplace
    · Closing remarks & delivery of the Certificates of Attendance

    See you again next year

  • DELEGATE REGISTRATION
    08:30 - 09:00 In front of the Conference Hall Beethoven

    It's advisable to come early, as there are over 100 delegates to be registered. The Masterclass will commence at 09:00 sharp, in order to meet the event schedule.

    Location: Main networking area in front of the Conference Hall Beethoven

  • SPEAKER INTRODUCTION: ABOUT YOUR WORKSHOP LEADER
    09:00 - 09:15 Conference Hall Beethoven 2

    Fran Mikulicic PhD, MBA is an expert in the areas of Strategy Execution and Organizational and Human Performance. For over 10 years Fran has been guiding and supporting professionals and organizations in succeeding beyond their own expectations. As a Consigliere or as a mentor he assists managers and their organizations in reaching the highest level of organizational and personal success. He combines top-down and bottom-up approaches, understanding that a battle is won in the tranches and that a responsibility for the system lies on the top.

    Workshop Leader Fran Mikulicic, PhD, MBA · Founder & CEO of Progressio · Organization Design Thought Leader · Corporate Consigliere

  • WORKSHOP OPENING: OVERVIEW OF DAILY AGENDA
    09:00 - 09:15 Conference Hall Beethoven 2

    Workshop Focus:
    · To illustrate the new possibilities for HR Professionals
    · To demonstrate the importance of organization design
    · To explain the components of organization design and their interaction
    · To instruct how to conduct an organizational audit
    · To teach how to think like an organizational designer

    Workshop Overview:
    Not more than 300 words description / “tell a little story“ about what they will be experiencing "Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe." In any given organization there is never only one tree and never only one axe. In any given organization there is always a goal to chop down more trees than competitors do. And to do it faster. Work smarter and work harder, not necessarily in that order, becomes an everyday motto. Since a chain is as strong as its weakest link, most of the answers are to be found in comprehension of a whole system. That’s a job for organizational designers.

    Imagine a 1 day training for consultants in Organization design. Imagine answering the following why-what-how-what if questions. Imagine doing that through a series of real life business problems very similar to your everyday challenges. The hypothesis of this workshop is that by raising their expertise in the field of organization design, HR professionals will magnify their influence in their organizations and increase their impact in strategy formulation and execution, and, consequently, improve the organizations’ bottom line.

    The new buzzword and the actual need of many organizations nowadays is transformation. The road to transformation goes through a field of an organization design. Being able to analyze and understand the alignment between three levels of planning and decision-making: strategic, tactical and operational with three levels of organizations: organizational, process and human becomes a key capability.

    This workshop doesn’t give you a sharpened ax. It shows you how to sharpen yours. And then chop those trees the way you choose.

    Key take-aways from the workshop:
    1. The field of Organizational design has the keys to organizations’ effectiveness and efficiency
    2. The effectiveness and efficiency can be achieved by understanding the required alignment of various different elements and their interactions
    3. The HR professionals could raise their impact and transform their organizations through mentoring their top and middle management in organization design initiatives

    Workshop Leader Fran Mikulicic, PhD, MBA · Founder & CEO of Progressio · Organization Design Thought Leader · Corporate Consigliere

  • SESSION 1: The importance of Organization design
    09:00 - 10:30 Conference Hall Beethoven 2

    · Theory vs. practice
    · The presuppositions of Organization design and their implications
    · Mentoring the managers in strategic thinking of an organizational designer

    Workshop Leader Fran Mikulicic, PhD, MBA · Founder & CEO of Progressio · Organization Design Thought Leader · Corporate Consigliere

  • MORNING COFFEE & NETWORKING BREAK
    10:30 - 11:00 In front of the Conference Hall Beethoven

    The coffee-break makes for a great occasion to network with fellow delegates, share instant feedback about the Masterclass session, engage in casual chat and naturally find future business opportunities.

    Location: Main networking area on the convetion floor in front of the Conference Hall Beethoven

  • SESSION 2: The key elements of Organization design
    11:00 - 12:30 Conference Hall Beethoven 2

    · Analyzing 5 key elements of Organization design
    · Their interaction in solving real life examples and business challenges
    · Understanding causes, links, and loops

    Workshop Leader Fran Mikulicic, PhD, MBA · Founder & CEO of Progressio · Organization Design Thought Leader · Corporate Consigliere

  • LUNCH WITH SPEAKERS & DELEGATES
    12:30 - 13:30 Seated buffet lunch

    A great opportunity to engage in a casual chat with the speaker and your fellow delegates. Lunch will be served at the main hotel restaurant, providing a variety of specialties ranging from traditional Croatian food to best international cuisine.

    Location Restaurant Argante @ the Convention floor of Hotel Antunovic

  • SESSION 3: Organizational audit
    13:30 - 15:00 Conference Hall Beethoven 2

    · Purpose, objectives, and priorities
    · The structure and the process
    · Case study f organizational audit

    Workshop Leader Fran Mikulicic, PhD, MBA · Founder & CEO of Progressio · Organization Design Thought Leader · Corporate Consigliere

  • AFTERNOON COFFEE & NETWORKING BREAK
    15:00 - 15:30 In front of the Conference Hall Beethoven

    The coffee-break makes for a great occasion to network with fellow delegates, share instant feedback about the Masterclass session, engage in casual chat and naturally find future business opportunities.

    Location: Main networking area on the convetion floor in front of the Conference Hall Beethoven

  • SESSION 4: Big picture and small interventions
    15:30 - 17:00 Conference Hall Beethoven 2

    · Analyzing the organizational audit findings
    · Preparing the managers to answer the questions their CEOs should ask them
    · Mentoring the managers in their organization interventions

    Workshop Leader Fran Mikulicic, PhD, MBA · Founder & CEO of Progressio · Organization Design Thought Leader · Corporate Consigliere

  • END OF THE Organization Design Workshop & Delivery of Certificates
    17:00 Conference Hall Beethoven 2

    Closing remarks & delivery of the Certificates of Attendance

    See you again next year

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Event Faqs

The whole is greater than the sum of its parts :)
Aristotle

We opted for two tracks conference set-up, to give people the chance to have a greater choice. Nevertheless, there are plenary sessions throughout the day – the opening key-notes and the panel-discussion is where the entire audience will be together.

The conference starts with a plenary key-notes session in a joint room. After the 3 key-notes, the conference room will be divided into 2 sections to accommodate 2 separate tracks. Each speaker has 20-25 minutes for the speech + 5-10 minutes reserved for Q&A with the audience. Altogether there is a conference chair's address key-note, 2 other key-notes and 12 corporate cases presented throughout the HR & PEOPLE ANALYTICS FORUM, making it a total of 15 presentations. There is also a plenary panel-discussion at the end.

Yes, absolutely. You choose which sessions to attend throughout the entire day.

Yes, just drop us an email to info@peopleanalyticsforum.eu

Due to the international format of the conference, English is the primary language.

Truth is we don't believe in dress-codes, so wear whatever you feel best suits you. If you like suit & tie, that's fine, but so are jeans. Our motto is "feel comfortable, while being elegant".

If your group is 5 or more people, drop us a quick email to register@peopleanalyticsforum.eu

After confirming your registration, we will send you an invoice, presumably with your company data. Based on the invoice, your company will make the bank transfer to settle the payment.

We do not take credit/debit cards or cash. Bank-transfer is the sole means of payment.

No, we don’t sell delegates’ details as leads to third parties (sorry Sponsors!). Naturally, we keep your data on our secured servers, as we will keep you posted about next edition of the HR & PEOPLE ANALYTICS FORUM in 2018. You will get a maximum of 3 email messages from us and that’s it. We leave it up to you to decide with whom you’d like to share your info.

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Goran Krstulovic
Managing Director @ KTC International

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