Toronto / New York , August 23, 2011 - Roger Martin, Dean of the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto will discuss the future of work at The Economist’s second annual Ideas Economy: Human Potential conference on September 14th-15th at The Times Center in New York City. The September event will focus on ”the next level of competition”, the trends and ideas transforming the nature of work and several of the key issues covered in The Economist’s “Future of Jobs” special report to be released on September 10th. Martin will moderate a panel on Design Thinking and will join other notable business leaders, management thinkers, authors and intellectuals at the conference.
Ideas Economy: Human Potential will examine the mechanisms through which individuals, companies and nations can channel competitive energy into positive change. It will also explore how the rise of the social web, increased innovation and the expansion of the entrepreneurial spirit will create more business opportunities than ever before. Through interactive, action-oriented sessions with top thinkers on strategy, innovation, management, creativity, and information, Ideas Economy: Human Potential will chart a new map for growth, productivity, and progress for a competitive age.
“Powerful trends are completely transforming the nature of work and the supply and demand for jobs,” said Matthew Bishop, U.S. business editor and NY bureau chief for The Economist. “In ten years’ time the global labor market will be a very different place and this will have serious implications for businesses, governments and individu¬als over the next decade and beyond.”
“Innovation is now understood to be an imperative not a ‘nice-to-have’ for the modern organization,” said Roger Martin. “However, most organizations struggle mightily to create an environment that accesses the inherent creativity of their work force; this is one of the central challenges of the modern economy
Roger Martin is the award-winning author of The Opposable Mind (2007), The Design of Business (2009) and Fixing the Game (2011) and frequent contributor to Harvard Business Review, Financial Times and other leading international publications. He has been named the 32nd top management thinker in the world (The Times and Forbes.com), one of the ten most influential business professors in the world (BusinessWeek) and one of the 27 most influential designers in the world (BusinessWeek). He has served as Dean of The Rotman School of Management at University of Toronto since 1998. He also serves as a board member of leading global corporations (Thomson Reuters Corporation and Research in Motion) and as a strategic advisor to the CEOs of several others, including P&G and Steelcase.
In addition to the speakers mentioned above, some of the participants already confirmed to take part in the conference include:
- Kurt Andersen, Host, “Studio 360”
- Roseanne Cash, Singer-songwriter
- Marc Cenedella, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, TheLadders
- Jared Cohen, Director, Google Ideas
- Adam Davidson, Co-host and Co-founder, “Planet Money”
- Nandita Gurjar, Senior Vice-president and Group Head, Infosys
- Tony Hsieh, Chief Executive Officer, Zappos.com
- Judy McGrath, Former Chief Executive Officer, MTV Networks
- Nitin Nohria, Dean, Harvard Business School
- Sophie Vandebroek, Chief Technology Officer, Xerox
Steelcase is the platinum sponsor of the Ideas Economy: Human Potential event. Gold sponsors include Right Management and ADP. InnoCentive is the Challenge Partner for the Ideas Economy series.
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