Navigating Trends & Shifts in the Workplace — Now & in the Future with Peter Cappelli

Companies and leaders worldwide have been reshaping what the future workplace looks like, and have been met with challenge after challenge: pandemic lockdowns, employee burnout and talent shortages, and an accelerated shift in the balance of power from employers to workers. But It’s no surprise to anyone that the pandemic accelerated the trajectory it was on already.

In this Roundtable, Peter Cappelli—management thinker and HR expert —will lead us through what you need to know in the changing workforce horizon. As a strategist, shaping the direction of the people side of your company will become a pivotal part of your strategic plan. In this Roundtable, we’ll cover:

• The major shifts in workforce trends as a result of the pandemic
• What you can anticipate as the “new workplace” in the future, and the realities of what this looks like
• Differences between generations of workers, and how to adjust accordingly
• How gig and freelance workers play into this new future, and how to best work with them

Peter was recently named by HR Magazine as one of the top 5 most influential management thinkers, by NPR as one of the 50 influencers in the field of aging, and was elected a fellow of the National Academy of Human Resources.

He is the George W. Taylor Professor of Management at The Wharton School and Director of Wharton’s Center for Human Resource, and Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research in Cambridge, MAPeter served as Senior Advisor to the Kingdom of Bahrain for Employment Policy from, was a Distinguished Scholar of the Ministry of Manpower for Singapore, and was Co-Director of the U.S. Department of Education’s National Center on the Educational Quality of the Workforce.

He is a regular contributor to The Wall Street Journal and writes a monthly column for HR Executive magazine. His recent work on performance management, agile systems, and hiring practices, and other workplace topics appears in the Harvard Business Review.