10/10/2025
If AI can recruit and hire at scale, it can also discriminate at scale.⚠️
That’s why fairness isn’t optional.
AI is changing hiring with automated screening, algorithmic matching, and more.
But here’s the problem: if AI is trained on biased data, it can multiply unfairness at scale. Instead of opening doors, it can slam them shut.
Hiring is more than filling roles. It impacts opportunity, fairness, and the future of humanity itself. And it is humans who must ensure the ethical deployment of AI.
That’s we are excited for Eric Sydell’s fireside chat: AI in Hiring and Recruitment: A Fairness Imperative on October 10 at A Future Worth Building: Responsible Organizational Change.
As CEO of Vero AI and a co-author of Decoding Talent: How AI and Big Data Can Solve Your Company's People Puzzle, he brings deep expertise on both the promise and the pitfalls of AI in talent practices.
He will share what leaders need to know on using the technology responsibly, and how to prevent tools designed for efficiency from undermining fairness.
And we can be sure that the session host, Ludmila Praslova, Ph.D., SHRM-SCP, will ask some crucial questions about fairness and human responsibility in AI deployment.
👉 Join us to explore how we can build hiring systems that are future-ready, fast AND fair.
10/10/2025
The faster the world moves, the more critical it is to slow down and listen.
Listening - real listening - is more than just a soft skill.
It’s a leadership operating system. It’s how trust is built, how innovation emerges, and how organizations stay healthy in times of disruption.
That’s why we are looking forward to Stokes keynote: Radical Listening as an Operating System: Healthy Organizations in the 5th Industrial Revolution.
on October 10 at A Future Worth Building: Responsible Organizational Change.
Caroline will share why radical listening is not optional in this new era.
We can't have meaningful, sustainable success without human connection, and we can't have human connection without listening.
👉 Join us Oct 10–11 to explore how to lead in the 5th Industrial Revolution with clarity and integrity.
Registration
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/9D1AEApwSFmmlMqpGyP1pw
10/10/2025
What if every new policy preparation meant asking “Who does this help? Who might it harm?”
What if leadership focused less on control and more on care?
What if definitions of success included how people felt getting there?
Join René Molina for a reflection on what does the leadership responsibility mean now, and how leaders can do what is right when cultural pressures push for shortcuts.
09/10/2025
Future isn’t something we wait for. It’s something we build. Responsibly. Intentionally. Together.
But building a future actually worth building is not easy. Which is why our upcoming Creating Healthy Organizations conference explores these challenges and solutions of responsible organizational change (because honestly, that "breaking things" approach is getting old).
Join us for fresh perspectives. Register free. https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/9D1AEApwSFmmlMqpGyP1pw #/registration
📅 Conference Program
A Future Worth Building: Responsible Organizational Change
October 10–11, 2025 • Virtual Event • All times are in the Pacific Zone (PDT)
Friday, October 10, 2025
🕐 1:00 – 1:10 PM Welcome with René Molina and Ludmila Praslova, Ph.D., SHRM-SCP, Âû
🕐 1:15 – 2:00 PM Fireside Chat: AI in Hiring and Recruitment: A Fairness Imperative with Eric Sydell
AI is reshaping how we recruit talent - but fairness must come first. In this session we’ll explore the promise & pitfalls of AI with a leader who worked on AI long before it became the center of daily news.
🕐 2:10 – 3:00 PM Interactive Keynote: Slow is the New Fast: Trauma-Informed Organizations That Last.
Anita Roach, author of "Safe & Sound" brings her expertise to shows us how trauma-informed practices create workplaces where people and performance thrive sustainably.
🕐 3:10 – 4:00 PM Keynote: Radical Listening as an Operating System: Healthy Organizations in the 5th Industrial Revolution
As technology accelerates, organizations need a new human-centered operating system. Caroline Stokes, CEC, author of "Aftershock" and "Elephants before Unicorns" reveals how radical listening can fuel trust, innovation, and health for the future we actually want.
🕐 4:10 – 5:00 PM Fireside Chat: Ethical Organizational Leadership: Global Challenges, A Global Perspective
Stéphane Michaud, PhD has worked with top companies across the globe. This chat offers a global perspective on ethical leadership & a responsible path forward.
Saturday, October 11, 2025
🕗 8:00 – 8:05 AM Welcome
🕗 8:05 – 8:50 AM Keynote: The Great Reckoning: Humanity in the Age of AI
As AI transforms every aspect of work, how do we safeguard dignity and purpose? Join Jennifer Sorensen in exploring the choices leaders must make now to shape a fair & humane future.
🕘 9:00 – 9:45 AM Moderated Panel: AI and Employee Experience
AI tools are changing hiring and . This panel examines what responsible AI means for the human side of work.
🕤 9:55 – 10:40 AM Moderated Panel: Counts: Creating Workplaces for Human Thriving
This panel shares perspectives and practices on building strong, human-centered cultures.
🕙 10:50 – 11:50 AM Moderated Panel: Leading Change
We tackle what it takes to lead change ethically and effectively.
🕛 12:00 – 12:30 PM Responsible : A closing reflection.
Let's build something worth building.
