Visier Announces Keynote Speakers and Session Lineup for Outsmart 2019

Conference brings together visionary minds in HR analytics and workforce planning

Visier, the globally recognized leader in people analytics and planning, today announced the keynotes speakers and session lineup for Outsmart 2019. Held at the Westin St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco on May 6-8, the conference brings together leading experts in people analytics and workforce planning for the 6th annual event. With the theme Inspiring Change, Together, the conference brings together visionary leaders to engage in compelling conversations around data-driven HR and workforce planning. Headlining this year’s event with the topic “Humanocracy: Building organizations as amazingly capable as those inside them” is iconoclast business thinker Gary Hamel. A published author and writer, Hamel has worked with leading companies across the globe and has been on the faculty of the London Business School for more than 30 years. His most recent bestsellers are The Future of Management and What Matters Now in which he presents an impassioned plea for reinventing management and lays out a blueprint for the future of work. Fortune magazine describes Hamel as “the world’s leading expert on business strategy.” The closing keynote speaker will be Dr. John Boudreau on the topic “The Future of HR and your Pivotal Role in it.”  Dr. Boudreau is the Research Director for USC’s Center for Effective Organizations and Professor of Management and Organization at Marshall School of Business. He is a leader in the academic world for his insight and innovation in the fields of Human Resources, Human Capital Management, and Executive Development. Other speakers at this year’s conference include:

• Al Adamson of Insight222 and the Global PAFOW Event Series

• Sue Ortenstone, Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer at CenterPoint Energy

• Clay H. Worley, SVP and Chief Human Resources Officer at NCI

• Anna Merritt, People Analytics Lead at Square

• Joydeep Mutsuddi, Senior Vice President, Human Resources at BD

• Dr. Gary Russo, Director of Workforce Intelligence at Providence St. Joseph Health

Registration for Outsmart 2019 is now open. Visit https://www.visier.com/outsmart/ for further details about the speaker lineup, conference sessions, and accommodations.  

About Visier

Visier’s purpose is to help people see the truth and create a better future—now. Visier was founded to focus on what matters to business people: answering the right questions, even the ones a person might not know to ask. Questions that shape business strategy, provide the impetus for taking action, and drive better business results. Visier delivers fast, clear people insight by using all the available people data—regardless of source. With best-practice expertise built-in, decision-makers can confidently take action. Thanks to our amazing customers, Visier is the market leader in Workforce Analytics with 5,000 customers in 75 countries around the world. For more information, visit http://www.visier.com. # # # Contact: Julie Galla visier@sparkpr.com