Choose Change: How to Build a Human-Centered Workplace for Sustainable Success

An organization’s purpose and values are the DNA that makes them unique. While traditional people science models of employee engagement and performance management have served us well for the last 20 years, they aren’t enough for the fast-changing work landscape. Traditional employee engagement measures the psychological connection an individual has with their organization. In today’s hybrid work scenarios -- where work, life and culture have collided -- engagement is not enough to address the increasing complexity of the psychology of workers. We have to design employee experiences where work and organizational purpose are directly linked, and distributed teams can thrive.

Choose Change explains how. Alternating between lenses of both manager and individual contributor, it will dive into how organizations must foster a change mindset (with courage, connection, empathy, humility, transparency, & commitment) leveraging a four-part change approach (Inspire, Prepare, Activate, Answer) to create a sustainable human-centered culture. The people science of a whole person framework includes legacy employee engagement and culture constructs, as well as new constructs, including: physical, social, intellectual and spiritual wellbeing.

Dan Riley is a thought leader, technologist, change agent, and optimist in the area of people experience and the future of work. He inspires people to believe and focus on what inspires them and works with leaders and organizations around the world helping them to meet the moment and mobilize for the future.

He has more than 20 years of experience in the HR and technology industry. Dan co-founded Modern Survey in 1999 until 2016 when the company was sold to Aon and served as its Chief Operating Officer.
Dan recently co-founded RADICL.

Dan has an extensive understanding of how technology and people strategy can be successfully applied to business opportunities and will help organizations achieve the benefits of such strategies while maximizing the value of their people to transform company culture and create a better working world.

Dan is an entrepreneur, advisor, keynote speaker, film producer, and a musician who has shared billings with artists of national and international acclaim.