August 14, 2018, Denver, CO –  For the first time in the event’s history and in celebration of the 10th installment, DisruptHR Denver 10.0 attendees can expect a shake-up in the evening’s format. First, the lineup has been diligently narrowed to 11 topics (from more than 60 applications!) to the speakers who will stay after the individual talks for an interactive panel conversation to take audience questions about their thought-provoking ideas. The event will take place at EXDO Events Center, 5:00-8:30pm on Thurs., Aug. 23rd.Non-refundable tickets for the event can be purchased here.

Attendees will walk away with a fresh take on expanding the talent pool to include individuals experiencing PTSD, learning why employee engagement alone is BS, and the secret to getting managers and leaders out of the babysitting business. The complete list of topics and speakers:

• When you combine moderately engaged employees with high potential for burnout, what happens? Sam Schreiner says Only Focusing on Employee Engagement is BS, exposes crippling challenges within organizations that dismiss employee stress and reveals secrets to creating higher employee engagement before retention becomes an irreversible issue.

• Are your managers leading or babysitting? Is Escaping the Babysitter’s Club possible in your organization? Greystone Technology CEO Peter Melby believes most attempts to create a “good” culture are too shallow to address real root causes of employee-manager division and misalignment, but offers that the quest to get managers and employees on the same team comes, simply, from the surprising truth about human nature.

• What is the true definition of diversity? Surely, we are more sophisticated than saying it’s based only on the way a person looks, or the way an individual presents themselves daily. During Myranda Whiteside’s Diversity – Not Just a Checkbox, Myranda tackles the troubles associated with making uninformed presumptions about individuals and helps us shift from unjust “labeling” in the workplace to looking at each individual as their own unique “bucket” of talent.

• During Dr. Brandon Matthews’ talk Enough is Enough! Calling it Resistance is Futile, Matthews unveils the importance of reframing the mindset that our talent should be branded as “resistors” when reacting to a changed work environment and challenges organizations to understand that they can achieve even greater success during times of intense change.

• Together, Rustin Tonn and Dan Weinstein confront us to consider the idea of Trauma-Informed Employment. Many people have experienced some level of trauma and become valuable contributors in their workplaces. This talk calls the HR and business communities to task, encouraging us all to consider job candidates from non-traditional, trauma-informed, talent pools.

• If you’re lucky, you will get older. So, let’s consider the business case for embracing older workers now. Nancy Fingerhood argues in Age Diversity in the Workplace that a workforce inclusive of mature employees encourages knowledge sharing, mentoring opportunities and strengthens business processes. Otherwise, as activist and writer Ashton Applewhite said, ageism is the prejudice that pits us against our future selves.

• The best musicians and comedians know how to improvise with style. In Failed It! Life Tips from a Successful Screw-Up, Jordan George explores whether or not rule-bound HR leaders can benefit from employing the same skills and how the principles of improv can build better creators, collaborators and communicators in the workplace.

• Is your wellness program actually improving employee health, happiness and productivity? In Colleen Reilly’s talk on Wellness Programs Don’t Work, expect to discover a disruptive approach to developing a dynamic and working strategy with measurable ROI.

• Well… What Did You Expect?  In anyone’s professional career, Preston Hickman believes that intentional management of expectations can have a direct impact on success. Can you imagine improving individuals’ productivity and the entire work environment simply by shifting the assumptions we make?

• Hey! Janice Chaka says you need to Listen up! Podcasting Will Replace Recruiters, especially in a society where more than twice as many Americans are listening to podcasts weekly, just as we watch Sunday Night Football. Podcasting is already being used by talent acquisition professionals…let’s learn all the benefits and the pitfalls.

• Lead With Heart, Fight With Data may become the new battle cry for strategic HR leaders after Thomas Palladino’s talk. Learn from his pendulum-swing experience as a self-proclaimed, former “touchy-feely” HR guy turned Six Sigma black belt and HR analytics Jedi master. As his oscillations have started to settle in the magic middle, Thomas shares how to champion having the heart and courage to speak truth to power with a superior command for data.

And what’s a DisruptHR Denver event without tasty food trucks? Two featured food trucks for disruptors to choose from:

• The Spicy Kitchen Mexican
• Roll It Up Sushi