LeapGen's Jason Averbook closing keynote at HR Tech World SF

1. Jason Averbook
CEO & Co-Founder Leapgen
@jasonaverbook

2. TEXT
L - LOVE
E - ENERGY
A - AUDACITY
P - PROOF
L - LOVE
E - ENERGY
A - AUDACITY
P - PROOF

3. "The role of a creative leader is not to
have all of the ideas; it’s to create a
culture where everyone can have ideas
and they feel valued."
Ken Robinson
"The role of a creative leader is not to
have all of the ideas; it’s to create a
culture where everyone can have ideas
and they feel valued."
Ken Robinson

4. TEXT
• HR/Workforce Technology = Culture
• Workforce Experience
• WE MUST Own It!
• HR/Workforce Technology = Culture
• Workforce Experience
• WE MUST Own It!

5. 1. Consumerization
2. More than the technology
3. They need us, we need them
4. Personalization
5. AI / bots
Workforce Experience

6. TEXT
A disturbance that interrupts an event,
activity or process
A disturbance that interrupts an event,
activity or process

7. “If the rate of change on
the outside exceed the
rate of change on the
inside, the end is near.”
- Jack Welch
Why You Continually Need
to Revisit Your Strategy

8. TEXT
• Disrupt or be disrupted
• Build “anti-fragile”
• Strong core
• Disrupt or be disrupted
• Build “anti-fragile”
• Strong core

9. TEXT
“Passion is the genesis of genius”
Tony Robbins
“Passion is the genesis of genius”
Tony Robbins

10. TEXT
• Contagious
• Confidence
• Excitement
• Contagious
• Confidence
• Excitement

11. TEXT
The rate at which something is
able to move or operate
The rate at which something is
able to move or operate

12. TEXT
• Sprints/marathons
• Don’t forget others
• Pace/tempo - WE own!
• Sprints/marathons
• Don’t forget others
• Pace/tempo - WE own!

13. TEXT
The accomplishment of an
aim or a purpose
The accomplishment of an
aim or a purpose

14. TEXT
• What is outcome?
• How do we share?
• Never ending
• What is outcome?
• How do we share?
• Never ending

15. “Change your thoughts and
you change your world.”
Norman Vincent Peale
“Change your thoughts and
you change your world.”
Norman Vincent Peale

16. • WIIFM
• Not a campaign; a mindset
• Starts before it begins
• WIIFM
• Not a campaign; a mindset
• Starts before it begins

17. ADOPTION TO ADDICTION

18. TEXT
“Not admitting a mistake
is a bigger mistake.”
Robert Half
“Not admitting a mistake
is a bigger mistake.”
Robert Half

19. TEXT
• Define success
• Fail fast
• Learn and adjust
• Define success
• Fail fast
• Learn and adjust

20. TEXT
“Data is the new oil.”“Data is the new oil.”

21. TEXT
• What matters?
• To who?
• Starts with process
• What matters?
• To who?
• Starts with process

22. TEXT
DIVERSITY
“Strength lies in differences, not similarities”
Stephen Covey
DIVERSITY
“Strength lies in differences, not similarities”
Stephen Covey

23. TEXT
• Part of every project
• Tied to every program
• All starts with US!
• Part of every project
• Tied to every program
• All starts with US!

24. PEOPLE
Umm, Why We Do This!
PEOPLE
Umm, Why We Do This!

25. • Know them
• Talk to them
• Enable them
• Know them
• Talk to them
• Enable them

26. TEXT
STRATEGY
A high level plan to achieve
one or more goals under
conditions of uncertainty
STRATEGY
A high level plan to achieve
one or more goals under
conditions of uncertainty

27. TEXT
• Buying stuff?
• More than technology
• Start with business
• Buying stuff?
• More than technology
• Start with business

28. GREAT VERSUS PERFORMING

29. Digital Workforce
(HR) Strategy
Henna or Ink?

30. LEARNING
“Once you stop learning,
you start dying”
Albert Einstein
LEARNING
“Once you stop learning,
you start dying”
Albert Einstein

31. • Knowledge
• Network
• Opportunity
• Knowledge
• Network
• Opportunity

32. LOVE -
PASSION, DIVERSITY,
CARING
ENERGY -
SPEED, CHANGE,
MISTAKES
AUDACITY -
LEARNING, DISRUPTION,
STRATEGY
PROOF -
SUCCESS, DATA,
CULTURE

33. TEXT
L - LOVE
E - ENERGY
A - AUDACITY
P - PROOF
L - LOVE
E - ENERGY
A - AUDACITY
P - PROOF