International Conference:
Rethink Work:
Evolve or Endure
– Lisbon
In-Person | Monday 6 – Wednesday 8 October 2025
Lisbon, Portugal
Monday, 15.30 – Wednesday, 13.00 WEST
Event
Over the next decade, organisations are confronting unprecedented challenges driven by geopolitical instability, economic shifts, technological advancements and evolving social norms. The problem is not just the scale of these changes but their rapid pace, reshaping everything from supply chains to workforce dynamics.
The need for effective organisational responses is urgent. Climate change, resource scarcity, and disruptive technologies are already impacting industries, while demographic shifts and changing employee expectations challenge traditional work models. Organisations must rethink their business strategies, focusing on risk management and the critical skills needed for future success.
HR’s role is pivotal. HR leaders must guide their organisations through this upheaval by redesigning jobs, fostering new skills, and preparing employees to adapt. They must also address the human impact of these transitions, ensuring that technology enhances rather than distances the workforce.
Rethink Work: Evolve or Endure in October 2025, will provide the insights and strategies HR and business leaders need to navigate this complex landscape and lead their organisations into a rapidly changing future.
Learning Objectives
- Analyse the impact of geopolitical, economic and technological changes on your organisation and HR’s key role in preparing for these shifts.
- Understand how to manage risks to business models and supply chains in light of climate change, resource constraints, and market disruptions, with HR playing a proactive, strategic role.
- Identify the critical future skills required by your business to meet upcoming challenges and HR’s role in acquiring, developing and integrating these skills.
- Explore how demographic shifts, employee expectations, and new technologies will reshape jobs and work, and HR’s responsibility in designing resilient workforce models.
Who is this event for?
- HR/People Directors
- CIOs/CTOs
- Business Leaders
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Location
Epic Sana Lisboa Hotel
Av. Eng. Duarte Pacheco 15 Lisbon 1070-100
Lisbon, Portugal
Speakers
Ian Goldin
Professor of Globalisation and Development, Oxford University
Ian Goldin is Professor of Globalisation and Development at the University of Oxford, Professorial Fellow at Balliol College, Oxford University, and from 2006 to 2016 was the founding Director of Oxford University’s interdisciplinary Oxford Martin School. He currently leads the Oxford Martin research programmes on Technological and Economic Change, Future of Work and Future of Development. He has published over 60 journal articles and 23 books, most recently Rescue: From Global Crisis to a Better World.
Deborah Perry Piscione
Author, Futurist, Entrepreneur and Leading Expert in Innovation, AI and Web3 Technologies
Deborah Perry Piscione is a futurist, serial entrepreneur, and a leading expert in innovation, AI, and web3 technologies. A New York Times bestselling author and LinkedIn Learning instructor, she moved to Silicon Valley in 2006, where a chance encounter led to her first startup securing multimillion-dollar funding. Inspired by Silicon Valley’s collaborative culture, she wrote Secrets of Silicon Valley, a bestseller adopted by a global consulting firm to enhance their innovation practices.
Perry Piscione developed the Improvisational Innovation approach, enabling anyone within a company to contribute ideas in a trusted environment, a method now embraced by Fortune 500 companies. Her LinkedIn Learning courses, ‘Risk Taking for Leaders’ and ‘Executing on Innovation,’ reach a global audience in multiple languages.
As a co-founder of the Work3 Institute and co-author of Employment is Dead: How Disruptive Technologies Are Revolutionizing the Way We Work (Harvard Business Review Press), she guides organisations through the transition to AI-driven work models. Recognised as a thought leader, Stanford’s Graduate School of Business featured her in a case study, underscoring her impact on entrepreneurship and innovation.
Andy Spence
Workforce Futurist
Andy Spence has a passion for making work better. For over two decades, he has advised global organisations on workforce strategy, becoming a trusted voice for the C-Suite. Andy’s career spans work with Big 4 consultancies, startups, and leading his own consulting firm for the past 17 years. His pioneering collaboration with Don Tapscott on Blockchain in the workplace has inspired countless entrepreneurs and technologists, with industry recognition as a key opinion leader in the future of work.
Andy has delivered keynotes and executive workshops in global cities, from London and Paris, to Singapore, Sydney and Shanghai. His audiences value his ability to synthesise global megatrends into actionable insights, combining data-driven analysis, engaging storytelling, with a dash of humour. As an independent management consultant, Andy has helped build people-centric organisations, working with clients like the NHS, John Lewis Partnership, Novartis, and Deloitte.
His writing and media partnerships include Bloomberg, Mercer, HR.com, RSA, Global Drucker Forum, and many others. Andy publishes the popular Workforce Futurist Newsletter, offering original research and industry insights on building a better world of work. Through his extensive experience and visionary thinking, Andy Spence continues to shape the future of work, making him an invaluable resource for CHROs looking to navigate the complex landscape of workforce strategy.
