Innovation and Accelerating to the Future of HR

In a constantly evolving and disrupted environment, employers have been innovating in HR and accelerating change to plan for a future that will look very different to employees and employers. Key trends to be covered include the role of HR’s digital’s future (including AI); the long-term impact of labor shortages; the essential formula of security, flexibility and purpose in designing HR programs and the Employee Experience; the role of dynamic work and jobs; and the role of HR given changes to DEI, ESG and Stewardship in different regions around the world.

JOHN M. BREMEN

WTW MANAGING DIRECTOR

Chief Strategy 

Innovation + Acceleration Officer

Recognized global business leader, C-suite and board advisor, and thought leader. John helps companies see the future and get there when it comes to people, risk, and capital. John advises on complex people, risk, and capital issues to the world’s largest organizations, high-performing mid-size firms and high-growth early-stage enterprises, with a career-long focus on complex Human Capital and Total Rewards issues. He does this, while leading multi-year research efforts on those subject matter areas. Provides oversight over WTW's various Thinking Ahead Groups, forums for innovative, disruptive, and early-adopter executives to share perspectives, conduct research, challenge the status quo, prioritize and collaborate.

John is a featured speaker at global and industry conferences and prolific author quoted in the business press in EMEA, Asia-Pacific, and the Americas, in publications such as The Wall Street Journal, Harvard Business Review, Crain’s, The South China Morning Post, CFO Magazine, São Paulo Valor Econômico, and the Singapore Straits-Times. Has appeared on CNBC, Bloomberg TV, NPR, and CNN. Is a regular contributor to Forbes and has lectured on topics related to his field at numerous graduate schools of business.

John received an M.B.A. from Northwestern University’s Kellogg Graduate School of Management with majors in organizational behavior and management strategy. He also holds a B.A. from Northwestern, including a special certificate in Business Institutions.