Real encounters, valuable HR impulses and networking without a mask: that was the first HR Experience Campus on 1 September 2021. 160 participants discussed the most important HR topics of today and tomorrow in interactive workshops, inspired by presentations on a people-centric working world.
For the first time, HR Campus organised a customer event covering all HR topics. The range of topics covered by the HR Experience Campus was correspondingly broad and was brought to life in exciting presentations, a lively panel discussion and breakout sessions. The participatory event format enabled an open exchange on key HR strategy topics, innovations in the most important HR software products and forward-looking HR trends. The 18 interactive sessions covered news and practical tips as well as current topics ranging from Digitalisation in HR to Wellbeing and Employee Experience. The moderator Ivana Imoli led through the all-day event at the historic Trafo Baden with great ease and charm.
Resonance is the foundation of HR
Composer Peter Roth kicked off the event by explaining why resonance not only makes the decisive difference in music, but also in the corporate context. In a stimulating panel discussion, Head of HR Liliane Niederer and digitalisation expert Michael Frühauf exchanged views with Peter Roth on the connections between culture, Technology and strategy in HR. They agreed that Digitalisation and people-centred corporate management are by no means mutually exclusive, that authenticity should be a basic requirement for managers and that the basis of a culture of error is trust.
The creative power of corporate culture
In the afternoon, Prof. Dr Omid Aschari gave the HR community valuable food for thought on the creative power of corporate culture. According to Aschari, we are in the hour of corporate culture, as people are looking for orientation and the younger generation is increasingly choosing employers based on corporate values. The fact that the pandemic has reinforced this trend is shown, for example, by the fact that 69% of managers worldwide attribute their success in the pandemic to corporate culture.
Time for real encounters
A highlight in itself was the HR community's palpable joy at finally attending a physical event again and exchanging ideas with other experts. Once again, the creative and passionate discussions showed that HR in Switzerland has unbridled power: HR can play a decisive role in shaping the working world of tomorrow.