EVENTS

Tony Day 2024

We will be gathering in the fall to celebrate the latest Tony Hsieh Award winners, co-create ways to establish a code of civility in the workplace and beyond, and develop IT and HR strategies to strategically adopt and evaluate AI.

TED Delegation on Human Capital

In April 2024, a TED Delegation on Human Capital gathered in Vancouver. The Tony Hsieh Award winners joined Chief Human Resource Officers, Chief Information Officers, thought leaders, and other radical innovators to strategize ways to optimize the world of work.

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Tony Day 2023

Zappos hosted the third annual Tony Day on September 22, 2023 at its corporate headquarters in downtown Las Vegas. Three panels, breakout sessions, and group discussions centered around the future of talent and AI in the workplace, the radical innovations of the current Tony Hsieh Award winners, and designing a curriculum for future workplace competencies.
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Tony Day 2022

On September 16, 2022, thought leaders met to co-create ways elevate people in the workplace. Panels analyzed autonomy in a post-pandemic world, examined dispersed workforces and shifting psychological anchors, and explored areas of passion upon which Tony made a lasting impact including entrepreneurship, urban revitalization, community building, human capital development, and cultural arts.

Autonomy in a post-pandemic world. How are companies innovating? What are the trends in business and society that make self management interesting and viable? What has to be established for it to work?

Featuring: Dirk Propfe, CEO ET Group, 2021 Tony Hsieh Award winner, Rachel Murch, Co-Founder, The Maonach Group, Tyler Williams, Director of Brand Experience Zappos, Rita McGrath, Columbia Professor, Permissionless Organizations, Christian Wandeler, CEO, Semco Style USA

Exploring areas of passion upon which Tony made a lasting impact, within 5 major categories: Entrepreneurship, City, Human Capital, Community, Music & Arts.

Featuring: Thomas Ermacora, Co-Founder, Falkora, Ben Stewart, Talent & Innovation, George Kaiser Family Foundation, Ryan Smith, Director, Economic & Urban Development, City of Las Vegas, Gus Wenner, CEO, Rolling Stone, Danielle Madeira, CEO & Founder, Madeira and Partners

What does it mean to be leading in turbulent times? A look at dispersed workforces, gig and remote working plus shifting psychological anchors. What are the big trends & critical themes; a look at the research.

Featuring: Katherine von Jan, Chief Strategy Officer, Salesforce Innovation, Dr. Erin Eatough, Behavioural Scientist, BetterUp Labs, Michelle Laven, Chief Human Resource Officer, iHeartMedia, Jenn Lim, Co-Founder & CEO, Delivering Happiness