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ollowing the morning’s sessions with NASA astronaut Tony Antonelli – which spotlighted the transferable learnings from space-tech innovation and technological leadership – the


afternoon’s Festival Keynote session explored what doing “the hard things now for impact in the future” means for international management, talent leadership and global mobility. Ann Ellis, CEO and co-founder of Mauve Group,


Demetra Marcantonio of KPMG Global Mobility Services and Valérie Besanceney of Safe Passage Across Networks (SPAN) joined forces in a fast-paced, yet still deeply informative, session hosted by Jayne Constantinis.


PURPOSE-DRIVEN CONVERSATIONS The huge range of topics covered in this purposeful discussion on the future workplace included:


• how to manage healthy remote working • the role of technology and emergent AI capabilities • developing the skills as lifelong learners to embrace change


• the potential to enlarge the scope of DEI initiatives to encompass mid-career changes and overcome talent shortages in new ways.


The cornerstone of the panel’s conversation was the importance of mission: a concept Tony Antonelli unpacked earlier in the day. “A mission is more than just something on the website,” recapped Jayne Constantinis. “If that is what employers are offering new recruits, then it has to be something an organisation is living and breathing. They’ve got to deliver.” The panel expanded on how they are planning


and actioning their unique missions in practice and innovating to overcome today’s big challenges. This included new approaches to talent management that more equitably meet the needs of the multigenerational workforce. These are based on the recognition for more purpose-driven work, particularly in the environmental and social governance (ESG) context. The session also unpacked what this all means for international management and leadership.


LEADING THE MULTIGENERATIONAL WORKFORCE KPMG’s latest report, ‘Great Expectations: How expectations across pay, mobility, borders, and life are changing’, sets out the practices gaining traction in multiple jurisdictions around the world. Demetra Marcantonio elaborated on these and why they are


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