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World Business Forum Sydney 2027 Speakers
TALENT MANAGEMENTDave UlrichProfessor at the Ross School of Business and father of modern HR
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HIGH PERFORMANCE Sarah Robb O’HaganFormer President of Gatorade and Equinox and CEO of Exos
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INNOVATIONVijay GovindarajanDartmouth Tuck professor and creator of the Three-Box Solution
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ORGANISATIONAL TRANSFORMATIONAnn HiattFormer Chief of Staff to Google and Executive Assistant to Amazon
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AI STRATEGY
Jason WildExpert on innovation, growth strategies, and customer experience at scale
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AI & THE FUTURE OF WORKNathalie NahaiAuthor and psychology-driven technology strategist
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Dave Ulrich
Professor, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan · Partner, The RBL Group · "Father of modern HR"Dave Ulrich is considered the father of modern human resource management and one of the most influential thinkers on talent and leadership. He teaches at the Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, and is a partner at the RBL Group, a consultancy focused on helping leaders and their organisations make better use of the human resources they already have. He is the author and co-author of more than 30 books and 200 articles, and since publishing Human Resource Management in the 1990s has remained a key reference for new ways of seeing leadership, talent, and HR. Ulrich also sits on the boards of Herman Miller and Southern Virginia University.- 01The Human Capability Framework: synthesizing talent, leadership, organisation design, and HR practices to drive measurable impact for customers, investors, and communities
- 02Reinventing the organisation: designing a “market-oriented ecosystem” that combines startup agility with enterprise scale to adapt at market speed
- 03HR from the outside in: elevating HR from internal administration to a strategic business partner that connects workplace actions directly to market expectations
- 04Building a leadership brand: developing leadership capabilities across the organisation that build stakeholder trust, increase shareholder value, and deliver on customer promises
Vijay Govindarajan
Coxe Distinguished Professor, Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth · Former Chief Innovation Consultant, General ElectricVijay Govindarajan, widely known as VG, is the Coxe Distinguished Professor at Dartmouth College’s Tuck School of Business and a former Marvin Bower Fellow at Harvard Business School. Recognised as one of the world’s leading experts on strategy and innovation, he served as the Chief Innovation Consultant at General Electric, where he pioneered the concept of “Reverse Innovation”—developing breakthrough products in emerging markets to disrupt established ones. VG has consulted for over 25% of Fortune 500 CEOs and is the bestselling author of seminal books including The Three-Box Solution, Reverse Innovation, and Fusion Strategy. His research bridges long-term strategy with execution, equipping organisations to balance present profitability with continuous future transformation.- 01The Three-Box Solution framework: managing the core business (Box 1), selectively letting go of legacy practices (Box 2), and creating breakthrough innovations (Box 3)
- 02Reverse Innovation: how developing breakthrough products in emerging markets creates non-linear growth and reshapes global market dynamics
- 03Fusion Strategy: integrating digital capabilities into physical products to build ecosystem-driven competitive advantages
- 04Leading non-linear change: practical tools for executive teams to allocate talent, capital, and metrics for long-term strategic transformation
Sarah Robb O'Hagan
CEO, Exos · Former Global President, Gatorade · Former President, EquinoxSarah Robb O'Hagan is a transformative business executive who has served as Global President of Gatorade, President of Equinox, CEO of Flywheel Sports, and key marketing leader at Nike. She is currently the CEO of Exos, a leading performance coaching company partnering with 30% of the Fortune 100. Recognised by Fast Company as one of the “Most Creative People in Business” and named to Forbes’ “Most Powerful Women in Sports”, Sarah grew up in New Zealand and is the author of the bestselling book Extreme YOU. Beyond her executive leadership, she has served on the boards of Strava and JetBlue Airways and has championed global initiatives empowering women and girls through sports.- 01The Readiness Culture Code: how integrating physical and mental recovery into corporate culture expands employee capacity, eliminates burnout, and sustains peak performance
- 02Radical brand and business transformation: lessons from spearheading complete turnarounds and product reinventions at global powerhouses like Gatorade, Equinox, and Nike
- 03The Breakout Leader Playbook: strategies for taking calculated risks, fostering intrapreneurship, and unlocking untapped leadership potential across teams
- 04The Work + Rest Formula: rethinking modern productivity by centering recovery as a competitive advantage to build resilient, high-retention workplace cultures
Ann Hiatt
Former Chief of Staff to Eric Schmidt, Google · Former Executive Assistant to Jeff Bezos, AmazonAnn Hiatt is a Silicon Valley veteran, leadership strategist, and bestselling author with over 15 years of experience working alongside the tech industry's most influential pioneers. She spent three years as the Executive Assistant to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos during its pivotal hyper-growth phase, followed by 12 years at Google as Chief of Staff to CEO and Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt. Now an international speaker, board member, and investor, Hiatt is the author of Bet on Yourself, a practical guide to career ownership and intrapreneurship. She advises executive teams and high-growth organisations on developing resilient leadership, driving innovation from within, and mastering high-stakes decision-making under uncertainty.- 01The Bezos & Schmidt playbook: insider principles on rapid decision-making, scaling under pressure, and maintaining relentless innovation from Silicon Valley's top CEOs
- 02Cultivating an intrapreneurial mindset: how to empower employees at all levels to take calculated risks, own their professional growth, and drive internal transformation
- 03Agility and resilient leadership: frameworks for navigating ambiguity, prioritizing high-impact initiatives, and maintaining organisational momentum during market shifts
- 04High-performing strategic partnerships: keys to seamlessly aligning executive vision with operational execution while building cultures of accountability and trust
Jason Wild
Former Vice President of CEO Co-Innovation and Customer Engagement, Microsoft · Former SVP of Transformation and Innovation, SalesforceJason Wild is an award-winning leader who helps elite teams within organizations design and create strategic relationships and customer experiences within some of the most admired brands in the world. As Vice President of CEO Co-Innovation and Customer Engagement at Microsoft, he led a global team of creatives, strategists, architects, designers and support experts. In his previous Microsoft executive role as VP of Growth Strategies, he delivered over $100B in incremental revenue over five years. A global business expert, having led transformation and innovation projects in 38 countries, he is also former Salesforce SVP of Transformation and Innovation, and an Investor/Entrepreneur in Residence at Emory University’s Goizueta Business School. He is the co-author of Genius at Scale with Harvard Business School Professor Linda A. Hill, published in March 2026.- 01The “ABC Framework”: the three roles of innovation leaders to create an environment where collective intelligence outperforms any individual mind
- 02The resurgence of Agile: how to work smarter, distributed, and collaboratively—applying the best lessons of digital transformation to build more resilient and adaptive organizations
- 03The go-to-market revolution: how to restructure and realign your entire organization around the way value is created today
- 04Beyond technology, AI and infrastructure: how to redesign your organization for adaptability in an era of structural unpredictability
Nathalie Nahai
Psychology-driven technology strategist · Author of Business Unusual and Webs of InfluenceNathalie Nahai is a leading voice that explores the intersection of human behavior, culture, and emerging technology. A polymath with a background in psychology, marketing and digital strategy, she advises organisations on how to navigate the ethical, creative, and relational challenges posed by AI, having worked with leading companies such as Google, Accenture, and Unilever, among others. A contributor to Harvard Business Review, she is the author of Business Unusual and Webs of Influence, and the host of the podcast In Conversation with Nathalie Nahai, where she explores themes such as consciousness, resilience, and the future of work.- 01Understanding agency: what AI lacks and why human discernment matters
- 02Human + AI collaboration: how to train, guide, and integrate AI as a valuable, aligned member of our teams and customer interactions
- 03Designing tech with trust: how to build ethical, emotionally intelligent strategies for a more connected digital future
- 04The risks of automation without reflection—and how to preserve creativity, trust, and connection
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