Develop: How Can HR Reduce Complexity Without Creating New Risk?

10:00 am - Thursday 25th June 2026

  • Where does decision overload show up most clearly in HR operating models today?
  • How do unclear ownership, manual work, and fragmented processes increase risk even when costs are reduced?
  • What decisions should be standardised, automated, or governed centrally versus deliberately left local?
  • How do leaders know when simplification has gone too far?

Speakers:

Vice Chancellor, People, Culture and Belonging
Vanderbilt University
VP
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Senior Vice President & Chancellor - Human Resources
University of California, Irvine
Vice President & Associate Vice Chancellor, Human Resources
UCI Health