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The Skills-Powered Organization: The Journey to The Next Generation Enterprise

Name: The Skills-Powered Organization: The Journey to The Next Generation Enterprise
Start: 2026-02-11T18:00:00+01:00
End: 2026-02-11T21:00:00+01:00
Location: Chicago, TBD

A Blend Book Club Live with Ravin Jesuthasan

Chicago, TBD

February 11, 2026

6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

About this event

What does it really take to build an organisation that’s fit for the future: Agile, resilient, and powered by skills rather than static job titles?

In this special Blend Book Club Live, globally recognised futurist and co-author Ravin Jesuthasan joins the Chicago community for an intimate, off-the-record conversation on workforce transformation. Together, we’ll explore what works, what fails, and what leaders must do now to prepare their organisations for a skills-fluid, AI-accelerated future.

Our speakers

Alex Draper

Blend Chicago Community Lead; Founder of DV Learning

Alex Draper is a leadership development expert and founder of DX Learning, an organisation dedicated to building emotionally intelligent, people-first workplaces.

With a background in education and global leadership development, Alex has spent his career helping organisations eradicate workplace toxicity and create cultures where people and performance thrive.

Ravin Jesuthasan

Executive Fellow and Adjunct Faculty, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University

Ravin Jesuthasan is a globally recognised thought leader, futurist, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author on the future of work and human capital. He is a Senior Partner and Global Leader for Transformation Services at Mercer, a member of the World Economic Forum’s Steering Committee on Work and Employment, and a Thinkers50-ranked management thinker.

Ravin has led groundbreaking research on the global workforce, AI, and the transformation of work for the World Economic Forum and served as an advisor and featured expert on PBS’s Future of Work documentary series. He has been recognised as one of the world’s most influential consultants and future-of-work thinkers.

Key themes & discussion topics

Why traditional role-based operating models are breaking down – and what’s replacing them

How skills are becoming the new currency for value creation, mobility, and productivity

What large-scale workforce transformation looks like inside global organisations

How GenAI and automation are accelerating and complicating skills-based change

Event agenda

Registration & networking

6:00-6:45 PM

Masterclass & discussion

6:45-7:45 PM

Dinner

7:45-8:45 PM

Event wrap-up, reflection & networking

8:45-9:00 PM

Why should you attend?

You’ll gain a clearer, more practical understanding of how skills-powered organisations actually work in practice

This is a rare opportunity to engage directly with one of the world’s leading authorities on the future of work

The conversation goes beyond theory, with real examples from large-scale enterprise transformation

You’ll connect with senior leaders and peers navigating similar workforce and leadership challenges in a trusted, candid Blend setting

Event Organizer

Eliza Gleave

eliza@joinblend.com

Venue

Chicago, TBD

Chicago
United States

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