Veli Ndaba – ‘The NeuroEngineer’ 
Mandi Olivier 
Alan Hosking
HR Minds 2025 Day 1
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Welcome Speech & Event Opening
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The Evolving Role of HR in a Hybrid World: Redesigning policies, engagement, and culture for a blended workforce.
Shelleny Govender-Dhooma (CHRP, M.Inst.Dir)
This keynote explores how HR leaders can adapt to a hybrid workforce by redesigning policies, enhancing employee engagement, and fostering a cohesive culture that bridges remote and in-office teams, ensuring flexibility, productivity, and long-term organisational resilience.
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From Admin to Strategy: Elevating the HR Function: How HR professionals at all levels can align with business objectives.
This keynote explores the strategic evolution of HR, focusing on how professionals at all levels can transition from administrative support to business enablers. Learn practical approaches to align HR practices with organisational goals, drive impact, and influence executive decision-making...
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Coffee/ Tea Break
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Talent Acquisition in a Skills-Driven Economy: Recruitment strategies that prioritise capabilities over credentials.
This keynote explores how organisations can rethink recruitment by focusing on skills over formal qualifications. Learn innovative sourcing strategies, assessment tools, and workforce planning methods to attract and retain top talent in a rapidly evolving, skills-first economic landscape.
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Data-Driven HR: Leveraging People Analytics for Better Decisions: Making smarter workforce decisions using data at all HR levels
This keynote explores how people analytics empowers HR professionals to make smarter, evidence-based decisions across recruitment, retention, performance, and engagement—transforming data into actionable insights that drive strategic value and improve workforce outcomes at every organizational level.
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Networking Lunch Break
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Driving DEI Beyond Compliance: Creating inclusive cultures that genuinely empower underrepresented groups.
This keynote explores strategies to move beyond DEI checkboxes by embedding inclusion into everyday culture. It highlights actionable approaches to empower underrepresented groups, foster authentic belonging, and build equitable workplaces that reflect a deeper commitment to diversity and inclusion.
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Leadership Development at All Levels: Building a leadership pipeline through continuous learning and coaching.
This keynote explores how organisations can cultivate leadership at every level by implementing structured learning journeys, mentorship, and coaching programs that empower employees, strengthen leadership pipelines, and align leadership development with long-term business goals in a rapidly changing workforce landscape.
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Future-Ready Workforce Planning and Organisational Agility: OD strategies for staying resilient and adaptable in fast-changing markets.
This keynote explores OD strategies to build a future-ready workforce, enhance organisational agility, and drive resilience. Learn how to align talent planning with rapid market shifts, foster adaptability, and future-proof your organisation against continuous disruption and evolving business landscapes.