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Brent Cassell
VP, Advisory
Gartner
Speaker Topics
- Employee Performance Management
- Future of Work
- HR Function Strategy and Management
- Total Rewards
- Wellbeing
Speaker Bio
Brent Cassell is a VP, Advisory at Gartner, where he has worked for the past 20 years in both the HR and CIO Research Groups. His job is to help clients find the research they need, to help them understand that research, and to coach them through the implementation of those best practices in their own organizations. Currently, his research focuses on the Future of Work and Talent Management. In 2022, he won Gartner's award for Outstanding Thought Leadership for his work on Redesigning Work for the Hybrid World. He is also the Contributing Editor of HR Leaders Monthly and the Co-Host of the Talent Angle podcast
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Sessions
Tuesday, October 28, 2025 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM EDT
Signature Series: Gartner Futures Lab - The Top Forces Impacting Strategic Planning in 2026
Brent Cassell,
VP, Advisory, Gartner
HR leaders cannot predict the future. However, they can adopt a more deliberate approach to sensing and responding to trends across seven categories (technological, political, economical, social/cultural, trust/ethics, regulatory/legal and environmental). Join this session to learn more about Gartner’s Tapestry framework and how it can help you weave together a story about the plausible future.
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Tuesday, October 28, 2025 05:00 PM - 05:30 PM EDT
Crossroads Debate: Are Well-Being Programs Worth it?
Brent Cassell,
VP, Advisory, Gartner
Augustus Vickery,
Director, Advisory, Gartner
Organizational spend on wellbeing benefits has continued to increase over recent years. However, less than half of employees even use the wellbeing programmes their organization offers, and many who do use them provide feedback that they do not meet their needs. Ultimately, with all the investment in recent years, organizations have generally not seen employee wellbeing increasing. So are wellbeing programs even worth the time and effort? Wouldn't we be better off reallocating that spend towards employees' compensation or towards providing additional time off? Join this session to hear Gartner experts debate the pros and cons of wellbeing programs today, and walk away with data backed arguments to support your strategy - whichever side of the fence you are on.
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Wednesday, October 29, 2025 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM EDT
Maximize Employee Productivity by Avoiding "Efficiency Traps"
Brent Cassell,
VP, Advisory, Gartner
Efficiency and productivity are often used interchangeably. However, when organizations become hyper-focused on efficiency, they run the risk of falling into efficiency traps that negatively impact productivity, such as risk averseness, constrained autonomy, and lower creativity and innovation. This session will dive deeper into how HR can work with business leaders to balance efficiency with value creation and maximize employee productivity potential.
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