Chicago Breakfast Club

Network with Chicago's top 100 employee experience leaders

By invitation only. Join the most influential voices in employee experience at an exclusive breakfast hosted at: The Midland Hotel, Chicago The food and drinks are on us!

This event will put you face-to-face with a VIP list of employee experience leaders to network, share challenges, and spark new ideas to fuel the next phase of your employee experience strategy.
You'll leave with

• Fresh perspectives (and maybe a few hot takes)
• Real connections with people who get it
• Practical tips you can put to work the very next day

Agenda:

9:00am | Coffee & conversation
Ease into your morning with a coffee in hand and casual convos with other employee experience pros.

9:15am | Welcome & Introductions

9:20-9:45am | Keynote: The Science Behind Why Frontline Workers Feel Left Behind with Chuck Gose

Frontline employees make up 80% of the global workforce. Most of them feel invisible. We've spent years throwing technology at the problem, and the gap isn't closing. There's a neuroscience model that explains exactly why frontline workers disengage. Once you understand it, you'll see how much of what we've been doing has been working against us. This session covers what the science says and what to do about it.

9:45-10:00am | Coffee break & Blink preview
Refuel, reconnect, and roll up to a hands-on look at Blink – the world’s leading mobile-first employee experience platform.

10:00-10:20am | Blink state of the nation

10:20-10:25am | Coffee break

10:25-10:45am | Roundtable: Designing Meaningful Office Experiences in the Age of AI
If AI can handle more of our individual work, how do we design office experiences that people actually value, not just attend?

10:45-11:15am | Let’s Workshop It!
Time to get hands on. Join small group discussions to tackle real-world scenarios, share quick wins, and brainstorm better ways to connect with your people.

11:15-11:30am | Live Q&A: Ask an Expert
We’re wrapping up with a rapid-fire employee experience panel featuring internal comms leaders, tech partners, and Blink power users. Bring your questions!