Fast Company Co-Founder & Editor Bill Taylor to Speak at the Human Capital Institute's 2007 National Human Capital Summit

The Human Capital Institute (HCI), a global professional association and educator in talent management strategies, announced today that Fast Company Co-Founder and Editor Bill Taylor will be a featured speaker at HCI's second annual National Human Capital Summit, to be held in Phoenix March 19-21.

Washington, D.C. (PRWeb) November 23, 2006 -- The Human Capital Institute (http://www.humancapitalinstitute.org/hci/home.guid) (HCI), a global professional association and educator in talent management strategies, announced today that Fast Company Co-Founder and Editor Bill Taylor (http://www.humancapitalinstitute.org/hci/events_conference_2007_speakers.guid) will be a featured speaker at HCI's second annual National Human Capital Summit (http://www.humancapitalinstitute.org/hci/events_conference_2007_main.guid), to be held in Phoenix March 19-21.

Day three of the Summit, Taylor will examine how companies and leaders can navigate a fast-moving world and devise strategies (http://www.humancapitalinstitute.org/hci/track_communities_overview.guid) that win in the marketplace by opening themselves up to outside ideas and contributors. Brilliant people don't have to work for you, Taylor explains, in order to work with you.

Providing such examples as the volunteer programmers who created the powerful Linux operating system, Procter & Gamble's transformation of R&D, and the decision by the CEO of a major gold company to invite the whole world to tell him where to drill for gold, Taylor will demonstrate why embracing the outside-in-logic of innovation means abandoning familiar assumptions about where great ideas come from and who gets to be part of a company.

"Bill Taylor is a provocative and inspiring voice on the future of business," said Allan Schweyer, HCI's President & Executive Director. "We are extremely pleased that he will be a keynote speaker at HCI's upcoming Summit."

An agenda-setting writer, speaker, and entrepreneur who has helped shape the global conversation about the best ways to compete, innovate, and succeed, Bill Taylor is Co-Founder and Editor of Fast Company, a magazine that has won numerous awards and earned a following of executives and entrepreneurs from around the world. Fast Company has won two coveted National Magazine Awards, was named Launch of the Year by Advertising Age, Startup of the Year by AdWeek, and Magazine of the Year by Advertising Age.

Before founding Fast Company in 1993, Taylor served as associate editor of the Harvard Business Review, where he focused on themes such as U.S.-Japan competition, global strategies, and the new business models emerging in Silicon Valley.

His articles and essays on business have appeared in a wide range of publications including The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The New York Times Book Review, Newsday, and Institutional Investor. Taylor is also co-author of three books on strategy, leadership, and innovation: "The Big Boys: Power and Position in American Business," "No-Excuses Management," and "Going Global."

Bill Taylor is an Adjunct Professor at Babson College, where he teaches courses in entrepreneurship. He holds an M.B.A. from MIT Sloan School of Management and a B.A. from Princeton University.

ABOUT HCI'S 2007 SUMMIT, "WHERE TALENT MEETS BUSINESS STRATEGY"

HCI's second annual Human Capital Summit will take place Monday March 19 through Wednesday March 21 in Phoenix, with a Benefit Golf Tournament on Sunday, March 18. The 2007 event, "Where Talent Meets Business Strategy," is for forward-thinking executives, human resources professionals, business managers, and organizational development leaders who share a common vision of the global knowledge economy and are ready to align their organizations. Conference tracks will focus on three key success areas: leadership, innovation, and talent. For the complete program listing, location and hotel information, registration details and more, please visit: www.humancapitalinstitute.org

ABOUT THE HUMAN CAPITAL INSTITUTE

The Human Capital Institute is a think tank, educator, and global professional association dedicated to the advancement of talent management practices with individuals and organizations. HCI serves as a catalyst for innovative thinking in integrated talent strategy, acquisition, development, engagement, management, and measurement. Through research and collaboration, HCI programs collect original, creative ideas from a field of the brightest thought leaders in talent management. Those ideas are then transformed into measurable, real-world strategies that help its members attract and retain high-performing people, build a diverse, inclusive workplace, and leverage individual and team performance throughout the enterprise. HCI members represent a broad coalition of educators, talent managers and executives. For more information, please visit: www.humancapitalinstitute.org

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