Event Calendar

Start Date: 1/14/2026 7:45 AM EST
End Date: 1/14/2026 10:00 AM EST

Venue Name: Westwood Country Club

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Organization Name: HR Alliance DC

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Join us at the Westwood Country Club for our January Annual Meeting and first program of the year! 

Networking: 7:45 - 8:15 AM
Arrive early for an opportunity to meet new people!

Program Description:

Many companies say that people are its most important asset and, yet, very few know how to unlock the real brilliance in their people. In this fun, inspiring, practical, and actionable program Alan Gregerman will take you on a race around the world to discover the real keys to innovation and employee engagement. In the process you will learn how to ensure that people continue to be the essential driver of business success in a world that is becoming more reliant on Artificial Intelligence (AI).

This program is based on Alan's latest best-selling book, The Wisdom of Ignorance. The first 50 attendees receive a signed copy of Alan's latest book!

Learning Objectives:

• Improve our understanding of how innovation really occurs and how everyone on our teams can become more consistently innovative.
• Improve our understanding of how to engage and unlock the genius in everyone in your organization from the moment they arrive.
• Provide practical guidance on HR’s role in innovation and engagement that can be put to work to create results the moment you go back to your company or organization.

Speaker: 

Alan Gregerman is the chief innovation officer of Washington, D.C.-based consultancy VENTURE WORKS, a best-selling author, sought-after keynote speaker and a community volunteer.  In these roles, he focuses on helping companies and organizations unlock the genius in all of their people in order to deliver the most compelling value to their customers. He is also the founder of Passion for Learning, an award-winning nonprofit that teaches girls technology skills as a key to life and career success.

Alan's work has been featured in over 250 leading publications and media outlets in the U.S. and in other countries including the Wall Street Journal, NPR, CNN, The Economic Times, Business Week, Dagens Industri, and Fast Company and his writing, speaking, and teaching has informed and, hopefully, inspired over 700,000 people around the world.

Alan's three previous books—The Necessity of Strangers, Surrounded by Geniuses, and Lessons from the Sandbox—challenge conventional thinking about people, the world around us, what it means to be remarkable, and where brilliant ideas come from. His new book, “The Wisdom of Ignorance: Why Not Knowing Can Be the Key to Innovation in an Uncertain World,” provides a powerful new formula for meaningful innovation and making a difference in a world moving super-fast. 

Staff Note:

• The first 50 to arrive at the program will receive a signed copy of Alan's most recent book, "The Wisdom of Ignorance: Why Not Knowing Can Be the Key to Innovation in an Uncertain World"

Professional Development:
This program has been pre-approved for 1.5 HR (General) recertification credit hours toward aPHR®, aPHRi™, PHR®, PHRca®, SPHR®, GPHR®, PHRi™ and SPHRi™ recertification through HR Certification Institute® (HRCI®).



HR Alliance DC is recognized by SHRM to offer Professional Development Credits (PDCs) for SHRM-CP® or SHRM-SCP® recertification activities. This program is valid for 1.50 PDCs for the SHRM-CP® or SHRM-SCP®. For more information about certification or recertification, please visit shrmcertification.org.



Pricing for this Program:

• Members:
  • Individual and Organizational Members - Free; Guests - $50
  • Annual Sponsors - Free; Guests - $50
• Org. Member Substitutes - Free (promo code must be entered)
• Public (Non-Member)
  • HR Practitioners: $75
  • Service Providers/Vendors: $125