SIM Leadership SIG From Fatigued to Future Ready. Leading Organizations Through Relentless Change
2026-05-19 12:30 - 13:30 (America/New_York)
About the Session:

The pace of change isn’t going back to normal â and your people know it. The leaders who will win the next five years aren’t the ones who push harder. They’re the ones who learn how to sustain momentum without burning out the humans doing the work. Join us for a conversation on building change-resilient cultures, restoring trust during turbulent times, and leading with clarity when everything feels uncertain.

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SIM Women Webinar May 2026
2026-05-20 15:00 - 16:00
SIM Women is a network inside the SIM national association that promotes mentorship, communication, and career development amongst the female members of SIM. We are excited to host our next webinar on Wednesday, May 20th at 3pm ET.

Join us for a fireside chat on The Truth About Transformation: What Actually Works vs What Sounds Good. We will discuss where companies chase trends instead of solving real problems, the difference between adopting tech vs changing how people work, and why transformation is more about behavior than tools. A CIO sees wasted spend, failed initiatives, overhyped expectations. This is a straightforward conversation about what leaders get wrong about transformation, what you say no to and what creates ROI vs noise.

Shayn has been in technology for 35 years, starting as a developer and then escalating up through leadership roles to the CIO position. She is currently VP, Chief Information Officer at BrightView Landscape, a $3B public commercial landscaping company. She leads the Information Technology organization, partnering closely with teams across the business to advance their digital capabilities, strengthen their infrastructure, and support their continued growth. Shayn brings deep experience as a transformational technology leader, having previously served as CIO at National Seating & Mobility(NSM), $750 PE owned DME/CRT/Supply and Home Access firm. At NSM, she led the implementation of emerging technologies including AI, Robotic Programming Automation and enhanced threat and vulnerability platforms. Prior to that, Shayn held the role of Senior Vice President of Global Information Technology at Hill International, a $340M global construction services firm. There, she led successful three-year digital transformation initiatives, modernized enterprise IT infrastructure, enhanced global cybersecurity posture in line with NIST CSF standards, and helped the company navigate major organizational change. Shayn is known for aligning IT capabilities with business goals, fostering high-performance teams, and driving measurable outcomes in complex, fast-paced environments.

Register above! Once you register, you will receive the webinar access information directly from Zoom.

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Members In Transition (M.I.T.) Videoconference
2026-05-25 13:00 - 14:00, 2026-06-08 13:00 - 14:00, 2026-06-22 13:00 - 14:00, 2026-07-06 13:00 - 14:00, 2026-07-20 13:00 - 14:00, 2026-08-03 13:00 - 14:00, 2026-08-17 13:00 - 14:00, 2026-08-31 13:00 - 14:00 and 16 more dates | Webinar
Are you in transition? Are you thinking of changing positions? Is your company hiring? Then register for our meeting! This meeting is open and complimentary to all members, whether you are looking for a new position or want to help your colleagues.
Let us know if you are currently in transition so that we may keep you apprised of potential opportunities as we hear about them. Email Mark Beatty or Giacomo Mascillaro, the hosts of the meeting.

More information is available on the MIT message site and our information page. Also, check out SIM National’s database of I.T. executive jobs, at careers.simnet.org.
Meetings will be held every other Monday. Schedule permitting, we will be joined at most meetings by Dan Counts, Certified Career Coach and co-leader of the West Coast SIM MIT chapter.

To register, select your complimentary ticket below.

SIM Leadership Institute Guest Speaker Series Eric Bloom
2026-06-03 12:00 - 13:00
Our June guest is Eric Bloom

Eric Bloom has spent his career exploring a simple but powerful idea: leadership is often not what we think it is.

As Executive Director of the IT Management and Leadership Institute, Eric helps develop the next generation of IT leaders—but his perspective is grounded in decades of real-world experience as a senior IT executive at organizations including Fidelity Investments, Monster
Worldwide, and Independence Investments.

Over time, Eric transitioned from leading teams to studying, teaching, and writing about what actually makes leaders successful. As a bestselling author, TEDx speaker, and nationally syndicated columnist, he is known for turning leadership theory into practical, real-world insight.

A long-time SIM member and chapter board leader, Eric brings both credibility and candor to conversations about what it really takes to lead in today’s environment.

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ReThinkers Discussion Session The Declaration of Human Participation
2026-06-05 11:00 - 13:00
About the Session:

This session is part of an ongoing dialogue about what happens to the workforce when Integrated Intelligent Systems — AI, AI agents, industrial robotics, autonomous vehicles, and humanoid machines — converge. Not as a future scenario. As something already underway and measurable.

The Work 4.0 Index, a monthly composite labor market instrument developed within SIM Work 4.0, currently reads 40 out of 100 — a zone we call Hidden Stress Building. The gap between baseline labor market health and the technology-adjusted signal is widening. The economy is growing. Workforce health is not keeping pace. That divergence is the problem this session is designed to address.

The Declaration of Human Participation is a fiscally-modeled framework for managing the large-scale workforce transition driven by IIS. It is not a political document. It is not a policy wish list. It is a comprehensive architecture — with a 40-year projection window, four displacement scenarios, and self-funding mechanisms that scale as IIS deployment accelerates.

Topics covered in this session:

• Why AI-only policy frames miss the majority of the displacement problem
• Why conventional responses — retraining, job guarantees, traditional UBI — fail at IIS scale
• Why this is not socialism, and why that distinction matters
• The income architecture: Displacement Income Guarantee, Universal Participation Income, and the Public Trust Fund
• The funding mechanisms: Labor Displacement Levy, Productivity Dividend Levy, and Inverted VAT
• The human framework: Essential Workforce Incentive, Human Expression Income, and the youth pipeline
• How IIS restructures consumer demand — not just labor supply
• The long-range picture: healthy longevity, fertility recovery, and the 40-year economic horizon

The session runs two hours. It is structured around six sections with a feedback pause after each. The only question asked at each pause: does this feel directionally correct, and is it worth building on?

This is a small-group, invitation-managed session. Attendance is limited. If you register, please attend or release your seat in advance — demand is high and space is reserved for those committed to the dialogue.

The session is open to technology leaders, workforce strategists, policy thinkers, and anyone who believes the conversation about what comes next needs to start now.

Facilitated By

Bill Waas

Co-Chair, SIM ReThink Everything! SIG
Join the Conversation

ReThinkers sessions are designed for open, respectful exploration of difficult ideas.

Expect thoughtful disagreement.

Expect new perspectives.

Expect to leave with more questions than answers.

Because the future will not be shaped by those who assume certainty.

It will be shaped by those willing to think differently.

SPACE IS LIMITED: This session caps at 25 participants to ensure
quality discussion. Register early to secure your spot.

Since seats are limited, please do not sign up and not show up!
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About SIM ReThinkers
SIM ReThinkers brings together forward-thinking IT leaders to explore emerging technologies, strategic challenges, and leadership practices. Our sessions foster peer learning, strategic dialogue, and actionable insights for navigating digital transformation.

COST TO ATTEND:

Free for SIM Members.
Employees of SIM Members are welcome to attend for free

ATTENDEE SUPPORT:
If you have trouble registering or need to renew your SIM membership, please email sim@simnet.org.
If you require special assistance of any kind, please call us at 800.387.9746 or email us at rethink@simnet.org.

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SIM Membership Orientation Webinar
2026-06-15 16:00 - 16:30 | Webinar
Hello, New Members!
First and foremost, thank you for being an essential part of the SIM Family!

We’re excited to invite you to our upcoming Member Orientation webinar, where you can unlock the full potential of your membership. This is a fantastic opportunity to explore the networking and professional development programs available at both the Chapter and National levels.

It will be an open mic program, where we will explore one SIM program in detail, but more importantly, we will answer your questions about any of the programs SIM offers.

Join your host, Bill Waas – Director of Enterprise Memberships, to learn how you can make the most of your SIM experience. We can’t wait to see you there!

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SIM Work 4.0 SIG The Labor Market is Sending a Signal. Are You Reading It
2026-07-14 12:00 - 13:00
SIM Work 4.0 · July 2026 Session
The Labor Market Is Sending a Signal.
Are You Reading It?
Introducing the Work 4.0 Index — the first composite measure of structural workforce health built specifically for technology leaders.

July 2026 · SIM TechLeader Forum ● Live Session + Q&A ● SIM Members

40 / 100
Current W4I Score Hidden Stress Zone

25%
of U.S. job cuts now cite AI — a first

61.9%
Labor force participation — lowest since Nov 2021

The economy is growing. Unemployment looks manageable. And yet something structural is shifting beneath the surface — entry-level roles contracting, discouraged workers surging, AI-cited layoffs reaching a milestone never seen before. The Work 4.0 Index was built to measure exactly this. Not the headline. The signal underneath it.

WHAT WE’LL COVER

01

The Index, Explained
Six pillars. Two layers — Baseline and Enhanced. Why the gap between them is the most important number on the page, and what it’s telling us right now.

02

Reading the Current Score
A walk through the May 2026 data: what each pillar is measuring, where stress is building, and why the trajectory matters more than any single month.

03

The Organizational Mirror
How to place your organization on the same scale as the national index — and what the CIO/CHRO gap in your own scores reveals about hidden risk.

04

What Technology Leaders Do With This
Board conversations. Workforce planning. Talent pipeline decisions. Concrete decision frames for using monthly index data in your leadership practice.

05

Live Q&A
Bring your numbers. Bring your skepticism. The index is designed to be interrogated.

THIS SESSION IS FOR YOU IF…

✓ You’re walking into board conversations about AI and workforce with more questions than data
✓ You suspect the labor market is changing faster than the headlines suggest
✓ You want a structured way to benchmark your organization’s workforce posture against the macro
✓ You’re a CIO who needs the CHRO in the room — and a framework that bridges both views

Bill Waas
Co-Chair, SIM Work 4.0 · Architect, Work 4.0 Index
The Work 4.0 Index publishes monthly. This session is the first time the full methodology, current data, and organizational application framework are presented together to the SIM community.

Society for Information Management · Work 4.0 Initiative · www.simnet.org/work-4-0

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