2018 SIR Annual Conference and Exhibit Fair

Have you ever been the victim of a ‘reduction in force’ (RIF), or reorganization, where you absolutely loved your role and the organization you worked for, and there wasn’t anything you could do to change your unfortunate circumstance? Have you ever wondered, what more could I have done to either enhance my skills closer to the point of indispensability, or attach myself to such a critical outcome in the organization that would make you immune to this all-too-often outcome in “Corporate America”?

If you’ve ever struggled with any of these questions, or many others that might be related to it, join two industry professionals – Karen Kaluzsa of Cigna and Derek Johnson of Aurora WDC – for this session at SIR that will have something for everyone, regardless of the style of insurance products (health, life, commercial, etc.) you may support. In this session, learn about how Karen’s journey – as a classically-trained librarian for a top management consulting agency, with a background in law, and knowing very little about the actual industry of Health Insurance – required an agile reinvention of her core industry skillset to make a hard pivot to an industry she has come to love. Moderated by Derek, who also reinvented himself over 15 years ago from a promising career in the Investment Management arena to an industry he really knew nothing about, this duo will light-heartedly confront a wide variety of skills (professional and personal) that are part and parcel to becoming an Insights Ninja.