44th Annual Conference | Sept 22 / Oct 13 / Nov 10 2020 | virtual

Agenda & Topics

If you registered for the conference, you can access the recorded videos here.

Day one

Using Good Judgment

  • How and why each leader uses Axiology and Hartman’s work in their business, why it’s even more important in the world today, and how axiology has personally impacted them.

    • Jay Morris, Ph.D. – VP, Education & Executive Director, Institute for Excellence, Yale New Haven Health Hospital and RSHI Board Member (Connecticut)

    • Sophie Couthard – Workplace Wellbeing Co-Founder, Speaker, Podcast Host, Author (London)

    • Drea Douglass – Director of Talent Management Consulting, The Brooks Group (North Carolina)

    Facilitated by Suzie Price – Assessment Expert, Facilitator, Podcast Producer and Author, Priceless Professional Development and RSHI Board Member (Atlanta)

  • How to amplify your influence with others. How to convert Hartman’s terminology into everyday language. How to plant the seeds of Axiology in an 8th grader.

    • Ron Price – Founder/CEO at Price Associates, Founder/Senior Facilitator at The Complete Leader

  • Why each panelist was drawn to Hartman and decided to pursue his ideas throughout their career and each person will share their fondest memory of their time with Hartman.

    • Art Ellis, Ph.D. – Retired Licensed Professional Counselor (Tennessee)

    • Rem Edwards, Ph.D. – Lindsay Young Professor of Philosophy Emeritus (Tennessee)

    • Steve Byrum, Ph.D. – The Byrum Consulting Group, LLC; Founding Senior Partner and Chief Content Officer, Judgment Index (Tennessee)

    • Wayne Carpenter, Ph.D. – Chairman and Founder of Axiometrics International (Tennessee)

    • Mark Moore, Ph.D. – CEO of Atlantic Alpha Strategies, LLC (Georgia)

Day Two

Making Good Decisions

  • Five-year study revealing what and who Accupeople tracked, what we thought we’d find, what we discovered, and how COVID-19 and working from home are affecting people.

    • Fernanda Zenzio – Co-Founder of Accupeople Intelab (Mexico)

  • How Axiology: Shortened the go-to-market time for products; Grew profitability in the health and weight loss industry; Resolved a potential breakup of a couple in counseling.

    • Jim Comenzo – President of Creating Healthy Relationships, LLC (Pennsylvania)

  • Robert Hartman’s life was marked by war, which profoundly influenced his development of formal axiology. In this session, we explore how his experiences shaped his theories.

    • Cliff Hurst, Ph.D. – Professor, Researcher, Consultant, Author, and RSHI Board Member (Utah/Georgia)

    • Catherine Blakemore – Brand Strategist and RSHI Board Member (Utah)

Day Three

Leading with Love

  • Meaning As Happiness; Where Buber and Heidegger Ended Up; The Caveat of Reinhold Niebuhr; and The Challenge to Hartman’s “Four Self Rules.”

    • Steve Byrum, Ph.D. – The Byrum Consulting Group, LLC; Founding Senior Partner and Chief Content Officer, Judgment Index (Tennessee)

  • Real-life examples in business, education, and healthcare of how the Intrinsic makes a difference and strategies for bringing more of this dynamic into your business and life.

    • Sheri Smith – CEO and Founder at Indigo Education Company (Colorado)

    • Chip Scholz – Executive Coach, Author, Speaker, Facilitator, Entrepreneur, Scholz and Associates, Inc. (North Carolina)

    • Robert Calabrese – Principal at Business Visions Group and Former Monk (New Jersey)

    • Darlene Clark – Owner, Value Partners Consulting, LLC (Texas)

    Facilitated by Marc Simms – Employee Retention Specialist, Right Performance Management (Florida)

What Attendees Loved

  • "Each presentation had its own unique perspective on HVP, Dr. Hartman, and how to integrate axiology into our personal and professional lives. "

  • "This was truly a GLOBAL conference."

  • "Wonderful to hear the stories of people who worked with Robert Hartman and to hear how formal axiology is impacting people’s lives."

  • "The example how to make Value Science more understandable."

  • "Understanding that this is a science and the application is an art."

  • "The feeling of family and dedication to making the world a better place."