Talks

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"The People Business: A Conversation on Talent, Culture & the Future of Music's Workforce"

What does it take to build and sustain world-class organizations in one of the most dynamic industries on earth? In this conversation, two of music's most influential people executives join TurnkeyZRG Managing Director and Head of Music Tom Truitt for an honest, wide-ranging discussion on the forces reshaping talent and culture across the business.

Drew Davis, Executive Vice President and Global Chief People Officer at Sony Music Entertainment, brings more than 25 years of HR leadership experience across global industries — and a distinctive outside perspective on what makes music's workforce culture unique. Ruth Martinez, Chief People Officer at Concord, has spent her entire career inside music, navigating two decades of transformation from her years at Warner Music Group to guiding Concord through one of its most ambitious periods of growth and acquisition.

Together, they'll explore where the industry is finding — and struggling to find — talent, how AI is changing both the workforce and the HR function itself, and what music companies must do to attract and retain the next generation of leaders.

This is a conversation every music executive should hear.