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The Cost of Disengagement

An invitation-only conversation for HR leaders on knowing, in real time, which of your teams are pulling away.

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Date

Thursday 8 October 2026

Time

08:30 for 09:00 to 11:00

Venue

[Venue], Johannesburg

The number arrives, and very little changes

Most organisations still measure engagement once or twice a year and manage it as an afterthought.

The result gets reported, filed, and the next cycle begins. Meanwhile the cost is already on the books, in attrition, in lost productivity, in the quiet withdrawal that never shows up in an exit interview.

This is a working conversation, not a presentation. We will unpack what annual measurement actually costs, and what it takes to spot a team pulling away while there is still time to do something about it. Altron Digital Business will open up its own experience, including the missteps, because we went through this ourselves.

By the time the results land, the teams that were pulling away have already gone.

Two people who lived it, and one who will press them on it

Vivekka Ramprasad

Executive: Human Resources
Altron Digital Business

Over sixteen years in HR leadership, including heading HR Operations at Dimension Data before joining ADB. Vivekka will speak to what disengagement looked like inside the business before anything changed, and the point at which an annual survey stopped being defensible.

Jenni Burgum

Lead: Employee Engagement
Altron Digital Business

Jenni has spent her career in employee engagement and internal communications, including roles at NTT Data Group and Dimension Data. She will speak to what changed at ADB, what was hardest about it, and what is different now.

Kgaogelo Letsebe

Managing Editor, CHRO South Africa
Moderator

Moderating the conversation and taking it to the open floor, where the room sets the agenda.