Best Practices, Revisited: The Compensation Trends Set to Define 2027

Do comp “best practices” still hold up?
Long tenures, quiet pay, and slow markets shaped the rules most comp teams still follow. Today, with AI and greater transparency, employees have more information at their fingertips than ever before. So what does comp look like from here?
Join two comp experts – Novo Insights founder Paul Reiman and beqom’s Jane Anderson – for a candid conversation on which best practices still deserve the name and which trends will define 2027 and beyond. They will draw on Paul’s recently published book, Pay Differently, to show how the goalposts have moved in the age of transparency.
What you'll learn:
- Which comp “best practices” no longer hold up, and which still earn the name.
- Why pay transparency in North America is an information challenge, not a regulatory one.
- How structure and governance around pay decisions help you stand behind them.
- What to measure in your annual cycle to know whether your changes worked.
- Where Paul and Jane see comp heading in 2027 and beyond.
Take a break from prep season to pressure-test your assumptions with two thought leaders in a candid, fun conversation. Bring your questions for the live Q&A.
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About our speakers
Paul Reiman, Founder, Novo Insights
Paul Reiman is the founder of Novo Insights and the author of Pay Differently: Why Everything We Built Is Wrong for the Transparency Era. He has spent nearly thirty years on both sides of compensation, first as the consultant who sold the frameworks and then as the operator who had to live inside them. Today he helps comp and HR leaders understand why traditional approaches broke and what to build in their place.
Jane Anderson, Head of Business Development - Financial Services, beqom
Jane Anderson has twenty years of experience in human resources, with a focus on professional and financial services. As a leader at beqom, she drives growth in the financial services sector, ensuring customers maximize value from the platform. Previously at Morgan Stanley, she held several compensation and analytics roles, ultimately leading compensation operations and the implementation of beqom’s total compensation management platform. Jane has extensive experience managing HR technology, customer success, and large-scale change management projects.
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