Challenges to accelerate into the future
"What are some of the challenges to accelerate into the future? What we know from that study is your two top things number one: too many competing priorities. This isn't a surprise, in addition to the future of work that Ravin commented on, companies put dozens upon hundreds of legacy projects on hold during the height of the pandemic. And now they're trying, now they're picking them back up. And number two employee exhaustion and burnout. Of course halting transformation is not an option, so organizations are needing to focus on the critical few which requires them to align on the top priorities across the firm, and also keep a pulse on energy levels of their employees."
New currency of work
"The shift towards skills being the currency of work really requires the capacity to perpetually reinvent work, and frankly perpetually reinvent oneself, in order to stay relevant for this continuously evolving nature of work that were that we were going to continue to experience."
Four things that HR leaders need to do
"I think it's really four things that HR leaders need to do as they shift to becoming stewards of work, not just stewards of employment. You know understanding the work, not just the jobs. Ensuring that we are getting to the optimal combinations of humans in automation and in a sustainable way. Ensuring that we've considered the full array of human work engagements, not just jobs or outsourcing, but all of the different ways in which talent can connect work. And then creating the capacity to keep perpetually reinventing work so it's not a one off big transformation, but a mindset and a framework that ensures you're continually staying relevant and your workforce is staying relevant as well."