In this miniseries, Brave New Work’s Rodney Evans is joined by friend-of-the-pod and Ready OG Sam Spurlin to dive into how HR can become more resilient, efficient, and equitable.

Last week, Rodney and Sam teamed up with Future of HR team member Meg Saxby to explore our new maturity model, assessment, and the six key capabilities every HR department needs to learn, strengthen, and evolve to succeed in the future of work. Today, on episode 4, Rodney, Sam, and Meg finish that two-parter. Which reminds us: If you haven’t yet listened to last week’s episode, do that first for a 101 overview of our maturity model.

This episode focuses on the capabilities needed to succeed in Levels 3-5 (and our secret bonus level):

Facilitation and Future of Work Coaching
Solution Design and Market Management
Data Literacy and Automation

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Learn more about The Future of HR at our website

Curious where your company sits on our 5-stage maturity model? Take our assessment and find out!

Have a burning HR question for Rodney and Sam to answer? Email us at fohr@theready.com.

Ready to get started moving your HR department into the future? Email us at fohr@theready.com or hello@theready.com.

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00:00 Intro and Check-In: What is a language you would like to speak (or speak better than your currently do) and why?

03:03 Why these are Varsity 2.0 level skills

04:31 Key Capability 4: Facilitation and Future of Work Coaching

08:04 What Future of Work coaching looks like in practice

11:34 Key Capability 5: Solution Design and Market Management

15:31 Why solution design is such a big shift for HR

18:18 Key Capability 6: Data Literacy and Automation

19:56 Big potential wins for automation in HR right now

23:32 Impact of AI on capacity planning

24:58 Holding our predictions lightly

26:51 Wrap up: Send us your burning hot HR questions!

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