Digital HR Leaders with David Green

Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic HR functions with People Analytics Teams have been pivotal in co-ordinating and leading responses to the crisis in companies all around the world. Well, one such company is Indian multi national giant Wipro, which found it had to suddenly contend with 150,000 remote workers in India alone.My guest on this week's episode of the podcast is Renil Kumar, Vice President and Global HR Head at Wipro. He is the personification of a modern HR Leader, Business focused, data-driven, technologically savvy, inclusive and collaborative.In our conversation Renil and I discuss: How People Data and Analytics enables hyper-personalisation across Wipro’s 200,000 plus global employee workforce How a powerful People Analytics project at Wipro delivered quantifiable value to the business, as well as revealing some interesting insights on the impact of team size and promotions How to infuse HR Professionals with the skills needed to be more data-driven and why experimentation, starting small and getting hands-on drives progress How Organisational Network Analysis can be applied in Sales and Customer Service What HR can do to prepare their organisations for an increase in remote and hybrid workingThis episode is a must listen for anyone interested or involved in how HR can drive significant value in large multinational businesses. So that is Business Leaders, CHRO’s and anyone in a HR Leadership, People Analytics or HR Business Partner role.Support for this podcast is brought to you by Panalyt. To learn more, visit https://www.panalyt.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

There should be little doubt that human capital is a firm's greatest asset, however, this isn't enough. Organisations must also ensure that individuals are relationally positioned for success. In other words, bringing in the best people is only part of the solution. Firms must also bring out the best in people and that requires us to more intentionally leverage social capital. Those are not my words, although I wholeheartedly agree with their sentiment, but of Michael Arena, my guest for this week's episode of The Digital HR Leaders podcast.Michael is the author of the brilliant book, Adaptive Space, How General Motors and Other Companies are Positively Disrupting Themselves and Transforming Into Agile Organisations. He is also a faculty member in Penn's Masters in Organisational Dynamics and he is currently the VP for Talent and Development at Amazon Web Services. He is also one of the world's foremost experts on Organisational Network Analysis.In our conversation, Michael and I discuss: Why social capital is the next frontier for HR and how to measure it through the use of active and passive ONA Why the pandemic will likely fast forward the future of work by five or ten years The critical role that social capital plays in generating, incubating and scaling innovation The potential implications to bridge connections of a shift to virtual and hybrid work environments Some typical use cases and specific examples of how ONA can be used in relation to understanding collaboration, M&A, research and development, culture and employee wellness How to ensure ONA initiatives deliver value for the business and the workforce and properly address any concerns on ethics, privacy, and trust What HR can do to prepare their organisations for an increase in remote and hybrid workingThis episode is a must listen for anyone interested or involved in Innovation, Culture, People Analytics, Employee Experience and Social Capital. So that is Business Leaders, CHROs and anyone in a Talent Development, People Analytics, D&I or HR Business Partner role.Support for this podcast is brought to you by Panalyt. To learn more, visit https://www.panalyt.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

My guest on this episode of the podcast is Daniel West. His 20 years of experience in HR Leadership roles at data-driven companies like Uber and Apple have taught him how analytics can drive business performance, improve customer outcomes and enrich employee experience and culture. Daniel is now the founder and CEO of Panalyt and the technology his firm provides is helping organisations bring together and democratise their people and business data and enrich it further with external and social capital data to drive decision-making.In our conversation, Daniel and I take a deep dive into organisational network analysis and how social capital data can be linked to performance, engagement, sales and innovation. We also discuss: The level of analytical skills required by HR professionals and what we can learn from our counterparts in Marketing The impact of democratising data across business stakeholders and how this drives more agile decision making and improved business outcomes The critical role of ethics and trust in People Analytics A great example of how a Japanese company had to virtually onboard over 200 new starters due to the pandemic and used People Analytics to help that effort What HR can do to prepare their organisation for an increase in remote and hybrid workingThis episode is a must listen for anyone interested or involved in People Analytics, Employee Experience and Social Capital.Support for this podcast is brought to you by Panalyt. To learn more, visit https://www.panalyt.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We are in the midst of the biggest global pandemic for a century, combine that with social unrest, an economic crisis, and at the same time, rapid business transformation, then the role of the HR function has never been so important.One company where HR has really come to the fore during the crisis is Bayer. My guest on this episode of the podcast is Melissa Harper, Senior Vice President for HR Innovations at Bayer. With more than 30 years of HR experience, Melissa has been at the forefront of Bayer's response to the crises of 2020 and efforts to redefine the workplace around purpose, innovation, and culture.In our conversation, Melissa and I discuss: Why Bayer’s people first philosophy, has been critical to the company's response to the crisis and its efforts to redefine the workplace of the future How Bayer is incorporating some of the positives that have emerged in 2020 such as faster, more distributed decision making and increased employee listening to enhance its innovative culture Bayer's approach to inclusion and diversity and how this is premised on taking action on the talent challenges that arise How digital analytics and culture provide the connective tissue around the workforce at the company What HR can do to prepare their organisation for an increase in remote and hybrid workingThis episode is a must listen for anyone interested or involved in Inclusion and Diversity, Culture, Employee Experience and Innovation. So that's Business Leaders, CHROs and anyone in a People Analytics, Workforce Planning, I&D or HR Business Partner role.Support for this podcast is brought to you by Panalyt. To learn more, visit https://www.panalyt.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When I was in Singapore a couple of years ago I had the pleasure of visiting Grab, one of Southeast Asia's largest and most innovative technology companies and spending time with the guest on this week’s episode, Head of People Operations, Chin Yin Ong and some of her talented team. With a background in sales and marketing, a psychology degree and a passion for using technology and analytics to drive better outcomes for the business and its workforce, Chin Yin is the epitome of the Chief People Officer as a catalyst for growth. Chin Yin combines her role as Head of People with running the technology solutions team, which as you will hear, capitalises on the technology Grab has developed for its customers to enhance the work experience for Grabbers, which is Grab's name for its employees. I know you will enjoy listening to some of the innovations that Chin Yin and her team are driving at the tech firm.In our conversation Chin Yin and I discuss: How to keep employees engaged and connected during the crisis Examples of how people data is driving better business and employee outcomes at Grab How to infuse HR professionals with the skills required to be more data-driven and achieve the optimal combination of head, heart and gut The rise of micro learning and the impact on skills Why the 2020s is set to be the golden age for HRThis episode is a must listen for anyone interested or involved in employee experience, people analytics, HR technology and business outcome driven HR. So that is business leaders, CHROs and anyone in a people analytics, workforce planning, recruiting or HR business partner role.Support for this podcast is brought to you by Panalyt. To learn more, visit https://www.panalyt.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the last episode of this series, my guest is Vidya Krishnan, Chief  Learning Officer and Global Head of Learning and Development at Ericsson, who is at the cutting edge of driving a culture where learning is a habit that matters. When we were planning this episode Vidya and I quickly realised we had a mutual passion for people data and analytics. Vidya also shared with me a view that I found quite profound, she told me that learning is oxygen, invisible but necessary to survive and analytics will make it visible.In our conversation, Vidya and I discuss: The relationship between learning and business outcomes How to cultivate a growth mindset across your workforce How to build a skills driven organisation and help employees identify the skills that they need to grow The future of learning and why it is wrapped up in the future of people analytics The impact of technology on the future of learningThis episode is a must listen for anyone interested or involved in learning skills and culture development. So that is Business leaders, CHROs, Chief Learning Officers and anyone in a People Analytics, Workforce Planning, Learning or HR Business Partner role.Support for this podcast is brought to you by Degreed. To learn more, visit https://degreed.com/. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode of the podcast my guest is Simon Brown, Chief Learning  Officer at Novartis, a company that is really setting the pace around  the whole learning and skills agenda. Simon believes that curiosity is  the greatest driver of value in the digital age and as well as being  co-author of a fascinating new book, The Curious Advantage, Simon and  his team have instigated curiosity month at Novartis, an integrated  learning experience of 170 events throughout September featuring  internal and external speakers.In our conversation, which took place just before the start of curiosity month, Simon and I discuss: The increasing importance of curiosity, it's intrinsic link to learning and the 7C’s of curiosity model that Simon and his co-authors outline in their book How curiosity is nurtured in practice at Novartis and the business value it provides How Novartis is embedding analytics into learning and measuring skills The impact of learning on performance, retention and mobility at Novartis The role of L&D in 2030 and whether the Chief Learning Officer will report directly into the CEOThis episode is a must listen to anyone interested or involved in learning skills and culture development. So that is Business Leaders, CHROs, Chief Learning Officers and anyone in a People Analytics, Workforce Planning, Learning or HR Business Partner role.Support for this podcast is brought to you by Degreed. To learn more, visit https://degreed.com/. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode of the podcast, my guest is Kat Kennedy, the Chief Experience Officer of Degreed, where she has overall responsibility for product and technology. Kat was employee number three at Degreed and since she joined in 2012, the company has enjoyed phenomenal growth and created an entire new category in the HR technology market with its learning experience platform or LXP. As Kat outlines in our conversation, Covid-19 has accentuated the importance of re-skilling, up-skilling and learning.In our conversation Kat and I discuss: The challenges in running a fast growing HR Tech company Creating the new LXP category and being a female leader in tech Why it is crucial to use data and analytics in learning and development How learning, careers and mobility are all coming together into one personalised platform, AKA the talent marketplac What we can learn from organisations who are combining learning, analytics and skills togetherwe The future direction of the learning and development fieldThis episode is a must listen for anyone interested or involved in learning skills and the technology that supports it. So that is Business Leaders, CHROs, Chief Learning Officers and anyone in a People Analytics, Learning, Workforce Planning or HR Business Partner role.Support for this podcast is brought to you by Degreed. To learn more, visit https://degreed.com/. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode of the podcast, my guest is Gianpiero Petriglieri, who is the Associate Professor of Organisational Behaviour at INSEAD, and an expert on leadership and learning in the workplace.Gianpiero has chaired The World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on new models of leadership and is listed among the 50 most influential management thinkers in the world by Thinkers 50. His work explores how and where people development sustains the personal foundations and professional abilities to exercise leadership mindfully, effectively and responsibly.Gianpiero’s studies highlight the psychological, social and cultural functions of leadership development and his teaching methods provide an example of how to perform those functions purposely for the benefit of individuals, organisations and society at large. His research has appeared in academic journals, media and business journals, like the Harvard Business Review, where five of his essays have been included among the ideas that shaped management in the last decade.In our conversation, Gianpiero and I discuss: Why organisations are struggling to embed a culture of lifelong learning The differences between cognitive learning and socio-emotional learning and why organisations need to make room for both The role of technology in supporting the development of skills Examples from companies like Schneider Electric and Lego who have developed culture and environments where learning can thrive The role of the Chief Learning Officer and whether it should sit within HR or report directly to the CEOThis episode is a must listen for anyone interested or involved in learning, skills and leadership development, either from an individual or company perspective. So that is Business Leaders, CHROs, Chief Learning Officers and anyone in a People Analytics, Workforce Planning or HR Business Partner role.Support for this podcast is brought to you by Degreed. To learn more, visit https://degreed.com/. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lynda Gratton, Professor of Management Practice at The London Business School and founder of HSM, dives into the evolving role of HR in this discussion. She explores the impact of remote work on collaboration and productivity, emphasizing the need for new skills and mindsets to thrive. Gratton highlights the importance of fostering a culture of lifelong learning and effective reskilling initiatives. Plus, she discusses the intersection of personal goals and organizational needs in a world adapting to longer life spans and rapid technological changes.