HR People Pod – Ep 41: Building foundations in a world chasing what’s next

About this episode

The episode discusses how HR leaders can adapt to new trends and the implications of AI and temporary work on workforce strategy.

As new trends and demands accelerate, how can HR leaders ensure the profession’s foundations are robust enough to support effective and timely action? If AI is becoming part of everyday work, should organisations deliberately test how candidates think, reason and collaborate with AI as part of the recruitment process? And is the rise in temporary work a strategic shift in workforce strategy – or a symptom of wider uncertainty? CIPD Director of Profession David D’Souza is joined by Mel Steel, Interim People, Change & Transformation Leader; and Martyn Dicker, Director of People at Unicef UK.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: David D’Souza

Guests: Mel Steel, Martyn Dicker

Topics covered

• HR leadership
• AI in recruitment
• temporary work
• workforce strategy
• organizational change

Keywords

• HR
• AI
• recruitment
• temporary work
• workforce strategy
• organizational change
• leadership

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CIPD, Unicef UK

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