Is Your HR Operating Model Set Up to Win ? with Perry Timms - OrgDev Episode 96

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The episode discusses the stagnation of HR's operating model over the past 25 years and the need for redesign in response to evolving organizational demands.

We'd love to hear from you so send us a message! Why has HR’s operating model barely changed in 25 years – while everything around it has? In this episode of the OrgDev Podcast, we speak with Perry Timms about the uncomfortable truth at the heart of modern HR: we’ve spent decades optimising processes instead of redesigning how HR actually works. As organisations evolve at pace – driven by digital transformation, new workforce expectations, agility, and shifting power dynamics – many HR func...

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Hosts: Dani Bacon, Garin Rouch

Guest: Perry Timms

Topics covered

• HR operating model
• digital transformation
• workforce expectations
• agility
• power dynamics

Keywords

• HR
• operating model
• digital transformation
• workforce
• agility
• power dynamics
• modern HR

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Organizations: HR, OrgDev Podcast

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