Key Concept

As we move steadily along the hype curve for generative AI, experimenting with its applications in our daily lives and workplaces, big questions and challenges emerge—not least for the leaders responsible for developing the organizations most valuable asset: it’s people.

In this recent webinar IEDP and Cranfield School of Management experts Emma Parry and Perry Timms, delved into the transformative impact of AI on the world of work, skills, and talent management.

Key Discussion Points:

Adapting Skills and Mindsets: Explore how AI reshapes the skills landscape and what it means for HR and talent management.

Navigating Skills Churn: Strategies for managing rapid skill changes and fostering adaptive mindsets in leaders and executives.

Organizational Design: Learn how AI-driven automation demands new structures and roles within your organization.

Optimizing HR Performance: Discover with stories from the frontline of industry how AI is enhancing HR functions, from talent acquisition to performance management.

Team Dynamics: Rethink team composition and collaboration in the AI era.

Reskilling Strategies: Understand the implications of AI on reskilling initiatives and future-proofing your workforce.

Cultivating a Progressive Culture: Identify the cultural shifts needed to seamlessly integrate AI into your HR systems and processes.

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About the speakers:

Emma Parry is Professor of Human Resource Management (HRM) at Cranfield School of Management, and Head of the Changing World of Work Group. She is a recognised expert in HRM and plays a leading role in several global research projects in this area. These include Cranet, a worldwide network of over 40 business schools that conducts comparative HRM research, and 5C, a project involving around 30 academic institutions, examining cultural and age differences in attitudes towards careers.

Perry Timms is the Founder and Chief Energy Officer of People and Transformational HR Ltd (PTHR)—founded in 2012 with the vision to create better business for a better world, and design work so that people flourish. An Adjunct Professor at Cranfield School of Management, Perry was ranked the ‘Number 1 Most Influential Thinker in HR’ in 2022. He is a 2x TEDx speaker, a Visiting Fellow at 4 UK Business Schools, a LinkedIn Learning instructor and an author.

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