Creating a Social Organization with Jon Ingham

In this HRchat episode, Bill Banham talks with Jon Ingham, Director at the Strategic HR Academy, analyst, trainer, keynote speaker & consultant on people & digital transformation in the new future of work. Jon is also the author of The Social Organization.Questions for Jon include:You recently presented a session on HR technology for today’s people-centric world, delivered for Zoho People Plus at the HR Technologies UK conference in London. Tell us about the session and some of the hoped-for learning outcomes.In a 2023 post on https://joningham.academy, you offer your 4 T’s: four ways to engage business leaders in strategic and people-centric HR. Tell us more. In your book, 'The Social Organisation', you explain that creating a social organization requires a strategic, people-centric approach to organizational development. What are some steps leaders should take to better align functions such as sourcing, recruitment, HR, learning, internal comms, community management, and the use of digital technologies?What's your take on how generative AI will shake up the HR function over the next few years?More About Jon InghamJon is a consultant, trainer, speaker, and writer focused on strategic and innovative management and organization of people.His main focus today is delivering and facilitating learning through Jon Ingham Strategic HR Academy in order to help HR practitioners and teams develop their own strategic capabilities.As a consultant, he often helps businesses gain competitive advantage through the creation of social capital supported by effective leadership, organization design, HR and management practices, organization development interventions, the use of digital and social media tools, and strategic approaches to workforce analytics.Jon speaks at conferences and events around the world and writes and blogs for various organizations. His experience includes 30 years in engineering, IT, change management and HR (including as an HR / OD Director).Jon is based in the UK but works globally and he spends lots of time in Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and elsewhere.We do our best to ensure editorial objectivity. The views and ideas shared by our guests and sponsors are entirely independent of The HR Gazette, HRchat Podcast and Iceni Media Inc.   Support the showFeature Your Brand on the HRchat PodcastThe HRchat show has had 100,000s of downloads and is frequently listed as one of the most popular global podcasts for HR pros, Talent execs and leaders. It is ranked in the top ten in the world based on traffic, social media followers, domain authority & freshness. The podcast is also ranked as the Best Canadian HR Podcast by FeedSpot and one of the top 10% most popular shows by Listen Score. Want to share the story of how your business is helping to shape the world of work? We offer sponsored episodes, audio adverts, email campaigns, and a host of other options. Check out packages here.Follow us on LinkedInSubscribe to our newsletterCheck out our in-person events