The Future of HR: Your Mission, Should You Choose To Accept It

It’s no secret things haven’t been working in HR for… a while. When you include the last few years of navigating a once-in-a-lifetime pandemic, dysfunctional hybrid work policies, rounds of layoffs, and unprecedented economic churn, it’s easy to see HR has been pushed to a breaking point. Human Resources? They feel anything but human. Trapped between competing mandates to mitigate risk while also transforming office culture and the employee experience, it’s no wonder HR can’t steward the change it so desperately wants to. But what if there was a way out? In this new miniseries, Brave New Work’s Rodney Evans is joined by friend-of-the-pod and Ready OG Sam Spurlin to dive into how HR can actually become more resilient, efficient, and equitable. Today, on episode 1, Rodney and Sam talk about why HR’s time to shine is right now, what HR leaders around the world are telling us, and preview the goodies to come on in future episodes. Welcome to the Future of HR. ----------------- Learn more about The Future of HR at our website Curious where your company sits on our 5-stage maturity model? Take our assessment and find out! Have a burning HR question for Rodney and Sam to answer? Email us at [email protected]. Ready to get started moving your HR department into the future? Email us at [email protected] or [email protected]. ----------------- 00:00 Aaron and Rodney intro 02:47 Welcome to the show & Check-In: What’s your favorite physical activity or exercise? 06:19 Why HR and why right now? 12:20 The Future of HR in a nutshell 18:35 How to find and identify your first missions 26:03 The pill in the hotdog - Mission Based Teams (MBTs) and new ways of working 29:24 The right people, on the right team, in the right environment 32:44 Developing the FoHR 35:25 Rodney’s learnings from the development process 38:27 What’s coming up in future episodes 38:53 Wrap Up: Send us your HR questions!