Virtual keynote

The Future of HR and the Workforce

Invited by Sarmad and the team at Corporate World Intelligence (CWI) to keynote their annual Human Resources and Digital Transformation Summit, held virtually instead of in Kuala Lumpur.

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Matthew GriffinFounder, President and Futurist, 311 Institute

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About this virtual keynote

Firstly, thank you to Sarmad and the team at CWI for asking me to be this years keynote at their annual Human Resources and Digital Transformation Summit which would ordinarily have been held on site in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia but because of the COVID-19 pandemic was held virtually instead.

During my keynote, entitled the Future of HR and the Workforce, I delved into how HR has been transformed and augmented by new technologies, such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), and what the next twenty years has in store for the future of the workforce, and the impact that those technologies will have on hiring, and the future of expertise and skills.

I discussed the impact that new, powerful, almost surveillance like technologies are having on companies hiring practises and technology decisions, including how they can help HR teams gather increasingly granular information on candidates, including even screening them for personality, and intent to criminality as well as potential, then discussed the impact that the continuing digitisation of the workforce will have on the future workplace.

From digitising individuals physical presence, with technologies like Microsoft MESH, and the impact it will have on virtual team collaboration, through to the ability of individuals to access skills on demand which could eliminate the global practice of hiring T-Shaped individuals, we discussed it all.

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Key takeaways

HR has already been transformed and augmented by technologies such as Artificial Intelligence, and the next twenty years hold more change for the workforce.
Powerful, almost surveillance like tools let HR teams gather granular candidate data and screen for personality, intent to criminality and potential.
Skills on demand could end the global practice of hiring T-Shaped individuals.

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What does The Future of HR and the Workforce keynote cover?

Matthew explored how HR has been transformed and augmented by technologies such as Artificial Intelligence. He covered what the next twenty years hold for the workforce, the impact on hiring, and the future of expertise and skills. He also looked at how digitising the workforce will reshape the workplace, from Microsoft Mesh to skills on demand.

Where and when was the keynote given?

It was the keynote at the annual Human Resources and Digital Transformation Summit run by CWI. The summit would ordinarily have been held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, but because of the COVID-19 pandemic it was held virtually. The session is dated March 2021.

What did Matthew say about hiring and T-Shaped people?

He said the ability of individuals to access skills on demand could eliminate the global practice of hiring T-Shaped individuals. He also discussed tools that let HR teams gather increasingly granular information on candidates and screen them for personality, intent to criminality and potential.

Can Matthew give this keynote at our event?

Yes. Matthew tailors each session to the audience, as a keynote, panel, executive briefing or leadership workshop. In person comes first, and he can speak anywhere in the world.