The future of HR and work with Josh Bersin

Bio: Josh is a global research analyst, public speaker, industry analyst and writer on the topics of corporate human resources, talent management, recruiting, leadership, technology, and the intersection between work and life. He previously founded Bersin and Associates, which was acquired by Deloitte, and has recently launched the Bersin Academy where he is the dean. Josh has a huge following on LinkedIn and Twitter and speaks at conferences around the world and will be speaking at the upcoming TDTT on January 22-23 in Sonoma California. Notes: Background and how he got startedFuture of workProductivity not keeping up with GDP despite people working more What skills will be most important in future Reskilling – why important and whose responsibility Upskilling, reskilling and vs reinvention What accountants will be doing in the futureEmployee time famine The process shredderThe new model for a career “The best companies are where you can find your true self”LMS were not designed for employees The average L&D dept has 23 technologies for learning Learning in the flow of work and give people enough challenge for flow or ecstasy and avoid anxiety Spaced learning with practiceChanging L&D rolesFrom skills to capabilities What Josh is doing with his academy Book: Range by David EpsteinSkills and expertise vs context and perspective Culture as developing a culture of learning Being able to talk about mistakes at workJosh’s background in engineeringHow Josh got into learning and online learningThe ever changing workplace“There is only one thing that makes a business successful and that’s having customers” -Peter DruckerThe challenge of people going into manager roles b/c they are great technician“Becoming a people leader is a challenge for everybody who has done it”How to think about your job when you become a managerHow leadership is changingThe importance of giving your employees development opportunitiesCompanies need to design an environment where everyone can develop new skills and their careerThe future of work and why you can’t define itWhy behavioral skills will be more important in the future of workJobs in the future are becoming more high level and behavioralThe Full Stack HR professionalThe future is in creating an organization that figures this out on their ownWhat it means to create a more dynamic, flattened job architectureHow to use a “capability academy” to “upskill” and “reskill” workers How to get people to learn via capability academies“An academy is a place to go where it is safe and powerful to learn”The #2 most important skill is “Learning how to manage your own time to make yourself more effective at work”The reasons and solutions for the productivity dip“You can’t be a good L&D professional if you can’t understand the tools”The importance of being a “full stack” professionalLearning in the flow of workThe challenge with micro learning and LXPsThe paradigm of the world today is that we are living in a stream of informationTrend: Collecting and using more data to inform decisionsLinks: DeloitteSlackSalesforceMicrosoftJosh’s WebsiteJosh AcademyJosh on LinkedInJosh on TwitterFor questions, comments and guest suggestions, contact the host, Andy Storch, at [email protected] Mentioned in this episode:Think Tank conferenceGet your tickets now for the Talent Development Think Tank Conference https://tdtt.us/conference/