Alana explores how HR can move beyond traditional talent management to become a true architect of opportunity. Alana shares her deeply held belief that every person has untapped potential, and that HR’s role is to design the culture and conditions where that potential can be unlocked, at scale.
Alana makes the case for building organisations where learning is central to culture - where curiosity, experimentation and even failure are actively encouraged. She shares practical examples of leaders learning new AI capabilities together in real time, and reflects on how organisations can shift from credential-led thinking to skills-based, capability-driven approaches in hiring, development and progression.
Alana discusses how HR’s influence extends beyond organisational boundaries, calling for a stronger sense of civic connectivity and shared responsibility for creating opportunity.
Free online Lunch & Learn with Coca Cola and Kantar: AI in TA & Onboarding
Tuesday 23 June 1-2pm BST
Digitalising your Talent Attraction and Onboarding processes is one thing. Knowing where AI fits - and where it doesn’t - is quite another.
Many of your peers are at exactly this crossroads right now. Excited by the possibilities, but conscious of the risks. Keen to move faster, but not at the cost of the human moments that matter most.
Join our free online lunch & learn, we'll share the findings from our research in partnership with The Talent Labs, and you'll hear from Heidi Eckersley, Global Talent Acquisition Leader at Kantar and Suzy Jearum, Global Digital Employee Experience Lead at Coca-Cola Europacific Partners.
From productivity gains to employee experience wins, you’ll leave with insights and ideas you can consider for your organisation too.
Join us! Book your place here
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Are you looking for your next great read that inspires you and helps your work?
Our book of the month for June is Rebel Ideas: The Power of Diverse Thinking, by Matthew Syed.
We're all navigating more complexity than ever right now. AI, shifting workplace expectations, doing more with less, and still making work feel human.
Rebel Ideas by Matthew Syed provides a resource for how. His argument: the teams who solve the hardest problems aren't the ones full of the best individual thinkers, they're the ones who think differently from each other. A brilliant book on why diversity of thought helps us solve complex problems.
Head to UpliftingPeople.com to grab your copy, and we hope you enjoy this month's Uplifting Book.
