DECODING AQ - Adaptability For The Future Of Work With Ross Thornley
DEVELOPING A NEW PLATFORM FOR CHANGE IN AN EXPONENTIAL WORLD.
Conversations with special guests on their stories of adaptability. From resilience, grit and motivation, to stress, mindset and support from those around us.
We explore the science and real-life experiences of adaption. Helping HR leaders, coaches and consultants learn the tools, mindsets, and actions to thrive in an ever-changing world.
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DECODING AQ - Adaptability For The Future Of Work With Ross Thornley
Decoding AQ with Ross Thornley Feat. Monica Pool Knox - How HR is evolving
Today, I'm honored to have Monica Pool Knox with us, a trailblazer in the world of HR and organizational innovation. Monica has been at the helm of HR in leading tech giants like Microsoft, Sony, and Twitter
Her expertise spans from Fortune 50 companies in sectors as diverse as CPG, entertainment, media, and tech, to dynamic roles in up-and-coming computer software firms.
Monica's passion lies in revolutionizing HR through genAI, data analytics, and talent development, making her a force multiplier in transforming the strategic impact of HR.
Join us as we delve into Monica's rich experience to uncover insights on adapting and thriving in our world of constant change.
Ross and Monica talk about force change multipliers, HR leaders, HR professionals, strategic people leadership, people dynamics, the future of HR, skills, roles going forward, creating technology to identify talent, people leaders, crisis solving problems, extrapolating what people are capable of, assessing talent, giving, solving problems, thriving in crisis and finding natural leaders. The pair also discuss College American Football, changing market conditions, Microsoft recruitment, managing change, change being healthy, asking questions, personalisation, paying attention to people, AI capability, creative thinking, learning agility, resilience, skiing, learning all over again, getting over initial fear, staying curious and not getting complacent.
Timecodes:
- 00:15 Intro to Monica
- 01:54 Opportunities going forward for Gen AI this year
- 05:26 Challenges for multipliers
- 09:20 Key skills to migrate people through technology
- 13:58 Leaders overcoming fear of trying new things and the right people
- 18:48 Making room for surprises and seeing things differently
- 24:08 Restructuring insights
- 31:53 Working through disruptive change
- 32:56 Early indicators of things shifting
- 37:52 AI skills recruitment and leaders investing
- 41:47 The last time Monica did something for the first time
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