"In a short timeframe, we had to respond quickly and rethink how we were engaging with everybody in order to support our people internally and our customers externally.”
"You have to digitize transactional work, like you do for customers. You have to look at all high-touch, highly administrative work, and figure out how you will automate it. That’s a big part of the agenda moving forward.”
"Agility can seem difficult when you are part of a large, mature company; people often think that this way of working could only exist in start-ups. Our role is to make it safe for people to operate in an agile manner by getting comfortable trying little things, failing small and learning. This is the only way we’ll start to make it part of how we operate.”
"The digital revolution is a human revolution. While new technologies are what’s driving the Fourth Industrial Revolution, ultimately, it is people who will bring it to life in businesses. As HR Leaders, we play a pivotal role in helping to lead our organizations to a new future of work - one that has the potential to be more inclusive, more purposeful and one which can deliver more positive impact to our people and our consumers. It is for this reason why I think there’s no better time to be in HR. This framework is an important tool to help accelerate the redefinition of our function and profession, and I look forward to seeing how it is leveraged by business leaders globally."
"As we move deeper into the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), we clearly see HR changing to reflect our role as a crucial business driver. Our success in the future of work will depend heavily on our ability to effectively prepare our workforce - by fostering a culture of reskilling, upskilling and lifelong learning."
"The Fourth Industrial Revolution and its significant implications for the future of work present the HR profession with a unique opportunity to redefine its mandate and further advance its mission-critical function by shifting from being a steward of employment to being a steward of work, while ensuring the continued relevance of the global workforce through the creation of a culture of continuous learning and reskilling."
“Willis Towers Watson Employee Engagement Software has allowed us to make quick progress on employee engagement. It means we can rapidly address topics that we know are important to employees. An agile approach to employee surveys is important because that’s how we work as a business and HR operates in the same way.”
“The ‘Our Way’ values are a key statement of what’s important to us as a business and also the behaviours that are required to drive our future success. After launching the, Our Way values to the new organisation, we wanted to run a survey to establish a base line and to understand how and where we should focus to improve.”
“Our meeting agendas were always organized to accommodate different time zones to ensure we had real-time input from people working on the ground in every region where the company operates. This took a lot of additional time and effort, but it really helped maximize inclusiveness in the design process as well as the precision of the questions we asked.”
“The true value of the survey is at the local level. As a multinational operating all over the world, the process needs to be decentralized and dissemination of our messages needs to occur locally.”
"At Schindler, people really want to have their voice; they want to see that something happens as a result. That’s one of the main drivers of the success of our survey."
"For the first time in 2018, we’ve seen the answers to the survey questions really give a clear indication that a commitment to high performance was beginning to enter the DNA of the organization."
"Through our partnership with Willis Towers Watson we've really been able to modernize our benefits approach and offering. I look forward to continuing working together and modernizing our program even more.”
"Nasdaq faced an explosive growth in its employee population. It was crucial for employees to understand what was expected of them in different roles.”
"It's likely the biggest project the business lines and HR have ever undertaken.”