Year 2020 was a lot about surviving and experimenting with new ways of working, that too in a pandemic. Majority of the leaders embraced technology, digital learning witnessed massive growth, wellness and inclusion became top priorities for businesses. Flexible working, burnout leaves, data-driven people decisions, gig working, re-emergence of HR and tech solutions, and more. With everything disrupted, considering going back to the old ways of working is not at all a winning strategy. Culture has evolved and teams have rallied around a purpose and around serving the customer. For continued business growth and to stay on the top with the right people strategy, business and HR leaders must hold on to this new agile work culture driven by tech. If 2020 was the year of The Great Reset, 2021 is all about Emergence Through Excellence. 

We have the chance to stride ahead and build a better-than-ever world of people and work. Empowered by technology, it is HR who has to lead this journey. But as we advance, there are a few important questions we must reflect upon. Hence, as a precursor to the People Matters TechHR India 2021’s theme, we invite HR and business leaders to come together and answer the question that stares us in the face- what next?

Questions:

Q1. What is the one thing that defines the emergence of HR as an accelerator to business?

Q2. For the next one year, what are your three key talent priorities?

Q3. How can HR leverage tech to transform people & work as we move to hybrid models? 

Q4.What is the one thing HR leaders must start doing to become more digital, data-centric and business-driven?

Q5. What should be the key skills HR needs to build to ensure business excellence for the new period of The Great Emergence?

To participate in this Tweetchat please use the hashtag #TechHRIN on Twitter and tweet your answers to the respective question number (e.g. Q1/A1)

Speakers

Jason Averbook

CEO & Co-founder, Leapgen

Brian Sommer

Founder, TechVentive

Wagner Denuzzo

Head of Capabilities for Future of Work, Prudential Financial

Nanda Rackanchath

CHRO, Tata Chemicals

Pamela Pavliscak

CEO, Subjective

Suvarna Mishra

Vice president Human Resources, Sodexo Benefits and Rewards Services

Bidisha Banerjee

Global Group VP Learning, Culture and Employer Branding, Welspun Group

Kamal Dutta

Managing Director India, Skillsoft & SumTotal

Dr. Pradnya Parasher

Founder & CEO, ThreeFish Consulting India

Carey Pellock

EVP & CHRO, Neustar

Varshaa Ram Kutik

Head of Diversity and Inclusion APAC, Bank of America Merrill Lynch

Arun Satyan

Founder, Hyreo

Chitresh Sharma

Co-founder and CEO, Refyne

Ester Martinez

CEO & Editor-in-Chief, People Matters Media

Ashish Kumar Jha

Co-Founder and CEO, Vyakta

Sanjeev Sahgal

Head HR Strategy and Agile HR, The World Bank

Singleton Beato

Global Chief Diversity Equity & Inclusion Officer, McCann Worldgroup

Anjan Pathak

CTO & Co-Founder, Vantage Circle

Piyush Peshwani

Co-founder and CEO, OnGrid

Shruti Gupta

Head - Employee Experience, IT BY DESIGN

Yuvaraj Srivastava

Group CHRO, MakeMyTrip India

Jayant Paleti

Co-founder, Darwinbox

Priya Chakrabarti

Head HR, Azure Power