Book Overview

Soumyasanto Sen
Digital HR Strategy
2 min readJan 13, 2020

Build an HR strategy that leverages the potential of digital transformation and new technologies to improve employee and business performance.

About the book

We are living in an uncertain world that is rapidly changing with an overload of information and the continual rise of technologies. Automation, the gig economy, digital platforms, and other innovations are changing the fundamental nature of work and are having a significant impact on the workforce, workplace and the HR function. Digital HR Strategy is crucial reading for all HR practitioners and leaders wanting to ensure that their organization adapts to this changing and increasingly competitive environment by creating a strategic approach for sustainable transformation which goes beyond conventional digital HR propositions. Featuring case studies from organizations including Airbnb and PepsiCo, it covers areas such as the importance of cultural change and creating a human-centric employee experience, leveraging value propositions, and harnessing data insights and analytics to improve performance.

Digital HR Strategy also explores frameworks, strategies and opportunities for wellbeing initiatives, upskilling and reskilling workforces to respond to and establishing a culture of collaboration and innovation. Featuring tips, tools, and key questions to consider, it is an indispensable resource for all HR practitioners and leaders looking to build, develop and execute a digital HR strategy in order to achieve and sustain competitive advantage in this fast-changing digital age.

Key features at a glance

  • Provides guidance on how to build a strategy that uses digital advancements and new technologies to make HR processes more efficient, improve individual performance and increase company profits
  • Explains how to use insights from data and analytics to improve employee engagement and wellbeing
  • Demonstrates how to recruit new staff and upskill existing employees so that the business has the expertise it needs to succeed in the digital age
  • Includes case studies from companies who have effectively implemented a digital HR strategy and are seeing the benefits from it including Airbnb and PepsiCo
  • Shows HR professionals how to adapt to the new elements of their roles created by digital transformation and new technologies

The Digital HR Strategy should be broader when considering the transformation journey in digital age, in attaining the right sustainability. It is much more than just going digitalized current processes and buying digital solutions.

This Book is divided into 3 parts according to the transformation journey phases so that strategies for digital can be covered on broader perspective.

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Soumyasanto Sen
Digital HR Strategy

Digital Excellence Leader | Advisor People & Technology | Analyst Future of Work | Web3 Venture Builder | Speaker, Author & Investor