Hacking HR Live Stream — Preparing the Global Workforce for the Future of Work
We had a fun moment when we were wrapping things up and Christopher asked Dani for her home address during the live stream; Cecile said she just wanted to come give her a hug! I asked if there was a party tonight. That was also right after Dani said, “Let the robots take our jobs!” — what a great outlook, no fear.
All kidding aside — it’s incredible how you can spend a whole hour on Zoom with total strangers and feel closer to them than your neighbors and/or colleagues you see every day. It’s a live stream so you have to be really attentive to what’s going and really listen to what people are saying — very intently! When you do that you actually hear and really connect to what they are saying!
So if we come away with anything let it be to remember what’s really important and at the heart of everything — good human connection. That’s what makes everything else possible.
That’s why I started our session called Debunking Myths — Technology Versus Humans with a quote from SESIL PIR Consulting GmbH, who I worship —
“While we are undoubtedly more interconnected than ever, the work of leaders is to transform this technological interconnectedness into truly transformative social and emotional connections.” Sesil Pir @Forbes, A Human Way Of Business: Organizational Behaviors Necessary To Redefine Leadership
After the session I received dozens of private messages on Linkedin thanking me for moderating the session, which is quite unbelievable. I also received about 50 invitation requests. So the movement is definitely growing! This is my second time moderating, and none of that happened the first time.
I woke up the next day and the first thing I saw was this amazing recap of the entire day by Blythe. I absolutely loved her story of how the first snow fall in Michigan allowed her to watch the entire event from beginning to end. Isn’t it wonderful how the universe interferes and makes sure we are exactly where we need to be?
Her conclusion from watching all the panels is that we need to focus on learning in general — technology is only good if we use it to get to that higher order stuff; and that allows us to be more human and kind of bring the human back”.
It’s all in her post that I copied here —
STRETCHING to do many FIRSTS Today!
1 — My meetings for today were cancelled due to our first Michigan snow of the season. 2 — Last night, I had just agreed to be a liaison for the Grand Rapids Hacking HR chapter and was told about an all-day session today by the encouraging Enrique Rubio. Now, I could attend! 3 — It was many hours of a global and virtual conference. LinkedIn Live with many interesting and thought provoking panelists on the Upskilling and Reskilling for the Future of Work. 4 — I also recorded a short video on what I learned. Please watch and tell me what you think!
I have to credit Cecile with getting the warm connection in our panel going the day before. Here is a post about our fun prep call , and she sent me her notes to post along with the photo — notice how we posed as if we’re actually talking to each other …..
Merci Cecile Alper-Leroux 😍 I was so nervous about moderating our Hacking HR panel tomorrow — Debunking Myths: Technology Versus Humans at 9.30 a.m. (the 12th) So I was thrilled to connect with Cecile for a few minutes and hear her thoughts: Myth 1: The 4th industrial revolution means machines will replace humans 💡 No, it will change every job, without a doubt, but it could and should be the industrial revolution that ⚡humanizes our workplaces⚡, by taking monotonous work off our plates… the aging workforce and shrinking labor pool will require a reskilling/redistribution of people who CAN be replaced by automation to the vast number of unfilled jobs that exist today already! This will require changing our paradigms and the education system. Myth 2: Machines will do everything better than us in 15 years (Elon Musk) 💡Not true. There are so many things humans will always do better or can only do. For example, ⚡forming human connection and relationships⚡ is not something machines do well and it is the critical factor in building positive organizational cultures. Reskilling for the #future means creating an adaptive workforce because change is constant.
What can I say? Thank you to Enrique Rubio for being such an incredible shining light for so many people! Thank you for creating this space for us all to shine in together! Let’s keep pushing forward no matter what and be sure to nurture all these wonderful new connections! See you next time!
