5 Tech Bets Smart Leaders Are Making for 2025
Bill Brown
Chief People Officer | Author of 'Don't Suck at Recruiting' | Championing Better Employee Experience | Speaker
Remember when we thought Slack was revolutionary? (How adorable.) In 2025, your tech stack is going full Tony Stark.
In my 2024 Predictions Review, I showed how AI was already reshaping HR. But those early automation tools? They’re looking like flip phones compared to what’s coming next.
Here are five tech bets that’ll actually change how you lead your team in 2025:
1. AI Evolution: Beyond Basic Automation
Your AI isn’t just sorting resumes and scheduling meetings anymore. As Lynne Oldham puts it, “AI will be a full-fledged collaborator, helping HR identify skill gaps and create personalized learning paths.”
According to TestGorilla’s 2024 State of Skills-Based Hiring, 81% of employers already use AI for skills assessments. And that’s just the beginning. By 2025, AI will not only help you hire top talent but also develop them — in ways that are as unique as your team members.
2. Virtual Collaboration 2.0
Those endless Zoom calls? They’ll feel ancient soon. The next wave of collaboration tools makes location irrelevant; as Carlos Larracilla points out hybrid work thrives when smarter tech brings teams together effortlessly.
Microsoft’s Work Trend Index 2023 found that teams using integrated collaboration tech saw a 34% boost in performance. In 2025, your workspace is wherever your people get their best work done — whether that’s the office, home, or a beach with Wi-Fi.
3. Predictive Analytics That Actually Matter
The Future of HR? It’s about solving problems before they happen. AIHR’s 2025 Predictions point to data that can predict resignations, burnout risks, and engagement dips—before you even see the signs.
A recent client of mine used predictive analytics to tweak meeting schedules. The result? Engagement jumped by 40% in just two months. That’s the difference when data works with you, not against you.
4. Wellness Tech That Works
Forget ping pong tables. In 2025, workplace wellness is personal, digital, and effective. Smart offices will adapt to employees’ needs—think lighting that matches natural rhythms and spaces that flex with team energy.
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5. Strategic Automation
By 2025, automation isn’t just handling busy work; it’s enhancing human potential. Gartner predicts 75% of enterprise-generated data will come from outside traditional IT systems.
That means smarter processes everywhere — from onboarding that adapts to each hire to performance reviews that balance data with human judgment.
What’s Next?
Tech tools are smart, but they still need Leaders who know how to use them. Next Tuesday’s post, “Nine Ways Leaders Win in 2025,” covers exactly that.
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CEO at Recruitics | AI-Powered Recruitment Marketing Platform | Talent Acquisition & Hiring Analytics
2 个月I am not surprised to see AI as your No. 1 tech best bet. We've barely seen the tip of the iceberg when it comes to its impact on TA and HR. At Recruitics, we are gearing up to have our conversational AI Analyst become a full-fledged collaborator, based on how we anticipate clients using it.
Chief People Officer | Ex-Zoom | Board Member | Compensation Committee Chair | Recognized Top 5 CHRO Leader | Top 100 HR Leader Influencer | Investor | Advisor | Speaker
2 个月Bill Brown Bill, thank you for the kind mention and for championing such forward-thinking ideas! Your post brilliantly captures the pulse of where HR tech is headed, and I couldn’t agree more with your insights. AI’s evolution as a true collaborator is particularly exciting—beyond saving time, it’s helping us unlock human potential by tailoring growth and learning to individual strengths. I’ve seen firsthand how predictive analytics and skills-based tools can transform not just hiring but entire talent strategies. The idea of proactive leadership with data-driven empathy resonates deeply—this is where HR truly becomes a strategic powerhouse. Looking forward to your post next Tuesday; it’s these kinds of thoughtful discussions that keep all of us innovating. Cheers to a smarter, more human-centric 2025! ??
CEO & Co-Founder at Wowledge | Ex-Deloitte & Accenture | Global HR Advisor | Democratizing access to strategic HR practices.
2 个月Bill Brown, I am so grateful for your callout and, more importantly, for your thinking and analysis here. It makes complex trends feel digestible and actionable for anyone. All five tech bets are critical for all of us. Picking on the one you referred from our work. I can't remove from my mind the image of these people looking at collaborators and not seeing the role of AI (not just generative AI) in that session, providing real-time advice, data insights, even suggesting wellness actions, and already working on the tasks that can be automated from the "next steps" discussed. Just like a supercharged colleague. It still sounds a bit magical, but we will read this at the same time next year and laugh. These predictions are right on. All at once.