The Future of Work - Putting Innovation in Action

In recent years, trend-setting digital technologies have made a significant impact on every aspect of the business ecosystem and enabled the most effective, path-breaking, and future-ready solutions.?

ETHRWorld Nextech India HR summit 2023, in association with AdvantageClub.ai , aimed to highlight how the confluence of #innovation and #technology is reshaping the future of people at work and at work.

Inspiring business leaders and stakeholders, the Summit was focused on re-establishing the overall impact of workplace innovation on their most important asset, their employees as well as their respective organizations.

With over 60+ speakers and 30+ synergetic learning sessions, the conference created a special platform for more than 1200 delegates from across India to network, interact, and learn from the best.

Focused on the challenges of implementing health & wellness benefits for next-gen employees, the summit deliberate on how organizations can leverage technology to create a scalable, sustainable, and flexible ecosystem of health and well-being benefits that can cater to the distinct and peculiar needs of today's multi-generational workforce.

This HR Summit featured an array of celebrated international and regional business heads, HR thought leaders, and domain experts who shared their insightful outlooks on the latest trends and developments surrounding the HR & Technology space.?

Sharing his thoughts on cultivating a high-performance mindset, Olympic Champion & Entrepreneur Abhinav A. Bindra OLY delivered the keynote session.?

Bindra said, "What I remember about my journey is not the gold medal, but the journey to achieving the medal. There are a lot of lessons I learned from sports that can be applied to the corporate world. I learned from the greatest failures rather than successes and gained great insight from the same.”

Bindra stressed how important it is to have the courage to embrace change in today’s scenario.

“Adapting to changes in attitude and skills is a must. You should learn to change even when you are doing well. While it is our nature to resist change, we need to look ahead and anticipate what lies ahead in the future”, Bindra added.?

There was a power-packed panel discussion where the leading CEOs spoke about how to master complexity and lead in the digital age. The session was moderated by Ankit Jhamb, CLO, Grant Thornton Bharat LLP.?

Preeti Reddy , Chairwoman, 特恩斯市场研究咨询有限公司 said,” The digital realisation for us came during COVID, otherwise, we would not have survived. We were lucky to have the right set of people who had the skills. The older generation is required to be given the right mindset. The new generation is tech-savvy. We just need to change the?mindset of the older generation to accept and embrace technology"

As a semiconductor industry veteran for 27 years, Sanjay Gupta , President & CEO, MINDA says, "It cost 5 million dollars to make a small mistake in programming a chip. Now technology has allowed us to reduce that risk. That was my digital realization of the importance of technology."

Sharing his thoughts on the blue-collar workforce, Gupta said, ‘The blue-collar workforce is also evolving and embracing technology. Today's generation wants to work on strategies rather than spending time on data mending.”

According to Rahul Goyal , Managing Director (India & Southeast Asia), ADP India “Technology is a growth multiplier. Maintenance is a must for technology, and it has to be managed with love. For this reason, we have to be patient with our customers and help them understand HR technology and payroll technology so that they can better serve their employees."

Raj T. , CSO & Head HR, AdvantageClub.ai , discussed “EX in the Future of Work: Personalized, Inclusive & Authentic”. He started with the emergence of the employee engagement concept.?

“How do you ensure belongingness with the technology wave so high?”, asked Tanwar to the panelists.?

Vishpala Reddy Head HR, 飞利浦 said, "The balance of inclusion with personalisation is very much possible. Inclusion will come through transparency.”

"Hybrid is the future. Some industries have some challenges at this point to give that much flexibility. But tech will change the world in the coming future and enable more flexibility. This will further add to the EX at the workplace”, added Tanwar.

Aarti Kohli Aswani Head HR, 博士伦 said, " Artificial intelligence automates repetitive tasks. Even HR processes have repetitive tasks. By utilizing AI, we will be able to eliminate repetitive tasks and focus more on critical thinking and creativity, which AI is unable to replicate. So it can add more value to life and processes. The future will be very different from what it is now.”

Overall, it was a delight to have thousands of HR professionals and industry stalwarts gather together in person for HR’s BIG reunion at ETHRWorld Nextech Summit 2023.