HR HeadStart #14: Uncertain Futures; Subtractive Problem Solving; The Future of Technology
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The Talent Agenda The pandemic shows no signs of abating, creating deep uncertainties for everyone. A number of companies had actively drawn out plans for return-to-office and hybrid working, but those have been thrown off track in several places. Uncertainties are not new to organizations and one of the most powerful ways to address them is through a technique called Scenario Planning, pioneered by Royal Dutch/Shell in the 1970s to predict oil production and prices. The idea is to identify the key sources of uncertainty for a business and imagine scenarios on how they could impact the organization. For example, in devising the HR plans for the year, we might consider two sources of uncertainty - 1) availability of talent and 2) state of the pandemic. If we plot these out on a simple matrix, we can immediately start thinking about how these scenarios might unfold and how we could react to them.
HR HeadStart #14: Uncertain Futures; Subtractive Problem Solving; The Future of Technology
HR HeadStart #14: Uncertain Futures…
HR HeadStart #14: Uncertain Futures; Subtractive Problem Solving; The Future of Technology
The Talent Agenda The pandemic shows no signs of abating, creating deep uncertainties for everyone. A number of companies had actively drawn out plans for return-to-office and hybrid working, but those have been thrown off track in several places. Uncertainties are not new to organizations and one of the most powerful ways to address them is through a technique called Scenario Planning, pioneered by Royal Dutch/Shell in the 1970s to predict oil production and prices. The idea is to identify the key sources of uncertainty for a business and imagine scenarios on how they could impact the organization. For example, in devising the HR plans for the year, we might consider two sources of uncertainty - 1) availability of talent and 2) state of the pandemic. If we plot these out on a simple matrix, we can immediately start thinking about how these scenarios might unfold and how we could react to them.