In the latest episode of the HRchat show, we discuss why HR professionals need to think about two key areas of human behaviors in today’s technology-driven world.
My guest this time is Terence Tse, Ph.D., Professor at Hult EF and speaker at the recent DisruptHR London summit.
He is also a co-founder and Executive Director of Nexus FrontierTech, a London-based scale‑up specializing in modernizing data-intensive processes. It provides AI solutions to make business data machine-usable and providing a robust AI infrastructure for process automation, helping boost organizations’ ability to compete through lower costs, greater speed, and higher output quality. In addition, Terence holds the role of Co-Chair for the Start-up Lab of the French Chamber of Great Britain. He is also a Research Associate at the University College London Centre for Blockchain Technologies.
Questions for Terence include:
- Tell me about the mission of Hult EF
- What is your view on the current development on AI?
- What do you think are some key considerations for leaders and HR pros when it comes to adopting advanced technologies such as AI for businesses?
- What are the skills and competencies needed for the future of work?
- Your talk at DisruptHR London on May 9 was called HR in the Cognitive Economy. Tell us about your session and some of the hoped-for learning outcomes
More About Terence
Terence is Professor of Entrepreneurship at ESCP Business School and a co-author of The AI Republic: Building the Nexus Between Humans and Intelligent Automation, an international best seller on Amazon. He also co-wrote the best seller Understanding How the Future Unfolds: Using DRIVE to Harness the Power of Today’s Megatrends. The framework contained therein was nominated for the CK Prahalad Breakthrough Idea Award by Thinkers50, the most prestigious award in business thought leadership. The DRIVE framework has also led Chartered Management Institute’s own magazine Professional Manager in the UK to name Terence as one of the 18 new voices in 2018 that reshape management and leadership. Talent Quarterly in the US called the DRIVE framework one of the 24 trends transforming talent management in the years to come.
He also wrote Corporate Finance: The Basics, which many students have regarded as one of the best books on the subject.
Terence has provided commentaries on the latest current affairs and appeared in many outlets including the Financial Times, Forbes, The Guardian, The Sunday Times, The Economist, CNBC, Les Echos, the World Economic Forum blog, Harvard Business Review (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Italian and German), MIT Technology Review, Project Syndicate and WIRED. He has also appeared on China’s CCTV, Channel 2 of Greece, France 24, Japan’s NHK, France’s Xerfi and Radio România Cultural.