In HRchat episode 621 Bill Banham talks with Jon Ingham, Director at the Strategic HR Academy, analyst, trainer, keynote speaker & consultant on people & digital transformation in the new future of work. Jon is also the author of The Social Organization.
Questions for Jon include:
- You recently presented a session on HR technology for today’s people-centric world, delivered for Zoho People Plus at the HR Technologies UK conference in London. Tell us about the session and some of the hoped-for learning outcomes.
- In a 2023 post on https://joningham.academy, you offer your 4 T’s: four ways to engage business leaders in strategic and people-centric HR. Tell us more.
- In your book, ‘The Social Organisation’, you explain that creating a social organization requires a strategic, people-centric approach to organizational development. What are some steps leaders should take to better align functions such as sourcing, recruitment, HR, learning, internal comms, community management, and the use of digital technologies?
- What’s your take on how generative AI will shake up the HR function over the next few years?
More About Jon Ingham
Jon is a consultant, trainer, speaker, and writer focused on strategic and innovative management and organization of people. His main focus today is delivering and facilitating learning through Jon Ingham Strategic HR Academy in order to help HR practitioners and teams develop their own strategic capabilities.
As a consultant, he often helps businesses gain competitive advantage through the creation of social capital supported by effective leadership, organization design, HR and management practices, organization development interventions, the use of digital and social media tools, and strategic approaches to workforce analytics.
Jon speaks at conferences and events around the world and writes and blogs for various organizations. His experience includes 30 years in engineering, IT, change management, and HR.