Welcoming the new season of HR...the Human Experience Era, with Dieter Veldsman from AIHR

01/28/23 • 54 min

Reimagined Workforce - Workforce Transformation

Dieter Veldsman PhD is an Organisational Psychologist with a strong focus on strategic HR, talent, digital HR organisational design and development. He was awarded the CHRO of the year in 2021 by the Chief HR Officer Society of South Africa. He has 15 plus years of experience across the HR value chain and lifecycle having worked for and consulted with various multinational corporations in Europe, Middle East and Africa, APAC and Latin America. He has held the positions of groups CHRO people in organisational effectiveness executive, Principal, consultant, and chief scientist research and development. I became aware of Dieter via the Academy to Innovate Human Resources, or AIHR, where I was completing a certificate in People Analytics. This organisation provides incredible resources and thought leadership for HR professionals to develop their knowledge and capability so we can continually enhance our organisational outcomes.
Chapter Markers
6:06 Why it is an exciting time to be in HR
7:37 The changing perception around who HR exists for
10:03 Reimagining work to reimagine the workforce
15:10 The real meaning of human centric organisations
19:06 Taking care to avoid confusing flexibility and freedom
23:20 How we leave things a little better than we found them
26:31 Making work enjoyable
29:06 Moving into the human experience era
35:25 Nurturing curiosity to thrive
42:24 Why we can all benefit from sharing talent
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