Join two powerhouse, female disruptors on the innovative podcast, Disruption Interruption, which shines the spotlight on professionals who are disrupting their industries and the status quo. Karla Jo Helms and her guest, Dr. Patti Fletcher, a well-known disruptor, and advocate for women to discover their power, will delve into the topics of inclusion and equity in the organizational culture, the role of technology and AI in HR decision-making, and the need for leaders who can and are willing to innovate, motivate, and adapt, to head off the erosion of culture in companies.
TAMPA BAY, Fla., April 2, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The landscape of HR technology, or WorkTech, is evolving rapidly marking a significant shift from traditional HR processes to a more integrated and employee-centric approach. This transition reflects the changing dynamics of the workplace and the need for tools that not only manage HR functions but also enhance collaboration and productivity across the workforce. For talent leaders, this shift implies that creating a positive candidate experience and a strong sense of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) are no longer optional, but essential. (1) The latest episode of Disruption Interruption, with Host, Karla Jo (KJ) Helms, featuring Dr. Patti Fletcher, best-selling author and seasoned-tech executive, answers the question, "The loudest naysayers are the ones in your head...what will you say to them?"
Looking ahead, WorkTech is expected to continue evolving to support the changing workplace, with a greater focus on employee engagement, retention, and culture. The intersection of HRTech and collaboration technologies presents new opportunities for enhancing HR tasks, learning, and workforce management in a distributed environment. This shift towards a more integrated approach in HR technology not only aims to improve operational efficiencies but also enhance the overall employee experience, adapting to the needs of a modern, dynamic workforce. (2)
As Dr. Patti Fletcher believes, the 'human' part of Human Resources has been missing and needs a reimagining and renewed emphasis and that employees are and should continue to ask for more. Without a strong, human-centered approach, businesses are missing a key element of their success.
Disruption – What it is and How it Needs to Change
According to Dr. Fletcher, disruption is when a status quo is inefficient, costs too much time and money, is ineffective in achieving goals, and is, most importantly, inequitable, and not positively serving the greatest number of people. These are the moments of realization that demand disruption.
During this empowering podcast, Dr. Fletcher will begin with the premise that being a disrupter can be scary, and even more so for women. "One reason women stay quiet is that we tend not to be listened to," she explains. "We have been conditioned to be perfect, not make progress; to do something because we have experience, not potential."
All disrupters must begin by taking their ego out of the equation and asking themselves:
- What should the disruption be?
- What could be different?
- What could be better?
And learn to quiet the naysayers.
A New and Improved WorkTech Sector
When discussing HR and its role, Dr. Fletcher asserts, "Make no mistake that an HR department's job is to protect the company. But it is also to make sure you have the talent in place that you need to execute on the strategy. For that talent to be engaged— and we live in a world where the vast majority, maybe 85% to 90% of workers are pretty actively disengaged—that must have the tools they need." She stresses the importance of hiring not only for what an individual can do but also for who they are.
Dr. Fletcher and KJ Helms will discuss two different perspectives:
HR departments will focus on the question:
- Do I have the talent I need to execute strategy?
Employees will ask:
- What is it like to work here?
- Am I enabled to do my job?
- Am I free to create impact?
- Is there an opportunity for connection and to create a team atmosphere?
The discussion will address how, while one definition of human capital is that it is the economic value of a worker's experience and skills and the direct impact an employee can make, this definition leaves the 'human' out of 'human capital' and is a narrow and single-minded vision of what it could be.
The 'human' part of 'human capital'—the employee—will focus on what they can bring to the table in terms of education, skills, competency, potential, connections, and ability to deliver results, while also wanting a more well-rounded experience and investment in their lifestyle. This increases generationally and will continue along this trajectory.
These changes can occur as HR continues to become less transactive (I do this, you do that) and more transformational (everyone has a purpose and can contribute).
Future of Leadership
In Dr. Fletcher's view of future leadership and HR effectiveness, the following must occur:
- Leaders must have a growth mindset
- Inclusion before diversity: get everyone to the table and then honor that each person's experience is different from the person they are sitting next to.
- Each employee needs to feel that they belong versus being told they belong.
- An investment in the learn, unlearn, relearn cycle
- An approach to efficiency and effectiveness at the human level
They will go on to probe how HR departments can unlearn so they can then relearn the equity and human aspects of the WorkTech world, beginning by asking the "why" questions. Efficiency and effectiveness must be addressed at the 'human' level.
How WorkTech (HR) Must Evolve
Dr. Fletcher will address the unconscious bias that exists and ultimately must change. "Teaching in an if-then manner leads to unconscious bias and discriminatory behavior," she insists. "Change does not happen from the top down. People don't change when you tell them to, but when you enable them to. And the only thing that stops unconscious bias is decision interruption."
Links:
Disruption in WorkTech: Dr. Patti Fletcher's Vision for Interrupting Bias and Enhancing Equity in HR Decisions: http://www.disruption-interruption.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drpattifletcher/
Company website: https://www.drpattifletcher.com/
Disruption Interruption is the podcast where you'll hear from today's biggest Industry Disruptors. Learn what motivated them to bring about innovation and how they overcame opposition to adoption.
Disruption Interruption can be listened to Apple's App Store and Google Play.
About Disruption Interruption™:
Disruption is happening on an unprecedented scale, impacting all manner of industries— MedTech, Finance, IT, eCommerce, shipping and logistics, and more—and COVID has moved their timelines up a full decade or more. But WHO are these disruptors and when did they say, "THAT'S IT! I'VE HAD IT!"? Time to Disrupt and Interrupt with host Karla Jo "KJ" Helms, veteran communications disruptor. KJ interviews bad asses who are disrupting their industries and altering economic networks that have become antiquated with an establishment resistant to progress. She delves into uncovering secrets from industry rebels and quiet revolutionaries that uncover common traits—and not-so-common—that are changing our economic markets… and lives. Visit the world's key pioneers that persist to success, despite arrows in their backs at http://www.disruption-interruption.com.
About Dr. Patti Fletcher
Dr. Patti Fletcher is an internationally sought-after speaker, seasoned tech executive, award-winning marketing, business influencer, and gender equity expert who has spent her career at the intersection of technology, business, and people. She currently serves as the Fractional CMO at LeapGreat and has appeared on NASDAQ, Cheddar, Bloomberg, and Chronicle, among others. She writes for Entrepreneur.com, The Guardian, Forbes, and The Digitalist while contributing to numerous additional publications and is the author of the best-selling Disrupters: Success Strategies From Women Who Break the Mold. Dr. Fletcher has held executive positions in marketing, business development, strategy, and product and serves on several boards including The KUR and Enterprise Alumni. She uses her platform to inspire and enable women to recognize and appreciate their power and use it to disrupt limiting status quos.
About Karla Jo Helms:
Karla Jo Helms is the Chief Evangelist and Anti-PR® Strategist for JOTO PR Disruptors™. Karla Jo learned firsthand how unforgiving business can be when millions of dollars are on the line — and how the control of public opinion often determines whether one company is happily chosen, or another is brutally rejected. Being an alumnus of crisis management, Karla Jo has worked with litigation attorneys, private investigators, and the media to help restore companies of goodwill into the good graces of public opinion — Karla Jo operates on the ethic of getting it right the first time, not relying on second chances and doing what it takes to excel. Helms speaks globally on public relations, how the PR industry itself has lost its way and how, in the right hands, corporations can harness the power of Anti-PR to drive markets and impact market perception.
References
1. "2023 WorkTech Report: Prepare for the Future of Hiring." Greenhouse, http://www.greenhouse.com/blog/2023-worktech-report-prepare-for-the-future-of-hiring. Accessed 1 Apr. 2024.
2. Author: Jomy John Posted On Oct 29. "WorkTech: The New Frontier of HRTech." Transforming the Way People Work and Learn, 11 Dec. 2023, http://www.harbingergroup.com/blogs/worktech-the-new-frontier-of-hrtech/.
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