OCTOBER 2021HR TECH OUTLOOK8Bhawna Gandhi, HR Director, DanoneByA year back, none of us saw this coming, and here we are today in constantly evolving reality, trying to move through the crisis of the century. In the last eight months, we have all experienced; increased complexity of work, diminishing command and control, loosening of rigid hierarchical structures, the virtual world of work, and unprecedented acceleration of digitalization and technology in every part of our life. COVID has addressed the organization's inertia to invest in employee development, learner resistance to upskill, and hesitation to embrace technology. Technology Quotient(TQ) of employees and organizations have grown by double-digit. We have experienced exponential growth in learning resources and an increased number of online learning hours by employees; suddenly, the learning opportunities and offering have been democratized.Rapidly changing context is accelerating new skills development, encouraging employees to explore more and beyond, the life span of skills is shortening. New ways of working are emerging; work from home has become a new reality. HR professionals are no longer thinking of the typical employee life cycle but considering the complete family life cycle to build offerings and solutions to address different needs. The employee life cycle and home life cycles are eclipsing, and employees are asking for more support on a variety of topics.The basic premise of learning and development has shifted in our new and dynamic context, and a new model QUEST FOR REDEFINING THE LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT FUNCTION!Bhawna GandhiIn MyOpinion
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