The document outlines key HR trends for 2018, highlighting shifts from hierarchical structures to networks, the integration of smart technology, and the impact of globalization and individualization on the workforce. It emphasizes the importance of employee experience, the need for evidence-based HR practices, and the move towards fluid roles and gamification in HR processes. The trends indicate a shift towards more agile, employee-focused strategies in organizational design and performance management.

1. HR Trends
12 March 2018

2. 9 trend
areas
Short desciption
From hierarchy to network / from closed to open
The invasion of smart tech
Globalisation/ Localisation
Individualisation | More generations in the workforce
Making fun is serious business
Purpose before pecunia
Increasing speed: fast eats slow
From Big Bang change programs to small experiments
From intuitive HR to evidence/ fact based HR
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3. 1. changing shapes of organizations

4. flatter

5. from individuals to teams to networks of
teams

6. Different talent sources
Internal talent
pool
Online
Intermediary
Alumni
Start-ups Self employed
Talent Sharing

7. from fixed jobs to fluid roles

8. job crafting
job piling
8

9. the end of traditional recruitment
profile recruitment selection
offer onboarding start

10. you hire a candidate and her network

16. 16

17. Explore your potential

18. 2. smart tech

19. man/machine
collaboration
19

20. 20

21. 21

22. 22

27. 27

28. 28

36. 36

38. 38

39. A computer with a roof (“The Edge”)

40. Jimmy, Intel’s 3D
printed robot

41. Digital Intelligent Assistants

42. Enterprise Behavioral Matching

48. algorithm aversion
48

49. 3. Globalisation/
Localisation

52. 4. from X to Y to Z:
more generations
in the workforce
or: individualisation

53. from collective to segments to individuals

54. 5. making fun is serious business

55. gamification

56. the consumerisation of HR

57. from ptb to ei

58. 58
The Employee Experience (or Journey)/ EX

59. Exploration Onboarding
Organization/
Teams
Performance /
Productivity
Growth Offboarding
Persona
1
Persona
2
Persona
3
Persona
N
Tailored Employee Journeys for each of the personas
What are the moments that matter for Persona 1?
What are the moments that matter for Persona 2?
What are the moments that matter for persona 3?
What are the moments that matter for Persona N?

60. gamification

61. 61

62. 62

63. 63

64. 64

70. 70

71. 71

72. 6. purpose before pecunia

73. change the
world list
(fortune)

75. 75

76. At AMAZON
meetings
start with
30 minutes
silence

78. Zappos HQ in
downtown Las Vegas
“Casual Colision”

79. 7. From slow to fast

80. Performance: not a Bell curve,
but a Power Law distribution
Performance
Number of people

81. old
• slow
• top-down [manager > employee]
• paternalistic
• organizational driven [org > boss > employee]
• ratings
• complex
• actionable?
• connected to pay
81

82. what we see today
yes
• frequency up
• use of apps
• multi-rater
• moving away from ratings
• ”good conversations”
• superficial
• relying on humans
• internal focus
?
• granular feedback?
• use of technology?
• performance consulting?
• transcend org boundaries?
82
Performance
Consulting

83. Would you hire this person again?

84. 84

85. 85

87. Passive
Active
Slow Real Time
Blogyourmood
2017
Overview of
Employee Mood Measurement
providers

88. 88

89. 8. from Big Bang change programs
to small experiments

90. 90

91. Tribes/ Chapters/ Squads

92. 9. from intuition to evidence-based

93. Accenture Sweden: diversity

96. 8 HR major trends for 2018
1. From PTB to EI
2. Renewed focus on productivity
3. Power to the people
4. The end of fixed jobs
5. Learning in real time
6. Hospitality and service
7. Shrinking HR teams
8. Letting go

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99. Trend
0
No, we are kind
of ignoring the
trend
1
Yes, we are
doing what
others do
2
We are
innovating
3
We are real
Trend Setters
4
We are far
ahead!
From hierarchy to network / from closed to open
The invasion of smart tech
Globalisation/ Localisation
Individualisation| more generations in the workforce
Making fun is serious business
Purpose before pecunia
Increasing speed: fast eats slow
From Big Bang change programs to small experiments
From intuitive HR to evidence/ fact based HR
The HR Trend Scan | To what extend is your organisation using the trends?
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