HRM Conflux 
HRM2.0 : Future Trends in HR 
Shiraz Ahmed | Faculty | Facilitator | Coach 
IoBM | Karachi | 28 October 2014
Who’s Shiraz? 
 Trained and Taught 10,000+ professionals and 
students in last 8 years 
 Faculty, facilitator, Public speaker and coach 
 Besides, Futurist, foodie and failed entrepreneur!
Sildeshare Certificate
Simple Message: two parts! 
1. Today’s world and HR 
2. Future world and HRM
Part 1 
Today’s World and HR!
Today’s World 
 Google disrupting World!
Learning not Teaching
Khan Academy: Teacher-less class
This talk scraps MBA one-fourth curriculum!
An app can make you Billionaire / Millionaire 
 Jan Koum – founder Whats App 
 $19 billion
World’s youngest millionaire 
D’Aloisio, only 17! 
 Sold Summly to Yahoo in $30million
Hire by auditions! 
 More than 90% resumes lie 
 Seeing is believing
Degrees are getting out! 
 No more college-brand 
 Your value proposition
New Selection criteria 
 Cognitive ability 
 Emergent Leadership 
 Humility 
 Ownership 
 Expertise
Internet is new Resume! 
 Your name in Google search! 
 Slide share - content 
 Linkedin - network 
 Facebook - engaging 
 Klout score - impact
No more GPA and SAT scores! 
 Don’t predict performance
Performance Management is out!
Microsoft stops force ranking!
No more pay on Appraisal - Harvard
MOOC’s replacing training!
 Yahoo finishes university sponsored education 
 Collaborated Coursera! (Computer Science) 
 Price $100 each
Money will not engage and retain employee
Purpose is new money!
Employee Engagement is not HR work!
Today’s HR: mostly outsourced
End of HR!
Split HR! 
 This article shakes HR world 
 Ignites discussions on the 
existence of HR 
 Stir academicians and 
professionals
Fix HR! 
 Focus on strategic value
Retool HR!
Dave Ulrich: HR Guru!
Part 2 
Future World and HR!
Future World 
a. Samsung clip 
b. Future school clip 
c. Microsoft 2020 clip
Future: HRM 2.0 
4 possible activities! 
 Outsourced HR: Traditional and Transactional work 
 Common-sensed HR: Not Process oriented 
 Reskilled HR: Business focus 
 Innovative HR: Google PIL
1.Outsourced HR 
 Transactional & Traditional work 
 Technology based HR work 
 SAP / Oracle certified
2. Common-sensed HR! 
 Finish Traditional HR Practices 
- No policy of (vacation, 9-5) 
- No bell curve (PMS) 
 Focus on building Culture 
-Values 
-Freedom & responsibility
3. Reskilled HR: Business focus 
 Understand how business makes 
money! 
 Choose operational instead of 
functional role
4. Innovative HR 
 Google-People Innovation Lab 
 Applied research in people and 
organization issues 
 Creative ways for productivity and 
employee development
Conclusion 
 Highly VUCA world: Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, 
Ambiguous 
 Every organization needs HR 
 HR needs to be: Business driver and Futurist!
Action: What do you need? 
 Passion clip 
 Experiential Learning clip
Thank you

HRM 2.O: Future Trends in HR