The Profession Formerly Known as HR
Drawing on a decade of research on the evolution of work and the HR profession, John Boudreau will take a provocative look 10 years into the future where: work is boundaryless and beyond employment, global connectedness democratizes the work ecosystem, and exponential technological change means breakthrough analytics and human-machine collaboration. It is a future rich with opportunities for HR leaders to change the world. Yet, it is also a future that will require tectonic shifts in the very concept of HR and the definition of our profession. Learn about the future of HR.
John W. Boudreau, Ph.D.
Dr. Boudreau consults and conducts executive development with companies worldwide that seek to maximize their employees' effectiveness by quantifying the strategic bottom-line impact of superior people and human capital strategies. He works with companies as diverse as early-stage startups, to non-profit organizations, to some of the world's largest multinational corporations, including Boeing, Corning, Frito-Lay, GE, Hartford, IBM, Mattel, Merck, Microsoft, Novartis, Royal Dutch Shell, Sun Microsystems, Unilever, the United Nations, and Williams-Sonoma. He was an architect and the first Visiting Director of Sun Microsystems' unique Research and Development Laboratory for Human Capital.