Faced with a wide range of complex and growing corporate challenges, our Human Resources and Business leaders are challenged daily to make their workforces productive, agile, diverse and engaged. In response to these challenges, data-driven and story-driven approaches are used to help companies define “what success looks like,” achieve their growth goals, deliver on their HR strategies, and evolve their workforces.
That decision process, specifically designed to eliminate bias, can help focus complex talent issues. These include deciding on the right skill set for lead roles, as well as achieving the optimal mix of talent and technology. That is, leaders must use those resulting thoughts to develop a narrative that guides and promotes action.
Today, many organizations are automating most of this analysis and thinking, allowing employees to focus on creating narratives and corporate messages. At this point you may be wondering how you can become a successful “storyteller” and there is unanimity on how to achieve it:
1. It is vital to understand the economic and social context, since in this way the implications that it has or will have for the work and for the collaborators can be understood.
2. Model possible supply and demand scenarios for talent and their needs, better understanding where the risks and opportunities lie in the future.
3. Engage business leaders and other stakeholders to turn their thoughts into actions.