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About the Event
We invite you to join King's College Business School and the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) as we host the sixth in our series of videoconferences exploring topics relevant to the future of the people component of defence and beyond.
Following the success of our previous videoconferences on Robotics and Automation, Leadership in the Future Workplace, and Human Augmentation (amongst others), we are pleased to bring you an hour and a half exploring the topic of People Analytics and the Future of People Management.
Bringing together the People Futures Community of Interest which comprises stakeholders from the Ministry of Defence (including Dstl), civil servants across a range of Other Government Departments, interested academics and members of industry, this videoconference will stimulate discussion around skills in the workplace and how the nature of required skills may change over time.
We are delighted to be joined by Professor Dana Minbaeva from King's Business School and Christopher Petersen from the Ministry of Defence (MoD).
People analytics is about gathering and analysing data about people in a workforce in order understand how to drive change. The application of people analytics has clear relevance across all workplaces, and we are extremely fortunate to be joined by three speakers with varied perspectives on this field. The videoconference will provide an insight into people analytics from an academic, industry and Defence perspective. There will be plenty of opportunity to ask questions on the day, or please feel free to submit any questions you might have in advance of the event to the email address below.
To be added to the People Futures Community of Interest mailing list and receive the People: Horizons newsletters, please email DstlPOTRA@dstl.gov.uk.
Agenda
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10:00 – 10:05 |
Welcome and Introduction |
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10:05 – 10:25 |
Guest Speaker: Professor Dana Minbaeva, KCL |
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10:25 – 10:45 |
Guest Speaker: Julia Howes, PwC |
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10:45 – 11:05 |
Guest Speaker: Chris Petersen, MOD |
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11:05 – 11:25 |
Questions and Discussion |
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11:25 – 11:30 |
Thank you and close |
The Speakers
Dana Minbaeva is a Professor of Human Resource Management at King's Business School. She also has a part-time appointment at Copenhagen Business School, Denmark. Her research on strategic and international HRM has appeared in the top-tier international journals, numerous chapters and books. She has received several national and international awards for her research achievements.
Dana is actively involved in the MBA and executive education at various European business schools. She works in close contact with Danish and European multinationals on the topics of human capital analytics and is the Research Partner in Nordic Human Capital Advisory (https://nhca.dk/)
Christopher Petersen is from the Ministry of Defence (MoD) and is the Assistant Head of the Defence Digital Human Resources Strategy and Plans team. He is a Chartered Engineer with the Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET), a member of the British Computer Society (BCS) and an associate member of the Chartered Institute Personnel and Development (CIPD). With 34 years’ experience working across multiple roles and domains in defence he is now focusing on strategic workforce planning, the professional alignment of the workforce, workforce reporting and people analytics.
Overview of presentation:
Chris’s talk will review how the HR team in defence digital are looking to develop the use of people data, advancing from workforce reporting (providing information about the current workforce) to people analytics (adding value through insights). He will also share some of the challenges and opportunities on his journey.
Julia Howes is a Director within PwC’s people and organisation team with over 15 years of experience in workforce analytics and planning. Julia is driven to help clients develop focused people strategies with tangible impact. Her goal is to help employers pinpoint the few, specific people initiatives needed, by bringing together workforce analytics, strategic workforce planning, design thinking and employee experience.
Julia is passionate about using a data-driven approach to people strategy, but ultimately believes the key is changing the hearts and minds of business and HR leaders, ensuring they work together to execute a genuine people strategy.