Digital HR Strategy: Achieving Sustainable Transformation in the Digital Age

by Soumyasanto Sen

We are living in an uncertain world that is rapidly changing with an overload of information and a continual rise of technologies. Automation, the gig economy, digital platforms and other innovations are changing the fundamental nature of work and are having a significant impact on the workforce, workplace and the HR function.

Digital HR Strategy is crucial reading for all HR practitioners and leaders wanting to ensure that their organization adapts to this changing and increasingly competitive environment by creating a strategic approach for sustainable transformation which goes beyond conventional digital HR propositions. Featuring case studies from organizations including Airbnb and PepsiCo, it covers areas such as the importance of cultural change and creating a human-centric employee experience, leveraging value propositions, and harnessing data insights and analytics to improve performance.

Digital HR Strategy also explores frameworks, strategies and opportunities for wellbeing initiatives, upskilling and reskilling workforces to respond to and establishing a culture of collaboration and innovation. Featuring tips, tools, and key questions to consider, it is an indispensable resource for all HR practitioners and leaders looking to build, develop and execute a digital HR strategy in order to achieve and sustain competitive advantage in this fast-changing digital age.

308 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 3, 2020

Reviews

[Tim Hughes · Rating 5 out of 5]

Soumya has cleared the decks of the world of analogue human resources and pulled us kicking and screaming into the world of digital human resources. In the book he talks about HR in the past, why and how a digital evolution is taking place. He then explains the disruptive factors and why we need to take them into account. He then talks about, what as business leaders, we need to do to survive in this digital employee world.

Soumya ends the book talking about what of the biggest issues for business today which is sustainability. He quite rightly points out that it is sustainability that is now one of the factors, including purpose on why somebody will work at a company. No longer is it about how many days holiday I will get.

[Taylor U'Sellis · Rating 1 out of 5]

I hated this book. I had to read it for a leadership institute. I find HR to be similar to the legal profession in that it enforces rules, except in HR, they have a choice to change them, whereas lawyers have to get laws changed through elected officials. All of this is to say: this book talks about how to help employees change to fit the employers' desires but doesn't acknowledge the employee's humanity. Again, I hated it, and I'm hating this part of my institute! LOL