With Millennials now reaching the ranks of management and with Generation Z already entering the workforce in large numbers how should HR and people analytics professionals respond?

Generation Z, the demographic born between the mid-nineties and the mid-noughties, is truly digi-native. They expect employers to be digital, technology-driven and technology driving. They take the tools available to us for granted and can’t understand why their bosses wouldn’t use them. If they see themselves as more tech-savvy than their superiors they start to wonder why they aren’t in charge…

Björn takes a look into the future of HR, surveys the technology that will be shaping our profession in the years to come, and asks what it means for you, your work, your colleagues and how you live up to the expectations of the most tech-literate generation ever to walk into an office.

“Anything invented before your fifteenth birthday is the order of nature. That’s how it should be. Anything invented between your 15th and 35th birthday is new and exciting, and you might get a career there. Anything invented after that day, however, is against nature and should be prohibited.” 

– Douglas Adams

Key Takeaways

  • What it means to lead the tech-literate generations
  • The role of HR in meeting new generation’s expectations
  • The role of HR technology in meeting new generation’s expectations

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Speaker Bio

Björn has an extensive career in HR as an advisor and leading HR functions within large companies, as well as startups and the public sector. He has studied an extensive mix from macro sociology and law, to engineering math and programming, but has his main subject in organisational psychology.

In his current position in Business Development, Björn actively monitors industry trends and acts as a sounding board for digital HR trends within Sympa. He is also an active speaker and visiting panelist at HR events in Sweden and around the Nordics.

June 4 @ 11:05
11:05 — 11:35 (30′)

Stage 1 | Strategy and Applied Data-Driven HR Stage

Björn Lorentzon – Business Development Manager | Sympa