HR technology purchasing and talent decisions: Who gets to decide how we act on talent?
Session Leaders: Sharna Wiblen and Alec Levenson
Thursday February 24, 2022
8:00am PT / 11:00am ET / 4:00pm GMT

Talent management strategy and decision making is viewed as led by the HR strategy, which is developed and informed by the business and HR leadership. Yet one of the most important elements is almost never acknowledged: technology systems and the role they play in defining how talent is measured and managed. The people who drive those purchase decisions rarely fully address the potential conflicts between vendor-led approaches to system design and the strategic human capital needs of the business.

This session will address the following important questions for your HR strategy and operating model:

• How strategic are your technology purchasing decisions: what kinds of hidden assumptions about and definitions of talent get embedded inadvertently in your organizational processes?
• Implications for key HR processes and decision making that can suffer as a consequence: performance management, recruiting, career development, and more.