Martin Low - Why For a Business People are More Important Than Its Technologies
Episode description
Martin Low is the Founder and CEO of On Plane Consulting, a consulting firm that helps small businesses and startups optimize and scale. Having held HR Director positions at multiple successful companies, Martin bring a wealth of experience to the table.
In this episode, Martin talks about the fact that despite the evergreen landscape of new and emerging technologies, businesses still need one essential resource: people.
Chapters
[0:00 - 9:17] Introduction
• Welcome, Martin!
• Today’s Topic: Why A Business’ People are More Important Than Its Technologies
[9:18 - 18:23] Why can’t businesses just rely more on technology and less on people?
• If you rely less on people, those you do rely on will matter much more
• Emerging technologies likely won’t replace people so much as improve their productivity
[18:24 - 27:15] As someone in HR, how do you facilitate technological change within your business?
• Good data and insights into a business’ current state are essential
• Why HR practitioners should be business minded (and vice-versa)
[27:14 - 38:00] How HR practitioners can drive progress within their business
• Data will help you identify problems and build a business case for the solution
• Building a solution for reducing the people cost of a business
[38:01 - 38:55] Closing
• Thanks for listening!
Quotes
“[HR] data will do a couple of things for you: . . . it’ll tell you if you really have a problem, and it’ll help you show others that it might be.”
“If you can [reduce the people cost of a business] by 1 or 2%, it’s night-and-day for the profitability because that can all drop straight down to the bottom line.”
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