It is an exciting time to be in HR. The HR function is changing and leaders across Australia and New Zealand are excited to be driving strategic change within their organisations. But more than ever, there is pressure to show what HR can deliver to the business. The tangible benefits of HR innovation and technology transformation can be difficult to quantify – but it’s about  staying relevant and ensuring organisations are equipped to succeed in the modern business world.

In our latest series of roundtable discussion groups, we heard from over 100 HR leaders who told us they want to create a vision that enables organisations to make data-driven decisions, with employee experience at the heart of what they do. More and more, HR professionals want to contribute to strategic core-business and enable employees and management to work more effectively.

• Where are the missed opportunities?
• How can we make strategic HR technology projects the value proposition that we know they need to be?
• How can we ensure our HR tech projects are delivering business value and enabling us to modernise and engage our ever-changing workforce?

The core functions of recruitment, talent management, ‘rem and ben’ and learning and  development are areas identified as ripe for disruption. But HR professionals also need to focus on the employee experience and create tools and processes which enable high performance, helping to achieve strategic business goals.