Is there common ground for benefits and human resources professionals in every corner of the world? For the 13,000-plus whove come to Orlando, Fla. for the annual Society for Human Resource Management conference, learning to cope with an increasingly automated and data-centered working environment no matter what the industry may prove to the be biggest challenge the field has ever faced.
Speaking at the gatherings opening keynote, Hank Jackson, SHRMs CEO, illustrated that the robotic tools we once thought part of a science fiction future are now making their way into many workplaces, though the displacement of human talent will certainly require some new ways of thinking about optimizing the role people play in the workforce.
