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HR’s Strategic Imperative: How to lead for the future through organization design

Discover how HR leaders can elevate their role and lead the future of work through strategic workforce and organization design.

Organizations everywhere are leaning on HR to lead as work continues to rapidly change. This shifting landscape gives HR a unique opportunity to further become a thought partner to the C-suite and the board by moving from traditional talent management to taking ownership of how work is designed, deployed, and evolved.

In this timely conversation, global thought leader Ravin Jesuthasan, author of the global bestsellers Work Without Jobs and The Skills-Powered Organization, joins Orgvue Chief Product Officer Jessica Modrall to explore what it truly means for HR to lead through strategic workforce design. Drawing on Ravin’s influential research with the World Economic Forum and Orgvue’s expertise in organizational and workforce planning, the session will unpack:

  • The macro forces reshaping the future of work
  • How HR can elevate its role as the architect of workforce strategy
  • Why the relationship between jobs, work and skills is fundamental to successful organizational design
  • Practical frameworks for redesigning work in a rapidly evolving landscape

You will walk away from this discussion with forward-looking insights and actionable guidance for shaping a workforce that is adaptable, resilient, and ready for the future.

Meet the experts

Jessica Modrall

Jessica Modrall

Chief Product Officer, Orgvue
More about Jessica

Jessica has spent over a decade helping business leaders make better decisions about how they organize people and work. With a background in organization design and large-scale transformation, Jessica joined Orgvue in 2018 to lead the advisory team in EMEA, and currently leads the customer experience organization. In her current role Jessica is responsible for delivering sustained value to our customers and partners via customer success, services, programs and support teams.

Prior to Orgvue, Jessica was a member of Deloitte’s Human Capital Consulting practice based in New York and then in New Delhi, working with Fortune 100 companies globally on their most complex workforce and OD related challenges.

Jessica holds an MBA from the Yale School of Management.

Ravin Jesuthasan

Ravin Jesuthasan

Bestselling author on the future of work, AI and workforce transformation
More about Ravin

Ravin Jesuthasan is a recognized global thought leader, futurist and bestselling author on the future of work, AI and workforce transformation. He works with some of the largest, most sophisticated organizations in the world on the transformation of work and the workforce. Ravin has led numerous research projects for the World Economic Forum, is a regular presenter at the Forum’s annual meeting in Davos and is a member of the Forum’s Steering Committee on Work and Employment and its Future Skills Alliance. Ravin was named one of the leading management thinkers by Thinkers 50. He has also been recognized as one of the top 25 most influential consultants in the world by Consulting Magazine, one of the top 8 future of work influencers by Tech News and one of the top 100 HR influencers by HR Executive. He is the author of 6 best-selling books and has authored over 250 articles including 20 for the Harvard Business Review and the Sloan Management Review. He has been featured and quoted extensively by leading business media and is a member of the faculty at Caltech and Executive Fellow and Adjunct Lecturer of Executive Education at the Kellogg Business School.

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