Beyond fire and re-hire: building a sustainable workforce for the future
Discover how to redefine workforce transformation in this engaging discussion.
Every organizational decision is an act of change – whether you recognize it or not. For successful “always-on” transformation, businesses must think intentionally about how they deploy talent and develop skills to fuel growth and resilience.
The old model of ‘fire and re-hire’ is no longer viable – financially, culturally, or competitively. Critical talent will not wait for organizations that fail to invest in them, and the cost of turnover is higher than ever.
As automation and AI reshape the nature of work, skills are expiring faster than ever before. Roles are evolving, tasks are being redefined, and employees need the agility to learn and adapt as organizations do. In this environment, talent that can evolve alongside technology will be the differentiator between stagnation and success.
This debate challenges the audience to rethink how they attract, grow, and retain people in a world where skills expire quickly. Our panelists will share perspectives on why sustainable talent strategies, focused on development and succession, are key to long-term success.
Meet the speakers
Professor Lynda Gratton
Lynda Gratton is one of the foremost global thought-leaders on the future of work, named by ‘Business Thinkers 50’ as one of the top fifteen business thinkers and described as a ‘rock star’ teacher.
Lynda is Professor of Management Practice at London Business School, where she received the ‘teacher of the year’ award and designed and directs ‘the future of work’ elective, one of the school’s most popular electives. Her research on hybrid work was featured as the cover article for Harvard Business Review in May 2021 and she explores issues of work in her MIT Sloan column.
Over a decade ago Lynda founded HSM-Advisory, which has supported more than ninety companies around the world to future-proof their business strategy. Her eleven books, including Redesigning Work and The 100-Year Life, have sold over a million copies and have been translated into more than fifteen languages.
Lynda served as a Fellow of the World Economic Forum and co-chaired the WEF Council on Work, Wages and Job Creation. Lynda has sat on the advisory board of Japan’s Prime Minister Abe and served on the advisory board of a number of global companies.
