This week I attended a CIPD (networking) event where a couple of HR people were challenged to debate on the future of HR: how do the workforce trends influence how we do our work, how should we see the future and how will this profession change? 

One thing really caught my eye: we are still very preoccupied with engagement.

Organisations, through HR, still try so hard to keep employees engaged when it’s an obvious case of navigating against the wind. All trends show that people change their jobs more often, the new generations don’t want to stay still. Companies invest a lot of money in trying to keep them, instead of focusing on becoming an agile organisation that can survive in these new waters: where people come and go.

Maybe we should be focusing more on how to make the most out of the situation.

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