In a recent series of roundtable discussion groups, HR and IT professionals from across New Zealand shared their stories straight from the frontline of innovation and technology integration in HR strategy. This report distils these discussions to provide detailed insights into the challenges and opportunities facing HR practitioners in using technology to be a driver and enabler of organisational change.

The HR Innovation Landscape 2019

The digital workplace is truly disrupting all business. The nature of work, the workplace and the workforce are evolving at incredible speed. This brings change to how they work, where they work and brings new ways of learning. These are contributing to huge challenges with rapidly increasing requirements for people teams.

Successful people leaders will wear many hats. They will become accomplished story tellers adept at securing business support from every part of the executive team, including the HR teams and the employees themselves. These groups have difficult and different nuances and challenges to overcome.

“Timeâ€' Biggest Barrier to Successful HR Innovation

Of the 85 HR and IT professionals we spoke to, 48% said that getting enough time and resources away from “business as usualâ€' was their biggest challenge in driving legal innovation within their organisations.

What is your biggest challenge in driving innovation internally?

48% – Getting enough time and resources away from ‘Business as Usual'

24% – Upskilling teams and improving processes

13% – Getting buy-in from the business

7% – Preparing for the future of people technology

4% – Using data effectively for decision-making

Top 8 Innovation Challenges for New Zealand HR and IT Leaders

The following eight themes emerged from our roundtable discussions as being most important to the New Zealand HR community:

1. The Business of the Future – How Are Organisations Preparing for a New World of Work?
2. Mirroring a Self-Service Culture to Create Genuine Employee Experience
3. Developing and Executing an Effective HR Innovation Roadmap
4. Becoming an HR Innovation Influencer
5. Making Innovation the New Business as Usual
6. Winning the People Change Battle: Before, During and After Transformation
7. Making UX Top of the Technology Wishlist
8. Navigating the HR Tech Vendor Landscape

Read more about the challenges facing HR and IT professionals in driving innovation in The HR Innovation Research Report New Zealand 2019. Fill in the form below to download your free copy: