Digital transformation | What impact is tech having on HR?

Technology within the workplace can improve the lives of employees and boost a company’s productivity tenfold, however, how has tech started to impact HR and what trends will start to crop up in the sector? 

Vikki Tedrake, Transformation Lead at Veran Performance, believes that automation, chatbots and AI will be some of the biggest HR trends going forwards. Here she also reveals what other opportunities and possibilities lay ahead when it comes to technology, why HR needs to embrace it, the importance of understanding what employees can gain from tech and how it can deliver the most value.

How do you envisage tech being used within HR in the future?

We are seeing more and more companies encourage ‘human machine teaming’ and automation, where humans and intelligent systems work together to surpass our own human limitations. People have become accustomed to technology in their homes with smart technology and now have high expectations at work.