Exclusive | Accenture VP on sunsetting DEI & losing £50m TfL bid: 'HR must reclaim the narrative'

Jasmin Guthmann could have been unremorseful; or guarded; or misdirecting; or simply uncooperative.

Quite frankly she could have not wanted to speak at all.

But the fact she did – exclusively to HR Grapevine – and the fact she spoke so candidly, says something about her authenticity, and the ultimate message she wants to give the rest of the HR community: that now is not the time for HR to cower, but actually take the front foot.

Guthmann is talking to HR Grapevine because the company she now works at – Accenture Song (the creative arm of global consultancy, Accenture), is having what most would regard as a pretty dire week.