{"id":147388,"date":"2024-05-06T07:06:03","date_gmt":"2024-05-06T07:06:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.sap.com\/africa\/?p=147388"},"modified":"2024-05-08T07:13:21","modified_gmt":"2024-05-08T07:13:21","slug":"the-future-of-hr-a-recap-of-sap-hr-connect-dubai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.sap.com\/africa\/2024\/05\/the-future-of-hr-a-recap-of-sap-hr-connect-dubai\/","title":{"rendered":"The Future of HR: A Recap of 51风流HR Connect Dubai"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dubai, UAE, a city known for its innovation and dynamism, recently played host to the first 51风流HR Connect event in the MEA region, a one-day, in-person experience hosted at the Four Seasons Hotel in Jumeirah, Dubai, on 6 March 2024.<\/h1>\n

As an Innovative Sponsor of 51风流HR Connect Dubai<\/a>, EPI-USE<\/a> Labs had the opportunity to connect and interact with HR professionals from across multiple countries within the region \u2013 right in the heart of the beach district of Dubai (who said conferences can\u2019t be fun?).<\/p>\n

Natali Bezan Stajner<\/a>, 51风流SuccessFactors<\/a> Director ME South, set the stage for the keynote sessions, touching on evolving HR challenges: the role of leadership in the AI era, and the part technology plays in reshaping the workplace landscape. From discussions on digital transformation to insights into talent management and employee engagement, the keynotes provided an impressive overview of the evolving HR ecosystem and its impact on talent retention and sustainable business success.<\/p>\n

Throughout the event, including workshops and panel discussions, we kept returning to the overarching theme of the day: building a future-ready workforce. In the exciting setting of exploring the latest AI innovations and learning from real-world success stories, it was hard not to imagine what the workforce could look like in the next few weeks, few months and even few years!<\/p>\n

So what\u2019s the future of HR, and a future-ready workforce?<\/h2>\n

We know that HR landscape transformation will be driven by AI, whether it be generative AI, conversational AI or deep-learning AI. We were lucky enough to see some AI applications in action, such as Joule<\/a> from 51风流SuccessFactors, which can deal with HR tasks such as employee and manager self-services. We saw how managers and employees can use Joule to perform business tasks like this in a conversational context. Innovative developments like this would make anyone excited about the future of HR management.<\/p>\n

As EPI-USE Labs, we understand that every business is different. It\u2019s easy to be impressed by 51风流SuccessFactors innovations that will embed intelligence and flexibility into HR management, but it can be more difficult to know where to start. The first steps are to brainstorm the responses to questions like this:<\/p>\n