What's the greatest challenge facing HR right now, and why?

We must use our Dodo Brains to show that AI will never replicate the empathy, curiosity, and deep thinking HR practitioners bring to the workplace. If we don’t use our brains to think differently, they will go the same way as the Dodo!

What's the biggest opportunity HR teams are currently missing?

Using our shared firsthand experience of how people work and live to fuel positive and impactful strategic thinking.

Who has most influenced your approach to HR leadership?

A former colleague who said they felt they didn’t know me after five years working together. I realised bringing the whole self to work is absolutely key to lead with positive impact.

Why do you think HR Practitioners should attend HR Minds Summit?

It’s a living and breathing cocoon of ideas and shared experience. It will give you new approaches to tackling thorny problems.

ABOUT

Partner and Chief People Officer, Martin Osler joined Johnston Carmichael in 2021. A Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, Martin started his career in journalism and government communications, before building HR expertise in various roles. Martin is responsible for ensuring nearly 1,000 people across 11 different sites across the UK have the best possible experience of working at Johnston Carmichael. His remit includes working with the Board to develop a meaningful and positively impactful culture and people strategy, growing the people value proposition, HR operations, Learning and Development, Recruitment and Early Careers. Martin built an inhouse leadership programme which is accredited at Masters-level and helped contribute to Johnston Carmichael achieving Great Place to Work status in the UK. It is now provided as a service to clients as part of the firm’s People Advisory offering. A Moore Global Harvard Leadership Programme alumni, one of Martin’s finest achievements was climbing Mount Kilimanjaro.