Lars Schmidt, Founder of Amplify Talent, joined us on The Modern People Leader.
We talked about what you should know if you plan to make the jump into HR, the 2 most important things for HR practitioners to prioritize their careers around, and the ways HR will look different in 2023.
Timestamps:
(3:20) Recent launch of Amplify Academy's Diversity Council
(4:37) Lars’ career story and how he started Amplify
(9:36) What happened in 2015 for the open sourcing of HR
(15:20) Getting out of the zero-sum mindset that in order to win everyone else has to lose
(18:45) HR is now a destination function
(20:00) Where there’s room for disruption within HR
(22:20) What you should know if you’re making the jump into HR
(30:00) The 2 most important things for HR practitioners to prioritize their career around
(34:00) The importance of having peer networks
(39:36) On whether the economic uncertainty will hamper progress made over the last few years
(43:03) People moving away from the startup scene for more stability
(46:25) The current state of HR tech
(52:05) 7 ways HR will look different in the new year
(57:00) The idea of choice
(1:00) Built For People
(1:01:38) Lars’ definition of a Modern People Leader
(1:02:16) The career advice Lars would give his 22-year-old self
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