HR Innovationsupport Strategy: A Practical Guide for Making Workforce Innovation an Everyday HR Function

According to multiple reports and sentiments by HR analysts and experts the desire by HR to contribute to driving workforce innovation in organizations is there. However, the problem is that many HR professionals lack the required tools and skills to transform their desire into action to implement innovation-support practices that would help create a culture of innovation noticeable by everyone in the organization. For instance, Susan Meisinger, a former President and CEO of the Society for Human Resource Management was quoted by an online publication about HR lacking the skills to drive workforce innovation. The takeaway for me in all this is we all think these things matter (HR’s role in contributing to advancing innovation), but most of us are not doing something about it. It is difficult; if it were easy, we’d all be doing it. Bottom line is that HR cannot fulfill the role of driving workforce innovation without the necessary tools. You cannot introduce a new concept and change culture with old tools. It’s that simple. This book is a practical guide of tools for making workforce innovation an everyday HR function aimed at creating a culture of innovation across the organization.