Martin Low - Why For a Business People are More Important Than Its Technologies

Martin Low is the Founder and CEO of On Plane Consulting, a consulting firm that helps small businesses and startups optimize and scale. Having held HR Director positions at multiple successful companies, Martin bring a wealth of experience to the table. 

In this episode, Martin talks about the fact that despite the evergreen landscape of new and emerging technologies, businesses still need one essential resource: people. 

Chapters

[0:00 - 9:17] Introduction

•   Welcome, Martin!

•   Today’s Topic: Why A Business’ People are More Important Than Its Technologies

 

[9:18 - 18:23] Why can’t businesses just rely more on technology and less on people?

•   If you rely less on people, those you do rely on will matter much more

•   Emerging technologies likely won’t replace people so much as improve their productivity

 

[18:24 - 27:15] As someone in HR, how do you facilitate technological change within your business?

•   Good data and insights into a business’ current state are essential

•   Why HR practitioners should be business minded (and vice-versa)

 

[27:14 - 38:00] How HR practitioners can drive progress within their business

•   Data will help you identify problems and build a business case for the solution

•   Building a solution for reducing the people cost of a business

 

[38:01 - 38:55] Closing

•   Thanks for listening!

 

Quotes

“[HR] data will do a couple of things for you: . . . it’ll tell you if you really have a problem, and it’ll help you show others that it might be.”

“If you can [reduce the people cost of a business] by 1 or 2%, it’s night-and-day for the profitability because that can all drop straight down to the bottom line.”

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