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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