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What does it take to overhaul your workforce strategy for thousands of employees, in a 24/7 workforce scattered across Australia?
Virgin Australia’s CPO Lisa Burquest – who brings over 25 years of senior HR leadership expertise – details how her team developed a modernisation strategy for their multigenerational, aging workforce and why they transitioned to planning for dynamic skills over more traditional rigid roles.
Learn how HR leaders can adapt their traditional planning frameworks to build businesses that are simpler, smarter and focused on future growth.
Further learning:
Workforce Planning – Advanced Course: https://bit.ly/4iLQXAe
Workforce Planning - Foundations Course: https://bit.ly/4zBvscl
The Strategic HR Leader Course: https://bit.ly/4kIUn9m

Further reading:
Learn more about AHRI’s Workforce Planning Toolkit for HR: https://bit.ly/4iHB8vL
Download the toolkit here: https://bit.ly/4sOD74u

Connect:
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Connect with Narelle Hooper on LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/4cskpIq
Connect with Lisa Burquest on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisa-burquest-8328395/
AHRI members can join the AHRI LinkedIn Lounge to access bonus content and continue the discussion: https://bit.ly/3LIdWPB
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As hybrid work and generative AI tools make it easier to work alone, organisations risk losing the social connection that drives performance, creativity and wellbeing. Left unchecked, the habit of turning to an LLM for answers and advice can pull people away from their teams and weaken collective capability.
Peter Burow, Founding Partner at NeuroPower Advisory and Consulting, explains why humans are wired for teamwork, how AI can amplify our worst impulses rather than moderate them and what HR leaders can do about it.
He shares practical advice on strategic teaming, from running face-to-face ‘dynamics’ sessions to building executive team collaboration, and helping people reconnect with their own judgment.
Further learning:
AHRI Course – AI & HR: Embedding Responsible AI - Shaping Workforce & Culture Course - Part 2: https://bit.ly/4yKU69y

Further reading:
Article – What’s hybrid work doing to our brains?: https://bit.ly/3WjT0nq
Article – Why strong teams can still struggle to execute strategy: https://bit.ly/4smBxXE

Connect:
Follow AHRI on LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/42bZnZE87
Connect with Narelle Hooper on LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/4cskpIq
Connect with Peter Burow on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/peter-burow-1b0a93
AHRI members can join the AHRI LinkedIn Lounge to access bonus content and continue the discussion: https://bit.ly/3LIdWPB
Not yet an AHRI member? Join today and access a range of benefits, as well as a passionate community of HR practitioners: https://bit.ly/4eST9pd

When a neurodivergent employee feels comfortable enough to let their employer know about their diagnosis, the way a manager responds is the key to building trust and a pathway for productive collaboration in a neurodiverse workforce.
While there’s no one-size-fits-all approach, Neurodiversity Trainer Aisling Smith shares her practical advice to help coach managers on what it takes to support neurodivergent employees at the moment of disclosure and beyond.
Further learning:
Aisling Smith's HR Toolkit: https://neuroempowerment.co/hr#hr-toolkit
AHRI Course – Performance Management for Neurodiverse Workplaces: https://bit.ly/4hkOJXA

Further reading:
Article – 3 considerations when responding to neurodiversity disclosures: https://bit.ly/4cXSL77
Article – The cost of neurodiversity concealment at work: https://bit.ly/4ycON3d

Connect:
Follow AHRI on LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/42bZnZE87
Connect with Narelle Hooper on LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/4cskpIq
Connect with Aisling Smith on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aisling-smith-neurodiversity/
AHRI members can join the AHRI LinkedIn Lounge to access bonus content and continue the discussion: https://bit.ly/3LIdWPB
Not yet an AHRI member? Join today and access a range of benefits, as well as a passionate community of HR practitioners: https://bit.ly/4eST9pd

In this special live episode, recorded at AHRI’s National Convention and Exhibition in Brisbane, Belinda Casson MAHRI, Chief People Officer at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, takes listeners behind-the-scenes of talent development in the Australian Public Sector.
Managing over 6000 staff across Australia and 120 overseas posts, Casson brings a wealth of experience. She shares some of the innovative L&D initiatives her team has devised to equip the next generation of HR leaders with the skills they need to understand the political landscape and thrive at the senior levels of HR in the Commonwealth.
Further learning
Talent Management Course: https://bit.ly/3U1HfkB
HR Certification – Ready to take your HR career to new heights? Complete our online quiz: https://bit.ly/45y34L5

Further reading
AHRI Article – Belinda Casson MAHRI profile: The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s CPO on embracing complexity in HR: https://bit.ly/4wAPe5G
AHRI Article – How HR can turn the tide on a looming C-suite executives turnover crisis: https://bit.ly/45D8gNH

Connect:
Follow AHRI on LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/42bZnZE87
Connect with Narelle Hooper on LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/4cskpIq
Connect with Belinda Casson on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/belinda-casson-8731057/
AHRI members can join the AHRI LinkedIn Lounge to access bonus content and continue the discussion: https://bit.ly/3LIdWPB
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The future of work doesn't loudly announce itself. It slowly creeps into organisations, showing up in the dilemmas that make their way into your inbox, your IR case load or your exec papers.
In this episode, Narelle Hooper speaks with Reanna Browne, an academically-trained futurist with an HR background, about her practical four-question framework designed to help HR teams work through complex dilemmas showing up in our work today, such as how to combat employees' ‘cognitive surrender’ and re-anchor the irreplaceable value of human judgment.
Further learning
Attend AHRI's National Convention and Exhibition to hear more from Reanna in her keynote address. Register now: https://bit.ly/4p9wEiU
AI & HR: Embedding Responsible AI - Shaping Workforce & Culture course: https://bit.ly/4gZ86ae

Further reading
AHRI Article – 10 strategic prompts to help your business assess the downstream risks of AI: https://bit.ly/4vhGgcP
Wharton @ Work research article – Thinking Fast, Slow, Artificially: AI and Your Brain: https://bit.ly/3QJBl6p

Connect:
Follow AHRI on LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/42bZnZE87
Connect with Narelle Hooper on LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/4cskpIq
Connect with Reanna Browne on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/reannabrowne/
AHRI members can join the AHRI LinkedIn Lounge to access bonus content and continue the discussion: https://bit.ly/3LIdWPB
Not yet an AHRI member? Join today and access a range of benefits, as well as a passionate community of HR practitioners: https://bit.ly/4eST9pd