Episode 35: Hacking HR For The Future Of Work With Enrique Rubio

What do you do when you plan for the future of work, but the future shows up overnight? What if this COVID-19 pandemic was the colossal catalyst for the transformation and disruption of work, culture and talent development in organizations that many HR execs have long advocated for but have never been able to advance?

In this episode, Enrique Rubio shares his perspectives on Hacking HR and looking at the strategies and technologies that will help you enable those changes while elevating humanity in workplace.

Enrique Rubio is an HR, Tech and Future of Work expert and keynote speaker and founder of Hacking HR, a global learning community at the intersection of future of work, technology, business and organizations, with thousands of members of all over the world. He came to the United States from Venezuela as a Fulbright Scholar. Prior to coming to the US, Enrique was the CEO at Management Consultants, a firmed specialized in Human Resources in Venezuela. Enrique has over twenty years of experience and is an Electronic Engineer with an Executive Master’s in Public Administration from Maxwell School.

Highlights:

[02:35] Enrique’s journey

[07:02] From Engineering to HR

[11:01] Transforming Human Resources

[22:20] Work-Life integration while working from home

[30:43] Gaining access and proximity to influential leaders

[34:43] What the workplace look like post pandemic

[39:06] Advice for success during this time

Quotes:

“To meet this new world of work, we really have to put people first, in the center of all the things that we do.” - Enrique Rubio

“Successful business leaders of the future have to do two things that are very difficult. One is to see the invisible. And the other is to believe the unbelievable.” – Enrique Rubio

“Sometimes you have to believe things that contradict your own assumptions. Because it is in those things, where the next innovation is lying.” – Enrique Rubio

“Social distancing does not mean that you have to be isolated from the world.” – Enrique Rubio

“Post-pandemic, the most important thing of all is that we become way more human than we have ever been before.” – Enrique Rubio

“If we learn how to embrace that uncertainty and chaos, we will be better prepared to deal with future crisis and able to embrace future opportunities.” – Enrique Rubio

About Enrique Rubio:

Enrique is an HR, Tech and Future of Work expert and keynote speaker and founder of Hacking HR, a global learning community at the intersection of future of work, technology, business and organizations, with thousands of members of all over the world. He came to the United States from Venezuela as a Fulbright Scholar. Prior to coming to the US, Enrique was the CEO at Management Consultants, a firmed specialized in Human Resources in Venezuela. Before Management Consultants, Enrique worked in the
telecommunications sector as a Senior Project Engineer for Telefonica. He is also the cofounder of Cotopaxi, a recruitment platform focused on Latin America and the Caribbean. Enrique is a guest author in several blogs about innovation, management and human resources. Most recently Enrique worked as an advisor to the Chief Human Resources Officer at the Inter-American Development Bank. Enrique has over twenty years of experience and is an Electronic Engineer with an Executive Master’s in Public
Administration from Maxwell School.

Links:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rubioenrique/

Website: https://hackinghr.io/