People and Management January 2019 | Page 38

POST EVENT FICCI HR CONFERENCE 2018 F ICCI HR Conference third edition was held in New Delhi on 19th & 20th Nov 2018. First time in an HR Event, Non-HR functions got an opportunity to attend a conference for understanding the challenges which management and HR encounter in the changed business environment related to disruption; and experience how both HR and non- HR functions need to collectively take the journey of company transformation ahead. The event presented a unique opportunity for the audience to attend concurrent workshops on trending topics. 1) Big Data Analytics in HR presented by Shweta Sharma, Founder of Collaborative Climate and KoSolve, was attended by HR business partners, generalists, talent management and development professionals. The objectives of the workshop were to recognize business and relevant human resource goals, discuss structured and unstructured big data that lie within an organization and that classify functions such as recruitment, talent development, performance 38 | Vol. 10 Issue 1 • JANUARY 2019, Noida management and employee exit functions that can utilise HR Analytics, to identify some of the common growth metrics. 2) Application of Cognitive Psychology in HR was presented by Srikanth Arimanithaya Senior Vice President-Integrated Workforce Management and India Co-Managing Director DXC Technologies. Corporations invest signifi cantly in intangible assets such as culture, leadership, skills, net working relationship building, creativity & innovation. Cognitive computing facilitates a seamless inter- action between humans and machines. An interac- tion based on the principles of cognitive psychology such as learning, intelligence, memory, perception, emotions, attitude, personality, aptitude, reasoning, thinking, etc., aspects such as perception, attitude, emotions, thinking, etc. penetrating the computing world. The session focused on opportunities to leverage cognitive psychology principles for understand of intangible assets to enable value creation for the organizations.