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 the future of work, technology, business and organizations, with thousands of members from all over the world. Enrique is one of the top 100 HR global influencers. Enrique was the founder and CEO at Management Consultants, a firm specialized in Human Resources in Venezuela. Before Management Consultants, Enrique worked in the telecommunications sector as a Senior Project Engineer for Telefonica and several other companies. He is also the cofounder of Cotopaxi, a recruitment platform focused on Latin America. 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 is a Fulbright Scholar, has over twenty years of experience and is an Electronic Engineer with an Executive Master’s in Public Administration from Maxwell School at Syracuse University.

Topics:

Transition from electrical engineering to HR. What is Hacking HR and biggest challenge about putting together a global HR conference. In your own words, what does the phrase Human Resources mean to you?Common myth or misconception that people have about HRHow has the COVID-19 pandemic impacted your thinking on the future of work.What are some of the skills we need to develop to prepare the workforce for the disruption of exponential technologies?What kind of technology do you find the most interesting for HR these days? What HR technologies are you curious about and WHY?How has a failure, or apparent failure, set you up for later success? Do you have a “favorite failure” of yours?

Episode transcription:

[00:00:00] Enrique Rubio: [00:00:00] What I want you to do with that. Instead of focusing on the 50 calls a day, I want you to talk to five people a day and make sure that you are making a difference in the lives of those employees. When you talk to them, meaning asking them what they need, how you can support them, being there for them, creating the platform and the infrastructure for them to succeed and thrive at work.

[00:00:21] Thank you for listening to Ivy podcast, where we feature weekly leadership conversations with thought leaders and industry experts. Now here is your host, Cesar Romero.

[00:00:37] Cesar Romero: [00:00:37] Hey everyone. Welcome to another episode of the Ivy podcast. In today's episode, we're going to be diving deeper into the world of HR. And if you are a professional in HR or really anyone that's interested in putting people first. I think this episode is for you. We're going to be talking mainly about what are some of the things that need to change in HR and what are some of the things that you could do to better prepare for that future that's already here and today I'm excited to bring on. And Enrique Rubio, who is an HR tech and future of war experts and keynote speaker. And he's also the founder of Hiking HR, which is a global community of HR professionals that is at the intersection of the future of work technology, business, and organizations with thousands, thousands of members across the world. He's also the co-founder of Cotopaxi, which is a recruiting platform focused on Latin America and Ricky has written multiple blogs on innovation management and hand resources. Enrique, thank you so much for being on the show today.

[00:02:05] Enrique Rubio: [00:02:05] Thank you so much for inviting me. I am really, really excited about this conversation. So thank you.

[00:02:12] Cesar Romero: [00:02:12] Yeah. So before we dive into HR, I want to start with your background because. I understand that you were not always in HR in that you got started as an electronic engineer. Let's talk about that. Like what prompted you to make that transition and what was the aha moment?

[00:02:38] Enrique Rubio: [00:02:38] I lost my wa