When hiring slowed down at Siemens, due to the pandemic, Head of US Talent Acquisition, Diane Circo, didn’t wait around for req volume to return to normal. Diane used this time to transform the US talent acquisition model from reactive to proactive, especially when it came to developing a process for employing “automation where it counts”. She employed the use of empowerment leadership and innovation crowdsourcing to successfully create meaningful, sustainable change within her team and the organization at large.