Gartner Expert

Piers Hudson is a Senior Director, Analyst covering HR Strategy and Operations, based in London, UK. Piers helps senior HR executives to organize and manage their HR functions for maximum business impact. He has lead research on the changing demands on HR from future corporate and workforce change, and helps HR leaders to understand the future implications for the HR structure, its workforce and its ways of working. In particular, Piers helps senior HR leaders to understand the implications of their business strategy for HR strategy, and at how organizational direction should translate into HR transformations that drive more HR impact and efficiency. Piers has supported hundreds of HR functions with their transformation efforts, and has a passion for helping HR achieve its potential - for the benefit of both HR's internal customers, and HR staff.

Previous to his current role, Piers was a Research Leader within Gartner - leading major studies on "HR in 2030", on "Augmented HR" - particularly on HR realizing more business value from its technology, and on "Delivering World-Class HR" in a changing world of work. He has also lead the HR practice's Symposium keynote on the "Human Enterprise", and has designed workshops for clients on HR strategy, cost and budget.

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