HR Tech 2024 - Deloitte & Orgvue Interview

Summary

In this insightful conversation at the HR Technology Conference, Jennifer Rabah from Constellation Brands and Mike Bobc from Orgviiew discuss the evolving roles of organizational design and workforce planning in driving strategic business goals. They highlight how HR technology, including tools like Workday and Orgviiew, is enabling organizations to effectively manage transformation projects and improve workforce structures. Key takeaways include the importance of data analytics, HR expertise, and building flexible, collaborative teams to successfully navigate organizational changes and workforce planning challenges.

Takeaways

• 😀 Organizational design and workforce planning are interrelated, with a growing need to combine both for effective business strategy execution.
• 😀 Jennifer Rabah from Constellation Brands shared their journey of building an organizational design and capabilities function from scratch.
• 😀 The organization started with basic tools like PowerPoint and Excel for organizational modeling, and later incorporated more sophisticated tools like Workday and OrgViiew.
• 😀 The methodology followed by Constellation Brands is based on the STAR model, a standard approach to organizational design.
• 😀 HR managers at Constellation Brands are being trained to handle smaller organizational design work to empower business units to solve their own organizational challenges.
• 😀 The partnership with OrgViiew was critical to integrating financial analysis, modeling capabilities, and a consultative approach to organizational design.
• 😀 For success in organizational design, data analysis, and the ability to derive insights were key skills required on the team, including finding individuals with strong backgrounds in data analysis.
• 😀 Acknowledgment of the growing intersection between people analytics, organizational design, and workforce planning, highlighting the need for a more integrated approach.
• 😀 HR departments are increasingly taking ownership of workforce planning, which traditionally resided in other functions like finance or operations.
• 😀 Constellation Brands is focusing on building a flexible approach to workforce planning and organizational design to ensure adaptability as the workforce evolves with emerging technologies.

Q & A

What is the primary goal of the HR Technology Conference as described in the script?

The primary goal of the HR Technology Conference is to showcase how clients and providers are using HR technology to meet their strategic business goals. The event aims to share stories of these real-world applications.

What role does Jennifer Rabah hold at Constellation Brands, and what are her responsibilities?

Jennifer Rabah is the Director of Organizational Capabilities at Constellation Brands. She is responsible for organizational design, workforce planning, and helping the business adopt new capabilities within the organization.

What is Mike Bobc’s role, and what strategic partnership does he manage?

Mike Bobc manages partnerships at Org Viiew, specifically overseeing the strategic alliance with Deoe. He helps clients with large transformation projects and building capabilities around organizational design and workforce planning.

Why did Jennifer Rabah's team need a design tool for organizational modeling?

Jennifer's team needed a design tool to model organizational changes effectively, as their previous methods, such as PowerPoints and Excel files, were insufficient for the task. They wanted a tool that could analyze data and offer deeper insights.

How did Constellation Brands integrate Workday into their organizational design process?

Constellation Brands integrated Workday as the central data repository for organizational design, ensuring all data was in one place for easier modeling and analysis.

What methodology did Jennifer Rabah's team follow for organizational design?

Jennifer's team followed the STAR model from JGB, a standard approach for organizational design. They also worked on empowering HR managers to handle smaller design projects independently.

What were some of the challenges Jennifer’s team faced in organizational design?

Some challenges included starting from scratch with no established processes, managing complex cross-functional projects, and needing a tool that could handle both simple and complex organizational design tasks.

Why did Jennifer Rabah choose to partner with Org Viiew for their modeling tool?

Jennifer chose Org Viiew because it offered a powerful modeling tool capable of analyzing spans and layers, integrating financial data, and providing insights on the cost of various organizational changes.

What are some key competencies needed for building a successful organizational design team, according to Jennifer Rabah?

Key competencies include the ability to analyze large datasets and derive insights, an understanding of organizational capabilities, and experience in defining, assessing, and training employees on these capabilities.

How do workforce planning and organizational design differ, and how are they related?

Workforce planning focuses on ensuring the right quantity and type of resources are in place to execute strategy, while organizational design is about structuring the workforce to drive strategy. They are related because both aim to align the workforce with the business strategy, but they address different aspects.

What trend is emerging in the relationship between organizational design and workforce planning?

There is an emerging trend of convergence between organizational design and workforce planning. Organizations are recognizing that these two areas need to be integrated, as executing effective organizational design requires strong analytical capabilities found in workforce planning.