Why did you join HR? Kerri O’Neill, Chief People & Transformation Officer, Ofcom

Sharing examples of her work at Ofcom, Aviva and House of Fraser, Kerri-Ann describes how starting with organisational purpose provided powerful learning that informed business and people strategy, underpinning the connections between commercial success and societal impact. With the example of child safety online, Kerri-Ann describes how a diverse and inclusive group enables pioneering work and provides a brilliant reference to Bletchley Park during WWII in describing the benefits.  Kerri-Ann advocates that every HR professional must have an opinion, use their agency to influence business and change, and to help connect with this, your own purpose and power, recommends that you ask yourself: Why did I join this profession?  Topics in Kerri Ann’s episode: Starting with Purpose – an example from Aviva ESG and People Strategy  HR having a business opinion Future forward thinking, Ofcom and the example of child safety online Bletchley Park – inspiring diversity and inclusion Why did you join this profession? Referenced resources: Nudge, by Richard H. Thaler and Cass R Sunstein Plus! The inspiring, impact-led HR conference is back! How HR Leaders Change the World - Live! 15 November 2023 How your HR strategy is also driving ESG results  Join us to learn and discuss:  How does connecting your HR work to ESG help you achieve your goals? How can you measure HR's ESG impacts and what are investors and your CEO keen to hear from you on?  How can you position HR impact to best demonstrate your HR function's value to all your colleagues and in your EVP? Learn from actionable examples shared by pioneering C-Suite HR Leaders, that you can implement at your company too. Alongside the CHRO speakers and the brilliant community of HR Changemakers you'll be part of, we're delighted to announce that Sir Lenny Henry CBE is this year's inspiring keynote.  Find out more and don't miss out on a limited time Earlybird ticket! (Offer ends 6pm BST 8Sep23) Join us In Person or via Live Stream; enter code HRChangemaker to get 30% off your place: https://frombabieswithlove.org/pages/how-hr-leaders-change-the-world-live-2023 Join the free How HR Leaders Change the World community Join the free How HR Leaders Change the World community and get our weekly newsletter – be the first to learn about new episodes and receive free bonus materials that help you showcase how your HR work is also driving positive change: https://frombabieswithlove.org/pages/how-hr-leaders-change-the-world We have a favour to ask! Would you tell an HR friend about the podcast? Or share the link with an HR team you think would find it helpful for their work? We’re excited to bring more of your peers into the community, and hugely appreciate your help to make it happen!  Linkedin: @FromBabieswithLove Email: [email protected]  Website: https://frombabieswithlove.org/ How HR Leaders Change the World is brought to you by social enterprise, From Babies with Love. Across Moments that Matter, we provide employee engagement gift services to global HR functions and donate 100% of our profit to orphaned and abandoned children around the world. We transform commonly existing gift spend in to strategic, efficient and inclusive tools in your People Strategy, delivering Exceptional Employee Experience, and at the same time, ESG results.