Kav Patel
Chief People Officer of Yondr
Thursday 20th January saw the relaunch of the OP Academy via Zoom and what a kickstart to the New Year it was!
Oakleaf Academy prides itself on supporting and nurturing our HR network as they progress and set out into their careers.
Kav Patel, Chief People Officer of Yondr kindly joined us to talk about reinventing HR and ‘how we can be creative and innovative in an HR environment’. In the current climate and ever-changing ways that we are working, this sparked some serious interest amongst out HR community and certainly gave us some food for thought!
Kav firstly engaged us with a bit of a background to his career, shortly followed by some of the observations he has made whilst being in the industry and the approach he takes in his role as Chief People Officer. As someone who prides themselves on bringing innovation and even disruption to a function which he feels is long overdue, he certainly changed some of our ways of thinking and challenged how we approach HR day to day.
“No one deserves a seat at the table – you need to earn it!”
“Bad culture will affect your strategy”
“Being creative is looking at yourself and asking, what should I be focusing on?”
The feedback already has been phenomenal, we have outlined some of the highlights below:
“He was an awesome speaker and not your usual HR professional which would have been useful to the audience. I particularly liked his bit about no-one deserving a seat at the table and you have to build the trust with the business first, so you earn one”
“He was super insightful!”
“Great presentation and so insightful. Thank you for organising!”
“Kav was very personable, and it was nice to see a CPO who didn’t come across as suuuuper senior, though I know that he has a lot of responsibility. He shared his insights as though he were amongst a group of peers and that made his points very relatable and easy to understand and it was interesting to hear his perspective on the topic.”
“It was great to listen to someone who backs up the way that I think and how I want to progress as a HR professional in my career.”
We are super excited to be back organising these events for our rising HR talent! As always, we are keen to hear your thoughts and ideas for future events!
Our next event will be this summer, when we hope to see you in person. This will encompass networking, charity raffles, drinks and nibbles as well as a presentation and talk from inspiring HR leaders within our network.
Stay tuned for further info and please contact Robyn Wells to register your interest with us so we can keep you updated!
Robyn Wells
HR & Talent Specialist Recruiter within Tech/FinTech, Media, Telco and B2B