Technology is transforming not just the tools businesses use, but it's having a fundamental effect on the workforce as a whole. How companies adapt and prepare their workforces for the digital era will have a direct impact on their bottom line, and even their survival. Mercer and Oliver Wyman have joined forces to help companies restructure their workforces for the digital era, and we caught up with Oliver Wyman Partner Axel Miller for some insights about how workforces can be transformed to meet the coming challenges.
Consulting: How did this partnership with Mercer come to pass?
Miller: With Oliver Wyman as one of the premier management consultancies and Mercer one of the leading HR consultancies, it was natural for us to combine insights in terms of the industry development, market development, technological development, business and operating model changes knowledge Oliver Wyman brings to the table along with the tools and overarching data Mercer brings on the HR side. That was the rationale for the partnership. The driving force was that both companies recognized as our clients move towards implementing new technologies like artificial intelligence, they were starting to question what impact that would have on their workforce and how should they deal with it. How is my workforce going to change? What kind of workforce will I need in 5 to 10 years in terms of size and shape and how do we need to adapt to get there?
