Key takeaways
What we covered
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00:08
Welcome
Introducing Charlie Dyer of Topia and Vichalya Wijesuriya of PeoplesHR.
02:12
The distributed workforce
From working at home to cross-border moves and people living out of a suitcase.
04:16
Three groups to manage
Global mobility assignees, business travelers and remote workers.
08:21
Compliance is complicated
Tax, immigration, work permits, local regulations and audits.
10:23
Data, systems and cost
Locating employees, disconnected tools and estimating the cost of a move.
12:26
The experience of people on the move
Consistent support for cultural and logistical challenges.
13:28
Planning for success
Stakeholders, shared goals and fixing processes first.
16:33
Building a mobility policy
Benchmarking with peers and forums instead of working alone.
17:34
Choosing the right technology
Alignment with objectives, integrations and clear communication.
18:36
KPIs and analytics
Measuring success and forecasting mobility needs.
22:41
Employees as customers
The physical, cultural and digital experience, and how to gather feedback.
27:47
What the numbers say
Hiring talent wherever it is, and how few employees report where they work.
33:58
How HR tech supports distributed work
Real-time KPIs, absence patterns and virtual onboarding.
37:03
Training and analytics
Making tracking part of onboarding, and using AI tools carefully.
39:06
PeoplesHR and Topia
Integrated solutions for managing distributed workforces.
41:08
Audience Q&A
Generative AI, digitizing manual SMEs, AI tools and statutory deductions.
Q&A highlights
AI can answer employees' mobility questions directly, so mobility professionals don't have to answer every one. Charlie's roadmap at Topia includes AI to make the whole process more efficient.
Learn from peers in similar situations through forums, then focus on training and roll-out. Sell the benefit to each person: the new process will make their own work easier.
Charlie uses ChatGPT on a paid plan. Be careful about sharing company data with AI tools, and make sure it is not used to train their models.
Keep the solution as location-agnostic and lightweight as possible at first. For costs, Topia's tax engine calculates what a move such as UK to Singapore will cost based on salary and benefits.
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