Applying Design Thinking To Talent Acquisition & Management A Game Changer
summary
Conference research interviews 850 C‑suite execs finds 60% cite digital talent shortages, only 19% actively invest and learning budgets cut ~20% with 13% trying creative fixes. The approach uses create personas, map current candidate journey and broad ideation, then build a minimum viable journey toward a north‑star that might include AI sourcing and GitHub screening; initial MVPs use manual recruiter checks. Reported impacts: time‑to‑hire drops from 60–90 days to under two weeks, retention rises and cost‑per‑hire falls.
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chapters (14)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:12Challenges and things organizations are doing
- 2:21Research
- 3:33Challenges
- 5:48Holistic Account Strategy
- 6:57Process vs Experience
- 8:58Design Thinking
- 10:07Design Thinking Mindset
- 11:57Create Personas
- 14:48Understand The Journey
- 18:28Ideating
- 19:25Reimagined Future State
- 23:04Impact of Design Thinking
- 26:07Minimum Viable Journey
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