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We recently partnered with Cappfinity on a whitepaper focused on gathering the trends in the UK HR world at the beginning of 2025. Cappfinity is the world leader in measuring and developing potential in talent acquisition & talent management. Today we are joined by their Chief Skills Officer, Celine Floyd, to discuss our findings. 

Our CEO and host, Stuart Elliott, sat down with Celine to examine emerging trends, unexpected insights, the rise of skills-based hiring, change management, the integration of AI in HR, essential HR leadership capabilities  and what the HR community is most excited about in the year ahead. 

To download the full report please visit: UK HR trends 2025

Who is our guest?

Celine is the Chief Skills Officer at Cappfinity. She is a Chartered Occupational Psychologist and a featured author in Wired, Readers Digest, HR.com, Work Magazine and the Institute of Leadership and Management. Celine is a regular advisor to CEOs, CPOs and CHROs, typically of international corporations. She is passionate about authenticity, agility, inclusion, technology, social mobility and modernity. At Cappfinity Celine is responsible for their skills agenda and its global go-to-market strategy.

Key Timestamps

• 00:45 – Where have we been?
• 02:01 – Intro to Celine Floyd and Cappfinity
• 05:49 – Celine's key takeaways from the whitepaper
• 07:20 – The trends that came to light
• 14:38 – The skills-based movement
• 19:39 – Change management
• 22:02 – How we use AI
• 29:34 – The shift in EDI
• 35:21 – HR leadership skills
• 40:42 – What HR is excited about in 2025

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