The Power of People Experience: Andrew Davis, EVP & Global Chief People Officer, Sony Music Entertainment

Andrew shares his vision of HR as a transformative force, leaving outdated practices behind to embrace People Experience. By rebranding HR and launching Sony Music’s Global People Promise, Andrew highlights how this innovative approach fosters an engaging workplace culture, rooted in clear values and behaviours that attract and retain diverse talent. Andrew’s personal journey adds depth to his professional insights, as he candidly explores how his background influenced his passion for addressing exclusion and inequality. From spearheading the Sony Music Group Global Scholars Programme to reframing inclusion efforts with bold language and meaningful action, Andrew demonstrates how linking personal values to professional work can amplify impact. With heartfelt advice on self-care and purpose, Andrew inspires HR leaders to sustain their energy for driving real change, ensuring their efforts build a better and more equitable future.   Thank you to Visier for supporting How HR Leaders Change the World Visier gives organisations a workforce AI edge, helping leaders drive productivity, performance, and agility in the face of change. As a global leader in AI-powered people analytics, workforce planning, and compensation allocation, Visier leverages its real-time people data platform to harness the transformative potential of both people and work data. By combining these insights, Visier enables smarter workforce decisions and elevates performance across teams. Visier proudly serves over 60,000 customers across 75 countries, including enterprises like BASF, Panasonic, Experian, Sanofi, eBay, and Ford Motor Company. Discover more about how Visier can transform your organisation, visit www.visier.com 👥 Join the free How HR Leaders Change the World community: https://frombabieswithlove.org/pages/hrchangemakers Join us on Linkedin: From Babies with Love | LinkedIn

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Explore how the work of HR Leaders is creating positive social change, contributing to UN Sustainable Development Goals - goals which the world’s companies are increasingly understanding the urgency of achieving, and investing in the action required. If you’d like clear, actionable ideas for how you can use the power of your role to effect change in your company, you’re in the right place. I’m the founder of social enterprise Uplifting People, we provide services to HR Leaders, and through this work I realised that HR professionals and social entrepreneurs are working in the same areas, albeit in different ways. So we created this podcast to share knowledge, on steps we can take through the work of HR. In my opinion, if you’re an HR professional, you are also a change maker. And this podcast will provide you with examples of how. By sharing the successes of some of the world’s most inspiring HR Leaders, you can frame your work in the context of positive change, implement brilliant ideas, and feel absolutely wonderful about doing so!