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Alan Mellish
Alan Mellish is Future of Work Correspondent at Achieve Engagement, where he covers the trends, research, and leadership skills shaping HR and people strategy. He has spent his career at the intersection of HR industry research and publishing, with prior bylines at Brandon Hall Group and the Human Capital Institute.
Translating HR Research Into Practical Judgment
Alan's writing tends to skip past the familiar "communication and empathy" HR advice in favor of sharper, less-covered territory: building a critical eye for AI-generated HR work, coordinating well with IT and Finance as functions blur together, and designing systems that make invisible performance visible. He has appeared alongside HR technology analysts and practitioners on industry panels discussing global talent and payments infrastructure, and describes his focus simply as an interest in people problems, which he considers some of the most interesting problems there are.
Topics Alan speaks on
- Future of work and workforce trends
- Evaluating AI-generated HR work critically
- HR leadership skills beyond communication and empathy
- Strategic workforce planning and data
- Global talent and HR technology trends
Sessions with Achieve
Alan authored 7 HR Leadership Skills Every Chief People Officer Needs No Matter What for Achieve, drawing on Achieve's CPR framework and recent Achieve Engagement webinars.
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