Talent management

The future is already here. Are you ready to shape it? This article features a summary of the four pillars featured in our HR Trends 2026: Focus on the Moment report.

The fourth pillar of our HR Trends 2026 report is the Flow Architect, which looks at how to build flexible, adaptive systems for the future.

The third pillar of our HR Trends 2026 report is the Experience Shaper, which provides insights on how to design experiences that empower your people.

The second of our HR Trends 2026 pillars is the Value Creator, which explains how to drive measurable value through growth and sustainability.

The first pillar of our HR Trends 2026 report is the Digital Ally, which explains how to utilise AI as your trusted partner in humanising work.

Discover how Deplasse & Associés, now part of ALTEO Group, transformed from technical excellence to human connection, where values, vision, and people thrive.

In today's rapidly evolving manufacturing landscape, one thing is clear: companies that fail to embrace digital transformation risk being left behind. As factories become smarter and more connected, the question isn't whether to digitalise—it's how quickly you can adapt your workforce strategy to keep pace with technological change. 

As we head into 2025, HR professionals face a rapidly evolving landscape where AI, workforce demands, and sustainability will play increasingly critical roles. How do we balance AI’s potential with human capabilities and strengths? What frameworks ensure responsible AI use? And how can HR meet rising expectations amid a shrinking workforce, while still working to embed sustainability into core practices?

In our Perfect Match research, we uncovered three critical areas where HR teams often face mismatches in priorities and expectations among different stakeholders: HR digitalisation, talent management, and flexible working.

Interview with Lieve Blancquaert on the meaning of work and the power of Europe 

We are Europe. It could just be SD Worx's new slogan, given its ambition to be the leading European HR player. But it is the title of Lieve Blancquaert's new exhibition, in which the Belgian photographer takes us on a trip across Europe. A book about it will be published under the same name and from 5 March a documentary series will run on VRT Canvas. It is about Europe, people and importance of working together. With the content’s focus, SD Worx saw a project with an important social value and got on board. It will use some images from “We are Europe” in its Navigator reports based on its own European research on payroll and HR. Lieve Blancquaert came for coffee in the Ghent SD Worx office, close to where she lives to explain more about the content’s meaning and story.

SD Worx HR Evangelist Jan Laurijssen sits down with flexible work expert Isabel De Clercq to discuss: is flexible working a must-have for Gen Z employees?

In this episode of our talent management podcast series, we're talking HR tech and AI. SD Worx HR Evangelist Jan Laurijssen asks Professor Ans de Vos of Antwerp Management School and the University of Antwerp, how do you leverage technology in talent strategy without losing that all-important human touch? Listen to the episode for her answer!