A Robot Just Won a Nod From HR at a $54 Billion Finnish Investor
- Ilmarinen says its HR department deals with humans & robotics
- The Finnish fund says its robot isn’t a threat to human staff
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Finland’s biggest private investor is reinventing the concept of human resources to adapt to the robotic age.
Jouko Polonen, the 48-year-old incoming chief executive officer of Ilmarinen Mutual Pension Insurance Co. in Helsinki, says “HR needs to take responsibility” for the way in which new technology is dramatically altering work-place dynamics. So at Ilmarinen, HR now stands for humans & robotics.