Alan is Global Head of Organizational Effectiveness at S&P Global, a public company employing over 35,000 people - Who Accelerate Progress in the world by delivering Essential Intelligence that's critical for decision-making.Alan is an experienced talent and organization strategist who is focused on building collaborative #peoplefirst strategies Prior to S&P Alan built his career in various HR leadership roles,  inc almost 10 years at Fannie Mae.With a degree in communications and sociology, and a masters in strategic management, he is truly passionate about innovative business model design and the optimization of an organization and its talent, for sustained high performance and growth.Ross and Alan talk about the largest merger in history, people first strategies, HR leadership, innovation, optimisation, height performance, workplace change, collaboration, culture, autonomy, learning, flexibility, trust, evolution, organisational design, learning and critical decision making. The pair also discuss guidance, insights, shifting frameworks, adaption, sales, continuous engagement, purpose, employee engagement, skills based workforce, value to business, global employees, moving roles, listening, practice what you preach, Jeff Bezos letters, success, general preparedness, handling weaknesses, learning, pushing through, understanding cultures, using data to make decisions and ice baths. Timecodes:00:25 Alan's intro02:06 The most unexpected aspect of the merger05:02 Things that could have been done differently with the merger08:07 Humancentric manifestations10:35 Balancing data and not knowing the information12:58 Systems that help with decisions that don't have the correct outcome 16:07 Driving value  18:23 Thriving in the S&P world21:27 Mass hysteria in a positive way24:30 Mapping the benefits of employee mobility27:43 The benefits of open sourcing30:29 Alan's people first programme 33:04 Adapting things no longer fit for purpose36:19 Sustainable skills for organisations41:23 Supporting roles43:34 The last time Alan did something for the first time46:00 Alan's final thoughts48:44 The last time Alan did something for the first time version twoConnect with Alan:LinkedInTwitterConnect with Ross:WebsiteLinkedInMoonshot Innovation 

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