While digital disruption and rapidly changing business models and markets are clearly creating uncertainty for CEOs and businesses everywhere, those organizations we contacted for this report that are the forefront of HR transformation say they are embracing uncertainty as a valuable new opportunity. They are pursuing innovative technology, skills and capabilities that promise to deliver crucial new competitive advantages in an increasingly interconnected world.

"We see this era as an opportunity for our organization to achieve its full potential - getting everyone completely focused on our strategy, what the opportunity is, and what we expect from our leaders and our people to deliver this strategy", says Paul Tarlinton, director, People Services & Business Partnering for AMP, a specialist wealth management company in Australia and New Zealand.

A call to action on the need for HR transformation - be a disruptor