Orsolya Kovács-Ondrejkovic
Associate Director
Zurich
Orsolya Kovács-Ondrejkovic joined Boston Consulting Group in Budapest in 2013. She is a member of the People & Organization practice, focusing on people strategy. Orsolya has significant expertise in HR (especially redesigning HR operating models), talent and workforce trends, organizational design, and strategic workforce planning, and has worked with leading global companies. Her present focus is helping organizations prepare their workforces for the future of work.
Orsolya has experience in various industries, including consumer goods and pharmaceuticals, and she has worked extensively on assignments in the public sector and the social impact field. She is the lead author of the Decoding Global Talent 2018 series, which studied the changing work and mobility preferences of 366,000 jobseekers worldwide. While at BCG Budapest, Orsolya co-founded the Integrom Program, aimed at integrating the Roma minority into the workforce. The program was selected as a best practice for inclusive growth by Harvard Center for International Development.
Before joining the firm, Orsolya worked at the World Economic Forum, supporting the development and execution of a world-class leadership program, the Global Leadership Fellows. She is also a former Global Director of AIESEC International, the world’s largest youth-run organization.
In the long run, jobs will be more human, more local, and eventually richer. But the path to get there might be tumultuous, according to participants of FU.SE Digital 2020. Changes that help people prepare for the future need to be inclusive. Achieving that will require shared accountability between institutions, employers and workers. Furthermore, people have to be at the center of any activity to humanize AI, give people more voice or build a culture of life-long learning.
Advances in Artificial Intelligence are transforming the workplace and driving radical shifts in the roles workers play. However, a global study disconfirms the prevalent opinion that technology will replace human jobs. It reinforces the value of advanced software – also recognized by the workers.
What 366,000 people in 197 countries tell us about their willingness and preferences for learning.
What 27,000 digital experts in 180 countries tell us about their mobility and work preferences.
The country is now the first pick for many people—including Spaniards, Romanians, Danes, and Poles—who once preferred the UK.
To woo them, the country should tout its strong economy and labor reforms.
With America’s immigration policy in flux, people in some countries are looking elsewhere.
Post-Brexit, fewer EU residents are interested in moving here—but London’s still the hottest city worldwide for working abroad.
The booming economy is also boosting China’s appeal as a job destination, especially in Southeast Asia.
A young, energetic labor force will need training to reach its potential.
