WHAT’S THE FUTURE OF PAYROLL TECHNOLOGY? – A KEYNOTE SPEAKER REVEALS ALL

OK, you may wonder: What sorts of projects do the best payroll speakers and HR futurists typically engage in? We have some responses.

• Tracking Technology Advances – Closely following innovations in payroll automation, blockchain, AI, biometric authentication and other technologies that, from the best payroll speakers’ viewpoint, could impact future payroll processes.
• Forecasting – Using labor market analysis and data modeling to forecast how workforce trends and composition shifts may impact payroll needs and costs.
• Envisioning System Designs – Conceptualizing how payroll platforms and systems may need to adapt to handle decentralized workforces, gig workers, cryptocurrencies, on-demand pay and other shifts… a task commonly asked of the best payroll speakers.
• Speculating on Compliance Changes – Anticipating how payroll compliance requirements may evolve in response to technology disruptions, new pay models and cross-border employment complexities.
• Evaluating Productivity Enhancements – Researching how augmented reality, wearables, robotics and other technologies could create more seamless time tracking and enhance payroll productivity.
• Exploring Pay Model Innovations – Brainstorming as the best payroll speakers new types of incentive plans, collaborative earnings models, and skill-based pay structures that payroll systems will need to accommodate.
• Consulting – Providing strategic guidance to help payroll providers and employers prepare for the future of pay and stay ahead of trends.
• Writing and Speaking – Publishing articles, delivering conference presentations to inform and spark dialogue on the future of payroll.
• Prototyping Concepts – Developing working prototypes of theoretical payroll technologies or processes to demonstrate viability.

The best payroll speakers’ ultimate target is to help ensure payroll systems, employers, and workers are ready for the future of pay as it unfolds.