Biography

Dr. Sharna Wiblen is a globally recognized thought leader, speaker, and award-winning executive educator specializing in talent management, HR technology, and decision-making for strategy execution. She delivers engaging, research-backed, actionable insights that help organizations rethink talent and technology.

With a unique blend of academic rigor and practical expertise , Dr. Wiblen challenges conventional wisdom, empowering executives to make strategic and everyday talent decisions confidently. Her insights—featured in MIT Sloan Management Review, leading HR and technology publications, and her latest book, Rethinking Talent Decisions—have influenced decision-making at the highest business and HR leadership levels.

Her latest book, Rethinking Talent Decisions reveals that long-held convictions many people have about talent in the workplace are profoundly flawed and presents an uncomfortable truth – talent decisions are always subjective. Central to the book’s thesis is exploring technology’s role in talent management. By talking about the role of technology and technology vendors in talent decisions, the book encourages readers to understand how technological systems bolster and shape talent decisions, and question whether current talent management systems are sufficiently agile to navigate technological change.

With a unique blend of academic and industry expertise, she promotes responsible talent strategies that are deliberate, intentional, and informed. Sharna’s keynotes and workshops engage audiences to understand the complexity of talent management strategies and decision-making. Sharna’s presentations to various audiences, from high school students to senior professionals, are engaging and insightful.

Sharna brings to audiences her award-winning executive education talents, having held tenured academic positions at Australian universities and decades of EMBA, MBA and postgraduate teaching experience in the UK, Asia Pacific and USA, as well as industry experiences in management consultancy, FMCG, project management and talent acquisition.

Passion

Helping Executives Foster Deliberate, Intentional, and Informed Talent and Technology Decisions for Strategy Execution