# Simon Ives — Practitioner profile

**Simon Ives, FCPHR, MBA**  
HR Technology Strategy & Transformation, BHP  
[simonives.com](https://www.simonives.com) · [Phronesis on Substack](https://enterprisephronesis.substack.com) · [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/simonives)

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## Who I am

I am a senior enterprise leader, practitioner-writer, and international speaker working at the intersection of workforce strategy, AI governance, and organisational design. I do this work from inside one of the world's most complex organisations.

Most analysis of enterprise AI and workforce transformation is produced by people watching from the outside — consultants who advise on transformations they will never execute, vendors whose research flatters their product. This work is written from inside the problem.

## Current role

**HR Technology Strategy & Transformation — BHP**

I govern the workforce technology and AI strategy for Australia's largest company. My work spans the governance of a nine-figure technology portfolio, the development of BHP's Workforce AI Strategy, and the strategic direction of global platform ecosystems including SAP SuccessFactors, ServiceNow, Workday, UKG, and Mulesoft.

## The Phronesis framework

Phronesis (φρόνησις) is Aristotle's concept of practical wisdom — the capacity to reason well about complex situations and act on that reasoning. It is the through-line of my intellectual identity: philosophy-trained thinker, applying those ideas to enterprise-scale problems with rigour and without abstraction.

**Positioning statement:** Practical wisdom for enterprise transformation.

I publish [Phronesis](https://enterprisephronesis.substack.com) on Substack — fortnightly analysis and philosophical essays on workforce strategy, AI governance, and organisational design.

## Credentials

- **FCPHR** — Fellow Certified Practitioner Human Resources (Australian HR Institute). The peak professional designation in the field, awarded to senior leaders with a sustained, high-level contribution to the profession.
- **MBA** — Master of Business Administration
- **Graduate Diploma of Management (Learning)**
- **MIT Sloan** — Business Process Design for Strategic Management
- **Wharton School (UPenn)** — Gamification and Behavioural Design
- **PROSCI** — Change Management Certification

## Advisory and speaking

- Executive Advisory Board — SAP
- Executive Advisory Board — ServiceNow
- HR Advisory Committee — Australian Institute of Business
- International speaker on workforce transformation and AI strategy

## Career record (selected)

**BHP** — HR Technology Strategy & Transformation (current)  
**Glencore** — Global Head of HXM Transformation (2020–2022): Led the global Human Experience Management technology transformation across Australia, Africa, Europe, North America, and South America.  
**Townsville City Council** — Head of People Strategy, Transformation & Change (2022–2023)  
**Queensland Health** — Executive Director, People & Performance (2014–2017)

## Philosophical commitments

I align with the utilitarian philosophy of Peter Singer and Jeremy Bentham. Every tenth paid Phronesis subscription is donated in full to The Life You Can Save's Maximise Your Impact Fund.

My practice is grounded in: the Socratic method, utilitarian ethics, and the analytical rigour of Hume, Russell, and Aristotle — applied not as academic exercise but as a practitioner's tool for navigating enterprise complexity.

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