In February of 2013 I published a blog titled “Let’s make HR invisible”. I wrote it shortly after a
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Category: Future of Work
Managing your permanent and contingent workforce: A necessity, not a luxury
Who is your employee? Is it the person who has a permanent contract with your company and a place on the org chart? The contractor who was just hired on your project team? The temp who is filling in for a colleague on maternity leave? What about the robot that…
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How LinkedIn Can Raise Its Value
Take a wild guess: How many people in your company are on LinkedIn? My best guess: almost all of them. I’m fairly certain your employees and recruiters are avid LinkedIn users. Imagine what would happen if LinkedIn decides to capitalize on their popularity in matching jobs and profiles by taking…
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What’s HR doing in Airports?
It’s October! For people in HR that means making the difficult decision to go to the HR Tech Conference in Las Vegas or to attend HR Tech World Congress in Paris. Once you’re on the road, take a good look around in the airports that you visit, because there’s a…
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In the Future You Will Stand @ Work
In the office of the future you will stand at work or hang at work. The one thing you will not do is sit down for a longer period of time. It’s a really interesting concept, inspired of course by the renewed focus on longevity and health. Dutch experimental studio…
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The Future Workplace
The full report can be downloaded at Unum.co.uk
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10 Most Important Workskills in 2020
The Future of Work: Not a Numbers Game
Recently, some articles appeared warning us of imminent labor shortages. They look at the retirement of baby boomers and claim that due to the future, smaller labor force, the “war for talent” will intensify as soon as the economy turns around, so companies better use all their resources to bind…
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How Gen Y is changing HR practices
HR’s Identity Crisis
Do you know what an identity crisis is? In psychology, it’s a failure to achieve ego during adolescence. Those who emerge from this stage with a strong sense of identity are well equipped to face adulthood with confidence and certainty. Those who fail to achieve a cohesive identity – who…
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