The working world has changed, and it will continue to do so as job functions evolve, new technologies are introduced and peaks and troughs in the economy each play their parts in changing the ever structure of the workforce. I’ve written before about the notion of tenure, permanency and lifetime employment…
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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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I am pleased to introduce a new guest post by Colin Wong (@colinjwong). Colin is passionate about talent and a better way to work. If you like this post, check out his Wooblog. The war for talent was a mistake. Or at least this seems to be the opinion of…
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Yes, you read that right: I will never go back to school. But it’s probably not what you think it is: the reason I’m not going back to school is because I never left in the first place. Ever since I graduated, I’ve had to study to keep up in…
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The rise of consumer technologies, such as tablets and smartphones, has not only changed the way people communicate and engage with their world, but how we interact with our workplace. Thanks to the digital revolution and resulting employee expectations, both the workforce landscape and HR are undergoing major shifts and…
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I have been reading Walter Isaacson’s biography on Steve Jobs and if there’s one thing that stands out in my mind, it’s Jobs’ everlasting quest for simplicity. He applied that to every stage of the design and every inch of his products – not to mention his personal life. You…
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Imagine, if you will, your company without an HR function. Now suppose you’re asked to set up HR: What would you do? Would you create something similar or radically different? Would you create it at all? We’ve arrived at a turning point in history where new technology is profoundly changing…
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