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Human Resources Fading Away

Oct 22, 2018

How to Build a Better Workplace for Millennials, Considering Design Thinking

A few months ago, a colleague of mine, who is also a Professor of Design Thinking, shared a very int...

Design Thinking

Oct 17, 2018

How Millennials are Changing Conventional Leadership

Time is running out and we need to act fast! Reviewing the old school leadership style has become th...

Leadership

Oct 16, 2018

Interaction with Dr. Max Blumberg on People Analytics

In an exclusive Interaction, we are benefited to have Dr. Max Blumberg Founder-Blumberg Partn...

Featured

Oct 15, 2018

Interaction with Dr. Max Blumberg on People Analytics

Technology

How Technology Helps Us Make Better HR Decisions

In preparing for that talk in HR Technology Conference, I referenced two highly recommended books, How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking by Jordan Ellberg; and Prediction Machines: The Simple Economics of Artificial Intelligence by Ajay Agrawal, Joshua Gans and Avi Goldfarb. While neither book is “about” HR—or even the workplace—both provided some excellent frameworks for […]

Oct 13, 2018

Culture & Behaviour

How to Leverage Design Thinking for Candidate Experience

Design Thinking is a method for the practical, creative resolution of problems using the strategies designers use during the process of designing.Design thinking has also been developed as an approach to resolve issues outside of professional design practice, such as in business and social contexts. Design thinking is best known as a creative approach to problem solving […]

Oct 11, 2018

Talent Management

Role of HR in Succession Planning for a Structured Organization

Succession Planning is a long term, continuous and structured process where organizations identify top talent and invest in their development so that they take on key leadership positions in future. For any organization to thrive in perpetuity, people are the most important assets. So the focus needs to be on developing future leaders. Carefully crafted […]

Oct 11, 2018

Culture & Behaviour

Managing employees with Know-It-All Syndrome

“Those who always know what’s best are a universal pest” …. Piet Hein, a Danish Scientist Do you have a coworker who thinks he knows everything? Chances are, you’ve never, ever heard him utter the words “I don’t know.“ Unfortunately, most employees encounter at least one know-it-all coworker or boss at some point in their career—and they’re not […]

Oct 10, 2018

Industry

Mercer acquires Mettl, an online assessment platform

Global consulting firm Mercer has acquired online assessment platform Mettl, a Gurugram-based online talent assessment firm for an undisclosed amount- Company Statement Mercer delivers advice and technology-driven solutions that help organizations meet the health, wealth and career needs of their employees. It operates in over 130 countries and employs more than 23,000 people. “Online talent assessment is […]

Oct 9, 2018

Culture & Behaviour

Design Thinking in HR and Organizational Culture

Can Design Thinking principles be applied in Human Resource Management? This is a question that comes around quite often, albeit masked with apprehensions. A quick deep dive into the history of design thinking would help in demystifying this myth that Design Thinking is for products alone. Computer scientist and Nobel Prize laureate Herbert A. Simon […]

Oct 9, 2018

Business

In conversation with Shivakumar on technology innovations and reimagining the future of HR

In an exclusive conversation we are privileged to have Shivakumar or Shiv as he is popularly known, is currently Group Executive President at Aditya Birla Group for Strategy and Business Development. He joined the ABG in January 2018. Prior to this, Shiv was Chairman and CEO for PepsiCo for four years and before that with […]

Oct 8, 2018

Design Thinking

Design Thinking in Learning & Development

Design lies at the core of all that we do as learning professionals. We design solutions, interventions and experiences. More effective the design, more successful will be the outcome. Design is a key competency required for learning professionals. We have been using instructional design frameworks like ADDIE for long. Design Thinking will not just be […]

Oct 5, 2018

Transformation

Best practices for HR digital transformation

The primary objective of any HR Digital Transformation initiative is to successfully support HR to derive scalable and suitable business value. It is critical to derive a tangible value proposition of any such projects by asking a basic question – “Are you empowering your business performance and value with it”. To derive your transformation vision, […]

Oct 4, 2018

Culture & Behaviour

Nurturing HR (Helping Relationships) Within Organisations

Yes! You read the subject line correctly. HR as a subject has been evolved over decades and has undergone many transformations including its lingua franca. With my experience with working in large teams and creating high performance workforce what has stuck to me is the root of HR i.e. development of resources besides other areas. […]

Oct 3, 2018

Wellness & Health

How to Handle Stress at Workplace

Strongest of hearts fail when emotional tsunami hits the lonely mind bringing in irreparable damage. Stress and anxiety needs to be taken head on in its inceptual stages as its the Leviathan which grows to the point which not only annihilates the person undergoing it but also engulfs the body of men/women forming a family […]

Oct 2, 2018

Industrial Relations

Ways to Improve Termination Process

TERMINATION quite terrifying word in the Corporate World! Lot of questions come to mind while doing this or when we listen to this. Termination is the act of ending the Employment Contract from either party, Employee or Employer but generally the “Termination” terminology is used in the organization while ending the Employment contract by the […]

Oct 2, 2018