GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR – had to get that out of the way. I recently got a software upgrade over the network on my phone. It took 10-15 minutes and the phone was disabled during that time. The phone came back on and it went without a glitch. Voila – technology…
Can common sense be the underlying principle for a Talent Management program? Evidently it can and is for successfully managing talent at Netflix. In “How Netflix Reinvented HR” in this month’s Harvard Business Review, former Chief Talent Officer Patty McCord chronicled how the culture was shaped and performance…
Just like the awards season in the entertainment industry, this is also the season for the really smart people to summon the masses and issue their proclamations for the upcoming year. And I must admit, it is a fun exercise and at minimum it makes you think about some issues that typically don’t get as much attention like 3D printing. This year is no exception – except a big glaring one!! One of the groups of really smart people who get paid lots of money to issue proclamations like this (Gartner) for IT executives had this to say:
By 2020, the labor reduction effect of digitalization will cause social unrest and a quest for new economic models in several mature economies.