Thought for the Day: The world is not flat. Organizations are not flat. The internet strengthens regional ties and hierarchies. Seth Godin on Tribes This is 20 minutes of video. The nice thing about TED videos is that they make great podcasts. Open his in one browser tab, work in another. The idea is good […]
Wherefore Art Thou HR? (April 30, 2009) This story starts with an article called “Mincing Words” that I published over on RecruitingBlogs.com. The piece begins with the idea that our language for the profession and work of HR is damaging. Laced with descriptors of slavery and the ownership of people, the language (Human Capital, People […]
Thought For The Day: Marriott Corp.’s recent decision to stop delivering the paper to hotel guest rooms won’t affect the numbers until the next reporting period Today’s links paint a picture of the abrupt end of about 80 years of specialized prosperity for the newspapers. Immense fortunes were made and lost by the moguls who […]
Thought For The Day: “To cut to the chase, what seemed the most important thing in creating a “community” from a recruiting perspective was to put the “talent” or the community in touch with each other and then get out of the way.” Sean Rehder. The Tech Lab: Brendon RileyFrorm th UK, IBM’s view of […]
Sustainable Work Force (April 07, 2009) Over the course of a decade, Kevin Wheeler has compiled a massive contribution to the HR – HCM – Recruiting Industry. Relentlessly travelling the world, he always finds time to head home for ERE. I bumped into him very briefly last week. To paraphrase James Brown, “Ain’t no dog, […]
Just Work (Mar 26, 2009) There’s an emerging movement. It’s something like the slow food movement as it applies to work. Slow food is an antidote to fast food. It’s a part of the Slow Movement which features websites like Slow Planet. Slow is not about doing everything at a snail’s pace; it’s about working, […]
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