“HR is tasked with a new mission. A mission requiring new skills and new thinking. Yet it is still tasked with the old mission. And as a department, as a profession and as individuals – HR is trying to chase both rabbits.” -Paul Hebert
Like cramming for a math final after skipping the class all semester, the active job hunter is faced with a sea of conflicting number one priorities.
Always distrust tools; always be alert for alternative ways of thinking. Many of the amazing insights that are becoming available involve rethinking the things you think you know.
Why should you care about product managers? Because these are the people designing how you work.
You can see it in the acquisition patterns of former upstarts like Facebook. There’s no question where innovation comes from – it’s imported when they buy the new upstart.
“Disruption, it looks like black magic, particularly when your lunch is getting eaten. In a uniquely human paradox, success is usually at the root of the problem.” – John Sumser
As human resources professionals we should not let ourselves be defined by what we do. What HR does is much less important than why we do it.
“Trying to keep work and politics separate is about as easy as balancing work and life. There’s a lot going on and it won’t calm down for awhile. The current issues touch people deeply.”
– Heather Bussing
– Heather Bussing
Over the course of traveling to 18 countries in the pursuit of better HR practices in 2016, Neil McCormick has developed a perspective on where things stand and three wishes for HR and business in 2017.
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