Thought For The Day: On the far side of the recession is a demographic problem. The red ink of a greyer future The financial times says that the cost of caring for our aging population will dwarf any burden created by this downturn. Great charts for visualizing the aging phenomenon. Must read. Population Research Institute While […]
Relocation Trends (April 07, 2009) This is a really good time to figure out the future of your workforce. The downturn changes a lot of things. If you’re still at your desk (and lots of folks in HR are gone), start wondering and planning. After this is all over, we’re going to be living in […]
Thought For The Day: “Could we still be in denial of the reality that greed and irresponsibility were not an exclusive Wall Street franchise during our national bender” Frank Rich NYT Orca Eyes Dan Hilbert has assembled a workforce analytics package beyond the imagination of most in the industry. The package ties all of the […]
HRTech Central (April 03, 2009) I’m putting my resources behind a new offering called HRTechCentral. Tony Karrer, the guy behind the new effort thinks hard and deeply about how people learn, how they consume information, how they interact with blogs and what information they might need. As a leader in the learning end of the […]
Thought For The Day: “What does it matter how we fill jobs like those that anyone can do?” It turns out that it matters quite a lot Digging Into RecruitingBlogs.com V2.13 Talent Is The Problem The use of the word “talent” to describe “people in an organization” is a carryover from the bubble economy. It’s […]
Thought For The Day: Not knowing is the beginning of learning. How To Advocate For (And Not Create) Controversy Lance Haun riffs on Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Len. Haun tries to address the milquetoast and conflict avoiding aspects of the HR personality in most organizations. Conflict and controversy and not mutually inclusive […]
Thought For The Day: “If you’re not thinking of Amazon as a social networking company, you should.” —Dave Winer Fordyce Letter Network 1834 Members, 151 Forum Discussions (about 1/day), Blog Posts 215 (about 1/day). Part of the ERE family. This small network includes some of the usual suspects and some serious talent. This may be […]
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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