Big Picture
- Autonomous Cars: The Level 5 Fallacy. A sober reflection on the real technical hurdles between now and an ocean of self-driving cars. Read this for the diagram of stages of automation and then think about HR’s AI challenges.
- As Amazon Pushes Forward With Robots, Workers Find New Roles. Good case study of how work evolves when automation is introduced.
- Scholars say big ideas are getting harder to find. The idea is that specialization is the enemy of innovation. This big picture piece ought to be a part of your next department level strategy conversation. It means that the more specific the job spec, the less likely the candidate is to go beyond it.
HR’s View
- Only 3% of Companies’ Data Meets Basic Quality Standards. Most managers know, anecdotally at least, that poor quality data is troublesome. Bad data wastes time, increases costs, weakens decision making, angers customers, and makes it more difficult to execute any sort of data strategy. Indeed, data has a credibility problem.
Execution
- How Leading Companies Build the Workforces They Need to Stay Ahead. HBR weighs in on this critical topic. First, you need a map of the labor market. Then, you need to see how the skills are evolving.
Quote of the Week
“Assembling a talented workforce is very much like making scotch—unless you cellar something today, it will be very hard to have something worth drinking seven years from now. The best companies work hard to match their hiring and talent development strategies with their future workforce needs.” – How Leading Companies Build the Workforces They Need to Stay Ahead.
About
Curate means a variety of things: from the work of vicar entrusted with the care of souls to that of an exhibit designer responsible for clarity and meaning. At the core, it means something about the importance of empathy in organization. HRIntelligencer is an update on the comings and goings in the Human Resource experiment with Artificial Intelligence, Digital Employees, Algorithms, Machine Learning, Big Data and all of that stuff. We present a few critical links with some explanation. The goal is to give you a way to surf the rapidly evolving field without drowning in information. We offer a timeless curation of the intersection of HR and the machines that serve it. We curate the emergence of Machine Led Decision Making in HR.
