Why HR Needs Artificial Intelligencea
I am sure as you have read “future” oriented material like this blog and other you may have wondered why HR departments need robots or artificial intelligence. As you might guess the answer has to do with the shortcomings of humans. Where people lack As we have already seen in many industries robots do things […]
Do You Pay Attention to Local Demographics When Working in HR?
I know most of us pay cursory attention to demographics, at least the one for the US population, or if you are out of the US you probably pay attention to your country, but what about more locally? Do you have any idea of the demographics of the local area from which you may draw […]
Are Managerless Employees the Future of Work?
Jacob Morgan, in his book The Future of Work, talks about the changes that may be coming as the Millennials become the dominate cadre in the workforce and the overall future of HR. One of the trends he talks about is already starting to occur and that is companies without managers. For many people that sounds […]
Imagination and Creativity is an Underdeveloped Skill in HR
In HR we are always trying to improve our skills. We study leadership. We study HR in hopes of becoming certified. We study many skills based areas. One are we do a poor job is in imagination. Imagination is an undeveloped skill in HR, yet it is one that is badly needed as we hurtle […]
How Will 3-D Printing Shake Up the HR World?
One of the big emerging technologies that is predicted to have a huge impact on business is 3-D printing. As a result one of the areas that will be disrupted by this technology will be HR. Let’s explore how it will shake up the world of HR. How business will be disrupted One area that […]
Legacy Thinking in Human Resources (Part 2)
Legacy Thinking in Human Resources Last week I wrote about Legacy Thinking in Human Resources and the fact that HR departments, and companies in general, need to dump their “legacy thinking” in order to meet the requirements of a fast moving, fast changing present. I gave many examples of legacy thinking in HR, one of […]
