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Reimagining the workplace

September 11, 2023 • by Johan Bjuregård, Peter Ingman in Human Resources • 6 min read

Intriguing innovation has opened up a “third space” to combine the advantages of the office and homeworking environments, suggest Johan Bjuregård and Peter Ingman, Co-Founders of Flowpass....

Applying the science of supply chain management to the art of talent management

August 2, 2023 • by Lars Häggström, Frederik Anseel, Geert Aelbrecht in Human Resources • 13 min read

Covid has turned many well-established supply chain and HR management strategies on their head, and there are important lessons in this for talent management professionals...

What do employees and colleagues really value?

June 20, 2023 in Human Resources • 3 min read

Do you know what it takes to attract and retain the best employees? The answer might surprise you....

The changing role of the data scientist – from astronaut to race-car driver

June 15, 2023 • by Amit M. Joshi, Magali Deloof , Henriëtte Hoving in Human Resources • 7 min read

To unlock commercial value from their data, businesses have been scrambling to hire data scientists, who are in short supply. Could many of their skills and activities be commoditized?...

Five questions leaders should be asking to prepare for the future

January 25, 2023 in Human Resources • 3 min read

Leaders, especially those in human resources, need to consider where they are going to find the skills for the next big transition....

This startup calculator can predict the employment impact of recessions

January 6, 2023 in Human Resources • 5 min read

By measuring employment at startups across different recessionary scenarios, researchers have been able to predict the potential economic impact of future pandemics...

Four questions to evaluate your company’s wellbeing programs

December 27, 2022 • by Anand Narasimhan in Human Resources • 3 min read

The impact of wellbeing initiatives must be calibrated to ensure their relevance. These questions will help evaluate your program....

The right way to fire people (without shattering your reputation)

December 21, 2022 • by Lars Häggström in Human Resources • 6 min read

Managers facing culls can learn from the botched sackings at Twitter and elsewhere, which can come back to haunt businesses...

Value older workers more or risk them ‘quietly quitting’

December 8, 2022 • by Lars Häggström in Human Resources • 6 min read

Much of the concern about workers disengaging from their jobs focuses on the younger generations. This misses an opportunity to consider how leaders can raise engagement across the workforce....

Questions every HR executive should be asking about their AI

November 30, 2022 in Human Resources • 2 min read

Human Resources executives who want to take their careers to the next level need to understand the fundamentals of using AI correctly....

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