I vividly recall the precise orange of aerosol cheese sprayed straight from a can. I remember the crinkle-then-release of a Ding Dong freed from its foil, the pizza bagels that lived in the freezer and tasted like a sleepover, and
Shifting Work: How Micro is Micro?
I have a working theory about workplace trends: assign any behavior that has persisted for decades a hyphenated descriptor, and within a year HR will be issuing formal guidance on it. Let’s examine micro-shifting and the sudden authority with which
Employee Relations is the Whole Ball Game Now
I was perusing the agenda for an upcoming HR conference and noticed something entirely typical. The ballroom gets the AI keynote. The large breakout rooms get talent strategy, skills architecture, and something with “future of” in the title. And then,
Send in the Clowns: HR’s Problem with Conference Themes
Somewhere right now, a volunteer conference committee is deciding between “HR Under the Big Top” and “Lights, Camera, HR!” for their HR professional association’s annual event. This means there will either be a logo with a circus tent or a
