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
Last Call for HR: One Diagnostic, Neat
For the better part of two decades, the conversation about technology and HR has run on a single anxious loop: the machines are coming, and they’re coming for us. Every new wave arrived wrapped in the language of disruption, from
Improve or Transform? Which Will it Be?
“Transformation” is one of those concepts that bends under the weight of everything people project onto it. Depending on who’s using it and in what context, it can mean anything from a genuine, disruptive overhaul – when you blow something
A Rose by Any Other Name: Titles and Identity
Earlier this week, I made an announcement – new job, new chapter – and did so in the manner of our times: LinkedIn posts, Facebook update, and everything short of choreographing a TikTok. The news was well-received by friends and
