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HR in the Age of Talent - Part I 2008-05-27 11:58:04 The 20th century industrial complex required a supply chain of cheap, standardized resources, a growing body of policies and procedures for rounding away defects, and a system for disposing of excess inventory. It’s no surprise that HR has evolved along similar lines. Hire fast and cheap, round to the interchangeable middle, weed out the disaffected, [...] Read more:Talent
By the Way, What is Talent Management? 2008-05-16 13:59:13 Like the blind men and the elephant, it seems to be an entirely different beast to many different stakeholders. Usually it’s snarled up with the notion that human resources, human capital and talent management are somehow extensions of one another, or the same thing stated differently. Actually they are three very different concepts:
Human Resources is [...] Read more:Talent
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A Beginners Bookshelf 2008-05-15 10:51:37 It’s hard to see the urgency of strategic talent management without understanding the foundational change underway, as we exit the industrial century and enter a global knowledge economy. Recognizing these unseen forces and positioning your organization ahead of them is the essence of strategy. If you are charged with implementing talent management practices for your [...]
The 100 Year Flood 2008-05-13 15:55:22 Markets are at an inflection point, created by the collapse of competitive barriers that have protected Western industrial supremacy for the past century. The proliferation of capitalism, the rule of law, universal education and access to cash are shifting the entrepreneurial center of gravity towards emerging economies. In fact, over the next decade, virtually every [...]
Our First Blog 2008-05-09 15:10:37 Hello, and welcome to the first blog entry of The Talent Economy. I hope you’ll join us for a discussion of the big themes that define the new business of strategic talent management, and its impact on global business, government, academic and social systems.
I’d like to thank Geoffrey Livingston and Qui Diaz of Livingston Communications [...] Read more:First
HR in the Age of Talent Part II 2008-06-05 13:32:32 Several years ago, Fast Company Magazine published an infamous article entitled “Why We Hate HR”. It made the case that HR was a hopeless, uninspired bureaucracy sitting squarely across the road to progress. Predictably, that hit a nerve.
It also spawned dozens of articles, hundreds of blogs and probably a book or two arguing one side [...] Read more:Talent
HR in the Age of Talent Part III 2008-06-13 15:59:48 So, the question is, (see Part II): does HR have the skills and aptitudes to lead the strategic talent transformation required to compete successfully in the global era? Recent research from HCI and Vurv Technology, shows that HR executives and professionals themselves are ambivalent. But they do agree across the board on one thing: Talent
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Learning Innovation - Part Two 2008-07-01 21:05:58 Day one of the LearningInnovation
Network Forum (see previous blog post) focused on new, mainly technology-based, learning tools and techniques. Day two began with John Boudreau from USC expanding the discussion beyond learning and into broader talent management. He delivered a compelling presentation on the intersection of talent management and social networking, including the [...] Read more:Part Two
The Launch of the Learning Innovation Network 2008-06-23 19:46:36
On June 16-17, the Human Capital Institute, Sun Microsystems and the New Learning
Playbook hosted the inaugural meeting of a new executive roundtable focused on learning innovations and managing Millennial talent. The event was held at Sun Microsystems University in Santa Clara, California and included expert partners Duke Continuing Education and Kaplan University. 50 senior [...] Read more:Innovation
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Proposition: The competitiveness of workers in today’s rich countries in permanent decline. 2008-07-09 06:32:38 “A spectre is haunting the Western world. The spectre of fear. Fear that the middle classes are losing out, and while their economies may still be growing, the rising tide no longer lifts the majority of boats.” - Jacon Funk Kirkegaard, Peterson Institute for International Economics
So begins the Economist magazine’s latest online debate on the [...] Read more:Proposition
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Building an Office in India 2008-07-21 08:34:36 I just returned from another trip to India
but this one was a little different. It was the first time (on business) I’ve gone off the beaten path of the large cities and big hotels. I spent a week in the Punjab - in India’s North West - in the up and coming city of [...] Read more:Building
Putting HR Back in Thinker 2008-08-11 08:58:09 There was a terrific article in last month’s Harvard Business Review in which a pair of Harvard Business School grads, Matthew Breitfelder and Daisy Wademan Dowling, shared the story of why they had, gasp, “gone into HR” after graduation. It presented a powerful argument for the increasingly important role that talent management professionals play in [...] Read more:Putting
The Talent Management Touchstone 2008-08-05 07:17:04 Follow the talent. You can learn more from seeing where talent chooses to go than from any research study or expert opinion. The free market of talent is worth watching.
So, the latest issue of the Harvard Business Review presents a very different picture from conventional reality: two very bright and capable MBA students purposely chose [...] Read more:Talent
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What’s Next for Talent Management in Government? 2008-09-23 15:14:18 What a great event in D.C. last week. Talent
management and human capital leaders are excited about 2009 with lots of work ahead of them! Professor Paul Light and his keynote The Role of Talent in Federal Government
Performance was definitely a hit among attendees. So far he has received 71% excellence ratings. Take a [...] Read more:Management
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New Practices in Workforce and Succession Planning 2008-09-17 16:01:29 Jeff Akin, Principal, Booz Allen Hamilton, Jane Datta, Workforce
Planning Program Specialist, NASA and Cherie Posada, Booz Allen Hamilton, Charlene Arietti, Branch Chief, Workforce Planning and Analysis Branch, National Science Foundation (NSF), and Mary Tamberrino, Booz Allen Hamilton (Author side bar: NASA has one of the coolest websites ever. Seriously. Check it out after the
Mobile Photos from the Talent Management Forum for Government 2008-09-17 14:30:59 ” We need to keep re-engaging how to get back to the table, but we have to understand business first.” Rachel Bellamy, General Services Administration
Rachel Bellamy, General Services Administration and Phillip Burrows, U.S. Office for Personnel Management
Albert Conerly,USDA and Al Officer, Graduate School USDA
Cheryl Talbot and Eileen Burrows, EPA
Dr. Joseph King, U.S. Army and G Read more:Talent
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Talent Management Forum for Government: Allan Schweyer 2008-09-17 13:03:54 HCI’s Executive Director Allan
Schweyer took the floor this afternoon to discuss best practices in transitioning to human capital management. Allan cites human capital planning as the analytical, forecasting and planning process that connects and directs all workforce management activities…
Human capital risk is now the top issue for talent management officers, according to the Econo Read more:Talent
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The Future of Talent Management - Assessing Today to Plan for Tomorrow 2008-09-17 10:40:59 The Panel: John Salamone, Executive Director of the OPM CHCO Council, Dr. Harry Hertz, Director, Baldrige National Program, Dave Forman, Chief Learning Officer at HCI, Dr. Joseph King, Chief Talent
Officer at ARDEC
The introduction to this panel discussion was led by John Salamone. What is CHCO? The Chief Human Capital Officers Council just celebrated its [...] Read more:Management
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Keynote: The Role of Talent in Federal Government Performance 2008-09-17 09:05:11 Next up: Dr. Paul Light, Professor of Public Service at NYU.
From Dr. Light’s presentation: Are we hiring the right people? You can get a lot of people to apply: but are they first and foremost about making our country and communities better? Let’s do something to make it easier to say "yes" and make [...] Read more:Talent
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Talent Management Forum for Government Keynote: Paul Light 2008-09-17 08:55:10 Paul Light is a professor of public service at New York University. Light focuses on how government does not attract the right talent, and the deficiencies of government caused by top to bottom ineffective talent. His book is called “A Government
Ill Executed.”
Light feels like we are at transformational event with the retirement bulge. The [...] Read more:Talent
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Keynote: Role of Government Talent Today and Tomorrow 2008-09-17 08:52:23 Our opening remarks from Congressman Jim Moran of the 8th District of Virginia were preceded by a rousing and energizing trip by all in attendance here at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center to…. the closest emergency exit. That’s right, we had a fire alarm! Our own Dave Forman said it best- "when you [...] Read more:Talent
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Talent Management Forum for Government Keynote: James Moran 2008-09-17 07:54:50 James Moran
(8th District Virginia) began his discussion by bashing special interests who de-regulated the financial industy. He blames the current financial woes on the industry representatives, and concluded that government should not bail them out.
Moran cites the Federal Reserve’s role in the crisis and deregulation as a primary example of how government can affect [...] Read more:Talent
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Putting Employees at the Center of Talent Management 2008-09-29 21:19:31 Regardless of the economy, skilled human capital is one of the most important elements in running a successful business. Managing talent well generates both competitive advantage and differentiation.
The field of Talent
management (TM) encompasses a wide range of disciplines such as Performance Management
, Workforce Planning, Skills Management, Succession Planning, Recruiting, and Resource Schedu Read more:Putting
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