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2020 Top CHRO List – The People Leaders To Watch

N2Growth Blog

These Human Resource leaders represent the top 25 human resources leaders shaping careers, culture, and talent at the world’s most innovative people driven companies. While Chief Digital/Technology Officers or Chief Marketing Officers are often tagged with the innovator label, it is the CHRO who is the real innovator in 2020.

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New Supply Chain Jobs Are Emerging as AI Takes Hold

Harvard Business Review

Companies are cutting supply chain complexity and accelerating responsiveness using the tools of artificial intelligence. Through AI, machine learning, robotics, and advanced analytics, firms are augmenting knowledge-intensive areas such as supply chain planning, customer order management, and inventory tracking.

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How Dumb Is Your Business?

N2Growth Blog

As odd as it sounds, businesses that are not dependant on smart talent, capital, or technology can scale faster and easier than those businesses burdened with the aforementioned dependencies. The dumb factor not only applies to talent, capital, and technology, but it also extends throughout the entire value chain.

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Getting Past a Career Setback: An Example and a Test

Harvard Business Review

Managers often think about their careers in terms of winning and losing. But what about those whose careers are sidetracked or derailed when passed over for a key assignment or big promotion? Are these “losers” out of the running for career advancement, or can they regain their footing, refocus their sights, and continue to rise?

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8 Ways Machine Learning Is Improving Companies’ Work Processes

Harvard Business Review

Smoother supply chains. Machine learning enables contextual analysis of logistics data to predict and mitigate supply chain risks. Other areas where machine intelligence could soon be commonly used include: Career planning. Many employees worry about the consequences of all of this technology on their roles.

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Uber-Style Talent Poaching Happens in All Industries

Harvard Business Review

Strategic talent constraints are typically described in vast interconnected global supply chains and high-tech knowledge jobs like software engineers and research scientists. Just as with the ride-sharing drivers, technology is making alternative jobs easily available to your pivotal talent.

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To Come Up with a Good Idea, Start by Imagining the Worst Idea Possible

Harvard Business Review

Rather than relying on slow, expensive supply chains to import disaster relief, Field Ready empowers people in disaster-struck areas with the technology and expertise to make life-saving and life-sustaining supplies onsite. To help disaster victims realize their own recovery, Field Ready teams begin by listening.