Ask Atma

MAY 20, 2012

E.g. take a team of developers to tour an abattoir, take the human resource team to a museum exhibit on ancient Egypt, or take legal on an outing to a flower show. The benefit of this kind of team activity, is the opening of one’s mind, and shared creative stimulus, which fosters innovation. These are just a few examples.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2018

At the law firm Allen & Overy, the idea of replacing traditional, annual performance appraisals with a technology-enabled continuous feedback system did not come from human resources. Working with new technologies in new and nimbler ways creates the need for additional innovation in talent practices.

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In the CEO Afterlife

OCTOBER 17, 2011

by John • October 17, 2011 • Branding , Human Resources , Leadership , Marketing , Strategy • 3 Comments. Branding has proliferated big time – we now have personal brands, country brands, political brands, cause-related brands, even cultural brands. Wouldn’t you expect more innovation? Human Resources.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2012

With political gridlock and a focus on deficit reduction likely to continue in Congress, the federal government probably won't launch major new education and training initiatives anytime soon. public workforce-development system do.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

Corporate procurement processes are opaque, secretive, and can be influenced by political pull as well as pure performance. Innovative, proudly geeky Norwegian software company, Trolltech , an open-source pioneer, landed a contract with the mobile division of Sharp, the Japan-based consumer electronics global powerhouse.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 18, 2012

For a social entrepreneur with an innovative solution, the holy grail is scaling it —that is, taking it to a level where the new approach operates efficiently and effectively to achieve significant mitigation of a social problem. They are: Staffing. Perhaps more than anything else, this has been the key to PlayWorks' successful scaling.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2016

” While cost is clearly a consideration, managers describe the primary benefits of agile talent as increasing flexibility, speed, and innovation. Manage the politics. For traditional organizations, bringing on agile talent creates internal politics. Nudge the system toward better alignment. Insight Center.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 18, 2011

He is convinced that the zaniness of virtual environments plus the steep learning curve of making your avatar function from a keyboard is an effective icebreaker, especially important when partners need to overcome differences in cultural traditions, languages, work ethics, and political systems in order to complete a project together.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

JUNE 29, 2009

The truth is that democracy in the workplace is a complex system however you choose to look at it. To be truly democratic, organizations must consider processes that include voting systems, debates, adversarial processes and systems of appeal. Decisions, democratically reached, typically take a lot longer than in other systems.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 17, 2016

Important clues are emerging from a unique consortium of human resource executives and other leaders. It could also occur when such work arrangements are required by political, regulatory, or social norms. This quadrant is optimal where work is stable and traditional rewards and performance systems are adequate.

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