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How a Bathtub-Shaped Graph Helped a Company Avoid Disaster

Harvard Business Review

Caught up in administrative activities such as managing employee records and planning company picnics, human resources departments can too easily lose sight of their primary function: Making sure the organization has the needed human capital to implement its strategy. It was U-shaped. It looked like a cross-section of a bathtub.

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The Big Disconnect in Your Talent Strategy and How to Fix It

Harvard Business Review

HR systems emphasize long-term relationships and high performance, with big investments in selection and development, amortized over a long career. Indeed, the best future HR and Procurement leaders may resemble a hybrid, like a “ Workforce Engineer ,” adept at both Operations Engineering and Strategic HR.

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Marketers Are Not Publishing Enough Content

Harvard Business Review

Most brands face a slippery slope when it comes to their engines of content creation. They struggle with everything from its creation to its strategy to its editorial content, and even the best places to publish and share it effectively. Yet we also live in a time when the half-life of content is shorter than ever.

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