HR Digest

MAY 4, 2025

Is your workplace encased in silence, with the slow clacking of keys the only noise? Consider that it could be the sound of quiet cracking echoing through your workplace. If youre unfamiliar with the term, then consider this your starter guide to a new hidden workplace crisis thats making the rounds right now. Coined by researchers at TalentLMS , the term quiet cracking refers to the persistent sense of workplace dissatisfaction and disinterest that employees are currently experiencing.

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Mike Cardus

MAY 4, 2025

Most organization design efforts begin too late. Not too late in the change process, but too late in the thinking. By the time new boxes are drawn and alignment initiatives launched, the most valuable design data, the informal patterns, tensions, and workarounds already shaping behavior, have gone unexamined. This is why I use the Galbraith STAR Model , not as a planning framework but as a sense-making tool.

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Leading with Trust

MAY 4, 2025

Any fan of the old TV series Seinfeld will remember the classic Festivus episode , where George Costanzas father kicks off the make-believe holiday with the “Airing of Grievances.” At dinner, each person takes turns venting about how everyone else has disappointed them throughout the year. Lately, it feels like Festivus never ends. Instead of a once-a-year laugh, many of us are living in a constant state of grievance.

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The Horizons Tracker

MAY 4, 2025

For over a decade, Australia has used offshore detention to discourage asylum seekers arriving by boat, pairing this with onshore detention for those without visas on the mainland. But these policies come at a high cost to the mental health of former detainees. New research from the University of New South Wales sheds light on the toll, showing high rates of PTSD, depression, and suicidal thoughts among those who were detained, especially offshore.

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Leadership Development

Eric Jacobson

MAY 4, 2025

Steve Lucas new book, Digital Impact: The Human Element of AI-Driven Transformation , maps out how to integrate your companys systems and data so you can build a permanent competitive advantage. Lucas explains that the rapid rise of artificial intelligence has created unparalleled opportunities for organizations to innovate, grow, and make a difference.

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The Horizons Tracker

MAY 4, 2025

Multinational companies are inevitably key cogs in modern society, but they can often give the sense that they stride above rather than integrate into the societies in which they operate. Research from HEC Paris explores how multinationals engage and interact with civil society, both in a conflictual sense and a cooperative sense. The former are perhaps more commonly known as they often generate the most publicity.

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