HR Digest

JANUARY 10, 2021

The current surge in the gig economy has been influenced by rise of digital technology and the use of on-demand platforms. There’s more to the gig economy than work being mediated via technology. On-demand food delivery platforms are also influencing consumption patterns.

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Transportation Influence Taylorism Taylor 117

Leading Blog

DECEMBER 23, 2019

And as assembly-line technology improved, so too did its speed, which soon became a source of great stress. Ford and his advisors determined that anything less would not be an effective incentive, and anything more would begin to depress profits. And, at first, easier on the workers. The workers could hardly keep up.

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Wilde Open-book Efficiency Transportation 241

Experience to Lead

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

While Artificial Intelligence (AI) has existed for over 60 years, recent exponential developments have transformed this technology into a central part of daily life. AI presents exciting opportunities for businesses to become more client-focused and data-driven, but this technology still relies on humans to make morally sound decisions.

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Ethics Diversity How To Document 52

LDRLB

APRIL 10, 2013

In summarizing their findings, here are 10 human capital practices that drive innovation: Use Technology to Collaborate and Share Knowledge. Collaboration drives creativity and innovation, and social media and conferencing technologies can help bring people together (or virtually together) more often for that collaboration.

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Innovation Human Capital Creativity Incentives 165

Skip Prichard

MAY 10, 2021

They start by sharing the “Seductive Seven” which is a list of common tactics organizations may use to respond to problems: More technology. For example, we can see data dashboards, organization charts, spreadsheets, new strategic plans, or the latest new technology trend bouncing around social media. The Seductive Seven. More money.

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Change Starts Here

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

One summer, the company put on a Technology Expo to show off all the futuristic technology they were developing. And yet even though I saw it in action twenty years ago, it still feels like I’m driving this futuristic technology. Influence' One of the cars featured in the Expo was a Geo Metro sedan (remember those?)

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Early Adopters Automotive Technology Cost 92

The Horizons Tracker

OCTOBER 13, 2020

The researchers assessed the state of HRM in each firm across five domains: employee development, team working, incentives, selection, and participation. Technology matters – More and more of the workforce consider themselves to be digital natives, so working from home is no big deal as they have the skills to do so.

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Short-term Long-term Survey Leadership Styles 87

ReImagine Work

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Incentives and recognition are the way to go.” Our e-learning technology preserves your time as a leader and increases employee engagement by 50%.” ” There’s a place for videos, recognition programs and incentives. Who do you think has the most influence in creating fulfilling interaction?

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2017

In a recent study conducted in a California hospital, I found that that the type of incentive matters. In the study, which is currently a working paper , I used hospital data on hand hygiene to study how a temporary intervention would influence the persistence of performance improvements beyond the duration of the initiative.

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Incentives Compliance Health Care Report 13

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

There is a tremendous amount of conflicting data as to whether or not incentive compensation in any form is an effective motivation tool. In today’s post I’ll take a look at the well intentioned but often misguided practice of year-end bonuses… Here’s a question – do bonuses work? Happy Holidays. I Think Not.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Whether paid work or a volunteer role within a church, placing people in positions where they can maximize their strengths, know that they are truly valued and that they play a significant role in fulfilling the vision will go a long way towards preventing burn out and loosing incentive. Great interview Mike! His leadership is remarkable!

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Tanveer Naseer

APRIL 24, 2012

Thanks to a combination of technological advances, emerging global markets and demographic shifts, both the kind of work we’ll do – and how we’ll do it – is undergoing a radical transformation to better mirror the needs and demands of today’s global economy.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 11, 2011

less salary and more incentive pay in the form of commissions or bonuses) is not necessarily a bad idea. What is troubling about the vast majority of sales force incentives, however, is that they are tied to short-term, individual, results-focused metrics (e.g. There is a rational argument for using incentives in sales forces.

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Incentives Short-term Long-term Automotive 13

Marshall Goldsmith

DECEMBER 16, 2013

The rise in the influence of the knowledge worker. . Innovative high-technology corporations are currently paying employees large bonuses to recruit top talent. Many downsizing packages give all employees with similar experience the same incentive to leave. Let them know that you want to keep them. .

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Bureaucracy Intellectual Capital Kotter Telecommunications 151

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Almost any enterprise you can think of, no matter the industry or sector, is trying (or being pressured by competitors) to use new technology to harness the vast new oceans of data being generated by smartphones, sensors, digital cameras, GPS devices, and myriad other sources of information originating from customers and markets.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 19, 2016

And never before has such an incredible tool been available for communities to engage people in making healthy lifestyle changes: technology. To truly influence positive behavior changes, health goals must fit meaningfully into patients’ everyday lives. Care Providers. State and Local Governments.

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CO2

JUNE 28, 2010

I am not incented to promote this only helping a old vendor of mine who harvested his last company and is starting this one. Technology and its role in travel 2.0 The way this product optimizes is a sensation. It really is good enough not to have to hop on the plane or get in your car. You have to give it a demo.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 5, 2010

That said, buckle-up and join me for a ride as we journey into the politically incorrect mind of Mike Myatt… The institutionalization of “Politically Correct Thinking&# in the corporate world has done more to harm operating businesses than just about any other social and/or cultural influence in recent times. I Think Not.

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Politics Blog Leadership Diversity 375

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 17, 2017

But even when the technology is ready to use and has been shown to meet customer demands, there’s still a great deal of skepticism among consumers. In order to understand trust in the relationship between humans and automation, we have to explore trust in two dimensions: trust in the technology and trust in the innovating firm.

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Technology Transportation Influence Resistance 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

Pay mix – the ratio of fixed pay (base salary) to variable pay (incentive or at-risk pay) – is commonly used to gauge the extent to which a sales compensation plan motivates salespeople to drive current results. Consequently, incentives paid on free sales are a hidden salary. A 60:40 pay mix is the average for U.S.

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Motivation Incentives Franchising Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 22, 2017

But today’s sales technologies enable companies to measure almost anything, which leads many managers to try to measure everything. Knowing what type of funnel applies in your business is essential to clarifying key metrics and performance management practices, including sales incentives.

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Metrics Team Incentives Performance Review 10

Deming Institute

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

I think people can learn useful lessons this way, but they also must be careful to realize that specific examples are the result of many different influences. In systems where revenue is essentially cost-plus; when you improve, and reduce costs, the incentives to the organization may be backwards.

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Deming Health Care System Cost 28

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2018

New research from the McKinsey Global Institute simulates the potential global macroeconomic impact of five powerful technologies (computer vision, natural language, virtual assistants, robotic process automation, and advanced machine learning). We know that technologies often take a long time to diffuse and to deliver benefits.

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GDP McKinsey Long-term Technology 10

The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

While this simplification can have merit, it often fails to take into account the political influence companies wield when they achieve a certain status. This is because there is a greater incentive for firms to invest money into lobbying in such scenarios than into innovation.

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Innovation Politics Incentives Marketing 93

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2018

With the help of artificial intelligence technologies and machine learning algorithms, it is becoming possible to recommend not only medications, but also targeted behavioral interventions. For precision engagement to work, the provider needs to know a lot about the patient whose behavior is to be influenced. Insight Center.

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Health Care Incentives Motivation Short-term 8

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Case in point is Wal-Mart CEO, Lee Scott, who is so concerned with diversity mandates that Wal-Mart officers are held financially accountable by tying officer incentive bonuses to achieving diversity goals. This isn't a gender issue, it's a blogging issue. History, facts and experience prove this to be false. I Think Not.

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Diversity Blog Leadership Learning-by-Doing 350

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

To increase worker performance, employers often invest in a number of things, from rewards and incentives to education and training. We analyzed two years’ worth of data on more than 2,000 employees of a large technology company with several locations in the U.S. But it illustrates how office design can influence performance.

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Productivity Products Sample Quality 15

Michael Lee Stallard

JUNE 23, 2010

Stars typically feel connected to the organization because they have power or influence. The Value Bridge Admiral Clark described his strategy as using the Navy’s “asymmetrical advantages” of the “best technology in the world” combined with the “genius of our people.” Core employees typically don’t feel connected.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 27, 2018

” It heightened concerns over today’s tech giants and the influence they have. That influence comes in part from data. Even if the government cannot capture a data-opoly, its rich data-trove increases a government’s incentive to circumvent the data-opoly’s privacy protections to tap into the personal data.

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Company Advertising Incentives Engineering 11

Deming Institute

JANUARY 30, 2017

It’s often not much more complicated than studying the patient’s needs, studying the work, and respecting and engaging team members to have a say in how processes, technology, and spaces are designed and utilized. My opthamologist told me once that his CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) quality incentive payment was delayed.

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Deming Kaizen System Quality 28

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 4, 2017

Sponsored by DXC Technology. Meanwhile, Subaru extends well-matched offerings at the right time in the consumer life cycle, from prepurchase targeting to end-of-lease management and loyalty incentives to repurchase. Make room for new technologies. On top of that, the online world is tough for brands to influence.

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Retail Brand Apparel Discount 8

Deming Institute

JUNE 1, 2015

Inside a business there are often so many factors and influences on outcomes that you can find the problems created by root causes popping up all over the place and sometimes it isn’t very obvious at all that they are related. That is why it made a big impact with me. I like how he states this.

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Deming Health Care Company Management 28

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 1, 2016

So we partnered with Virgin Atlantic Airways on a field experiment to understand how the behavior of employees—in this case, airline captains—influences fuel efficiency, and how low-cost company interventions can influence their behavior. This was the targets group. Importantly, however, captains in this group reported 6.5%

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Hawthorne Effect Efficiency Metrics Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 17, 2013

Widespread use of antivirus, intrusion detection technologies, improved cryptography algorithms, and methods for blacklisting infected web sites are just a few examples of how technical advances have improved cyber defense. This approach has greatly enhanced our ability to defend information systems against attack.

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Game Theory Incentives Diversity System 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 13, 2015

One way to earn alpha status within an industry is to become an opinion leader , by influencing the industry’s business models, standards used, technologies, and customer-management methods. Offer incentives for providing a reference. When asking for a reference, marketers should emphasize these benefits.

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B2B Incentives Reference Reputation 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 21, 2016

The two reports – one by a subcommittee of the new National Science and Technology Council , and a second on AI and R&D — were prepared with remarkable speed, especially relative to the traditional pace of government. Combined, the two reports include eighty-eight pages and twenty-five recommendations. Here are the highlights.

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Policies Report Technology Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 2, 2018

We invest billions of dollars each year in medicines, new technologies, doctors, and hospitals—all with the goal of improving health, arguably our most prized commodity. To be sure, many factors influence health outcomes and the investments the health care system makes are only one input. rawpixel/Getty Images.

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