Insights on Corporate Talent, Learning, and HR Technology
Career Management / Corporate Culture / Organization Design / Talent Management / Workforce Planning
by joshbersin · Published June 23, 2019 · Last modified June 24, 2019
We just finished a significant research study on the Alternative Workforce, and it was a real eye-opener. Not only do almost 40% of Americans now have part-time or contingent jobs, but almost 2/3 of young people also have side-hustles, doing work on the side. This means the “alternative workforce” isn’t really ... Read more»
Diversity and Inclusion / Employee Engagement / Organization Design
by joshbersin · Published March 31, 2018
(This is part 3 in our series, creating the Simply Irresistible Organization, click here for part 1 or part 2)
As our Simply Irresistible Organization™ model shows (see below), there are five essential elements of employee engagement success: meaningful work, supportive management, positive work environment, growth opportunity, and trust in leadership. In this article ... Read more»
As I describe in the article “Agile Organization Models Are Going Mainstream,” we are now seeing an accelerating shift in organizational structure toward what we call a “network of teams.” We wrote about this in the 2016 and 2017 Deloitte Human Capital Trends and over the last few years I’ve been meeting with ... Read more»
HR Technology / Human Resources / Organization Design
by joshbersin · Published October 9, 2017 · Last modified October 10, 2017
The world of work has been disrupted in ways I’ve never seen. We’re working many more hours (we’ve lost an entire week of vacation time since 2000), we feel overwhelmed (40% of US workers believe their work is “highly stressful”), and more and more people are taking on gig-work and alternative ... Read more»
Business Trends / Diversity and Inclusion / Employee Engagement / Human Resources / Organization Design / Talent Analytics
by joshbersin · Published March 8, 2017 · Last modified March 9, 2017
The digital world of work is here, and organizations are struggling to adapt. JPMorgan Chase & Co now uses software to perform the mind-numbing job of interpreting commercial loans, reducing 360,000 hours of lawyer time each year. AI software can now identify leukemia in photos and X-rays, learning faster than technicians. Amazon.com reduced new ... Read more»
Business Trends / Corporate Culture / Organization Design
by joshbersin · Published February 10, 2017 · Last modified March 20, 2017
New research (The Deloitte Millennial Survey) shows that global citizenship is on the rise, and this trend is directly impacting business leaders and HR practices around the world.
Here are the findings: Millennials tend to see a threatening and unfair world, and they want to take an active role to help. Among 8,000 Millennials surveyed ... Read more»
“You can’t manufacture time.”
I recently had a half day meeting with several of the leading HR leaders in Silicon Valley and after many hours of discussion about the future of work, corporate culture, and the role of new HR technologies, the biggest conclusion of all was “we have to do less.”
“The most important ... Read more»
Career Management / Organization Design / Performance Management
by joshbersin · Published May 24, 2016 · Last modified May 25, 2016
Over the last year we’ve been doing a lot of research on organizational design. Our newest research shows that 92% of companies are trying to redesign their teams to increase speed and agility, but only 14% seem to know how. Our conclusion, after many months of work, is that companies have to move away from ... Read more»
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