The Human Capital Development Lab aims to address the needs of industry professionals with cutting-edge and timely scholarship.

About The Lab

Sustainable human capital development is critical to a thriving organization and community. Accomplishing this goal requires long-term commitment and deep understanding of the issues at stake. At the HCD Lab, we seek to support and strengthen initiatives taken at organizational and national levels by people managers and policymakers, respectively.

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The human capital system

Human capital development is a broad set of disciplines that can be considered at the individual, organizational, and national levels. At an organizational or firm level, we focus on four key elements that create a “human capital system” inside organizations:

  • Talent

    Attracting and managing the people capabilities needed to deliver on objectives.

  • Structure

    Organizing the talent and work processes to align individual efforts with collective goals.

  • Culture

    Shaping the organizational behavior, values, and common expectations towards the strategy.

  • Human capital leadership

    Providing the direction, plans, and orientation for the human capital system.