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  • HR Has Reached the Executive Mountaintop: How Long Will it Stay?

    HR Management

    The long hand-wringing debate over whether HR has a seat at the executive table is over. The past two decades have seen a steady rise in HR's prominence and influence; and the profession's oversized role in responding to the pandemic helped place CHROs squarely at the right hand of America's CEOs.

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    Announcing the Johns Hopkins University Human Capital Development Lab

    Research

    Why it matters: The Johns Hopkins University Human Capital Development Lab collaborates across disciplines to address workforce complexities, foster research on human capital challenges, and bridge the gap between researchers and practitioners in organizational success.

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    Who should lead organizations’ adaptation to AI?

    Artificial Intelligence

    Why it matters: Professor Rick Smith encourages chief human resources officers to take a holistic view of human capital with a focus on strategy execution, including artificial intelligence, to provide value for the future.

  • Your first project assignment: How managers may unintentionally set your career trajectory

    Research Brief
  • The dignity crisis: How we treat workers during digital transformation matters as much as the technology itself

    Research Brief
  • Female CHRO appointments: A crack in the glass ceiling?

    HR Management

    Professors Toru Yoshikawa, Daisuke Uchida, and Rick Smith examine the conditions under which a gender shift occurs during the succession of chief human resources officers.

  • The b-school human capital system: Fostering a climate of wellbeing and organisational health

    Research

    Professors Rick Smith and Richard Safeer examine why business school leaders must take a systems view of human capital, looking beyond talent management alone to culture, leadership, structure, and organizational design to support employee well-being.

  • The hidden cost of loving your job

    Research Brief
  • Want innovation? Invest in your frontline workers first

    Research Brief
  • When AI inadvertently shapes 
who succeeds

    Research Brief
  • Don’t treat AI like IT: Strategic lessons for self-learning technologies

    Research Brief
  • You are self-employed. Are you 
more stressed?

    Research Brief
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