2. BOLO List
1.Lets Get Rid of HR!
2.Hunting for Purple Squirrels
3.Taking Flying Lessons from Pegasus
4.Just Wanted to Let You Know, Im Not Coming in Today
5.Treat Employees Like Volunteers
6.But I Went into HR Because I HATE Math!
3. 1. Lets Get Rid of HR!
Why?(Whats the issue with HR?)
4. The problem with HR is real.
Its time to say good-bye
Ram Charan
Harvard Business Review, July 2014
https://hbr.org/2014/07/its-time-to-split-hr
6. The Future of HR Isnt HR.
Evolution from Personnel Office to Human
Resources to Talent Management
Old focus: Administration
New focus: Talent supply chain
7. 2. Hunting for Purple Squirrels
Who!?(What the heck is a purple squirrel?)
9. For all practical purposes,
there is no such thing as a
Purple Squirrel; not in nature
and not in the job market.
10. Qualified Candidates
Some Assembly Required
Be realistic about the job requirements you
dont need a CFO with coding and programming
skills, so just stop!
11. 3. Taking Flying Lessons from Pegasus
Huh!?(How would that even work?)
13. Taking HR lessons from Google
is like taking flying lessons from
a Pegasus. Google is an
anomaly
Todd Justman
(responding to a recent Wall Street Journal write-up)
http://www.wsj.com/articles/at-google-the-science-of-working-better-1427673486
14. Just Because its a Best Practice
Doesnt Mean its Best for YOU
Todays best practice is either tomorrows business-
as-usual or its just the flavor of the month
Innovate based on your organizations purpose,
culture and people
16. 4. Im Not Coming In Ever!
What!?(Get used to it )
18. The concept of a job, as we
know it, is starting to go
away.
Josh Bersin
The End of a Job as We Know It
http://www.forbes.com/sites/joshbersin/2012/01/31/the-end-of-a-job-as-we-know-it/
29. HRs Role in Big Data
1. Start with the problem, not the data
2. Data cleaning and defining is about 80% of the work
3. HR analysts dont have to be computer scientists
4. The key is curiosity and asking the right questions!
http://www.bersin.com/blog/post.aspx?id=574b5527-ce55-4ec6-8c45-c8f05f85162e
30. Recap
1.Lets Get Rid of HR!
2.Hunting for Purple Squirrels
3.Taking Flying Lessons from Pegasus
4.Im Not Coming in Today
5.Treat Employees Like Volunteers
6.But I Went into HR Because I HATE Math!
31. Your Turn
Steve Urquhart
@workforce101
steveurquhart@gmail.com
linkedin.com/in/steveurquhart