HR Digest

APRIL 9, 2024

In an exclusive interview with HR Digest, Trent Henry, EY’s Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO), shares key strategies driving EY’s commitment to diversity, innovation, employee well-being, and leadership development. Technology, coupled with the shift to flexible work models, has transformed the workplace at rapid speed.

Diversity 52

Diversity Career Globalization Learning-by-Doing 52

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 27, 2018

firms gravitate towards digital strategies, firms have less need for elaborate finance, marketing, production, distribution, accounting, and human resource departments. Such acquisitions become more lucrative with rising first-mover advantages, pace of technological development, and network externality.

IPO 14

IPO Company First-mover Advantage Intangible Assets 14

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 10, 2012

It's rare to find a corporate human resources function that accelerates change by actively finding ways to help drive new strategies. HR has helped the organization absorb more than 125 acquisitions since 2000 , and integrate globally, saving $6 billion since 2005. But not at IBM.

Globalization 17

Globalization Human Resources Diversity Long-term 17

Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2013

Technology makes reviewing, refining, redesigning and revising both jobs and job descriptions as dynamic as a commodities trading desk. The profound difference between today [2010] and 2005 is that good hires looked like better investments than great tweaks back then. Economy Hiring Human resources' Of course not.

Human Capital 12

Human Capital Real Estate Human Resources Disruptive Innovation 12

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

And what happens as advances in technology constantly change how customers and employees expect to interact with your company? We were founded in 2005, and our cofounders, Aneel Bhusri and Dave Duffield who were both already highly successful entrepreneurs, understood that any successful culture would be built on a core set of values.

Technology 8

Technology Company Tools Information 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2014

In May of 2005, Yahoo CEO Terry Semel, cofounder Jerry Yang, corporate development executive Toby Coppel, and I — I was then chief financial officer of the Silicon Valley internet company — went on what would turn out to be a fateful trip to China. Only legal, finance, and human resources still reported back to headquarters.

Chief Financial Officer 14

Chief Financial Officer Learning-by-Doing Operations IPO 14

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

million from 2005 to 2015, a 67 percent jump. Human Resources HR will play a leading role in driving this shift. Platform Adoption Identify and implement an appropriate technology solution to support the identification, sourcing, and management of independent labor.

Content 12

Content Katz Forrester Budgeting 12

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2013

Consider the story of the Business Transformation Agency of the Department of Defense, which was founded in 2005 under Defense Secretary Rumsfeld, and "disestablished" in 2011 by Defense Secretary Gates. IT also upgraded old technology and processes, achieving significant improvements in service and compliance.

Bureaucracy 11

Bureaucracy Innovation Supply Chain Long-term 11

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

.” There is a virtuous cycle between productivity and people: Higher levels of productivity allow society to reinvest in human capital (most obviously, though not exclusively, via higher wages), and smart investments result in higher labor productivity. Unfortunately, this virtuous cycle appears to be broken. And wages are stagnant.

Human Capital 15

Human Capital Kaizen Agility Energy 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2018

For more than a decade, leading human resource strategists have hit on a recurring theme: You want your star players working in the roles that matter most to the business. These are jobs in R&D, technology, and other areas vital to a firm’s strategic direction, product development, and process efficiency.

McKinsey 8

McKinsey Human Resources Reputation Brand 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2016

Figuring that their earnings would decline, the cutters were trying to block adoption, in part by misinforming owners about the benefits of the technology. About half of the firms that accepted this offer adopted the technology in the next six months. The second surprise was an exception to this general rule.

Policies 8

Policies Technology Bottom-up Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2015

My friends in the industry tell me that bogey was met by 2005. Insurance companies are developing new understandings of risk, retailers are better stocking their shelves, and human resources is finding new sources of talent, just to name a few. Think Google. Academic research suggests that the strategy is very profitable.

Business Model 8

Business Model Price Strategy Competitive Advantage 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 6, 2017

While advances in health care in the developed world often emphasize new technologies, in developing lower- and middle-income countries simply expanding the reach of basic primary care services is crucial to improving health. North Star Alliance is a strong example in SubSaharan Africa.

Development 8

Development Health Care Operations Franchising 8