10 must-read stories on creating value through your people

As we enter the new year, ThePeopleSpace has curated its top 10 most read stories of 2017, according to Google Analytics. From artificial intelligence and employee empowerment to HR business partners, engagement, productivity and decision-making, this selection demonstrates how organisations are creating value from their people in the digital age

1. Seven lessons learned from the HR business partner model

Having observed, studied and shaped the business partner model through rigorous empirical research and extensive work within specific organisations, done seven rounds of the HR Competency study, which studies the competencies of HR professionals and the capabilities of HR departments and worked on more than 100 HR transformations, Dave Ulrich and Wayne Brockbank reflect on what they have learned about the relevance of the business partner model today

2. How international hotel giant IHG is using artificial intelligence to bring HR and recruitment benefits

FTSE 100 hotel chain IHG has run a series of pilots across its European division to see how artificial intelligence and machine learning can help it find the right team member to best align and fit with each of its 10 distinct brand personalities. Sian Harrington reports

3. Tale of a Twitter spat: does employee engagement add any meaningful value?

Employee engagement is in a big mess and evidence about its effect on performance is low. But not everyone agrees, finds evidence-based HR guru Rob Briner

4. From chatbots to measuring the lifetime value of employees: AI is rapidly augmenting HR

The robots are coming, and they want to improve your HR processes. How will artificial intelligence affect the critical areas of recruitment, employee engagement and talent management? HR directors and experts give their view. In partnership with ThePeopleSpace Brand Partner SD Worx

5. Leaders need to inspire more to combat the organisational drag that's causing productivity to plunge

Organisational drag is causing a 25% loss of productive capacity while for every 10% increase in staff headcount, profit per employee declines by 2%. It’s time to unlock the time, talent and energy of your workforce, says Bain & Company partner Eric Garton

6. Anatomy of an HR business partner: infographic

Dave Ulrich and Wayne Brockbank have worked on 100 HR transformations and shaped the HR business partner model since its launch. This infographic sums up their key learnings

7. The future of work is a choice but business needs to step up and be brave

If people want a meaningful and empowered future in an automated world, rather than the dystopian future often painted, then they have to claim it. But is business ready for this seismic shift and will it choose to put humans and society first? Katie Jacobs asks people leaders for their thoughts. In partnership with ThePeopleSpace Brand Partner The Open University Business School

8. 10 ways to develop decision-making capabilities in a complex and fast-moving world

In an age of emerging artificial intelligence, increasing speed of change and complexity, a purely rational approach to decision making needs to be supplemented with a more mindful and creative approach, says Michael Nicholas, author of The Little Black Book of Decision Making

9. Breakthrough innovation is all about agile but do not forget the role of people

Organisations typically apply a non-optimal approach to innovation, creating incremental and not breakthrough innovation. This approach is now holding them back. It’s time to embrace the agile approach adopted by software and IT companies but to succeed you need the right team and governance, say Mitch Beaumont, Ben Thuriaux, Prashanth Prasad, Chandler Hatton and Colin Davies from consultancy Arthur D Little

10. How new technologies will have an impact on empowerment and the future of work

In this video Dr Peter Bloom, senior lecturer and head of the department for people and organisations at the Open University Business School and co-founder of REEF: Research into Employment, Empowerment and Futures, looks at the role of new technologies on empowerment and the future of work

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