Human Capital Magazine - September 2017

In this issue

Human Capitals tagline realising business strategy through people is truly reflected in its content; meticulously planned, well researched articles on workable solutions to real people issues; cutting- edge Human Resources practices of progressive organizations; and thought-provoking views of HR opinion makers on futuristic topics is what you will find. Only the most selective inputs from HR bigwigs and the choicest contributory articles from HR intellectuals make it to Human Capital. Regular content innovations like Persona give the magazine an edge.

Innovate Your Way To Non-Stagnation

Todd Rovak states that people, irrespective of age, associate themselves more with Batman since he uses tools, technology, and training to improve himself rather than a Superman, who is born perfect. Rovak, who was appointed the CEO of both Capgemini Consulting and Fahrenheit 212 before he was 40, further states that the Batman vs. Superman lens was often spoken about at Fahrenheit 212 while discussing innovation. He explains that companies following the Superman concept for innovation have an industry standard success rate of 15 percent, while those adopting the Batman theory of 'practice and perfect' can anticipate an 87 percent success rate.

8 mins

The Human Dynamics Of Agility

The team members need to know, experience, and feel that they are the 'owners' of their respective functions and the whole business. The very HR policies need to be defined with this principle.

2 mins

Organisational Learning Disabilities

When it comes to Learning and Development, it is common for organisations to be aspiring to be learning organisations. But, even before we aspire for such an elevated state, it would be better to get the basics right.

5 mins

Data Repositories To The Rescue

Authentic verification of employees, apart from playing an instrumental role in establishing trust in a new hire, also reduces the plausible risk to the reputation and the safety of a company.

3 mins

The Leadership Exponential

Exponential leadership means letting go of legacy thinking, legacy processes, legacy expectations and legacy mindsets. It requires leaders to be unshackled from the past, have the intellectual curiosity to embrace the Now, and develop the humility to understand and accept that the best ideas for compounding the business may not reside at the top of the organisation.

6 mins

Moving Beyond The Challenges

The war for talent has existed since time immemorial. Only, it has become all the more competitive and fierce today. And, with the very definition of competition changing altogether viz. Ford competing with Google and Apple, Marriot competing with Airbnb, etc., and the talent pool remaining the same, it shall continue to be all the more fierce.

6 mins

Bringing Relish To The Impoverished

"The business of life, is life not business", was the belief with which the Ponty Chadha Foundation envisioned institutions so as to make a difference to the community as a whole. Business cannot grow in isolation; instead empowering communities that are directly or indirectly connected with it, can create a huge difference and have an everlasting impact

6 mins

Overcoming Individual Perspectives

So long as humans are being rated by other humans, a certain amount of bias is bound to be introduced into the process, and this aspect should be readily acknowledged. Accordingly, we must set about creating a culture, systems and processes that can help minimize the impact of such a bias.

4 mins

Picking The Right Apple

Human resources, a key facet in every organisation, plays a vital role across diverse functions, with recruitment being one of the most responsible functions. Recruitment is the process of effective selection of desired candidates with skills complementing the demands of the organisation, and, this onus lies on the HR of the organisation.

3 mins

To Be In Gratitude Thereof

To Be In Gratitude Thereof

4 mins

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Human Capital Magazine Description:

Human Capital’s tagline ‘realising business strategy through people’ is truly reflected in its content; meticulously planned, well researched articles on workable solutions to real people issues; cutting- edge Human Resources practices of progressive organizations; and thought-provoking views of HR opinion makers on futuristic topics is what you will find. Only the most selective inputs from HR bigwigs and the choicest contributory articles from HR intellectuals make it to Human Capital. Regular content innovations like ‘Debate’, ’Persona’, ‘HR Roundtable’ and ‘CEO Speak’ give the magazine an edge.