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Sometimes Doing the Right Thing Involves Risk

Harmonious Workplaces

Despite putting my own psychological safety at risk over Teams and physical safety at risk later meeting in person with an executive who refers to himself as “the devil” and a “scary dude” and who wields a pistol in the office, I feel I did the ethical thing: It prevented harm to others. It sought to make things better. References Holiday, R.

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We May Not Have a Clear Path, But We Each Have One

Harmonious Workplaces

This group of Industrial-Organizational (I-O) Psychology practitioners took turns sharing how they found their way toward our aligned passions of how people think and behave in the workplace. I started working at the age of 16 in 1992 as an industrial cleaner on nights and weekends with my friend Mark.

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The Central versus Decentral Dilemma: How the HR Practitioner can Facilitate a “Center-Led” Solution

Kates Kesler

Covid-19 exposed which companies in an industry could change direction quickly and respond to new consumer, employee, regulatory, and supply demands, turning adversity into opportunity. Highly regulated industries typically have more centralized oversight functions. Today’s organizations need to move faster than ever before.

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Company Culture: Are You Tolerating Toxicity?

Organizational Talent Consulting

During surgery, Dr. Strange slapped a nurse's hand in the operating room out of frustration. A survey of 800 leaders and employees across 17 industries revealed the following reactions to a lack of civil treatment in the workplace: 48% decreased effort. Leaders need to be concerned about toxic culture. 66% lower quality work performed.

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How to Build Organizational Commitment

Organizational Talent Consulting

The crisis-driven events of the past few years shook industry verticals around the world. Decreased operating costs. Especially when the disconnect involves values that are people-oriented or ethical behavior. Is low organizational commitment a temporary aftershock or the new normal in the workplace? Increased revenue.

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We Need to Approach AI Risks Like We Do Natural Disasters

Harvard Business

Tens of billions of connected sensors are being embedded in everything ranging from industrial robots and safety systems to self-driving cars and refrigerators. Today, many companies are exposed to intelligent device risks that could harm both their own operations as well as their customers. Intelligent Device Recovery Plans.

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Robo-Advisers Are Coming to Consulting and Corporate Strategy

Harvard Business

.” Startups such as Wealthfront, Personal Capital, and Betterment launched robo-advisors as industry disruptors, and incumbents, such as Schwab’s (Intelligent Advisor), Vanguard (Personal Advisor Services), Morgan Stanley and BlackRock have joined the fray with their own hybrid machine/advisor solutions. trillion by 2021.