Sarah Devereaux, HCI Leadership Coach and Advisor, and former Head of Executive Development at Google, highlighted an unexpected visual during her SPARK HR session: a racehorse wearing blinders. Blinders help a horse run fast and stay focused, but they strip away its natural 360-degree vision—the very thing it needs to sense threats and survive.
How does this relate to HR? The “laser focus” HR leaders have relied on for decades might actually be the thing that’s holding them back, Devereaux noted. Between market shifts and organizational restructuring, the pressure to find solutions is at an all-time high—but the key for HR professionals is to widen their lens.
