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Most managers understand that workplace harassment is prohibited. They know their organization has a policy, and they have probably completed harassment prevention training, perhaps multiple times. For managers, though, understanding the rules is only part of what the job requires. Managers need to understand that under the application of the law, they act as “agents” […]
Congress is debating a principle HR leaders should already be applying inside their organizations: powerful AI needs a reliable way to stop. The bipartisan AI Kill Switch Act, introduced July 23, would require covered developers to maintain the technical ability to throttle, suspend, or shut down certain advanced systems. For HR, the immediate question is […]
A survey of 933 U.S. business leaders found that 60% agree most white-collar jobs will be fully automated by AI within 12 to 18 months. For HR leaders, that number should command attention for a reason that goes beyond the possibility of layoffs. It shows how quickly senior executives may translate technological predictions into expectations about workforce size, […]
A CFO uses an AI assistant to draft a board update before the Monday morning meeting ends. Down the hall, employees performing similar knowledge work remain stuck with old processes because access, training, managerial support, and incentives never arrived. That divide exposes the real AI adoption gap: companies can appear technologically advanced while most daily […]
For HR, the most dangerous AI jobs story comes from quiet work redesign, not a sudden white-collar layoff wave. The entry-level jobs problem deserves priority because early-career work carries more than output. It carries observation, repetition, feedback, correction, and judgment. When companies automate the tasks that junior employees used to perform, they may lower short-term […]
Organizations have spent decades trying to solve the engagement problem. We survey it. Benchmark it. Measure it quarterly. Build dashboards around it. And yet, despite all the data, many workplaces still feel disconnected, uninspired, or trapped in what I often call the “Me-Cycle” where self-protection, disengagement, blame, and emotional distance quietly shape culture from the […]
In what has been heralded as “the death of the resume,” a post on X by Elon Musk advised applicants for engineering jobs at his Dojo 3 AI chip project to forgo submitting resumes and simply provide, “3 bullet points on the toughest technical problems you’ve solved.” The reality is that resumes have continually been […]
Most HR leaders know AI is coming. The ones who are moving carefully, piloting thoughtfully, building the business case are doing the right thing by most conventional measures. And a year from now, many of them will find themselves explaining to leadership why adoption is low and why employee experience hasn’t meaningfully changed. The problem […]
HR professionals join the field with a clear-eyed mission to build better workplaces. But are mounting challenges and changes chipping away at our sense of optimism – especially for the next generation? Lattice’s 2026 State of People Strategy Report, which surveyed over 1,000 HR professionals on their priorities for the year ahead, found that more […]
Every leap in hiring technology has promised transformation. Most have delivered only incremental progress. Despite decades of digital upgrades – from newspaper classifieds to online job boards, faxed résumés to LinkedIn profiles – the basic logic of recruiting hasn’t changed. Companies still grow their teams the same way they always have: one job post, one recruiter, one […]