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HR Strategy

To help manage a turnaround, Lumen Technologies tapped Brené Brown

Lumen’s chief people and AI enablement officer says concepts such as “rumbling” and “clear is kind” have come in handy as the company seeks to reimagine its business.


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HR Strategy

AI is changing the way we’re thinking about and procuring technology

Tech procurement is evolving into a vital component to workforce planning, and visa versa.


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Why intrapreneurship matters to HR

“The intrapreneur adopts a very similar set of characteristics [as an entrepreneur], but they obviously operate from within an organization.”


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This company doubled down on the four-day workweek two years after piloting its program

“We trust you to get your work done. We don’t need to know that you’re sitting at your metal box nine to five.”


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Apple TV’s ‘Shrinking’ is a case study in how to support to grieving employees

The show demonstrates how employees and leaders can respond when they see a colleague experiencing grief in the workplace, one thanatologist tells HR Brew.


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What HR needs to know about grief literacy in the workplace

“These topics: death, grief. They are topics that we, as a society, struggle with. They are things that we don’t necessarily know how to respond to and that happens inside and outside of work.”


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Is AI making employees too productive?

AI tools can have a negative impact on employees’ cognitive and emotional health, one author tells HR Brew.

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