Recently, I encountered a new term in workforce planning that caught my attention: NNACV (Net New Annual Contract Value). As someone who's been tracking the increasing focus on workforce planning, this shift in headcount accounting intrigued me. In the age of efficiency, it is only natural that the biggest expense on the balance sheet undergo … Continue reading Workforce Planning: HC to NNACV
It’s the season of the internet running amok with predictions for 2025, be it astrology, finance, markets or HR. While I haven’t been consistently publishing my list of trends as I do my word of the year, here are two reasons why this is one set of predictions you shouldn’t miss: I’m not trying to … Continue reading 2025: The trends and non-trends
The one phrase that summarizes my recent state of mind is unfortunately not original; but as they say, an apt quote is as good as an original remark. Last month, I heard someone repeat a sentence that had been stuck in their head, and now it’s stuck in mine too, because I guarantee every single … Continue reading Ok, let’s talk about GenAI
The number of reports an organisation publishes is increasing with each passing year. As organisations reminisce about simpler times when the quarterly financial report and the annual shareholder letter sufficed, it is fair to say, it is still not enough. With governments and stakeholders now asking for sustainability (ESG) reports, energy consumption reports, gender pay … Continue reading The three other reports every employer needs to publish
We are bang in the middle of prediction season. That can only mean one thing! Today, I’m sharing not only my top five predictions for the year ahead but also my three ‘not a trend’s. 2024 promises to be yet another turbulent year. Will the ‘2024 word of the workplace’ be stability? I doubt it. … Continue reading 2024: The trends & non-trends
Mid way through this year, my manager sat us (the team) down to share a bunch of documents and lessons he’d picked up from a recent leadership offsite. As I was cleaning out my office desk last week, I found the documents and scribbled in corners were my top takeaways from the day. I sat … Continue reading Five things; from one professional to another
The debate on whether machines will take over our jobs has been raging long before I entered the workforce, and guess what? No matter how advanced the technology, how large the cloud, or how artificial the intelligence, jobs will always be around. The question is: Which Jobs? The top skills required over the next decade … Continue reading Top Jobs for 2025 and Beyond
There is an uptick of articles on the internet talking about disillusionment with tech jobs, fall in engagement, when to quit your job and the hiring season kick-off. It isn’t just the internet. In a previous post, I mentioned how the year of digestion was leading to employees experiencing loss of autonomy, increased anxiety and … Continue reading How to re-engage with the job you have
There are years of growth, years of experimentation and then there are years of efficiency. No prizes for guessing which bucket 2023 falls into. If you are confused, all you have to do is listen to Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, who has quoted the term ‘year of efficiency’ multiple times over the last six … Continue reading The ‘Year of Digestion’
Two things happened when ChatGPT rose to its current popularity: users wanted to use it for almost everything and organizations rushed to create data security policies that would stop employees from doing just that. Employers were petrified that sensitive data would find its way into the public sphere and banned the use of OpenAI on … Continue reading Microsoft’s Copilot is the Future of Work
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