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What’s the Right Response to the
Coronavirus Outbreak?

HRExaminer v10.66 for April 3, 2020

 

 
Jason Lauritsen writes, “The past few weeks have felt a little like riding a roller coaster with a blindfold on. Through it all, I keep coming back to the same question.” What’s the Right Response to the Coronavirus Outbreak?



John Sumser writes, “Just as humans have unconscious bias, machines have uncoded bias. Machines are incapable of seeing things that aren’t measured.” AI Hiring: Bias in the Code.



Everybody looks at titles despite ‘corporate speak’ about holocracy being a magic elixir. Mary Faulkner explains how The Cold Reality of Corporate Life is That Titles Matter.



Should we Rethink the Golden Rule at Work as it applies to leadership? Dr. Todd Dewett makes some useful distinctions on how to foster the principle of the golden rule while recognizing how you must apply it differently in the workplace.



On HR Tech Weekly: Stacey and John discuss the Kronos and Ultimate Software Merger, Strivr, Microsoft Teams, Qualtrics, and StoryCorps.




This Week's Articles

 

 
What's the Right Response to the Coronavirus Outbreak?What’s the Right Response to the Coronavirus Outbreak?
“For a moment, I wondered if I was wrong in feeling the way I did. How should I be feeling? There seemed to be a wide array of options based on the responses I’d received.” - Jason Lauritsen
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AI Hiring: Bias in the CodeAI Hiring: Bias in the Code “While it is true that a machine can do a better job at relentlessly sticking to a narrow script, it cannot see or understand things that are not in the data. Unlike people and their unconscious biases, machines can only change their approach with new measurement and new coding.”
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The Cold Reality of Corporate Life is That Titles MatterThe Cold Reality of Corporate Life is That Titles Matter
Talent Strategist Mary Faulkner writes, “They’ll tell you titles are immaterial. That no one actually looks at titles but they're lying.”
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Rethinking the Golden Rule at WorkRethinking the Golden Rule at Work
“Let’s begin with a new and improved rule. For leaders, the rule is to treat others kindly with appropriate fairness.” - Dr. Todd Dewett
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HR Tech Weekly: Episode #260: Stacey Harris and John SumserHR Tech Weekly: Episode #260: Stacey Harris and John Sumser
Kronos and Ultimate Software Merger, Strivr raises $30M for Enterprise VR training, Microsoft Teams, Qualtrics Releases Free COVID-19 Pre-Screen, and the Value of People Stories with Nonprofit StoryCorps.
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HR Tech Weekly: Episode #260: Stacey Harris and John Sumser

This week, Stacey and John discuss the Kronos and Ultimate Software Merger, Strivr, Microsoft Teams, Qualtrics, and StoryCorps.

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