Building a local tech talent pipeline. This week, a panel of top tech execs met to discuss how a focus on partnerships with higher-ed and underrepresented groups was key to transforming Grand Rapids into a magnet for tech talent. (Crain's GR)
Upskilling tech talent. Only 1 in 3 workers believe their employers are preparing them for the future of work — with skill gaps highest among women and people of color. Dedicated efforts to upskilling these groups can offer high ROI simultaneously increasing engagement, commitment, and well-being at work. (HR Dive)
Worktech can work better. Worktech solutions promise to increase productivity and EE but often become one more login for staff. The solution? A long-term focus on fewer but better platforms that are easy to integrate together. (TalentCulture)
Co-bots. Fortune 500 companies are seeing productivity and customer exp boosts when deploying GenAI at scale. But only when they take a disciplined, "human first" approach that leverages AI as a tool for workers, not as a replacement. (Quartz)
GenAI is an opportunity for HR. GenAI is here and already transforming businesses. It offers HR leaders, if they take it, the opportunity for a dual role at the leadership table — both preparing the organization for an ethical, "human-first" AI transformation and being an example of innovation for other departments. (BCG)