This keynote draws upon my 2010 book suggesting that to engage leaders outside of HR, the profession should master the tools those leaders already use, such as supply-chain, inventory optimization, portfolio risk optimization, consumer segmentation and engineering performance analysis. These models are surprisingly well-suited to reframing traditional HR issues in ways that engage non-HR leaders, and lead to new insights. Examples include treating employee turnover like inventory turnover, treating the staffing pipeline like a supply-chain, analyzing leadership as an asset portfolio in an uncertain future, optimizing the employee value proposition using product-design and marketing tools, etc. Examples include IBM, Starbucks and McDonald’s.
Boudreau On This Topic
Book: “Retooling HR: Using Proven Business Tools to Make Better Decisions About Talent”
CFO Articles
- Trouble With The Curve: Performance-Management ROI
- Magic, Science And Art: Should Finance Take Over HR?
- The Cost Of Failing To Optimize Your Teams
- Should You Pay Your Employees To Quit?
- Do The Math: ‘Business Algebra’ Reveals Pivotal Talent
- The Hidden Value In Good Bosses
- For McDonald’s, Workers Over 60 Are Precious Inventory
- Do Finance Practices Hinder Optimal Hiring?
Harvard Business Review Articles
- It’s Time To Retool HR, Not Split It
- Zappos Killed The Job Posting – Should You?
- Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner Retools Talent Management
RiseSmart Blog Post
Root Watercooler Blog Post
Visier Blog Posts
- HR as a “Prediction Machine”
- HR Leadership Lessons from Non-Traditional CHROs
- It’s “Like” Harnessing Analogies to Accelerate HR
- Message to the Best and Brightest: Change the World by Changing the Future of Work and HR
Interviews
- Max Blumberg Interviews John Boudreau for People Analytics Podcast: What Have HR Standards Ever Done For Us? (podcast)
- KPCC’s Fresh Air Interview – Do Hiring Managers Care Where You Went To College?, March 2014 (podcast)
- SHRM Focus on HR – October 2013 (video)
- Human Capital Exchange Book Discussion – April 2012 (video)
