Comments on: Pervasive Human Capital Management

By: Stephen

Stephen — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 12:32:10 +0000

Your post and Don’s comment are very pertinent.
Many organisations will state “Our people are are greatest asset” in Report and Accounts and engage very little with them at other times.

The shared data aspect of your argument could work well except, there is a flaw, that it that it’s often not in the interests of those in specific large organisation “Silos” to share information because it reduces their empire and influence.

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By: donaldhtaylor

donaldhtaylor — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 10:59:01 +0000

Hi Ev

Thanks for the comment. Perhaps surprisingly (for the director of a software company) I am very sympathetic to your view of organisations paying lip service to the idea of Human Capital and Talent. It’s certainly the case that too many organisations hide behind these words to make themselves seem more caring than they actually are.

I wouldn’t agree, though, that there is necessarily a dichotomy between talent and data.

After all, if I am able, and am using my talents at work, that will give rise to behaviours which can be observed, and results which can be tracked. Those observations and results are data. ‘Data’ is a cold, hard word, and certainly no substitute for the tuned-in, people-aware manager and leader.

However, for that manager/leader, this data should be an additional tool to help in understanding and getting the best from her people.

BTW, http://careerstrategist.blogspot.com is great. I wish it had been around a couple of decades ago!

Best wishes

Don

By: Ev Nucci

Ev Nucci — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 18:13:50 +0000

Don,
I enjoyed your post on human capital. What do you think about the fact that organizations frequently take the “human” element out of human capital management and replace it with data? I grew up in an culture that was ripe with developing some of the greatest leaders in the world…Johnson & Johnson. And what I see today is many organizations paying lip service to talent management and human capital. They use these words as if were data they were managing instead of people. The problem is that talent is people related not data related. Just a thought. I also have another blog you may want to take a look at relative to careers and talent management. http://careerstrategist.blogspot.com. You have a fabulous blog here……and I love your thinking and thought process. I’ll be back often. Best wishes..