Use DeepSeek as an example the next time you are being questioned if a new talent management plan or culture transformation will work. DeepSeek is proof that it will work as long as you are willing to put the work behind it, consistently, and across the organization.

While the desire for certainty has allowed organizations to thrive to an extent, it is tough to ignore the age of disruption we are living through. When, arguably, the only constant thing is change (and has been that way for a while). In this age of disruption, the yearning for certainty can hurt your organization and talent more than you think. After all, what got us here will not likely get us into the future

As an industry, HR has more than figured out how to build for and optimize high performance at an individual level. We have yet to figure out how to sustain and maintain high performance in the organization at a macro and environmental level.

I felt uneasy about this a year ago because, first, we are looking to address a series of loosely defined problems with a set of incredibly defined solutions. Skills tech is sold on the promise of “if you do A, B, and C in this order, you will address challenges 1, 2, and 3.” Second, we are selling a solution to a series of symptoms that can be band-aided over by other “simpler”/more familiar solutions.