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Management Practices are Evolving

We are at the twilight of the industrial economy in the West, and experiencing the dawn of a global knowledge economy. Our traditional barriers to competition (a capitalist economy, a stable judiciary, an educated workforce, cheap technology and ready access to capital) have been breached or commoditized. As a result, we are challenged on every front by new competitors and disruptive innovation.

Experts agree in a market characterized by swift and unrelenting change, talent is the only sustainable competitive lever. Yet our leaders have been bred to manage people within the slow-moving juggernaut of a Western-dominated industrial economy.

As manufacturing moves East, the business of the West must increasingly become knowledge work. As a result, management practices are changing from administrative to innovative; from a command-and-control hierarchy to flatter, more networked models; and from a reliance on consistent skills, to a hunt for game-changing talent.

Organizational Change and New Skills

Attracting, capturing, engaging and empowering the knowledge workers and “creatives” that drive continuous innovation, requires organizational change and new skills for traditional executives and line managers. This can be a wrenching dislocation for leaders who have achieved decades of success with the old industrial models.

In the whirlwind of global competition, talent management cannot be delegated to HR. As a primary lever of competitive advantage, it is core strategic knowledge, and a critical responsibility for leaders at every level, across the enterprise.

HCI is expert at the new business science of strategic talent management, and our mission is to help organizations and individuals understand the paradigm and practices of effective leadership in a networked, global economy.

We are constantly learning from the most rigorous thought leaders and effective practitioners in business and human capital strategy. Becoming an HCI member will open your eyes to this new field of study, provide a ready network of similarly progressive executives, and a stream of new ideas to transform your organization and your career.

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