Hacking HR to Build an Adaptability Advantage

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This sprint ended on July 1.

SPRINT 2.1: INVENTING MINI HACKS

During sprint 1.3, the hackathon team collaboratively developed and prioritized a list of almost 60 design principles to make our organizations more adaptable and fit for the future. We've synthesized these ideas into nine key principles you can read more about in a post entitled The Design Principles of Adaptable Organizations.

We are now beginning the second phase of the hackathon, where we will begin to develop a set of management hacks: radical, yet practical ideas for re-inventing core HR processes and practices to spur adaptability across the organization.

Sprint 2.1 will last over 3 weeks, ending on July 1, and is perhaps the most exciting and creative part of the hackathon. In this sprint, we will develop a set of "mini hacks" -- short yet provocative ideas for how we can overcome one or more of the enemies of adaptability we identified during Sprint 1.1 + 1.2, drawing inspiration from the key design principles of adaptability we identified during Sprint 1.3.

For this sprint we have three tasks:


TASK 1: Read A short guide to developing mini hacks by Michele Zanini and the hackathon guide team to learn how to invent your own mini hacks.


TASK 2: Invent your own mini hacks. Share your initial ideas for "hacking" HR and creating truly adaptable organizations. You could use this chart to find one or more places you are interested in hacking at the intersection of key HR processes and the key principles of adaptability. Submit as many mini hacks as you like.

Note: you must be logged in to submit a new mini hack or to comment on an existing mini hack.


TASK 3:  Mark your calendar to participate in the upcoming June 25 hangout featuring Dan Pink: It’s the People, People: A conversation with Dan Pink and Polly LaBarre on 21st Century People Practices.


This sprint ended on July 1.
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Most of us ACT with a hidden agenda of will it look good i.e. how others will perceive me. This is true in any given situation whether its work or at home. Is it really good...I don’t know. Will it be meaningful in the long run? Short term results...

kev-wyke's picture

Here's a challenge!!!

What about hiring some ace people (isn't that what our recruitment processes always do?) and then what about letting them get on and do it??

I mean really, just trust them and let them get on and do it.

Don't fuss around, don't look over their shoulders,...

By Kev Wyke on June 18, 2022
amanda-drescher's picture

The gist: New employees and their organizations each want employees to connect with existing organizational culture. Why not integrate experimentation and learning (a critical element of the adaptable organization's culture), into the onboarding process?

The rationale: Employees are most vulnerable to becoming enemies of adaptability during the onboarding process, a time...

By Amanda Drescher on June 18, 2022
eerik-lundmark's picture

Many companies exercise talent management programs of high expectations, but actually end up in undermining strategic adaptability: The programs are often run for management talent rather than for talent as such.

The point here is that we unconsciously value hierarchies so strongly that even a good cause to empower people...

By Eerik Lundmark on June 18, 2022
heidi-de-wolf's picture

With more accountability sitting at the front line at times like these, should this shift in accountability and risk not be reflected in the wages of those at the top of the organisation? 

By Heidi De Wolf on June 17, 2022
giuseppe-gerardo-ciarambino's picture

What we intend to do is to design and operate a replicable model of business organization focused on the optimal management of human resources, aimed at making the company quickly adapt to changes and, even better, that is able to predict changes.
Try to imagine, with its relationships and...

giuseppe-gerardo-ciarambino's picture

Each individual is unique and human resources must treat each according to its capabilities.
Today every company is looking for talents but do not realize that by treating everyone the same, despite the different capacities, do no more than prevent a potential talent to express themselves.
When a...

julien-pascual's picture

There is a vast amoint of books or articles to read to get informed and stay on the edge of what you do. No one can read them all. Plus, external information is a great way to stay up to date with your knowledge and remain adaptative. Public libraries are...

By Julien Pascual on June 17, 2022
julien-pascual's picture

Create project walls inside the company in a plce where most of your employees are lickely to go. have project expose the latest prototype of what they are building, and constantly refresh it. Project shall expose the rationals behinf their key design decisions. Any employee can, view and comment, expose...

By Julien Pascual on June 17, 2022
frederic-jleconte's picture

H.R a specialty ?

Plus a set range of specialties? 

That is technically true. Although carrying a huge risk as far as (meta-) organization efficiency.

Think the opposite.

Source and credits: SF from Trendekko.ch

Lots of advanced thinkers in that...

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