HR & Talent Management
Essential lessons from 2025’s employment tribunals: What HR needs to know before 2026 Summary Tribunal activity surged in 2025, with the open caseload of single claims up 32% and almost half a million open employment cases. The article outlines five practical lessons HR teams must act on now as the Employment Rights Bill (ERB) begins […]
The Identity Transformation Engine: The Four Places Capability Hides — And How Leaders Can Unlock It Summary Gordon Tredgold presents the Identity Transformation Engine (ITE), a practical 2×2 framework that pinpoints where capability hides and how leaders and coaches can unlock it fast. After decades delivering large-scale transformations, he argues that people rarely lack skill […]
Why Singapore must rethink human capital development to shape tomorrow’s workforce Summary At HRO’s Learning & Development Asia conference, Kenny Tan, Deputy Secretary (Workforce) at Singapore’s Ministry of Manpower, urged a rethink of human capital strategy as the nation faces an ageing population and fast technological change. He warned that many PMET roles sit vacant […]
The Peer Effect: The Hidden Force Shaping Your Success Summary Leo Bottary argues that peers — not just leaders or incentives — are the unseen architecture behind individual and team performance. Drawing on decades of research across psychology, neuroscience and organisational behaviour, plus interviews with high achievers, Bottary outlines ten ways peers shape behaviour, emotion, […]
Two years after shooting, UNLV community gathers to remember ‘unthinkable tragedy’ Summary On Dec. 6, 2025, about two years after the Dec. 6, 2023 shooting at UNLV, roughly 200 students, faculty, family members and community supporters gathered at the Donald C. Moyer Amphitheatre for a remembrance ceremony. The 2023 attack killed professors Naoko Takemaru (69), […]
EEOC: Refusing to hire applicants for taking methadone violates ADA Summary The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has sued West Virginia-based Wrightway Ready-Mix and affiliate Wright Concrete & Construction, alleging the companies refused to hire an applicant because he was taking methadone to treat an opioid addiction. The EEOC claims that the firms’ blanket policy […]
NYC to move ahead with pay data reporting after mayor’s veto overridden Summary The New York City Council overrode Mayor Eric Adams’ veto of two pay-equity measures (Int. 982-A and Int. 984-A). Covered private employers with 200+ employees working in the city will be required to submit annual pay-data reports; the city will study those […]
H-1B visa applicants will now have their social media scrutinized Summary The U.S. State Department will start an “online presence review” of all H-1B and dependent H-4 visa applicants from 15 December 2025. Applicants and their dependents are required to set social media accounts to public so consular officers can review online activity to identify […]
Joint malware analysis report on Brickstorm backdoor – Canadian Centre for Cyber Security Summary The Canadian Centre for Cyber Security, together with the US CISA and NSA, released a joint malware analysis report on the Brickstorm backdoor. The report warns that PRC state-sponsored threat actors are using Brickstorm for long-term persistence, primarily against government services, […]
Why Your Talent Strategy Will Determine If You Survive The Next Five Years Summary Fred Voccola argues that talent strategy — not product or budget size — will decide which companies win in the AI-first era. Drawing on decades of leadership experience at Kaseya and Simpro Group, Voccola lays out six practical principles: design talent […]
