“McKinsey has recently conducted research on how businesses can best organize for the future.”

“The experimentation underway suggests that future-ready companies share three characteristics: they know what they are and what they stand for; they operate with a fixation on speed and simplicity; and they grow by scaling up their ability to learn and innovate.”

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“This is how HR fits in the bigger picture:

1. Identity: HR can clarify the meaning of purpose, value, and culture.
2. Agility: HR has a central role in flattening the organization.
3. Scalability: HR can drive value creation.”

Does HR still play a role in the Future of Work? Yes, by taking a very active role in the transformation: “HR can help propel this transformation by facilitating positive change in these three key areas, as well as with nine imperatives that radiate out from them”. 

This is a signal of New Ways of Working being strongly present also in the traditional and highly regulated companies. We call that 2nd  wave disruption. 

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