Corporations have become adrift in the sea of finance. They’ve lost sight of their identities, core values and meaningful role in society.
Employees have become commodities — disposable, demand-driven assets and resources rather than people. Coaching, mentoring and training have slipped out of common vocabulary and practices.
Human resource is too often reduced to managing costs and expenses. Conversations are too rarely on what they are doing to support workforces or the youngest generation entering the labor market.
It’s time to return people to the centre stage of government and corporate strategies.
The first Hunger Game movie came out in 2012. Over 15 years ago. The theme didn’t resonate with me back then and still doesn’t like today. But here we are. Fiction has become reality. It’s not too late to change it.