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W. Edwards Deming
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Frameworks we built and use with clients, research read at scale (50 hours on the 2026 HR trend reports alone), and positions some HR leaders will want to argue with. Every claim comes with its source or its method.
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What the field is saying, what the seat demands, and what the data shows.
Free, fully sourced, no form. One tells you what the field is saying this year, one what a Chief People Officer’s mandate looks like from the inside, and one what your people believe they were promised. Two more go back to the source: our own analysis of Swiss panel data on who leaves, and who will lead next.
People StrategyPDF · 9 pages
2026 HR Trends & Priorities Heatmap
64 trends across 20 themes from 10 publishers, hand-coded and cross-referenced — so you can see what the field is saying before deciding whether to believe it. This year, 9 of the 10 named the same top priority.
Read the HR Trends Heatmap10 reports read so you don’t have to. 5 minutes of yours.
People StrategyPDF · 24 pages
Chief People Officer Playbook: From Mandate to Momentum
Written for Chief People Officers new to the seat, and for sitting ones whose mandate has changed under them. How to build the evidence, the strategy and the case — in that order — and keep the board with you. 24 pages.
Read the CPO PlaybookA better use of your time than a call you are not ready for.
People CentricityPDF · framework and method
People Expectations Framework™
The ten things people expect from an employer, in three currencies, with the gap between what was promised and what is delivered on each. Built from twenty workforce reports and fifty years of research on the employment deal.
Read the FrameworkFree to use, with attribution.
People CentricityPDF · 44 pages · Swiss data, 2023
Unleashing Tomorrow’s Leaders
Our own analysis of the Swiss Household Panel: 311,000 observations from 49,000 people, 1999–2021. Almost a third of today’s managers retire by 2030, and fewer than half of new managers made the transition successfully.
Download the reportPublished September 2023. The forecasts run to 2030.
People CentricityPDF · 3 parts · Swiss data, 2023
Myths & Truths about the Great Resignation in Switzerland
A longitudinal study of generational differences in voluntary turnover, from the same Swiss panel. Gen Z were twice as likely to leave their jobs voluntarily as all other generations combined, 2014–2021.
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Read in five minutes, sources included.
July 2026
The Workforce Risk Mapping™: A Proprietary Framework
The Workforce Risk Mapping names, scores and maps 30 workforce risks across 7 dimensions — turning your people into an exposure a board can see and fund.
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June 2026
HR Trends & Priorities 2026 — The Heatmap: 50 Hours of Analysis, 5 Minutes of Yours
Ten leading HR publishers. Five months of releases. One heatmap. Here is what 50 hours of analysis looks like in five minutes.
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June 2026
HR Trends & Priorities 2026 — The Heatmap: The Signal (1/3)
AI jumped from 11% to 75% in a single year. People sustainability didn't make the top 10. Here is what the 2026 HR trend data actually says.
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June 2026
HR Trends & Priorities 2026 — The Heatmap: The Noise (2/3)
When 10 publishers agree, that is not a signal — it is a fad in formation. Here is how to read the 2026 HR consensus with the right scepticism.
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June 2026
HR Trends & Priorities 2026 — The Heatmap: The Filter (3/3)
The top of any trend list is part signal, part noise. Here is a framework for testing which 2026 HR priorities actually belong on your agenda.
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March 2023
Closing the experience gap: Using empathy to unite a multi-generational workforce
Gen Z may be driving the Great Resignation in Switzerland. Is it happening in your organisation? How empathy closes the experience gap across generations.
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March 2023
Why ignoring Gen Z will lead to a business disaster: a look ahead to 2028
Gen Z is forecast to reach a quarter of the Swiss workforce by 2028. Organisations that ignore what they expect will pay for it in turnover.
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March 2023
Gen Z is driving the Great Resignation in Switzerland
Swiss panel data, 2014–2021: Gen Z were twice as likely to leave their jobs voluntarily as all other generations combined. What drives it, and what it means.
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February 2023
10 Facts About the Workforce 4.0—Are You Ready to Close the Experience Gap?
This article covers 10 facts the Workforce 4.0, their expectations and their experience gaps.
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September 2022
Workforce 5.0: What the Great Resignation Really Changed
The Great Resignation was not uniform. It hit specific geographies, industries and workforce groups, and that is where the war for talent is decided.
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August 2022
The People Centricity Manifesto: 8 mandates for People-Centric Leaders to Thrive in the New World of Work
Eight mandates for leaders who want a people-centric organisation in practice, not on a values poster.
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July 2022
The People Centricity Framework: 6 Levers for People-Centric Organisations to Thrive in the New World of Work
Six levers decide whether people-centricity is real or a slogan: three on the people side, three on the organisation’s. The People Centricity Framework™.
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June 2022
The People Centricity Formula: How Fulfilment at Work Drives Performance
Expectations met become fulfilment; fulfilled people move the business. The People Centricity Formula™ and the psychological contract research behind it.
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