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Bette A. Ludwig, PhD 🌱's avatar

I worked in higher education for nearly 20 years. They are some of the most siloed institutions in the workplace.

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Bette A. Ludwig, PhD 🌱's avatar

Appreciate the share 😊

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fenix's avatar

An interesting piece. For me, the question isn’t whether HR and IT should merge -- rather, it’s why we’re still organising work around 20th-century silos in the first place.

In a lot of the corporate dysfunction I write about — from the wrong people getting promoted to comparison-driven burnout — the root problem is structural. We reward visibility over impact, chaos over clarity and conformity over curiosity. Because the systems were built to scale control, not to empower talent.

I think your article captures that shift: from departments to capabilities, from job titles to mission-led teams.

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Andy Spence's avatar

"the root problem is structural"

Totally agree 👏🏻

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The Portfolio Career Lab's avatar

Id be curious to hear your take on this outside of HR! coffee chat sometime? Im a pMM in tech and have a portfolio career coaching practice so i think about future of work and AI all day errrday

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Chris Tottman's avatar

Brilliantly crafted piece. Thanks for sharing 🌞

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Jurgen Appelo's avatar

AI will do to organization design what consultants never could.

Like COVID did to hybrid working what no leadership coach ever achieved.

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Andy Spence's avatar

Thanks Jurgen. Sometimes we need a big external PUSH?!

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Priya Tahiliani's avatar

Very insightful! Great questions 👍🏻

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