A cattle farmer as a mason. A sailor with an aptitude for basic cooking. And a front-end developer who can be deployed on rail infrastructure projects. #AI surprisingly well predicts the (soft) #skills, personalities and ambitions that allow you to switch between occupations. So stop with those assessments, send your recruiter to training and let algorithms do your…

During my vacation, I daydreamed about hybrid employment contracts and a basic income for everyone 😍—allowing you to engage in unlimited forms of commitments to deliver meaningful work. Enabling you to combine a lifetime of working, playing, and learning. To eliminate bullshit jobs and unlock the potential of all workers in society. To combat inequality…

June 14, 2023 – Published on HR Practice A recent article by HR expert Jan Tjerk Boonstra and analyst Laurens Waling from 8vance about the limited mobility of HR professionals has elicited many responses, including from HR professionals who do not recognize themselves in that portrayal. The authors based their argument on results from a…

June 6, 2023 – Published on HR Practice By: Jan Tjerk Boonstra and Laurens Waling of 8vance New analyses of labor market data reveal that HR professionals are significantly less mobile than other occupational groups. Is it time to urge HR to start moving themselves? Jan Tjerk Boonstra, a speaker at the upcoming HR Day,…

Since great leaders (like Elon Musk, Steve Wozniak and Yuval Noah Hari) call for an immediate pause for AI development more powerful than GPT-4, the company I work for is stuck into a dilemma. As one of the larger AI labs in The Netherlands and Germany, we cannot ignore this signal. However, we feel like we have…

January 23, 2023 – Published on EW Magazine.nl Discriminatory algorithms are all over the news. IT suppliers need to explain how their algorithms work, writes organizational innovator Laurens Waling on EW Podium. When they reveal how data works for you and how you maintain control over your data, a world of possibilities opens up. The…