NHRD, a leading HR industry forum in India, had organized an HR Conclave to discuss the future of the workplace and the unfolding methods of work. However, the discussion quickly segued to the problem of moonlighting. For many HR leaders, the dilemma was whether they should strictly enforce single employment laws, risk the pain of increased attrition in a talent-short market, or embrace moonlighting by allowing employees to acknowledge it and define .....more

In January 2023, Raja Al Mazrouei became the Managing Director and Acting CEO of Etihad Credit Insurance (ECI) in Dubai, UAE. In her previous role as the Executive Vice President of the DIFC Fintech Hive, she successfully built and led an accelerator program for start-ups in the financial technology (fintech) sector in Dubai. The Fintech Hive has had successful partnerships with established banks like Emirates NBD and accelerated over 200 start-ups .....more

A Silicon Valley start-up executive must navigate tensions between its Ukrainian and Russian sub-contractors as war between the two countries rages. After war erupts between Ukraine and Russia, a team of subcontracted Ukrainian software developers threatens to cut ties with a venture-backed Silicon Valley startup if the company does not end its relationship with a team of subcontracted Russian developers. The start-up''s VP of Product and .....more

In July 2019, Graphic Packaging CEO Michael Doss was proposing a $600 million investment in a new machine to produce coated recycled board (CRB), a type of paper packaging used for consumer products (cups, cereal boxes, beverage boxes, etc.) that utilized recycled paper as an input. Graphic Packaging was an integrated producer of paperboard packaging for consumer products and the market leader in CRB. What made this decision difficult was that for .....more

Cara Nicoletti was an emerging food entrepreneur that had recently launched her first product, a sustainably sourced, vegetable-infused meat sausage. Brooklyn, New York City-based Seemore Meats & Veggies had seen promising signs of success in local markets and pockets of the west coast, such as Los Angeles, California. Customers overwhelmingly approved of the product, and bought them by the case. Nicoletti was ready to scale her operation. However, .....more

The SpeedServe exercise presents a brief scenario which puts the student in the role of a human resources team member who needs to respond to their boss, Maria Martinez, the number two executive in a rapidly growing firm of 500 employees. The boss is looking for the employee''s thoughts on how to prioritize spending for the human resources budget, particularly given emerging talent trends since the global pandemic and the desire to create .....more