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Deloitte Debates 

This series examines today’s most pressing business issues from many angles. The Debates offer a healthy discussion of options, immediate impacts and long-term consequences. The following Debates address some of your people-related concerns.

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  • The Workplace of Tomorrow: Productivity Engine or Safe Haven for Slackers?
    Some organizations aren’t convinced that a flexible and mobile workforce is a good idea. Should your company enable the workplace of tomorrow – or is business as usual the right choice for now?
  • New Commercial Model: Science or Swag?
    Should pharmaceutical companies change how they sell, or stick with the status quo?
  • Bring Manufacturing Jobs Home!
    The gap in structural costs between U.S. and offshore manufacturing has shrunk by almost half in the past three years. Some companies are already bringing jobs back home. Is that trend likely to continue?
  • Heading Off a Resume Tsunami: Act Now to Avoid a Future Retention Problem or Worry About It If and When It Hits?
    When the economy bounces back, many companies will face a “resume tsunami” of defections, just as they are scrambling to rebuild their workforces and take advantage of the recovery.
  • Innovation: A Voyage of Discovery or Hidden in Plain Sight?
    Traditional innovation approaches assume there are thousands of great ideas. Do you need a way to generate ideas? Or do you need a great process for shaping the ideas that you already have?
  • Seeing Around Corners: Leveraging Advanced Workforce Analytics
    In these turbulent times, organizations are struggling with tough workforce decisions. Is now the time to adopt advanced analytics for workforce planning or stick with their current approach?
  • Are People Really Your Most Important Asset?
    CEOs preach two things - talent will carry them through tough times, but “cash is king.” So what should be the focus in the face of the current economic crisis?
  • Gen Y – or Gen Whine?
    Gen Y is the future workforce. The sooner you figure out how to harness their capabilities, the sooner you’ll see the benefits – and the bigger your lead over the competition.
  • Don’t Throw Baby Boomers Out With the Bath Water
    Now that the economy is in full retreat, many organizations are taking another look at phased retirement as a way to cut labor costs without resorting to additional layoffs.

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