HR Goes Open Source
Redefining HR Workshop
If you still believe that the war for talent dictates that your people practices should be trade secrets and competition is zero-sum, you may struggle to keep up with the HR of the future.
HR embracing open-source collaboration got us through the early days of the pandemic. There were no playbooks. We were terrified. Lives were literally on the line based on decisions we made about our workforce.
Our ability to learn from each other in real-time allowed us to meet this moment. If black box silos were still our default operating model, the effects of COVID in our workplaces could have been much worse.
#PayItForward: If you want to contribute to open-source projects but don’t know where to start, see below.
How to Get Started Contributing to Open-Source
Review your practices and determine if there are any you do particularly well. It doesn’t have to be “innovative” per se, just really well executed and impactful.
Ensure you have permission to share your practice/s publicly (CHRO or Legal)
Consider sharing a case study to spotlight your practice/s and allow your peers to learn from you.
Key points you may want to share (see template below, in the resources & downloads section):
Company intro/background
Overview of what you did
Overview of why you did it
A detailed breakdown of how you did it (this should be detailed enough that a reader could replicate a version in their own organization)
Impact & Results (sharing some specific impact metrics will help readers understand the efficacy of the program and are valuable to help them make the case for adoption internally)
What to look out for (mistakes made or things you would have done differently with the benefit of hindsight)
Leadership Insights
Insights and advice from guests of the Redefining HR podcast
(note: guests are not affiliated with this course.)
Kathleen Hogan - Microsoft, Chief People Officer
Resources & Downloads
Curated external tools, resources, and downloads to support your work.
A curated collection of articles, reports, templates, toolkits, and downloadable resources to further your capabilities
(Editorial note: these links were curated for the original course published in May 2021 they do not include recent resources. The Amplify Academy Learning Lab is updated each month so you can find current resources there)
Open Communities
People Geeks (Culture Amp's community)
Resources for Humans (Lattice's community)
Recruiting Brainfood - The best weekly newsletter in talent that’s grown to a global community. Curated by Hung Lee.
Examples of Open Source Resources
Amplify Academy Open Source Learning Lab, an open-source version of the Amplify Academy Learning Lab
Return to Workplace Guide, curated collections of resources, templates, company plans, etc.
Reimagining Work Idea Board, crowdsourced ideas about how we can redesign work post-Covid
Google re:Work, Google’s open-source initiative
Better Wiki, a curated directory of people ops tools, templates, and practices
Resources for Education on Racial Justice, a robust collection of racial equity resources shared by FirstMark Capital portfolio companies
Homebrew Guides, a collection of HR resources and templates from this seed stage VC.
Almanac People Ops Templates, open-sourced docs and templates
Atlassian Team Playbook, self-guided workshops to support teams
GitLab Remote Work Resource, a collection of distributed work templates, tools, and resources
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