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What Companies and Practices are Worth Emulating Around Worker Voice and AI?
Worker input (voice) has been shown to improve the use of technology for the benefit of employers and to enhance job quality. What does good practice look like when it comes to AI?
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How can we help managers create good (better) jobs?
When it comes to a “good job,”perhaps nothing is more important than a good manager. Everyone deserves one — what should organizations be doing to support them?
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ADVANCING THE INTERESTS OF PEOPLE AND ORGANIZATIONS Latest Projects Using AI in Ways that Enhance Worker Dignity and Inclusion It is no surprise that amid the great promise of using generative AI in workplaces — where the nature of most modern jobs will change significantly — there are groups of workers who are least likely…
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Board of Directors
Richard L. Antoine Trustee and Vice President Richard Antoine is President of AO Consulting, a human resources consulting firm working with CEOs and Chief HR Officers on leadership, talent development, and HR strategy. Mr. Antoine retired as the CHRO of Procter & Gamble in 2008 after a 39-year career in Supply Chain and HR. In…
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Our Staff
Jodi L. Starkman Executive Director Jodi Starkman is Executive Director of Innovation Resource Center for Human Resources (IRC4HR®), formerly known as IRC. Prior to her role at IRC4HR, Jodi was the EVP and COO for Global Consulting at ORC Worldwide (now Mercer). She has worked in human resources strategy and organization change at PricewaterhouseCoopers and…
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Our History
A fierce, inspired beginning. A fifteen-month coal miners’ strike in southern Colorado during 1913-1914 culminated in a battle between state militia and strikers, resulting in the strikers’ tent colony being burned to the ground and the death of a dozen women and children. Commonly known as the Ludlow Massacre, the disaster led to widespread condemnation…
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Our Purpose
In 1926, Industrial Relations Counselors, Inc. (IRC®) was established as a nonprofit – withfunds donated by John D. Rockefeller Jr. – to promote positive employment relations and advances in human resources management through consulting, research, and education. In the words of IRC’s original mission statement, these activities will “advance the knowledge and practice of human…
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What We Do
Innovation Resource Center for Human Resources (IRC4HR®) is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit, private foundation with a mission to advance the knowledge and practice of human relations in the workplace. IRC4HR receives its income from investments and endowments. This income is used to fund research and to disseminate findings and insights to business and HR leaders, academics,…
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There are Multiple Dimensions to a Good Job
The more I think about what makes a job good, the more I see that perhaps the most critical link in building and sustaining job quality is the presence of a good manager.