John Boudreau

John Boudreau is professor and research director at the University of Southern California’s Marshall School of Business and Center for Effective Organizations, and Boudreau is the author of two forthcoming books, “Human Resource Excellence” with Edward E. Lawler III and “Reinventing Jobs” with Ravin Jesuthasan.

Unions could be changing the way work platforms operate by giving HR executives a single work language that works across roles and industries even. These construction workers in action act as a metaphor to illustrate how this model could be useful.

Are Unions Tomorrow’s Work Platforms?

By John Boudreau, 25.09.18

What is the future of labor unions? That question is becoming more relevant for HR leaders, illustrated by the Supreme…

A motorcycle race serves as a metaphor for change management and how people analytics can support these types of initiatives

Make HR Analytics a Priority, But See the Bigger Picture

By John Boudreau, 10.08.18

Making HR analytics a leadership priority is not just about encouraging HR to present the latest analytics innovations, but rather…

Runner's in a race on a track as a metaphor for the workforce with the most political skill thrives the most in business

Develop Your Workforce’s Political Skill to Help Them Thrive

By John Boudreau, 17.07.18

Rob Cross and I have suggested how organization social networks can be sources of strategic success, including encouraging newcomers to…

A network of roads and lights in a city at night as a metaphor for organizational network analysis and the gig economy

Are Freelancers Your Best Performers? Applying Organizational Network Analysis to the Gig Economy

By John Boudreau, 08.05.18

Whether you call it “gig,” “fluid” “liquid,” “agile,” or something else, an increasing proportion of work is done through engagements…

A sweeping interconnected highway that weaves between tall buildings in a city acts as a metaphor for using organizational network analysis to uncover teh hidden collaborative networks within a company

It’s All Connected: Unearthing The Potential in Hidden Collaborative Networks

By John Boudreau, 13.03.18

Lois Weisberg, Chicago’s commissioner for cultural affairs from 1989 to 2011, passed away at age 90 in January 2016. She…

HR professionals discussing how work automation won't replace jobs, but rather lead to a reinvention of work

To Optimize Work Automation, Get Beyond “Robots Taking Our Jobs”

By John Boudreau, 30.01.18

Automatic teller machines (ATMs) got a lot of recent attention, with 2017 being the 50th anniversary of their introduction. On…