Who’s Making Your Talent Decisions?

Talent management software promises efficiency and objectivity, but in practice it can limit company-specific talent strategies.

“Do we have the right people in place to execute our strategic plans?” That perennial question for organizational leaders has spurred the adoption of practices and systems designed to identify and develop valuable individuals within workforces. But amid the proliferation of digital solutions to this problem, a new question has emerged: Who’s making decisions about your people — your most promising employees and future leaders? For many large companies, the answer may not be internal stakeholders who are keenly attuned to the organization’s strategic needs but rather an industry-standard one-size-fits-all piece of commercial software.

https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/whos-making-your-talent-decisions/