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The European Exception: Why Structural Sick Leave is the Ultimate Boardroom Test
At a recent executive forum in Amsterdam, one topic surfaced with unusual urgency. It took almost as much airtime as the impact of AI on the workforce. This topic: absence. European business leaders are increasingly preoccupied with a quiet and expensive reality, a structural rise in long-term sick leave and stress related leave. Interestingly, despite record-breaking absenteeism across Europe, the issue remains largely absent from the global HR agenda. This is an opportunity

Bo Vialle-Derksen
Mar 236 min read


Job Security Is Not the Same as Work Security
There is an interesting conversation unfolding about the future of work in Europe, and it is one that many American companies have never had to confront at the same scale. How do you move quickly in a high‑technology, high‑service economy while operating inside one of the most protective labor systems in the world? The answer is no longer theoretical. It is playing out, in real time, inside Europe’s most advanced companies. ASML, the Netherlands‑based semiconductor equipment

Bo Vialle-Derksen
Feb 104 min read


The Case for European HR Tech: Adapting to Geopolitical and Economic Disruption
We are living through one of the most dramatic shifts in the global geopolitical landscape since the Cold War. Economic realignment,...

Bo Vialle-Derksen
Apr 6, 20254 min read


The Talent Marketplace Revolution: Driving Mobility and Skills Without a Perfect Job Architecture
The world of Talent Management is undergoing a fundamental shift. The rise of internal talent marketplaces—AI-powered platforms that...

Bo Vialle-Derksen
Mar 18, 20253 min read


Nearly half of HR Tech implementations fail – Here’s 10 questions to beat the odds
Approximately 42% of HR implementations fail to meet business needs*—a strikingly high figure, but an avoidable one. In HR, the...

Bo Vialle-Derksen
Mar 11, 20253 min read


The Cacophony or Symphony: Aligning the C-Suite for Organizational Impact
Let’s talk about something every business leader deals with but rarely discusses openly—internal chaos at the top. We’ve all seen it:...

Bo Vialle-Derksen
Mar 6, 20254 min read
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