Greta Janssens notes that there is a positive trend towards involving HR in change processes such as takeovers and mergers. In her article, however, she argues in favour of giving HR a role in the change process much earlier, with a different focus than is the case today. After all, the chances of success of mergers and acquisitions are significantly higher if HR is able to play its role as a Strategic Partner right from the start.

André Declerck has written an instructive article in which he offers the HR community insight and advice on how to manage a European transnational restructuring from a Labour Relations perspective. An issue which, given the growing risk of an economic recession, will become more relevant again in the coming period.

In order to be successful, companies will have to switch in the near future to a new and dynamic people system. Lieven Lambrecht analyses the impact of this development on HR. What would a liquid HR department look like? Will HR also disappear in the human cloud? Discover it in “The Liquid Enterprise and its Impact on HR”…

In “Organizations can also get injured” Philippe deals with the topic “System Trauma”, a phenomenon that is particularly relevant today for organizations that all too often continue to reduce its symptoms, such as burn-out, to something of the individual rather than seeing it as a possible expression of a suffering organization.