Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-291) and index.

Introduction : abundance, Asia, and automation / Daniel H. Pink -- Some half-truths about managing people / Jeffrey Pfeffer -- Predictable surprises / Michael D. Watkins and Max H. Bazerman -- Human capital investments for Pareto-optimal returns / Samir J. Raza and Mark C. Ubelhart -- Using workforce analytics to make strategic talent decisions / Matt Schuyler -- Cutting through the fog / Helen Handfield-Jones -- Staffing for the future / Robert P. Gandossy and Tina Kao -- How an evolving psychological contract is changing workforce flexibility / David E. Guest -- Leading the knowledge nomad / Todd L. Pittinsky and Margaret J. Shih -- What happened to the "new deal" with employees? / Peter Cappelli and Rocio Bonet -- Human capital relationship management / Caryn Rowe and Elissa Tucker -- Getting the "new" newcomer connected and productive quickly / Rob Cross, Salvatore Parise, and Keith Rollag -- Creating a virtuous spiral organization / Edward E. Lawler III -- Managing workforce challenges in India's IT industry / N.R. Narayana Murthy -- Unleashing the power of a high performance workforce / Bob Campbell, Betsy Scheffel, and Nidhi Verma -- Out-of-this-world : doing things the Semco way / Ricardo Semler -- Diversity's next frontier / Andr�es Tapia -- The democratic enterprise / Lynda Gratton -- Building tomorrow's leadership pipeline / Noel M. Tichy and Christopher M. DeRose -- The future of work / Thomas W. Malone -- Women in business leadership / Sheila Wellington -- Leadership in the internet age / Patricia Wallace -- Workforce diversity / Ted Childs -- Organization as nature intended / Nigel Nicholson.