Publications by Laurens Waling
Articles and whitepapers on AI, skills-based working, the labour market, healthcare and the future of work: the full English archive, from the latest publications back to 2023.
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The publications that best capture what my thinking is about. These three are in Dutch; the full English archive follows below.
From diploma to proof, from vacancy to skill
The foundation of skills-based matching, in practice.
Read the whitepaper → Article · DutchWhy labour shortage is often an organisational issue
Scarcity is rarely a real shortage. It’s usually a visibility problem.
Read the article → Article · DutchHR as a driver of renewal in healthcare
Published by HR Professionals in de Zorg.
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The full archive: 29 articles and whitepapers from 2020 onwards, plus 4 earlier pieces from the Part-up years.
2026
- From hype to reality: what HR Tech Europe 2026 actually revealed23 April 2026
- AI May Be Creating More Jobs Than It Cuts. But The Real Story Is More Complex13 March 2026
- Bridging the Gap Between Emerging Talent, AI and Reality27 January 2026
- AI Does Not Need More Unicorns. It Needs a Skills Infrastructure.15 January 2026
- Responsible AI Sometimes Means Moving Forward, Not Slowing Down15 January 2026
- 2026 is here. HR is no longer a function. It is stewardship and orchestration.5 January 2026
2025
- From 2025 to 2026: why the future of work is already here19 December 2025
- A week full of opportunities to explore the future of work24 November 2025
- Blog: The AI Glasses Are Here – But Are We Allowed to Use Them at Work?12 November 2025
- Let’s Stop Expecting AI to Be Perfect, and Start Learning With It3 November 2025
- UNLEASH World Paris 2025 – Where HR, AI and Human Potential Truly Converged22 October 2025
- Don’t Fear AI in HR: Trust It.9 October 2025
- From Data to Decisions: Reflections on the Global Talent Strategy & Intelligence Conference 202525 September 2025
- Beyond Skills: Why Organizations Need Capability Orchestration in the AI Era20 August 2025
- Why WeTransfer couldn’t have avoided this, but can now lead with trust17 July 2025
- AI Matching in Recruitment: Why Generic AI Isn't Enough15 July 2025
- From Hype to Policy: How AI Is Fundamentally Transforming HR in Europe3 June 2025
2024
- People Analytics & Talent Intelligence in 2025: Where Data Precision Meets Human Intuition28 October 2024
- Uncovering Hidden Talent in Your Team9 October 2024
- How AI Liberates Talent and Solves the Labor Market Shortage9 October 2024
- How to leverage the Data of Millions of Public Profiles to your advantage25 April 2024
- Combating Discrimination with AI in Recruitment31 January 2024
2023
- We are heading for collective burnout. Or is there still a way out?6 October 2023
- Labor market crisis to be solved with AI23 August 2023
- The Labor Market of the Future Knows No Permanent or Flexible Contracts31 July 2023
- Poll Result: HR Professional Believes Their Own Profession Should Look More Beyond Their Field14 June 2023
- HR professionals are not very mobile in practice6 June 2023
- Should we pause AI development for 6 months?30 March 2023
- EW: Fear of Algorithms Offers Opportunities for Innovation23 January 2023
From the Part-up years (2015–2019)
Before joining 8vance, I spent years writing about organising differently, self-managing teams, mission-driven work and the Part-up platform. Those pieces are listed here for completeness and can be read via my LinkedIn profile.
- 7 lessons on successful collaboration, from our first start-up year15 September 2016
- The Spotify for Work and the Tinder for Teams9 September 2015
- Time to swarm!2 September 2015
- Are you a collapreneur?23 July 2015
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