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The HR Paradox: Indispensable Yet Insecure And How to End It
By (author) Patrick Duffy
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HR isn’t merely in crisis; it’s trapped in a design paradox: indispensable to the enterprise and yet status-insecure. The HR Paradox explains why credibility talk never dies, why “strategic†often becomes a costume, and how to convert constant crisis into calm authority.  The book’s central claim: the CHRO’s product is organizational capability. Not vibes or vanity metrics or fragmented HR analytics, but the designed system—structure, processes, governance, data integrity, talent, and power—that reliably produces outcomes. Culture is what the work system generates; administration is the spine; strategy is a method for allocating scarce resources to capability.  WHAT YOU’LL LEARN: ─     Diagnose the double bind: how HR absorbs accountability without authority—and how to stop it. ─     Redraw role boundaries: what belongs to leaders, to HR, and to shared, governed systems. ─     Govern for credibility: raise evidence standards, professionalize credentials, enforce consequences ─     Build real capability: map design, measure verifiable capability, show the state of play at the Board with the same clarity Finance brings. ─     Retire the theater: ditch “culture ownership,†mythic soft-vs-hard HR, and fashion-cycle frameworks ─     Navigate the ecosystem: HR, OD, I/O Psych, ER/IR—specialization without fragmentation ─     Protect the people doing the work: redesign pipelines and roles for authority, coherence, and reduced burnout  WHY NOW: ─     C-suite demands for productivity and durable advantage have outpaced culture slogans. ─     HR burnout, program churn, and credential inflation signal a system problem. ─     Public sector mandates require credible capability without profit signals.  WHO SHOULD READ: ─     CHROs/HRDs, HRBPs, and COE leaders who want visible business impact. ─     CEOs/COOs/CFOs and strategy leaders seeking alignment between people, process, and performance. ─     Public sector leaders and PE/VC operating partners navigating constraints at scale. ─     Consultants, advanced students, and educators seeking a referenced, systems-grounded approach for pipeline change.  WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT: An outside-in voice—a former executive, thirty years trenchwork with HR, paired with organization scientist—operator realism and evidence rigor. It’s tough-love, not takedown; system redesign, not another “how-to HR†manual. If you’ve thought “HR is needed but not heeded,†this book hands you the architecture to change that.
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Publisher | Vita Viri Publishing
Published date | 31 Oct 2025
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Format | Paperback / softback
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ISBN | 978-1-9192-6862-0
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BISAC | business & economics / organizational behavior
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Carlo Rovelli
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224 pages
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Originally published in Italian: L'ordine del tempo (Milan: Adelphi Edizioni, 2017).
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Carlo Rovelli
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