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78 PCB007 MAGAZINE I JUNE 2023 ment structures and leadership. He also dis- cusses a topic I find vitally important: How to manage restructuring and downsizings with experience in mind. "Given the risks, companies should not downsize unless it is absolutely necessary," he writes. "Downsizing decisions should not be based solely on job titles, salaries, and demo- graphics. ey should also consider employee skills, experience, relationships, and capabili- ties. If it is necessary to reduce the size of the workforce, it is better to do one large reduc- tion rather than several small ones." With all the difficulties we are experiencing in finding the right people, we should certainly tread very carefully when it comes to letting employees go. Finally, the book discusses promoting per- sonal growth. Employees want to learn and grow in the future. Elements of employee expe- rience that play a critical role in doing that: • Context: Design jobs that encourage and enable development by giving employees the time, opportunity, and motivation to build new capabilities. • Capabilities: Help employees identify what knowledge, skills, and experiences to develop to achieve their goals and prepare for the next chapter of their careers. • Content: Provide employees with access to development resources they need to build new capabilities. • Culture: Create an organizational environment that supports employee development, particularly the role that managers play in supporting employee development. Hunt stresses that technology has the poten- tial to create a future in which people no lon- ger worry about having to work for a living. Instead, people will focus on living a fulfilling, purposeful life that includes work. What mat- ters is how we choose to use it. Let us choose wisely. With its very timely advice, Talent Tectonics is one of those books that you need to put on your bookshelf and keep there to read again and again. PCB007 Dan Beaulieu is president of D.B. Management Group and an I-Connect007 columnist. To read past book reviews, click here. To read past columns, click here. Dan Beaulieu Title: Talent Tectonics: Navigating Global Workforce Shifts, Building Resilient Organizations and Reimagining Employee Experience Author: Steven T. Hunt, PhD Copyright: 2022 by John Wiley & Sons Price: $26.25 hardcover/$18 Kindle Pages: 320 pages