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July 30, 2026 12 min read

Why we still hate HR—and 100 business leaders on how to fix it

Fast Company & Rodrigo Magnago

Fast Company Impact Council member • CEO at RMagnago

Fast Company Impact Council

Published in Fast Company

This article was originally published in Rodrigo Magnago's column at Fast Company.

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Fast Company gathered insights from 100 business leaders and members of the Fast Company Impact Council to revisit one of corporate management's most enduring debates: the strategic role and perception of Human Resources.

The special report brings together perspectives from chief executives, chief people officers, founders, and governance advisors on how organizations must shift HR from an administrative and compliance-heavy silo into an active engine for talent architecture, organizational agility, and long-term value creation.

Key Insights from the Report

Leaders highlighted that traditional HR models often suffer from metric misalignment—measuring process completion rather than capability expansion, organizational trust, or business outcome impact. To fix HR, organizations must integrate behavioral economics, modern analytics, and direct board-level accountability into people strategy.

Read the full article and explore contributions from all 100 business leaders directly on Fast Company.

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