The following are a series of white papers and thought leadership writings for downloading, providing a much deeper context into WingSpread and our positions across the field of human capital management.

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WingSpread: Human Capital Risk

Why are companies so challenged in handling the organizational impacts of sudden economic and market shifts?  Our current environment speaks loudly to the gap that exists in the analytics and insight companies have in planning their workforces and managing talent.  Through the practice of Human Capital Risk, business will be better positioned to leverage their talent. In turn, they will gain a strategic competitive advantage, innovate faster, and survive downstream macroeconomic and geopolitical events as a stronger organization.

WingSpread: Setting and Concept

Where did the idea for WingSpread arise and why it is so important at this particular time? This paper examines the conceptual underpinnings of WingSpread, namely the business challenges faced by companies in managing talent, and sets the foundation by which skills are the fundamental and only logical unit for the measurement of talent.

WingSpread: A Real World Scenario

When a tragedy strikes a company, how does the leadership regroup and can business still operate? An important part of this process is the people equation. WingSpread can be a critical tool in the realignment of the workforce and deployment of staff to ensure that business runs continuously and effectively through disruptive events.

WingSpread: Applications

When skills are the basis for organizations in measuring talent, there are significant implications across the entire spectrum of human resource functions. This paper discusses how information collected by WingSpread is delivered as specific human resources and corporate decision making tools to address the important human capital challenges faced by organizations today. The result is a sea change for the way human resources organizations operate in creating a more productive workforce.