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About Kris Dunn, aka "KD"

Who am I? That's an easy question - I'm a VP of HR type who has led HR practices in Fortune 500s and venture capital-held startups. I work for a living, and believe that the key to great business results is to get great people, then do cool stuff to maximize their motivation, performance and effectiveness once you have them in the door. As it turns out, that's my simple definition of talent management. I believe that all forms of HR administration should be squeezed down to the smallest amount of time possible, giving you more time to do stuff that matters. 

BOOM! If you like that description, you'll like me. It's that simple. Kris-dunn

If you need a more professional rundown, here are the stats: 3 degrees. One marriage. An SPHR that's been re-certified twice. 2,000+ hires. 1,000+ fires. A taste for grunge music originating from Seattle. Two turntables. One microphone.

I'm currently the CHRO and a partner at Kinetix, the best RPO company in the world (I wanted to say galaxy, but am unsure of adoption of the RPO model beyond Earth).  If you're unsure of what RPO is, just consider it recruiting services - and if you've got a recruiting need, ping me.  

At Kinetix, I've been involved in filling 4500 professional grade positions a year for our clients, and
have also created a Leadership Training series and a Recruitment Marketing/Employer Brand practice from scratch.  So if you're good on recruiting but need cool solutions in those areas, I'm your guy.  I promise.

I'm also among the most transparent HR pros you can find, and here's why. I care so much about the art of HR that I've started two blogs (www.hrcapitalist.com and www.fistfuloftalent.com) with the goal of building a community I could learn from. I've been putting my thoughts down every business day for over 10 years. 

That means what you see is what you get. I can't hide, and if I ever pulled the blogs down, Google would probably haunt me forever anyway.

Specialties: Belief that the HR function rocks. Business chops. Crossover Dribble.

 

 

 

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  • Capital Riots: Considerations for Great HR Leaders...
  • The Value of a Confidential Search BEFORE You Fire an Incumbent...
  • Thinking About Work in 2021: It's Probably Time To Get Out of the Fetal Position...
  • It's OK to Think a PhD Calling Themselves Doctor in Corporate America is Weird...
  • Resilience and the Art of Taking an "L" As a Predictor of Talent Success...
  • California's Affirmative Action Bill Defeat and the Future of Diversity Hiring...
  • Here's Your ATS Market Share Rundown!
  • Pros and Cons of Florida Voting in the $15 Minimum Wage - It's Complicated...
  • Building the Perfect People Manager: Assertiveness and the Introversion/Extroversion Scale...
  • Post-Election Skill for Leaders: Making All Feel Welcome & On Equal Ground...

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Capitalist Reads

  • Thomas L. Friedman: Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution--and How It Can Renew America

    Thomas L. Friedman: Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution--and How It Can Renew America

  • Geoff Colvin: Talent Is Overrated: What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else

    Geoff Colvin: Talent Is Overrated: What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else

  • Seth Godin: Small Is the New Big: and 183 Other Riffs, Rants, and Remarkable Business Ideas

    Seth Godin: Small Is the New Big: and 183 Other Riffs, Rants, and Remarkable Business Ideas

  • Thomas L. Friedman: The World Is Flat [Updated and Expanded]: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century

    Thomas L. Friedman: The World Is Flat [Updated and Expanded]: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century

  • Malcolm Gladwell: Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking

    Malcolm Gladwell: Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking

  • Steven D. Levitt: Freakonomics [Revised and Expanded]: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything

    Steven D. Levitt: Freakonomics [Revised and Expanded]: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything

  • Ram Charan: What the CEO Wants You to Know : How Your Company Really Works

    Ram Charan: What the CEO Wants You to Know : How Your Company Really Works

  • Malcolm Gladwell: The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference

    Malcolm Gladwell: The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference

  • W. Chan Kim: Blue Ocean Strategy: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make Competition Irrelevant

    W. Chan Kim: Blue Ocean Strategy: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make Competition Irrelevant

  • Chris Anderson: The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business Is Selling Less of More

    Chris Anderson: The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business Is Selling Less of More

  • Seth Godin: Purple Cow: Transform Your Business by Being Remarkable

    Seth Godin: Purple Cow: Transform Your Business by Being Remarkable

  • Marci Alboher: One Person/Multiple Careers: A New Model for Work/Life Success

    Marci Alboher: One Person/Multiple Careers: A New Model for Work/Life Success

  • David Marcum and Steve Smith: egonomics: What Makes Ego Our Greatest Asset (or Most Expensive Liability)

    David Marcum and Steve Smith: egonomics: What Makes Ego Our Greatest Asset (or Most Expensive Liability)

  • Bill Simmons: The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to The Sports Guy

    Bill Simmons: The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to The Sports Guy

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  • happy wheels on Resilience and the Art of Taking an "L" As a Predictor of Talent Success...

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