Edition I · Foundation
Briefing & 5C Method
The foundation from 200+ mandates: how methodical briefing is the biggest lever in recruiting - and why 90% of critical hires are decided before the first offer.
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SPIRITED AWAY
MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO
PRINCESS MONONOKE
HOWL'S CASTLE
CASTLE IN THE SKY
KIKI'S DELIVERY
PONYO
PORCO ROSSO
ARCTIC EXPEDITION
AMAZON DEEP
SAHARA SECRETS
OCEAN ABYSS
DARK MATTER
AFRICAN PLAINS
POLAR ICE
RAINFOREST
CALVIN AND HOBBES
SOMETHING UNDER BED
YUKON HO!
WEIRDOS FROM PLANET
SCIENTIFIC PROGRESS
DAYS ARE PACKED
ATTACK SNOW GOONS
TREASURE EVERYWHERE
SCHWERPUNKT ARBEIT
SCHWERPUNKT GELD
SCHWERPUNKT MUT
SCHWERPUNKT ZUKUNFT
SCHWERPUNKT MACHT
SCHWERPUNKT WANDEL
SCHWERPUNKT GLUECK
SCHWERPUNKT VERTRAUEN
FUTURE OF TECHNOLOGY
AI JOINS THE TEAM
FUTURE OF GROWTH
DATA CULTURE
FUTURE OF LEADERSHIP
CLIMATE FORWARD
FUTURE ON THE PLANET
QUIET LEADERSHIP
THE PURPOSE GAP
LEADING REMOTELY
THE AI ADVANTAGE
CULTURE THAT WORKS
STRATEGIC PIVOT
THE NEW NORMAL
DECISIONS THAT MATTER
BUILDING TRUST
SPIRITED AWAY
TOTORO
MONONOKE
HOWL
CASTLE SKY
KIKI
PONYO
PORCO
Articles
Eight editions from 200+ HIHB workshops.
Methodology, diagnostics, and current market dynamics in high-potential recruiting - bundled into eight themed editions. Pillar articles with concrete how-to for your next critical hire.
Edition II · Diagnostic
Persona, Stakeholders & Evaluators
Diagnostic tools for the invisible factors: who really decides, which persona sharpens the profile, and why "cultural fit" often blocks more than it enables.
Edition III · Decision-Makers
C-Level & Mid-Market
A strategic perspective for executive teams and hiring managers - from C-level recruiting sparring to bad-hire economics in the mid-market.
Edition IV · Trends
2026 Hiring Trends
Current market dynamics - from the AI recruiting backlash to counter-offer inflation. What changes in 2026 for critical hires, and which patterns hold.
Edition V · Differentiation
HIHB vs. the market
What HIHB is, by drawing the line where it is not: positioning against executive search, job ads, and AI recruiting. Complementary, with a clear sequence.
Edition VI · Strategy & Leadership
Strategy or people?
The provocative question executives should ask once a quarter: why nearly every business problem is a hiring decision. With voices from Bossidy, Collins, Bezos, Drucker.
Edition VII · Diagnosis & Delay
The silent mis-hire.
46% of new hires fail within 18 months. About the other 54% - the quiet ones who stay - nobody talks. Two articles: first the diagnosis in the interview, then prevention through requirement management.
Edition VIII · Skills of the Future
Skills of the Future.
WEF, McKinsey, Stifterverband, skill clouds - the frameworks deliver between 30 and 800 skills. None of them deliver a reduction method for the individual company. Five articles on the Critical Few answer and on how HIHB Horizon makes the reduction operational.
- 01Skills of the Future - what the frameworks industry leaves out.→
- 02Why 800-skill databases fail - and what the Critical Few deliver.→
- 03From 200 to 5: the Critical Few funnel for the mid-market.→
- 04Skill neighborhood and reskilling - Build before Buy in the mid-market.→
- 05Behavioural anchors - how to make future skills observable in the interview.→
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