Ranya Nehmeh

Ranya Nehmeh is an HR strategist specializing in people strategy, leadership development and talent management. She has held senior HR roles at the OPEC Fund for International Development in Vienna and the European Central Bank in Frankfurt and is an adjunct professor at the University of Applied Sciences for Management & Communication in Vienna. She is co-author of In Praise of the Office: The Limits to Hybrid and Remote Work (2025) and author of The Chameleon Leader: Connecting with Millennials (2019).

HR strategy

Chasing HR buzzwords won’t fix your workplace. But they might be a wake-up call

Ranya Nehmeh - January 13, 2026

It's tempting to treat HR buzzwords as headline-drivers; but sometimes, this expert writes, they do speak to underlying workplace issues.

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