A quite universal and efficient tool in industry and beyond is the min-max approach to get any process under control.

It is to define a channel of guidance and flags and alarms limits to reach sustainable targets of a business or service mission, for profit or not.

Applied to HR process, the classic "Min-Max" would free up some of the engagement and daring abilities of many HR pros, often scared by a single data target.

A first step on the adaptability road.

Now, the ultimate move would be what I define today as a "Min-MHACKS" : that is to say to give guidelines and engage HR pros to get out of their comfort zone, and propose, and test some out of the limits actions and decisions, within stabilized processes, for a limited time, or to overcome a roadblock.Say: a bureaucratic one for instance.

Or a very personal resistance of either an employee, or a manager.

Above is an example I used within the Innovating Innovation hack series.

In this case we could consider the red line as a min, the black as the target, and the blue as the MAX. With an opportunity and a call to get beyond it to reach some Management 3.0 agility.

Pushing to get to the blue line is a boost to get out of the comfort zone. At least for a period,  or for a fraction of cases within an experimental frame.

Would unleash daring power for Talent Deployement : a no-brainer.

A Practical example ? 

Let "Mhackximize" a diversity ratio, when struggling to staff out of the box by giving a one shot opportunity to hire some autistic profile.

Way out of the track for many staffing paths and managers, and a real hack that is driving up the scale of maximizing potential.

Not a given but a powerful leverage bet.

As individuals, but as I believe into the power of co-Operative intelligence, also as a colony of spread managers, sending some signals and information to the entire group for adaptation to any change in the environment.

More than a second step, it is a giant leap.

Finally,

could we consider a Min and M(hacks)X idea a stretched and local extension of the MIX?

An HR adaptability booster?