  The Internet of Things (IoT) is affecting national innovation ecosystems and
the approach of organizations to innovation and how they create and capture
value in everyday business activities. The Internet of Things (IoT), is
disruptive, and it will change the manner in which human resources are
developed and managed, calling for a new and adaptive human resource
development approach. The Classical Internet communication form is human-human.
The prospect of IoT is that every object will have a unique way of
identification and can be addressed so that every object can be connected. The
communication forms will expand from human-human to human-human, human-thing,
and thing-thing. This will bring a new challenge to how Human Resource
Development (HRD) is practiced. This paper provides an overview of the Internet
of Things and conceptualizes the role of HRD in the age of the Internet of
Things. Keywords:
