If we strip away some of the hype and mystery surrounding social media and the emerging social technology landscape, you will see two core elements that in my view are the two fundamental building blocks: Real time communication and Collaboration Look around and you see these elements as key drivers in most of the emerging…
I recently spoke at a couple of CIPD branch meetings in Hatfield and Milton Keynes on the subject of Social Engagement and Collaboration. You can access my slides here if you would like to see them. As the middle of three speakers and in the company of an unexpectedly positive HR audience (!) I was…
Well here it is folks – my first ever hosting of the illustrious Carnival of HR and what an honour. Hopefully it won’t be my last š To make things a little more interesting I decided to pick a theme, which turned out to be “challenging the future of the organisation”. It’s been a hotly…
So it’s Carnival of HR time again and yours truly gets to host it – an honour indeed! Rather than make it too easy and leave the subject matter wide open I thought I’d give a theme to work with and that is the Challenging the future of the organisation. This subject is close to…
I recently wrote a post about challenging conventional wisdom and taking a counterĀ intuitiveĀ approach to solving problems. A couple of articles in the evening standard back in February made me consider how the principles of modern traffic management can provide interesting cue’s for a rethink of how we should challenge the conventional wisdom around managing people…
Engagement. It’s the word on every self respecting HR professionals lips right now. A multi billion dollar industry has even formed around the subject on the back of eye wateringly large budgets invested by organisations in the pursuance of an āengagedā workforce.Ā Despite it being a business priority, and there being more evidence than you can…
In February I was lucky enough to attend an event called Unconventional Strategies, one of a series of events organised by Benchmark for BusinessĀ a specialist in bringing leading management thinking to organisations in the form of learning events and conferences.Ā As things go, and as some of you may know, I’m not a huge fan…
This is one of my favourite quotes from one of my favourite movies – SerendipityĀ –Ā I know, I know, but what can I say? Im a sucker for a love story š The quote is from the scene when Dean reads out a make believe Obituary: Ā āThe Greeks didnāt write obituaries. They only asked one question…
I’ve never been that big on having a grand plan for my career. Things started well with a nice big slug of conformity and success, but after 10 years I was left thinking “Is this it? Is this the best we can do with people in organisations?”. I knew it wasn’t of course, but there…
If you know me at all, you will have realised that I am an early adopter. Ā Social media – in fact the whole social momentum thing – is no exception. I have welcomed it with open arms, embracing it like an old friend. And with only a few notable exceptions – MeasuringĀ Social Influence andĀ Talent Communities…
