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The dawning of the ‘Age of Simplicity’
Wednesday, September 28
Blogging in today’s CIPD Update, Alison Gilbertson notes that “some organisations are adopting the principle of simplicity to illuminate what's really important” , and goes on to ask “What will HR look like in the post-bureaucratic age to come?” I have to say this is music to our ears and a hugely exciting proposition for agencies like ourselves who are driven by making complex things simple! It’s... The dawning of the ‘Age of Simplicity’
Wednesday, September 28
Blogging in today’s CIPD Update, Alison Gilbertson notes that “some organisations are adopting the principle of simplicity to illuminate what's really important” , and goes on to ask “What will HR look like in the post-bureaucratic age to come?” I have to say this is music to our ears and a hugely exciting proposition for agencies like ourselves who are driven by making complex things simple! It’s... Recognising engagement as a people management silver bullet in this economically uncertain environment
Tuesday, September 27
Earlier in the year I wrote about the Yin and Yang of HR. Ron Thomas’s recent blog ‘HR Transformation: The Old Way of Doing Things Is Over and Finished’ shows just how far into the leadership, strategic and creative space HR is moving: http://www.tlnt.com/2011/09/26/transformation/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+tlnt+%28TLNT%3A+The+Business+of+HR%29 We are finding that unless we are engaged strategically at Board level we are unable to influence organisations in the way that clients expect. It is refreshing to see this external role being valued by informed organisations recognising engagement as a people management silver bullet in this economically uncertain environment. The important... Recognising engagement as a people management silver bullet in this economically uncertain environment
Tuesday, September 27
Earlier in the year I wrote about the Yin and Yang of HR. Ron Thomas’s recent blog ‘HR Transformation: The Old Way of Doing Things Is Over and Finished’ shows just how far into the leadership, strategic and creative space HR is moving: http://www.tlnt.com/2011/09/26/transformation/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+tlnt+%28TLNT%3A+The+Business+of+HR%29 We are finding that unless we are engaged strategically at Board level we are unable to influence organisations in the way that clients expect. It is refreshing to see this external role being valued by informed organisations recognising engagement as a people management silver bullet in this economically uncertain environment. The important...
Google+ Is Going Mainstream
Tuesday, September 27
That’s right, whilst we were all looking at the new Facebook features (and were briefly distracted by Twitters promoted ads in the UK) Google+ decided to go mainstream. How can you tell? Just look at the top users: http://socialstatistics.com/top/people/followers Hey pop pickers it’s Slam Jam Sam here bringing you the celebrity Google+ entries in today’s... F8 2011 – Zuckerberg Presents The Next Evolution Of Facebook
Friday, September 23
“What do you think Uncle Zuck will have for us?” – female presenter F8 Livestream (I missed her name, if you have it let me know and I’ll update) Yesterday was a big day for the world’s number 1 social network. With rumors flying across the internet and around our office about what was and... Do you have internal communications on the Board agenda?
Friday, September 23
I’d like to thank our creative lead, Steve Matthews for bring to my attention this week’s Guardian article http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/sep/22/meg-whitman-hewlett-packard that tells us “Léo Apotheker has been fired as chief executive of Hewlett-Packard and replaced with Meg Whitman.” Apart from losing a reported 50% of investor value during his 10 month tenure, the paper reported that “. Apotheker, who joined from the customer management software company SAP in early November, was unable to even turn to his employees for support: his ... Do you have internal communications on the Board agenda?
Friday, September 23
I’d like to thank our creative lead, Steve Matthews for bring to my attention this week’s Guardian article http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/sep/22/meg-whitman-hewlett-packard that tells us “Léo Apotheker has been fired as chief executive of Hewlett-Packard and replaced with Meg Whitman.” Apart from losing a reported 50% of investor value during his 10 month tenure, the paper reported that “. Apotheker, who joined from the customer management software company SAP in early November, was unable to even turn to his employees for support: his ...
Twitter… does it have business potential?
Monday, September 19
If recent reports are anything to go by, then yes. More than 100 million Twitter account holders log on to their account daily, and accordingly to the company this amounts to 230 million daily tweets. Of these daily users logging in, 55% are doing so from a mobile device. That equates to 5 billion tweets...