Not Just Rewards
I’ve just been talking with a major employer about pensions. I claim no expertise in this area, so I thought ... View Article
Article by 23 November 2015
Modern Life is Tricky
The hardest questions to resolve are those where people on both sides of the debate think that their reality has ... View Article
Article by 3 March 2015
The Ocean Spray Test – numbers and things
During the week I spent a fair bit of time talking about HR, metrics and behavioural science. This weekend I ... View Article
Article by 23 January 2015
Is the sun setting on the office?
I was recently asked to join at roundtable about the future of office working at the offices of The Guardian ... View Article
Article by 7 November 2014
The Pragmatist’s Guide to Retention
The evolution of language is an interesting thing. From the Ministry of War to the Ministry of Defence From the ... View Article
Article by 8 September 2014
What if employees ACTUALLY were an asset?
The phrase ‘people are an organisation’s greatest asset’ is often rolled out without full consideration of its meaning. An asset ... View Article
Article by 5 September 2014
Learning and Development: 5 tips to help people and organisations learn daily
People and businesses that learn every day have a competitive advantage over those that only learn during selected ‘events’. Simon ... View Article
Article by 12 August 2014
Leadership and the great jargon drop challenge
Business isn’t that hard. I’m not saying it’s easy, but the things we do actually aren’t rocket science. Unless you ... View Article
Article by 24 July 2014
Think Human Resources, think sexy…
Neil Morrison wrote an excellent post about making Human Resources sexy (http://change-effect.com/2013/09/29/get-your-sexy-on/). I agree with it entirely, if you want ... View Article
Article by 10 July 2014
HR: What to start and what to stop
Earlier in the year the kind folks at NZlead invited me to publish a post on collaborative HR. That post can be ... View Article
Article by 8 July 2014