Corporate training practices are shifting to employee-friendly, digital and mobile-centric models. Employees no longer need to stay after hours to complete mandatory training. If they want to learn more about a specific task or process they can usually access the ... View Article
Article by 12 December 2014
People know that obesity can have devastating individual consequences. According to NHS estimates, the U.K. spends £5 billion treating obesity and its complications. Also, both in the U.K. and in other parts of the developed world, those complications have crept ... View Article
Article by 8 December 2014
Last week I was talking to a young HR entrepreneur, looking for some venture capital. One of her questions was: what does it take to be innovative in HR in an organization? During the conversation we compiled a list with ... View Article
Article by 4 December 2014
Whether individual or corporate, your social media strategy has to start with one question. Why are we doing this? There are plenty of people having a go at social, either for themselves or for their organisation. Some of them are ... View Article
Article by 4 December 2014
While identity theft is often blamed on the victim’s careless behavior, in a large number of cases, the crime occurs because someone else made a mistake that revealed the victim’s personal data. And that someone else, unfortunately, is often the ... View Article
Article by 27 November 2014
The lack of diversity in many organisations, especially at a senior level, is well documented. If you look at the ‘Our Executive Team’ pages on many organisations’ websites, you might be drawn to conclude that people like me (I’m a ... View Article
Article by 25 November 2014
In the last months of the year many HR teams are are finalizing their plan for the next year. There is a tendency in most HR teams to design their plans in such a way that the potential impact on ... View Article
Article by 25 November 2014
I recently saw a recruitment agency post a question on Social Media – “If you had the choice between two similar candidates, would you be more likely to hire the candidate who went to the same school as you?” The ... View Article
Article by 21 November 2014
HR and management often want to do too much too quickly. I have been guilty as well. My personal archive is full with HR-plans that have never been totally implemented. A big challenge for HR is to choose and advice ... View Article
Article by 14 November 2014
I was recently asked to join at roundtable about the future of office working at the offices of The Guardian newspaper. Being a simple soul I was quite confused to be asked if I thought ‘the office was dead’ whilst ... View Article
Article by 7 November 2014