Whatever data our computers generate, the determination of requirements, and the uses to which it is put, are all shaped by humans. This demands great insight, sensitivity and balance if it is to be put to effective use. Thus you need ‘big’ people if you are going to optimise your big data.
Who doesn't like a bonus? It is always nice to get more in your pay packet than usual. A bonus naturally make you feel good … Read more
I don’t know why. It is not a column I normally read. But somehow my eye was drawn to the report of a man who … Read more
Making your people brand ambassadors requires reversing this and focus on outcomes rather than outputs. In order to achieve this you need to make your people brand ambassadors for themselves. In other words, you have to close the divide between individual and organisation. The natural way to do this is to give your people a stake in the outcomes. And there is no better way to do this than through universal employee ownership that results in everyone in the organisation pulling together as a single entity. People need to feel appreciated and, by giving them some skin in the game, you can build this into everything they do, so that it is not an extraneous management process, but an integral part of the organisational culture.
I was shocked! And slightly disappointed in myself. In hindsight perhaps I shouldn’t have been, but I was – even though I suspect change professionals … Read more
The challenge posed thus provides a good starting point for the HR profession to challenge themselves. Not least because the report can be said to imply, from the very first requirements to be outstanding, that HR is itself confused and does not itself fully understand its own role.
As the world gets to grips with the fallout from “Dieselgate” I was amazed to learn that 74% of respondents to a CIPD poll agreed … Read more
We owe it to ourselves and future generations to get back on the right moral track. Employee ownership or ‘People’s Companies’ clearly offer a means to do this. So why not explore the ‘Every Individual Matters’ model as the way to deliver these?
Do you work in a dire workplace? The odds are that you do. At least according to Jeffrey Pfeffer, Professor of Organizational Behaviour at the … Read more
Performance reviews remain in the news. Last week I wrote about Accenture’s abandoning them, but this week came the even more shattering news that GE … Read more