Author Archives: Bruce Lewin
Costs and Quality?
I was reading this note on the UK-HRD mailing list and couldn’t help be tickled by the author š Nothing personal – this happens every couple of days – someone puts up a posting asking for an instrument, exercise, whatever, … Continue reading
Innovation Strategy and People
The ability to connect innovation, or the lack of it, directly to people within an organisation is key to ensuring that such innovation is delivered. While lots of people (Dave Pollard and Mark Madsen for example) are looking at disruptive … Continue reading
Human capital dismissed under OFR guidelines
The ongoing debate about encouraging companies to report on their human capital management practices seems to have been dealt another blow. This article outlines some of the recent developments. The draft Reporting Standard for operating and financial reviews (OFRs) currently … Continue reading
HR Blogs
Regina Miller over in the US makes a call for more HR blogs. Here here! Over in London, we’re trying to raise the UK flag! There’s a great list of HR blogs over here, but does anyone else know of … Continue reading
Value Added HR!
There is some more positive feedback on the Commercial Added Value HR Association. Jerry Hayter at Xecutive Search further endorses the position adopted by Neil Griffin in his letter (see the bottom of the page). It is very sad to … Continue reading
Thank you to Bill Ives
Just a quick post to thank Bill Ives for his kind announcement and review of our new blog “Value Added HR” š Bill writes; Their blog is meant to provide a place for more informal discussions around people in the … Continue reading
Social Software and Social People
There is lots of talk about Social Software at the moment. While this ranges from sites like Ecademy and Linkedin through to the growth of blogs and knowledge management software, what is clear is that the people aspect can’t be … Continue reading
The Strategic Perceptions of HR
A survey by LogicaCMG showed an interesting distinction between the perception that HR have of their value and strategic contribution to the business and how this differs from that of board members. Writing in Personnel Today, Mike Madgwick states; In … Continue reading
The Commercial Added Value HR Association
There have been some recent developments amongst HR professionals and the shape of a body to represent them. The announcement of the “Commercial Added Value HR Association” outlined in this Personnel Today article highlights this new direction. I think this … Continue reading
Energisers
More from “The Hidden Power of Social Networks” by Cross and Parker, this time on Energy and Energisers. When we have a choice, which is more often than we might think, we seek out energisers. As a result, these people … Continue reading
