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January 2010
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
by Franklin Bros

I posted a couple of times fairly recently (1, 2) on the social revolution discussed by Andrew McAfee in one of his Enterprise 2.0 posts. In my last post, I probably went a bit too far, arguing that there doesn’t need to be a move...
READ MORE - The Social Revolution – processes to networks
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Organisation design,
Social networks
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Monday, January 25, 2010
by Franklin Bros

After a couple of years of phone and email communications (and a guest post), today I finally met up with Josh Bersin (and his colleague Allen Keetch). Josh is in town for the Learning Technologies conference on Wednesday and Thursday,...
READ MORE - Josh Bersin on informal and social learning
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Learning,
Social learning,
Social media
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Sunday, January 24, 2010
by Franklin Bros

Actually, there’s just one more thing resulting from the HRD Business Summit that I want to write about. This is Ulrich’s breakdown of the roles that need to be involved in transforming HR: Line managers (board of directors,...
READ MORE - Being your idea generator
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HR role,
Innovation,
Strategic Dynamics
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Saturday, January 23, 2010
by Franklin Bros

The last area I want to discuss in my summary of the HR Directors Business Summit is the need for new insights in HR. One of the key themes that seemed to me to be coming through from the presentations (despite Julian Birkinshaw’s...
READ MORE - Insight and pragmatism
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HR role,
hrevent,
Innovation
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Update January 2011: I’m no longer delivering the HCS certificate for the HCI. However, I am delivering great value and high impact human capital strategy workshops for teams of HR practitioners within organisations. Contact me for...
READ MORE - Human Capital Strategist (HCS) Certification
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HR capability,
Learning
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A summary of Julian Birkinshaw’s presentation at the HRD Business Summit: Things have changed. Knowledge rather than financial capital is now the scarce resource and this means we need to focus on creativity and innovation...
READ MORE - Julian Birkinshaw on Management Innovation
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Events,
hrevent,
Management 2.0
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I had a chat with Thomas Stewart after his keynote at the HRD Business Summit on Tuesday.
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Case study,
Events,
hrevent,
Organisational capabilities
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Friday, January 22, 2010
by Franklin Bros

One of the other things Tommy Weir talked about was the need to be sensitive to status issues. That in the Middle East he allows his bags to be carried by someone for example, so as not to be seen as inferring that he’s unworthy...
READ MORE - First names or second?
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Blogging
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Thursday, January 21, 2010
by Franklin Bros
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Events,
Leadership,
Social media
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Wednesday, January 20, 2010
by Franklin Bros
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Events,
hrevent,
Organisational capabilities
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Sunday, January 17, 2010
by Franklin Bros

I’ve been thinking about Tammy Erickson’s suggestion (which we discussed on Talking HR) that two jobs will increasingly become the norm. I had two jobs for a while myself – as early on in my current role as an independent consultant...
READ MORE - Want to work together?
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Strategic Dynamics
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Sunday 17th Jan, 2010 Well, I thought I did rather well in my interview by the Treasury select committee. And that little joke about my parents thinking I’m paid to much seemed to take the heat of a little...
READ MORE - Stephen Hester’s diary
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Saturday, January 16, 2010
by Franklin Bros
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Networks,
Organisation design,
Social capital
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Friday, January 15, 2010
by Franklin Bros

You may have read my earlier posts on HR’s role (or non-role) in Enterprise 2.0 and the Social Business (eg these posts on Next Generation HR, and my review of Andrew McAfee’s Enterprise 2.0 book). The reason for writing these posts is...
READ MORE - I need your spigs
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Enterprise 2.0,
HR role,
Social capital,
Strategic Dynamics
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Thursday, January 14, 2010
by Franklin Bros

I’ve been talking to Josh Letourneau, sourcer and executive search consultant come social network analyst following his recent and insightful post ‘Social Capital… is about to change the world‘ in Ryan Leary’s equally interesting...
READ MORE - Social networks and organisations hierarchies
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Organisation design,
Social capital
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