Innovating HR - webinar

     If you want to know more about innovation in HR eg developing some innovative activities in 2012, or just improving your / your team’s ‘HR innovator and integrator competency, perhaps implementing some of Vance’s suggestions, or...
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New HR Competencies for Innovation and Technology

     Dave Ulrich’s latest update to the global HR competency framework was announced last week.  I’ve been using and talking about the various iterations of this framework for about 15 years now and on first look, it’s my favourite...
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HR iphone & ipad apps

     I’ve been included in this article in HR Magazine on HR iphone apps.  I write about some of the favourites that I use or have been able to find. I don’t think it’s the best piece of writing I’ve ever done, and I think a lot...
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Vance Kearney on Innovation / 2

     Supporting my post on innovation yesterday, I thought I’d share with you some of Vance Kearney from Oracle’s thoughts on this topic. Vance and I have been having an off-line discussion about this topic following his presentation...
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Innovative HR in 2012

     I presented a session on the future of strategic HRM yesterday.  Now I’m no futurist – I much prefer to focus on the opportunities that are available to us today, but I think I’ve got a good idea of some of the changes we’ll...
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Looking forward – Economist Talent Management Summit

     As well as Learning Technologies, the HR Directors Business Summit just before it, and the Enterprise 2.0 Summit shortly afterwards, there are a few other conferences I’ve already committed to attending / speaking / blogging at next...
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Learning Technologies conference

     I’ll be talking more about learning at January’s Learning Technologies conference. I’ll be presenting in a session with Paul Jagger from IBM and Rachel Roberts from City & Guilds in a session arising from a tweet this Summer:...
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Integrating Formal, Informal and Social Learning

     The thing I don’t like about the 70-20-10 model, which I reviewed last week, is that social learning isn’t really a separate category from formal and informal learning, but a different category of these.  Ie, you’ve really got...
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#CIPDSocial11 & Social Engagement – in the socialmedia garden

     I’ve had a couple of conversations with Michael Silverman, Unilever’s ex-head of engagement research, since meeting him at a Symposium event earlier this year (eg at CHRU, and the Personnel Today awards, where Michael and Unilever...
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     The CIPD’s social media conference has kicked off with a session from Bill Parsons, EVP HR at ARM Holdings.  I met Bill at ARM in Cambridge earlier this year, so this post is a combination of his presentation, and my earlier...
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With Globoforce on Social Recognition

     I’ve just been attending an event with Globoforce and the Conference Board on social recognition. I’ve been a long supporter of Globoforce’s work on recognition, eg this webinar we did together, and also my support for their book...
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Social media in the hopeful continent

     I was in South Africa for a few meetings and a workshop on HR and social media last week.  It’s been a while since I’ve been to southern Africa but it was good to be back – particularly as this meant missing the news that the...
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     One of the things I’ve suggested adding to my client’s learning strategy is the 70-20-10 approach.
I use the form of this developed by Morgan McCall, Robert Eichinger and Michael Lombardo at CLC and popularised by Jay Cross, Charles... READ MORE - Reviewing 70-20-10 at HCI Learning and Leadership Development conference

Measurement by Belief (Liberty Mutual at CLO Symposium)

     There’s so much going on in the UK at the moment, with tomorrow’s Spending Review and Wednesday’s public sector pensions strike.  And I still haven’t got around to posting on last week’s report from the High Pay Commission. ...
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      As a judge of the Personnel Today Awards, I get invited to their swanky black tie event on Park Lane.  Last night’s ceremony was another excellent event, unaffected by snow as was last year’s do, and only let down, from...
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