London 2012 and corporate sponsorship

     Whoops - I've just remembered we're not supposed to use the words 'London 2012'  except as an official sponsor of the games, which clearly I'm not. I have to say I find this slightly ridiculous - both London and 2012...
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London 2012 – inspiring a generation?

     So after all the road closures, public sector strikes, G4S recruitment problems and Mitt Romney’s international ‘charm offensive ‘ – or offensive charm perhaps - London put on a hell of a show on Friday. Then on Saturday I was at...
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Happy Employees?

     Right, sorry about that – two weeks away from blogging.  I’m not sure why really though I have been feeling a bit less buzzy than normal.  For example I found myself in a particularly morose mood at the Monster Buzz event...
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Sosialhjelp 2.0

     Another event later on this year that I’m particularly looking forward to is PersonalForum organised by HRNorge in Tonsberg, Norway in November. I’ll be doing a workshop – possibly on HR measurement – and a keynote on HR’s role...
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Social HR Camp

     We’re half-way through the Summer now (even if it does feel as if we’ve not actually got started with it yet) – they’ve even started selling tickets for Hyde Park’s Winter Wonderland today - and I’m starting to think about some of...
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Show Me Your Money!

     I’ve just been watching a Channel 4 programme on pay transparency: Show Me Your Money.  This is a semi-live blog so apologies if it’s a bit hard to read through…. The programme features Pimlico Plumbers which has recently asked...
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What should be the CIPD’s new strategy?

     You may have noticed that the CIPD did select one of my top ten choices for their new CEO – Peter Cheese – who started work there this week.  And like every new CEO, I’m sure Peter is busy thinking about the new directions...
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Five years on…

     Yep, we’ve made it – five years of Strategic HCM – over 1000 posts and well over half a million page views.  I’ve been doing a little less posting than usual recently, but don’t loose heart – I’ve got big plans (for the blog,...
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