I was with a group of Talent & OD professionals from the City of London, talking about the perils of the ‘9-box matrix’ and other common management practices. They nodded enthusiastically: “We agree – it is complete nonsense”. Then I asked: How many of your organisations have these practices? To my astonishment all nodded again: [...]

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Recent headlines have been sobering. We’ve seen the gradual painful overthrow of Libya’s dictatorship. Unexpected riots and looting in England. The anniversary of 9/11. Another rogue trader. Greece and the Euro on the brink of ruin. All this is disturbing; what does it mean? It would be foolish to attempt a single explanation. But it [...]

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HR is too often seen as a source of bureaucracy, implementing practices even they don’t believe in! But at their best, HR professionals can be at the forefront of helping release talent to drive sustainable growth. We’re currently consulting some of the most ambitious global companies about a new innovation ‘Academy’. This will equip HR [...]

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Recently I met the CEO of Coworkers.com, one of a new generation of ‘social’ software for performance management, such as: getworksimple.com rypple.com small-improvements.com sonar6.com Examples like these are set to change the face of management software. Some are responding to the ‘gamification’ of work (as we have seen in recruiting). But software won’t do miracles. [...]

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We have long argued that life-stage is more important than generational ‘cohort’. Now our research is backed up by a study from Kenexa which claims millenials of today are little different from the hippies of the sixties. However, one real change is in new technology. The US Army was quick to invest in an online [...]

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