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Insights
21 October 2020
Flexible Working not Working? Meetings are not the problem
I recently posted an article about the COVID generated phenomenon where many people who, in working from home, now find themselves trapped in a cycle of back to back meetings... Read more...
8 October 2020
Working ‘flexmotely’ yet somehow working longer? That’s not right.
I’m hearing it from so many people, I can’t help but think something has gone wrong. Right now, many of us who can work ‘remotely’ from the office are. However,... Read more...
1 October 2020
Doing (Virtual) Organisation Design with the right Technology
Organisation design can be challenging at the best of times. Through a continuous process of learning and refining, we’ve developed a proven method that we apply in organisation design projects... Read more...
17 September 2020
Gender Balance: Is it Necessary? Is it Achievable?
I couldn’t help but ponder those questions as I kicked off some research to help a client with some market intelligence to support their external succession planning. Right up front... Read more...
28 August 2020
Build or Buy? What’s your Underlying Talent Strategy
“The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do.” Michael Porter While Talent Management always requires trade-offs, the heart of your strategy must be grounded in either Building Talent... Read more...
17 August 2020
Moving to flexible work arrangements is simple.
You don’t need to be the most astute observer of organisation development to recognise a worldwide shift in attitudes to increased flexibility in where and how work is done. We’ve... Read more...
5 August 2020
When it Comes to Talent, Don’t Confuse Speed with Velocity
Do you remember much from your High School Physics? If you’re one of my contacts then, like me, you probably didn’t take it much further. One thing did stick with... Read more...
31 July 2020
If you want to increase diversity don’t recruit with an ideal candidate in mind.
We have written before that in our line of work we see a lot of Position Descriptions that aren’t worth the paper they are printed on (or the kilobytes they... Read more...
29 July 2020
Turning to the Stoic Philosophers in Covid Times
I first discovered the ancient Roman Emperor and philosopher Marcus Aurelius about 12 years ago vis the book “Meditations” and have carried it with me since. Written around 180AD, mostly... Read more...
8 July 2020
Talent budgets are tight. Time to get back to basics.
Many HR teams are winning high praise for the role they have played in keeping their organisations functioning through COVID-19. They have worked incredibly hard and fast to ensure those... Read more...
