090808 Transparency Camp 2 #tcamp09 .2 Transparency is a funny thing. At first, you’d think that it means everyone wearing clear plastic dresses. A little bit of thought and you realize that almost everyone will want to wear some form of underwear under their see-thru clothing. A little more digging unearths the idea that some […]
Transparency Camp .1 #tcamp09 Heather and I ventured to Google headquarters this weekend. The Sunlight Foundation is sponsoring an amazing unconference called “Transparency Camp“. Loosely, it’s a gathering of about 150 people who are interested in bringing transparency to government. Some folks call this Government 2.0. There’s a sort of focus and a sort of […]
Thought for the Day: We’re entering a time where company values is becoming a meaningful issue. The container of culture is best enforced through shared discussion and conversation. The internal company social community is the best mechanism for disseminating culture. Leaders should have public discussions on the meaning of company values. Netflix Culture The folks […]
The Reformatting Robert Reich, the Clinton era Labor Secretary, offers a wise view of the outcome of our current economic turmoil. In ‘When Will The Recovery Begin? Never‘, Reich outlines his view that the next phase will not be a traditional ‘recovery’. Rather, since we’re starting over, Reich sees the next wave of economic behavior […]
Thought for the Day: Treating people like resources. Novel concept. It would mean not using them when you don’t need them. Like Santa Claus in January United Breaks Guitars Here’s what employees mean to your company. When this guy sings his song about your company, it’s not liable to be about your computers or other […]
Three Legs There are three separate components of any HR organization: the Generalist function, Learning and Development (Training-OD) and Talent Acquisition (Recruiting). For much of the discipline’s history, the generalists owned the career track. Both Recruiting and Training were castaway elements from a career track perspective. As the question of “Talent Management” became a legitimate […]
090709 Free Links Thought for the Day: Authenticity is a problem in organizational communications,not so much in interpersonal stuff. The audience determines who is or isn’t authentic. That’s the bad news about working with an audience. href=”http://www.scribd.com/doc/17135767/FREE-full-book-by-Chris-Anderson”>Free There’s a new book called “Free”. Just as you’d bet, the whole thing is free and online. Chris […]
Top 100 Most Influential People In HR – Recruiting. These days, I’m spending a lot of time on the Top 100 Influencers Project. Twice a week (Tuesdays and Fridays), I publish an additional piece of the work. So far, I’ve profiled a dozen people and written about influence from a number of perspectives. It’s an […]
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