Managing and Measuring Digital Transformation

I was delighted to take part in the Social Business Arena within the huge CeBIT fair today in Hannover, speaking about the need for better ways to manage and measure digital transformation (see slides below). In summary: Digital Transformation needs to focus on...

The Quantified Organisation: can change become routine?

One of the challenges we have wrestled with since we launched Post*Shift is how to combine the best elements from new theory, ideas and models in the most practical and actionable way possible, whilst retaining enough flexibility to address the unique features and...

Three themes from the HR Tech Europe event

My colleague Ea & I took the opportunity for a field trip in the closing days of October, to see what is new and exciting in the world of HR, and HR technology. We had a chance to talk to some great people in the industry about our current research into what role...

Why we fell in love with Somewhere

Recruitment is broken – and it has been for years. Nothing much has changed, for a very long time, in the formulaic, process-driven way that people try to find the right companies and companies try to find the right people. The ability to put CVs online has made...

What is the role of HR in organisational change?

Becoming a social business is not simply about using a new class of tools. It is about using internal and external networks and relationships to best effect, maximising productivity and developing an agile, resilient culture to improve all aspects of the...