At the beginning of this year, when things looked very different from today, key Downing Street advisor Dominic Cummings placed a job advertisement calling for “weirdos and misfits” to reform the civil service. He received tens of thousands of applications, but as far as we know, all his gmail-based recruitment solution ended up with was […]
HR teams are facing unprecedented challenges managing staff during the Covid-19 crisis, being asked to pick up the pieces of a three-fold change management car crash of 1) Company – accommodating organisational needs, against 2) People – workforce wellness and 3) Government: –rapid adoption of the changing government guidance and legislation relating to furloughing, absence […]
It’s difficult to avoid the subject of Artificial Intelligence (AI) these days. Sadly it’s widely misunderstood and misrepresented, with many companies seemingly adopting an approach of “why let the reality of AI get in the way of a good marketing strapline.” I’ve seen word-pattern matching, workforce scheduling, and simple profile matching – all touted as […]
Unlocking HR analytics? In the past few years, we’ve seen incredible advances in data capture, analytics and artificial intelligence (AI). We’re living in a digital age, a time of digital transformation and incredible intelligence advancements: just ask ‘Alexa’. It’s like finding the key to unlocking Pandora’s box. In an age of digital transformation, where communications, […]