Advanced visitor registration?
Visitor or guest registration in organizations doesn’t necessarily fall in scope of the HR manager. Nevertheless, HR solutions have all the requirements to be great at visitor registration too. The...
View ArticlePeter Drucker’s crystall ball
Looking 20 years ahead with 20 years of experience January already passed us by like a speeding express train while everyone is working hard to meet their new targets. Undoubtedly you’ve heard all the...
View ArticleHR in the drivers’ seat
Sense of urgency When talking to HR Managers and Directors across Europe there are a myriad of topics they see as urgent issues to tackle. There is however one constant I hear every single time: “We...
View ArticleInnovation in HR: iHR
iHR Business Partner Guilty as charged, I am one of those people who has a title on his business cards no one truly understands. People are intrigued by it, but I see them thinking: this could be...
View ArticleThe emerging category of social software in the workplace
An emerging category Earlier this year Facebook announced “Facebook at work“. It seems like a logical step where Facebook is trying to build on their own customer base a serious competitor for Yammer....
View ArticleGetting the most out of knowledge workers
Knowledge workers When you are asked to tell who your knowledge workers are and how many you have, I think you will automatically start by summing up everybody who sits behind a computer screen all...
View ArticleNWOW in 2015
The tip of the iceberg From my daily discussions with HR-directors I can conclude that the new World of Working (NWOW) is known as a trending topic. Unfortunately I can also state there is a tremendous...
View ArticleNWOW in 2015 (2)
In my previous post I stated there is a tremendous gap between what people think NWOW is, and what NWOW stands for in 2015. Far too many organizations I deal with limit their understanding of NWOW to...
View ArticleSocial software prevents data loss
Every time an employee changes position or leaves an organization, a portion of the corporate memory is reset. This data loss or “brain drain” was never properly studied in detail, but is a recognized...
View ArticleA company of people
A few weeks ago I stumbled into an old friend. On LinkedIn he had noticed I recently joined at Protime. We started a conversation and as I was giving him my elevator pitch he suddenly asked me: “So...
View ArticlePerfecting Collaboration
NWOW in 2015 part 3 Key Take Aways My first post on the New world of Working explained the existence of two different views on NWOW. Where my second post elaborated on home working and flex time, I...
View ArticleMy Generation
Letting different generations collaborate, is that an HR-issue in your organisation? No, why should it? Exactly my thinking. Until I caught myself saying this: “They know their rights, but they...
View ArticleBenefits & challenges (4)
My previous posts deliberately made a distinction between time-and-place-independent work and the collaborative organization. But why would you consider moving towards NWOW in the first place? Is all...
View ArticleMarrying soft HR skills with hard figures
Technology is playing an increasing role in the retail sector. Intelligently embracing the latest developments lets you get more from your staff and your HR managers. Some hotels have an annual staff...
View ArticlePermanent Performance Evaluation
Already in 2006 Harvard Business detected the need for continuous feedback instead of annual evaluation. So why are people still doing it? The end of the year is always a busy time in business....
View ArticleNWOW: Choosing a solution that fits
In this final blog I will talk less about the Why and How of NWOW like my previous 4 posts. I will instead get really practical and explain what it is exactly you need when selecting a solution to...
View ArticleHR Networks Effects
“Network effects take primacy over platforms for generating innovation, sustainable growth and competitive advantage.” sais Michael Schrage. Schrage is innovation expert former researcher at MIT. In...
View ArticleHR Trends combined
Trends that are not new As usual some major HR trends were announced at the start of this year. The majority of them highlighted a clear link between necessary changes in HR and a talent retention...
View ArticleI don’t believe in HR Trendsetters
Reality This is the time of the year when HR gurus pitch their HR trends to the public. Few of them proved to match with reality tough. I talk with HR managers on a daily basis and none of them […]
View ArticleTrends and their Reality
HR Leaders follow trends, HR Managers don’t! The driving forces behind trends are not just social and economic changes but also new technological developments. As HR Director of the former IWT, Michel...
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