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The people journey at the Olympic Delivery Authority

Posted on May 15, 2012 by Martin

Michele Owens, head of HR and OD at the Olympic Delivery Authority talked through the ‘people journey’ in her keynote at TrainingZone live 2012. Clearly, the Olympic Games is a huge project with an enormous audience – as can be … Continue reading →

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Delegates share their feedback from the L&D Connect Unconference

Posted on April 24, 2012 by Martin

Just had the plenary session at the L&D Connect Unconference. I summed up with these three words: Subversion: Andy Lancaster said this event was ‘quietly subversive’ – good discussion and no selling. Exposure: lots of pressing L&D topics were exposed … Continue reading →

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Learning and development: the Sherlock Holmes function

Posted on April 18, 2012 by Martin

I get really excited at the potential of social media tools to enable social, peer to peer learning within organisations. This is a big issue for L&D teams and businesses as a whole. But, at the same time, it isn’t … Continue reading →

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‘The hard work starts after you’ve built the learning platform’

Posted on March 28, 2012 by Martin

Richard Bragg, learning and development partner at charity WVRS – the charity that provides meals on wheels – shared a case study on the charity’s elearning journey at this morning’s inaugral Corporate Elearning Consortium meeting. Elearning at WRVS is now … Continue reading →

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3 reasons why video goes viral

Posted on March 2, 2012 by Martin

Here’s a great 7-minute TED talk from Youtube trends manager Kevin Alloca on why video goes viral. The three reasons are: Tastemakers Community of participation Unexpectedness Thanks to @adders for sharing this.

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What are employers doing on leap day 2012?

Posted on February 29, 2012 by Martin

Today is the 29th February 2012 and that makes it a leap year. Google ‘employers and leap day’ and you will see a range of stories about the fact employers are getting a free day of work out of their … Continue reading →

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In praise of blogging HR directors

Posted on January 6, 2012 by Martin

I thought some recent posts from HR directors were worth a mention Look at this post on hiring interns from Neil Morrison, group HR director at Random House. It is a look into the thought processes of a senior HR … Continue reading →

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The role of bloggers at this year’s CIPD annual conference

Posted on December 19, 2011 by Martin

Although mainstream business conferences have so far not been hugely disrupted by technology, they way they are being ‘covered’ is. This year’s CIPD annual conference was a good example of how the coverage of a big conference and show is … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on developing more social workplaces

Posted on November 1, 2011 by Martin

Am at the Social Workplace conference this morning. I’m really looking forward to it so much so that I am writing  a post at 6.30am on the train on the way into London. Looks like today’s event will feature HR/internal … Continue reading →

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From the Twitter stream (01.11.11 to 07.11.11)

Posted on October 7, 2011 by Martin

Twitter is a Mobile Whale: 45% of Daily Tweets from Mobile Devices Simon Mottram on passion, obsession and why your brand should take sides Five new things your device will be able to do in iOS 5 Probably the most … Continue reading →

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