Another in the occasional series where I have a mild but sustained moan about things in our world that should know better. This one has been building for a while but was prompted by an email this week as “one of the most important HR metrics you need to track. Calling a test score a… Read More What Grinds My Gears – HR Metrics
I’ll keep calling it out. Last week I saw an event later this year with a genuinely balanced speaker lineup. But they’re promoting their podcast alongside it, so I had a look. Eight episodes of one-to-one interviews with eight guests. Here’s the diversity breakdown: Or to put it plainly: all men. All white. All but… Read More You keep doing it…
I’ve been against video podcasts for ages; the editing, production, and distribution all take more than an audio-only podcast. But. There is a significant move towards video podcasts now and an expectation that video needs to be part of the offer. This means a big change in a lot of the work that I might… Read More Pushing back
I heard a CEO the other day, in a corporate video, say: “Strategy without impact is a piece of paper.” Fair enough. But if measuring impact isn’t written into the strategy from the start, the strategy was never serious. Most organisations plan the intervention, but nobody plans the evidence. If you didn’t design for evidence… Read More Impact doesn’t measure itself
It’s in your search engine. Your word processor. Your browser. Your grammar checker. Your research platform. You didn’t choose to work in an AI-enabled environment – opening your laptop put you in it. So when a contract, partner, client, or associate says, “no AI,” what does that mean? It’s not about workflow – you might… Read More I didn’t use AI
Lost and Desperate 