What the private sector can learn from public sector HR

Three HR experts from the public sector on what the private sector could learn from public organisations

Charlie Mayfield: business must forecast to prepare for tomorrow

The greatest challenge facing business today is having the ability to forecast and adapt, chairman of the John Lewis Partnership Charlie Mayfield said in his keynote presentation at The Economist...

Grant Thornton to become a ‘shared enterprise'

The accountancy firm is changing its business model

Gratton: Why is complex collaboration so tough?

Organisational charts often mask informal networks that cross functions. We must understand these relationships

Employee-ownership and the personal touch

One of the world's biggest employee-owned companies, Golder Associates, excels at putting people before profit.

Cary Cooper: There are two sides to flexibility

New underemployment figures hint at the polarising effects of flexibility without balance.

How to ditch HR hierarchies

Traditional hierarchies still have a place in some sectors. Large, complex organisations rely on those chains of command. But do they always add value? Just because it has always been done that way...

Exploring four alternative leadership models

Leadership is changing, and OD with it. As a follow on from yesterday's piece on new leadership dynamics, Katie Jacobs explores four alternative leadership models.

Making Veolia fit for the future

At environment services company Veolia, sustainability is core to every part of the business, even HR.

Open innovation: A brief history

The history and future impact of open innovation

Implications of open innovation trends for HR

Open innovation is changing how organisations think about the next big idea. But what are the implications for HR? Should the function get involved in the complex people management implications?

The value of the dual operating system

We need organisational structures that combine hierarchies and networks