State Street uses TED talks to boost innovation and engagement

The financial services company is using TED talks to boost innovation and engagement

Creating collaborative leaders

Innovation relies on collaboration, which needs a leader who can nurture talent

‘Amplify differences’ to achieve innovation

Harvard professor advocates embracing diversity of thought to increase innovation

Gratton: Why is complex collaboration so tough?

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

Invest in communication skills to aid innovation

Cross-cutural collaboration leads to innovation – if you get communication right

Creating a culture employees trust and protect

Building an attractive company culture is arguably the most important duty a business leader faces, especially where recruitment is concerned.

Rejection can motivate employees' ideas

Employees who have proposals rejected are more likely to come back and submit more ideas, according to a report by the Rotterdam School of Management at Erasmus University.

CIPD 2014: Create environment for altruistic employees to thrive, says Adam Grant

Fostering a workplace environment where 'giving' employees can progress will increase businesses' productivity and sustainability, according to Wharton School professor of management Adam Grant.

CIPD 2014: Employer/employee relationship should be ‘strategic alliance’

A 'strategic alliance' between an employer and its staff should replace traditional concepts of loyalty in modern organisations, according to Columbia Business School associate professor of management...

‘Tight coupling’ between collaboration and innovation, says Google director

A company’s ability to produce innovative output is closely linked to the level of collaboration among its employees, according to Thomas Davies, director of Google enterprise in Northern, Eastern &...

Between the sheets: Meet Dorchester Collection's Eugenio Pirri

Dorchester Collection's Eugenio Pirri, HR Director of the Year in 2014's HR Excellence Awards, talks passion and people strategy.

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?