Perry Timms, founder and chief energy officer, PTHR
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Perry Timms has a mission to design a better future of work for us all to lead more fulfilling lives
Perry Timms is founder and chief energy officer of consultancy PTHR. A chartered member of the CIPD, he has more than 30 years' experience in people, technology and organisational change and transformation. PTHR’s mission is better business for a better world. In 2020 Timms will be working with Thinkers50 leader Nilofer Merchant, building on her concept of 'Onlyess'.
In October 2017 Timms' first book – Transformational HR – was published and briefly made it to Amazon’s top 30 HR books. Already translated into Romanian, this book will also be translated into Chinese in 2020. It was voted onto several lists including a top 100 business strategy books of all time.
His second book – The Energised Workplace – will be published in April 2020 and is about designing organisations where people flourish.
Timms is an international and two-times TEDx speaker and adviser on the future of work and HR; a visiting fellow at Cranfield School of Management, Sheffield Hallam University; a fellow of the RSA; an associate consultant at the Work Foundation, and a guest professor as adjunct faculty at Hult Ashridge Executive Education.
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at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.InternalEndConnect(IAsyncResult asyncResult)
at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.EndConnect(IAsyncResult asyncResult)
at System.Net.ServicePoint.ConnectSocketInternal(Boolean connectFailure, Socket s4, Socket s6, Socket& socket, IPAddress& address, ConnectSocketState state, IAsyncResult asyncResult, Exception& exception)
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at System.Net.HttpWebRequest.EndGetResponse(IAsyncResult asyncResult)
at System.Net.Http.HttpClientHandler.GetResponseCallback(IAsyncResult ar)
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at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task)
at MarkAllen.Evolution.Search.Implementations.AzureSearchService.<GetRelatedContentAsync>d__3`1.MoveNext() in D:\a\1\s\src\MarkAllen.Evolution.Search\Implementations\AzureSearchService.cs:line 75
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at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task)
at MarkAllen.Evolution.Controllers.Components.RelatedArticlesComponentController.<>c__DisplayClass2_0.<<Index>b__0>d.MoveNext() in D:\a\1\s\src\MarkAllen.Evolution\Controllers\Components\RelatedArticlesComponentController.cs:line 27
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at System.Threading.Tasks.Task`1.GetResultCore(Boolean waitCompletionNotification)
at MarkAllen.Evolution.Controllers.Components.RelatedArticlesComponentController.Index() in D:\a\1\s\src\MarkAllen.Evolution\Controllers\Components\RelatedArticlesComponentController.cs:line 27
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at System.Web.Mvc.Async.AsyncControllerActionInvoker.<>c.<BeginInvokeSynchronousActionMethod>b__9_0(IAsyncResult asyncResult, ActionInvocation innerInvokeState)
at System.Web.Mvc.Async.AsyncResultWrapper.WrappedAsyncResult`2.CallEndDelegate(IAsyncResult asyncResult)
at System.Web.Mvc.Async.AsyncControllerActionInvoker.EndInvokeActionMethod(IAsyncResult asyncResult)
at System.Web.Mvc.Async.AsyncControllerActionInvoker.AsyncInvocationWithFilters.<>c__DisplayClass11_0.<InvokeActionMethodFilterAsynchronouslyRecursive>b__0()
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at System.Web.Mvc.Async.AsyncControllerActionInvoker.EndInvokeActionMethodWithFilters(IAsyncResult asyncResult)
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at System.Web.Mvc.Controller.<>c.<BeginExecuteCore>b__152_1(IAsyncResult asyncResult, ExecuteCoreState innerState)
at System.Web.Mvc.Async.AsyncResultWrapper.WrappedAsyncVoid`1.CallEndDelegate(IAsyncResult asyncResult)
at System.Web.Mvc.Controller.EndExecuteCore(IAsyncResult asyncResult)
at System.Web.Mvc.Async.AsyncResultWrapper.WrappedAsyncVoid`1.CallEndDelegate(IAsyncResult asyncResult)
at System.Web.Mvc.Controller.EndExecute(IAsyncResult asyncResult)
at System.Web.Mvc.MvcHandler.<>c.<BeginProcessRequest>b__20_1(IAsyncResult asyncResult, ProcessRequestState innerState)
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at System.Web.Mvc.MvcHandler.EndProcessRequest(IAsyncResult asyncResult)
at System.Web.Mvc.HttpHandlerUtil.ServerExecuteHttpHandlerWrapper.<>c__DisplayClass5_0.<Wrap>b__0()
at System.Web.Mvc.HttpHandlerUtil.ServerExecuteHttpHandlerWrapper.Wrap[TResult](Func`1 func)
at System.Web.HttpServerUtility.ExecuteInternal(IHttpHandler handler, TextWriter writer, Boolean preserveForm, Boolean setPreviousPage, VirtualPath path, VirtualPath filePath, String physPath, Exception error, String queryStringOverride)
---> (Inner Exception #0) System.Net.Http.HttpRequestException: An error occurred while sending the request. ---> System.Net.WebException: Unable to connect to the remote server ---> System.Net.Sockets.SocketException: A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond 52.155.88.119:443
at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.InternalEndConnect(IAsyncResult asyncResult)
at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.EndConnect(IAsyncResult asyncResult)
at System.Net.ServicePoint.ConnectSocketInternal(Boolean connectFailure, Socket s4, Socket s6, Socket& socket, IPAddress& address, ConnectSocketState state, IAsyncResult asyncResult, Exception& exception)
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at System.Net.HttpWebRequest.EndGetResponse(IAsyncResult asyncResult)
at System.Net.Http.HttpClientHandler.GetResponseCallback(IAsyncResult ar)
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at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task)
at MarkAllen.Evolution.Search.Implementations.AzureSearchService.<GetRelatedContentAsync>d__3`1.MoveNext() in D:\a\1\s\src\MarkAllen.Evolution.Search\Implementations\AzureSearchService.cs:line 75
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at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task)
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at System.Web.HttpServerUtility.Execute(IHttpHandler handler, TextWriter writer, Boolean preserveForm)
at System.Web.Mvc.Html.ChildActionExtensions.ActionHelper(HtmlHelper htmlHelper, String actionName, String controllerName, RouteValueDictionary routeValues, TextWriter textWriter)
at System.Web.Mvc.Html.ChildActionExtensions.Action(HtmlHelper htmlHelper, String actionName, String controllerName, RouteValueDictionary routeValues)
at MarkAllen.Evolution.Extensions.HtmlHelperExtensions.CustomRenderDocTypeGridEditorItem(HtmlHelper helper, IPublishedElement content, GridInfo gridInfo, String editorAlias, String viewPath, String previewViewPath, Boolean isPreview) in D:\a\1\s\src\MarkAllen.Evolution\Extensions\HtmlHelperExtensions.cs:line 55
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at System.Web.Mvc.WebViewPage.ExecutePageHierarchy()
at System.Web.WebPages.WebPageBase.ExecutePageHierarchy(WebPageContext pageContext, TextWriter writer, WebPageRenderingBase startPage)
at Umbraco.Web.Mvc.ProfilingView.Render(ViewContext viewContext, TextWriter writer) in D:\a\1\s\src\Umbraco.Web\Mvc\ProfilingView.cs:line 25
at System.Web.Mvc.Html.PartialExtensions.Partial(HtmlHelper htmlHelper, String partialViewName, Object model, ViewDataDictionary viewData)
at ASP._Page_Views_Partials_grid_editors_Base_cshtml.Execute() in D:\home\site\wwwroot\Views\Partials\grid\editors\Base.cshtml:line 21
