Organisation Development, Culture & Change
ln an era of constant change, organisations' long term survival is dependent on their capacity to sense and adapt to shifts in their industry and customer needs. This category covers organisation design, how to develop organisation culture, successfully embed change and develop agile and adaptable organisations and the role of HR in supporting and sustaining change
14 January 2020
Future Insight: Responding to Trends, Threats and Opportunities
This discussion paper outlines HR’s role in developing foresight and organisation capabilities around vigilance, future sensing, environment scanning, and agile decision making in the absence of full information.
More infoOrgVue by Concentra - Infographic: Connect People to Profit - The Economic Benefits of Workforce Planning
Productivity growth is vital for organizations to stay competitive. Yet most greatly under-invest in a ‘spray and pray’ approach to productivity initiatives. This infographic summarizes the findings from the CEBR study into how workforce planning improves performance.
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Post Meeting Notes - Better Conversations: Why they Matter and How to Have Them
These post meeting notes summarise the key takeaways from the CRF residential workshop: Better Conversations, Why they Matter and How to Have Them with Wanda Wallace.
Read Post Meeting ReviewJanuary 28th 2020
Forecasting and How to Improve It - with Margaret Heffernan
Why is our approach to forecasting so poor? Journalist, author and former CEO Margaret Heffernan on why even the best forecasters can only predict for 400 days, and on why greater emphasis is needed on scenario planning.
Watch VideoJanuary 28th 2020
Creating an Experimentation Culture - Interview with Sarah Gillard
Creating an experimentation culture is a challenge for any organisation. In this interview, Sarah Gillard, People Strategy Manager for John Lewis Partnership, discusses their efforts to encourage experiments within the organisation, and on how the secret is in less top-down scenario planning, but in celebrating smaller, local area successes.
Watch VideoJanuary 28th 2020
Scenario Thinking - Interview with Dr Kris De Meyer
Simulating scenario thinking is essential for any organising wanting to improve its forward planning. In this interview, we discuss with King's College London neurscientist, Dr Kris De Meyer, how his Shutdown simulation, created for the Cabinet Office, uses immersive learning to improve people's ability to imagine different scenarios and plan for them.
Watch VideoJanuary 27th 2020
Future Insight: Responding to Trends, Threats and Opportunities - Meeting Review
Read a summary of our January 2020 event on building foresight capability and planning for uncertain outcomes. The event featured contributions from Margaret Heffernan, neuroscientist Dr Kris De Meyer, Dan Barnard of fanSHEN and Sarah Gillard of John Lewis Partnership.
Read Post Meeting ReviewJanuary 23rd 2020
Shutdown - Using Experiential Learning and Scenario Planning
Exploring the value of experiential learning and scenario planning to imagine and prepare for possible futures, with neuroscientist Dr. Kris De Meyer (King’s College London) and Dan Barnard, Artistic Director at fanSHEN, from their session at CRF event Future Insight in January 2020.
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Future Insight: Responding to Trends, Threats and Opportunities
This discussion paper outlines HR’s role in developing foresight and organisation capabilities around vigilance, future sensing, environment scanning, and agile decision making in the absence of full information.
View ResearchDecember 16th 2019
CRFCast - Organisation Development - Does the World Need OD? with Chris Worley
In conversation with Professor Chris Worley, expert in organisation design and development, we discuss CRF’s Organisation Development Manifesto. Our conversation covers why OD is an essential capability for organisations to develop, the current state of the OD field, how OD practitioners can up their game in helping improving the effectiveness of their organisations, and how we can build greater agility into organisation design.
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CRFCast - Responsible Business: How Can HR Drive the Agenda? with Professor David Grayson
In conversation with David Grayson, expert in corporate responsibility and sustainability, we discuss CRF’s research Responsible Business: How Can HR Drive the Agenda? We explore the latest trends, how corporate responsibility interacts with employee experience, the critical role of leaders in promoting sustainability, and how HR should attend to organisation culture in order to successfully embed responsible business strategies.
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