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January 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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- Learning and Development
- Behavioural Science
January 22nd 2020
Future Insight: Responding to Trends, Threats and Opportunities - Attendee List
This attendee list includes all those who are registered to attend the CRF event, Future Insight: Responding to Trends, Threats and Opportunities on 22nd January 2020.
Read Event DocumentJanuary 15th 2020
Leadership Development - is it Fit for Purpose?
Leadership development is at a crossroads; leadership is harder than ever, but its development hasn’t yet evolved to meet the demands of a volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (VUCA) world.
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- Behavioural Science
- Business Education
- Coaching
- Leadership
- Leadership Development
- Learning and Development
- Strategy
- Succession Planning
January 14th 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.
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- Capability Building
- Commercial Acumen
- Competitive Strategy
- Decision Making
- Change Management
- Disruption
- Globalisation
- Managing Uncertainty
- Transformation
January 9th 2020
Future Insight: Responding to Trends, Threats and Opportunities - Agenda
The agenda for the CRF event Future Insight: Responding to Trends, Threats and Opportunities on 22 January 2020.
Read Event DocumentDecember 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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- Organisation Design
- Organisation Development
- HR Strategy
December 11th 2019
CRF International Conference - Accommodation Booking Form
Hotel booking for for the International Conference in Athens, 2020. The cost is £235 + VAT per night. Please complete and return the form to secure your accommodation.
Read Event DocumentDecember 11th 2019
CRFCast - The Sponsor Effect: How Sponsorship Improves Leadership Capability and Diversity at the Top, with Sylvia Ann Hewlett
In conversation with Sylvia Ann Hewlett, an expert in talent and gender issues, we discuss her latest book, The Sponsor Effect: How to Be a Better Leader by Investing in Others. We discuss how sponsorship can enhance the careers of sponsors themselves as well as their protégés, why it’s sponsorship, and not mentorship, that really counts in progressing the leadership careers of women and minorities, and how we can design impactful sponsorship programmes in our organisations.
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- Leadership
- Organisation Design
- Leadership Development
December 10th 2019
CRFCast - Leadership in the Age of Expertise with Wanda Wallace
One of the toughest transitions for leaders is progressing from a role where your value is largely driven by expertise, into a broader spanning role, which demands a different set of skills, relationships and a change in mindset about the value you add as a leader. In conversation with Wanda Wallace, author of You Can’t Know It All: Leading in the Age of Deep Expertise, we discuss how leaders can anticipate and prepare for the transitions required, and practical advice on what this means for leadership models and strategies for leadership development in our organisations.
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- Leadership
- Leadership Development
- HR Strategy
December 9th 2019
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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- Sustainability
- Leadership
- Social Responsibility
