The CIPD Annual Conference and Exhibition is over for another year. Last Wednesday and Thursday, HR folk came from far and wide to immerse themselves in conference sesssions and events related to this year's theme: Embracing the New World of Work. Embrace: 1. Accept (a belief, theory, or change) willingly and enthusiastically. 2. Hold (someone)... Continue Reading →
Your size fits you
Session B2 - Aligning your Approach to Employee Feedback with your Engagement Strategy. Since starting to work in the field of employee experience myself, I'm seeing first hand the fall from favour of the traditional model annual (or even longer interval) engagement survey. With the pace of organisational, technological and societal change increasing seemingly by... Continue Reading →
Behind the scenes – how exhibitors approach #cipdACE17
In my last blog I mentioned the exhibitors who will be at the CIPD Annual Conference and Exhibition, who want to share their products and services with you. Sure, it's their job to be there, but 2 days exhibiting is a hard slog. It requires planning, dedication and above all tactics to keep going until... Continue Reading →
Everyone welcome #cipdACE17
This year's CIPD Annual Conference and Exhibition will be my third. It will be my first time on a CIPD BlogSquad and there's no bigger gig than ACE (no pressure then...). To say I am chuffed is something of an understatement. This is important to me, not just because I love running around exhibitions, meeting... Continue Reading →
Walking the walk
This week (on Thursday), the Cloud9 People Team will be picking up a Lotus Award. The Lotus Awards recognise companies with great cultures and employee engagement. We will be sharing the stage with some big household names and we couldn’t be more delighted to have been recognised in this way, at such an early stage... Continue Reading →
The Human Touch
At the CIPD London Future of Work conference last Monday we were asked in the keynote speech “Would you want a hug from a robot?”. The rise of automation and Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its impact on the future of work is a theme gaining increasing momentum and attention. I am told that... Continue Reading →
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