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" The most successful companies are those that think jointly technological change, work design and the changes in internal social relationships.” Antoine Riboud.
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Personal branding is not about self promotion but collective intelligence

September 17th, 2009 · View Comments · HR & Management 2.0, Human resources, Social Networking

It’s incredible to see how the subject became fashionable in a few months (anyway in France) and how many experts suddenly emerged on the subjec. As  Vincent Berthelot [fr] I was rather taken aback about what it was all about but, at the end, I came to a quick conclusion:
- if everyone is transparent and [...]

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Even in downturns, human capital has to be protected

February 19th, 2009 · View Comments · Human resources, Organization & Management, strategy

Because they didn’t have the time (or the will) to make the structural decisions that would help to face a downturn, companies often react by acting on the easiest adjustment variables :
• Cuts in bugets
• investments putt offs
• employees lay offs.
It makes it possible to attend to the most urgent things first even if I [...]

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Talent is the bottom-up side of competence

December 24th, 2008 · View Comments · Human resources, Organization & Management

A friend of mine was making fun of the use of the word “talent” since he didn’t see in which way it was different from “ressource”, even if human. He was only seeing one more employer brand trick, a promise that only engages the one who hear it.
It’s true that HR marketing, as general marketing, [...]

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CE0 concerns : network driven business models

December 16th, 2008 · View Comments · Collaborative practices, Communities, Human resources, Organization & Management, Social Networking, strategy

What are CxOs real concerns ? How do they undertsand current issues ? Lots of people are talking about the need for companies to change in order to evolve in the context that is theirs now but it supposes the “information” has reached the highest decision makers and that they really understand what it’s about [...]

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Organization’s networking potential will drive talents

May 29th, 2008 · View Comments · Ideas & innovation management, Social Networking, knowledge-economy, recruitment

I’ve just read with a real interest this post, about the power of people networks. Top make it short it says that people will be increasingly attracted by regions who offer a strong potential of networking and interactions because it allows them to exploit more their talents and maximise its economic reward.
The author concludes this [...]

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