Smarter Government: Oxymoron or possibility?

Feb 23

Smarter Government: Oxymoron or possibility?

Over the past year, I’ve been lucky enough to be involved in the IBM “Smarter Work for a Smarter Government” Future Leaders Forum. The last session I blogged about included a combination of Government execs and their Gen Y representatives, talking about how it is that we can improve collaboration, productivity and efficiency in the government. In...

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Hmm.. some more comments from Jack Welch

Jul 15

Hmm.. some more comments from Jack Welch

I was reading a blog this morning about Jack Welch’s speech at the SHRM conference and was quite appalled at some of the things that were said- and also surprised that I hadn’t heard more about it to be honest. Earlier I blogged about Jack Welch and praised him for his comments about the importance of HR in the business. Then this morning I heard reports...

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Jack Welch Says HR Managers Have the Most Important Job in America

Jul 02

Jack Welch Says HR Managers Have the Most Important Job in America

Earlier this week I wrote a post “Banking on People”, which outlined David Morgan’s speach at the AHRI National Convention. He made a number of genuine statements about how important people are to your business and how important it was for him as a CEO to work extremely closely with the HR Director. Additionally, Jack Welch, former CEO of General...

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