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The quest for originality
Posted on 10 July 2008 by Clare Bradwell

...is ongoing, hard, and part of our daily lives. Presenting, selling, negotiating, innovating, designing, the list is endless. A struggle for each HR Manager amongst the hurly burly of paperwork and people management.

I found originality in a speech made by a homeless person on the tube, asking for money. A true entrepreneur. Everyone was listening to him.

Where've you found it?

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Scott McArthur said...
Good point and one that all of us HR professionals have to improve on - get some down time in your day - switch off the computer and go for a walk - works wonders!

Love the site

Scott
http://mcarthursrant.blogspot.com/
19/07/2008 20:08:00
Dave said...
A lot of people get stuck in a ‘if it aint broke don’t fix it’ mindset so that the status quo sticks even if it needs to be shaken up. The fact is that originality, just like change, is often difficult to swallow. So new ideas and innovative ways of doing things are frowned upon: I guess you just need the courage to stick to your guns if you’re convinced there’s a better way. 360s a good case in point - many companies tend to play safe by relaying stats and charts to staff. But those that have tackled it differently by taking the data and turning it into a page of written analysis (and ditching the stats) have had much more success
11/07/2008 11:07:00
Nick said...
I think there is some excellent originality in HR on Jon Ingham's blog - http://strategic-hcm.blogspot.com - and on some of the other sites he has links too.

The other obvious place for HRDs to look for originality is their own people. It sounds kind of simple (which it is) but it is so easy to forget to ask the people who know most about their organisation if and how they think HR matters could be dealt with differently.
11/07/2008 09:48:00
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