Monthly Archives: May 2009

This is funny. Well it made me laugh anyway. Cassette Boy produced this spoof of The Apprentice by splicing together clips from 43 episodes. Listen through headphones if you’re at work! Hat Tip: Guru

The Economist has just posted an article on HR Transformation. It begins: Human resources transformation refers to the massive restructuring of corporate human resources (HR) departments that took place in the decade or so after 1995. Before that, the staff … Continue reading →

The announcement by Standard and Poors that it might, in four years or so, downgrade the UK’s credit rating from AAA to AA, has brought forth predictable hysteria from the usual suspects. But this doesn’t mean that the UK is currently in a … Continue reading →

I’m dismayed by the number of political mavericks being talked up in the media as possible replacements for Michael Martin when he steps down as Speaker of the House of Commons next month. The Speaker’s job is absolutely not one for a … Continue reading →

It probably sounds perverse, but one of the things I like about talking to HR people who have been around the block a few times is their war stories. This is a classic: Advised by a manager of an incident, I … Continue reading →

Sorry for the lack of posts this week. I have been asked to help out with a major re-organisation which will probably take up a lot of my time over the next few months. Posting may therefore be a bit … Continue reading →

Thanks to the folks at Compensation Cafe for their Friday Special link to my post on the gender pay gap. Compensation Cafe, as the name suggests, is a group blog focused on remuneration. What’s the collective noun for a bunch of Comp … Continue reading →

Toronto-based entrepreneur and business commentator Evan Carmichael has named Flip Chart Fairy Tales as one of the Top 50 Human Resource Blogs To Watch In 2009.  This is very flattering.  I’m in the ‘On Organizations’ category, along with Orgtheory.net, which is … Continue reading →

Has the Labour Party just lost its will to fight? As well as landing punches on itself, it seems to allow the opposition to dance around it, striking at will, while making no attempt to hit back. Last night’s Question Time was … Continue reading →

This made me laugh on my long train journey this morning. The FT’s Lex columnist muses on the shortest recession in history: The end of the recession is nigh, at least if you believe investment banks. Merrill Lynch talks of a … Continue reading →