HR in the headlines – Lucy Adams – BBC HR Director
Being introduced with a newspaper headline entitled 'Lucy Adams has killed HR', the interview with Lucy Adams commenced! Lucy Adams introduced the session by saying that the experience wa ...
The changing nature of work
Stuart Crabb, Director, Learning - Facebook Subtitled 'The future of work is now', Stuart opened by talking about how being social is nothing new, but talked about how fast the world is changing mo ...
The banking culture – Changing it and rebuilding trust
Kate Moughtin, HR Director, Barclays Kate talked about her dislike for the buzzword 'culture change' and prefers to talk about it as doing things differently and refers to Barclays having ...
Are we developing the right skills for the 21st century?
Susan Yell, HR Director, Warburtons Susan talked about Warburtons' HR journey over the last couple of years and of how, originally, 'people' didn't receive the same focus that was given t ...
Emotional intelligence at work – how to make change stick
David Jenkins & Jo Maddocks, JCA Global We started with an exercise, gazing into the eyes of the person (a stranger!) sat next to us. First, we looked at them as if they had come to u ...
Attracting retaining and developing top talent
Ken Jones & Arjen Vermazen, Astellas Pharma Europe Ltd Great companies need great employees and great employees need great employers. This makes it important for companies to become a ...
Building your own gold mine of world class performance
Rasmus Ankersen - Author and High Performance Anthropologist Rasmus opened the session by looking at how the best long distance runners in the world come from Ethiopia, and that ...
A kind of alchemy – making new money from staff stuck in a rut
Will Peachey, Head of global talent & HR, Infrastructure Services, Capgemini Will Peachey opened the session by talking about the challenges that Capgemini faced when they faced new c ...