Let’s first take stock. Here are three signs, your leadership style is no longer fit for purpose: You enjoy the sensation of your edicts cascading down the steep hierarchy of the org chart. You feel you are uniquely placed to make the big decisions, and so are fully signed up to the ‘command and control’, […]
When McKinsey wrote about the war for talent, many organisations interpreted this as something akin to the war for stationery supplies, given that humans were merely technology placeholders / cogs in the factory machine. In my experience, many organisations are maintaining this industrial era mind-set in what is now the digital age. And they are […]
The day of the multi-day residential learning experience has come to an end from a mainstream education perspective. The market increasingly has a role to play in this as does the worker. The market is putting pressure on costs so anything that involves accommodation and travel will be unattractive. Also the opportunity cost of being […]
It is claimed that the digital economy will eventually obviate the need for people. Why use a high maintenance sensitive carbon life form with undisclosed loyalties when you can use new technology for a fraction of the price and management overhead? It’s a no-brainer. The race to deliver more for less is accelerating this. But […]
Organisations work well when the data, information, knowledge and wisdom flow easily to those that need it, when and where it is needed. Blockages in that flow lead to problems. This can lead to poor or sluggish decision making. Or worse can lead to misgovernance. Organisations tend not to think in terms of flow. The […]
Traditional IT talent acquisition focuses primarily on the person being fit for purpose. Do they have experience of Oracle 10G? Have they worked in equity derivatives? With that approach you can distil IT recruitment down to buzzword matching, hence the development of online recruitment. But what about cultural fit? Putting an aggressive candidate into a […]
According to PWC, 35% of IT leaders have no sense of the volume of security breaches their organisations are subjected to. With the increasing attractiveness of cyber espionage as an approach to competitive advantage, coupled with the need to open the perimeter to social networking channels, its time to rethink the approach to security; and […]
For various reasons, some of them justified, IT recruiters have developed a brand-negative reputation. In the eyes of many candidates and some clients, recruiters do not appear to add any real value to the talent acquisition process. But like estate agents, they have burrowed into into the supply chain and have taken control of the […]
The issue of IT talent availability is not something that vendors or end user IT functions can address in isolation. Ultimately governments have the most influence, whether that be by favourable tax benefits on IT education or a loosening of visa controls. Thus governments are a critical piece in the jigsaw. But typically vendors and […]
Working very closely with the IT recruitment sector over the years I have noticed that there is a strong tendency to focus on competencies when sourcing IT talent. This is in the main driven by the hiring manager of the acquiring organisation. The beauty of competencies-led recruitment is that it can be distilled down into […]