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Participation in Future of Work webinar

19/1/2020

Jon will be providing some predictions about the future of work and technological disruption in this webinar with CMSWire and Workgrid (digital workplace) software at 6pm BST on 22 January:

Being prepared for the “future of work” is no easy task. With new technologies coming out virtually every day that promise to revolutionise the workplace, it’s impossible to know what you should be focusing on.

Join CMSWire and Workgrid in this live, hour-long interactive discussion and we’ll discuss the big predictions from top digital workplace thought leaders. We’ll share what you need to know to prepare your organisation for success in the coming decade.

Featured panelists for this discussion include:

Gillian McCann, Co-Founder and Head of Cloud Engineering & AI for Workgrid Software
Sharon O’Dea, Co-Founder of Lithos Partners and Senior Principal Consultant for Infocentric Research AG
Jon Ingham, Human Resources & Organization Development Consultant and author of “The Social Organization”
Brett Caldon, CEO and Co-Founder of Workgrid Software

You may also be interested in Jon's posts from CSMWire / DWG's Digital Workplace Experience in Chicago in 2018:

Go beyond functionality to add true value for employees

16/1/2020

Jon is in this article by Sage People on eleven HR tech trends to watch in 2020.

The right HR technology doesn’t just automate tasks for employees – it enables them to contribute fully, and leverage their potential as unique individuals, explains Jon Ingham, author of ‘The Social Organization’.

“Approaches need to move towards liberating and empowering people,” he explains. “HR tech needs to support this change”.

Jon adds that something else the sector can expect to see over the next year is a shift towards managing teams, groups, and networks – rather than just individuals: “HR systems, therefore, need to focus much more on the value of a group, enabling us to measure and reward the performance of teams, not just individuals”.

HR Strategy in the 2020s

15/1/2020

A new year and a new decade so, yes, it's prediction time again!

You will hopefully already know that Jon believes strategic HR is all about focusing on people, not ever tighter alignment with the business (eg this blogpost).

Jon’s recent HRZone article explains why this focus on people is essential (and that therefore, if we don't do it, someone else will!).

What makes true strategic leadership?

15/1/2020

Jon recently facilitated this podcast on 'What makes true Strategic Leadership?' together with Mark Bouch from Leading Change and Cath Bailey, HRD at Avon - both are also speakers at the HRD Summit in Birmingham at the start of February.

Have a listen and let Jon know what you think.

A Different Slant

10/1/2020

Jon's 'Different Slant' article suggests modern HR organisation designs will increasingly involve a mix of traditional functions, horizontal (process, project, product, agile) teams, communities and networks, as well as melds of these.

Jon has outlined these models in a bit more depth in Linkedin, and you may like to check out those posts there as well:

Beyond the Ulrich Model - Transformation of HR in the New People Centric Organisation.
Updating the Ulrich (conceptual/outcomes) Model - part 1
Updating the Ulrich (conceptual/outcomes) Model - part 2
Updating the Ulrich (physical/activities) Model
The Melded Network HR Model (HR Magazine Different Slant)
Functions in the New Melded Network HR Model

HRZone's 10 most popular articles of 2019

19/12/2019

It's great to be included in this compilation of 2019's most popular articles on HRZone, with "Supporting the business isn’t strategic HR – people centricity is".

HRZone report: "Here's our round up of the 10 most popular HRZone articles of the year: https://lnkd.in/dNhV63z
Thanks to Stuart Duff, Megan Reitz, John Higgins, Jon Ingham, Fiona Adler, Blaire Palmer, Max Blumberg, Garry Turner MCIPD and Leena Nair for your fantastic contributions!"

I'd definitely recommend reading my article and the other nine if you've not done so.

Jon Ingham

November 29th, 2019

29/11/2019

Read Jon Ingham's article published in HR Magazine, November 2019 for a new take on HR organisation design.

A Different Slant

27/11/2019

My Different Slant article on people-centric organisation design in HR Magazine is now online.

The article suggests modern organisation design will increasingly involve a mix of traditional functions, horizontal (process, project, product, agile) teams, communities and networks, as well as melds of these.

I've outlined these models in a bit more depth in Linkedin. You may like to check out those posts there as well:

Organisation models
Traditional functions - why do most still use them
Vertically focused functions and horizontal teams
Making matrices work
Communities performance
Buurtzorg communities performance
Organising people through distributed networks
Networks performance
Employee resource communities networks
Melded organisation
Spotify melded organisation
Role of people centric groups in organisation design

Alternatively, you'll find even more information in The Social Organization.

Deep dive into digital transformation

14/11/2019

Take a deep dive into digital transformation with Jon.

Jon will explain what is digitalisation, outline the key drivers, steps organisations are taking to digitise their HR function and the new skills HR professionals will be expected to demonstrate in the new business landscape of industry 4.0.

The role of people-centric groups in organisation design

6/10/2019

Read Jon Ingham's latest article published in HR Magazine, October 2019 for a new take on organisation design.

September 30th, 2019

30/9/2019

Jon is frequently listed as a key influencer in HR and is recognised as a 'Top HR Tech Influencer' for 2019 by Human Resource Executive.
This recognition reflects the positive influence Jon has within the broader HR community particularly with regard to the strategic decisions HR leaders make around the use and deployment of best fit HR technology.
In an HR Tech interview Jon says, "I’d encourage organisations to focus on making a strategic case rather than trying to estimate a potential ROI. Technology is becoming so important that it is often about what the business needs to do strategically, not just about financial results. Also ROI tends to miss the most important aspects of both technology and people management. And thirdly, technology often has the greatest benefit from its integration into business and people management strategy, not just through its independent impact. The strategic case is about linking technology investments to HR activities, the people outcomes of these, and then to planned business results."

Top Movers and Shakers, HR's Most Influential

25/9/2019

Jon Ingham receives industry recognition in the HR Most Influential List 2019 as a Mover and Shaker within the HR profession.

“This year we’ve launched a new Movers and Shakers list, designed to reflect that the way senior HR practitioners exert influence, particularly later in their careers, is changing. It reflects the increasing number progressing to portfolio careers. This might include a succession of high-level interim assignments, a portfolio of board and committee appointments and/or consultancy work - HR Magazine”

The ‘Movers and Shakers 2019’ commends those strongly impacting the wider profession, and the organizations they work with.