On the 16th October 2014 the first ever Social HR Conference took place at the rather splendid Old Trafford cricket ground. Manchester CIPD branch did a fantastic job of organising what was a unique blend of conference / unconference formats that I felt worked really well. There have been a number of great blogs written about […]
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Changing times and opening minds
This time last week, I was taking another trip out of my comfort zone as Alistair Nicholls had very kindly invited me to speak at the North West Business Breakfast organised by Manchester Business School. The title of my talk was Why Corporate L&D Needs to Change and How and it felt a good title to […]
Talk is cheap with empty rhetoric
As I sit here after 11pm after two days on the @DPGplc stand at a buzzing #CIPD13, I can’t get away from a few thoughts and feelings. It’s niggled me all day so I’m just going to put it down and see what happens. This morning I attended HR Unscrambled hosted by @Dougshaw1 and @OD_Optimist. […]
Leadership Qualities in a Changing World
By Mike Collins on the 9th August 2013 I recently attended a workshop entitled “Getting the most from your Apprentice” hosted by the Apprentice Academy. It was an interesting session that I wanted to play back, as it looked at starting work through the eyes of 16-18 yr old. Without showing my age too much […]
Rebel with a cause
By Mike Collins on the 19th April 2013 Another new experience under the belt. This time a short talk at the PPMA conference (not the Processing and Packaging Machinery Association) rather the Public Sector People Manager’s conference – you can check the #ppmahr13 hashtag for tweets from the day. This is a quick summary of […]
Anything is possible…
By Mike Collins on the 13th January 2013 2012 was a BIG year for me in terms of career development after leaving Direct Line Group (formerly RBS Insurance) to pursue a community management role with DPG plc. I left the organisation I’d been with for 11 years and the safety net that this provided to […]
Your business IS a community
By Mike Collins on the 4th December 2012 I have the pleasure of speaking tonight at a Playground session hosted by Catherine Wilks of Inmovement on the topic of The Highest Forms of Engagement I’m excited about being involved in this event as it’s got some interesting speakers and angles but also because I get […]
BILD-ing for the future (Part 2)
I shared the slides I used in my talk at the BILD event L&D : Looking to the Future in BILD-ing for the future (Part 1) and left the post posing two questions: What are your expectations for L&D now and the future? What are the barriers that you see or are experiencing that are […]
BILD-ing for the future (Part 1)
I recently spoke at the British Institute of Learning & Development (@BILDdev) networking event, the theme was L&D : Looking to the Future. A great experience where I met some cool new people and had some thought-provoking conversations. I’ve shared the slides that I used already and wanted to follow the slides up in more […]
You can’t force social…or can you?
The picture below shows my artistic scribblings on a table cloth from the (now not so) recent Connect HR Unconference “The power of a social engaged organisation“. We were asked to write things down for the afternoon sessions that would give us some meaty topics to discuss.You can see from what I wrote the sort […]