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Nine questions about talent management
Talent Management, Leadership, Organisational Design David Schmidtchen 4/3/25 Talent Management, Leadership, Organisational Design David Schmidtchen 4/3/25

Nine questions about talent management

Talent management is fundamentally based on understanding human nature, abilities, and potential. Often overlooked, the philosophy behind talent management plays a critical role in the implementation and effectiveness of these programs. The challenges of talent management start here.

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What if people are not your most important asset?
Management Systems, Organisational Culture, Organisational Design David Schmidtchen 16/4/24 Management Systems, Organisational Culture, Organisational Design David Schmidtchen 16/4/24

What if people are not your most important asset?

In devoting our time to the efficient working order of the parts, we forget that all firms are just webs of relationships between people.

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What does craft brewing tell us about a future public sector career?
Craft, Public Sector, Careers, Organisational Design David Schmidtchen 23/10/23 Craft, Public Sector, Careers, Organisational Design David Schmidtchen 23/10/23

What does craft brewing tell us about a future public sector career?

The drivers behind the consumer thirst for craft beer and employee desires for more open career paths are similar and worth exploring.

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The importance of learning to transformation
Work Design, Learning and Development, Learning, Organisational Design David Schmidtchen 28/7/23 Work Design, Learning and Development, Learning, Organisational Design David Schmidtchen 28/7/23

The importance of learning to transformation

The position of work in our lives is significant, so learning through work potentially makes a disproportionately large contribution to the growth and identity of the individual. Do we need a better approach to L&D at work?

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Striving for a common sense view of organisation
Organisational Design, Work Design, Organsiational Change David Schmidtchen 28/7/23 Organisational Design, Work Design, Organsiational Change David Schmidtchen 28/7/23

Striving for a common sense view of organisation

Reform, change and adaptation are sweeping the public and private sectors alike. We need a commonsense view of our organisations that doesn’t rely on the machine model.

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On why organisations are like platypuses
Organisational Design, Specialists, Generalists, Work Design David Schmidtchen 28/7/23 Organisational Design, Specialists, Generalists, Work Design David Schmidtchen 28/7/23

On why organisations are like platypuses

Our organisations are much like the platypus, a collection of specialist adaptations.

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