HR Researcher (Inaugural Post)

Oct/09

HR Researcher (Inaugural Post)

by ReThinkHR.org | Leadership, Work, HR & Inspiration by @BenjaminMcCall under About Me, Human Resources, Life

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I am a researcher. I like to dig and learn about anything and everything that pertains to my interest as well as my current insanity. In my research and my profession, I have come across articles and blogs that hold a wealth of information. Anything from big name consultants and practitioners within the industry of Human Resources, to the no-name candidates that scribble words on their online papers to express their feelings and thoughts on anything from employment, recruiting, talent and corporate structure to the personal ethics, personal hygiene, personal likes and dislikes of the workplace.

In all this research and surfing the wild, wild world of the web, I very seldom come across anything within the highway of the web for HR, training, organizational development, talent management, etc from a non-research, non-academic view. Not even when I do searches on Google do I find anything of the sort. Can you believe that, GOOGLE? Not to say there aren’t any other blogs out there and I am not saying that studies, statistics and the legal aspect are approaches that are not needed, but many times we forget to truly put the HUMAN back in Human resources. Stating facts and canned approaches can, at times, be lacking in how we actually practice as professionals. Oh well, so in this blog lie’s my purpose; to discuss issues, personal thoughts, misgivings, celebrations and unorthodox approaches in and around the world of HR and Talent Management. Taking anything from personal to common stories - even some general situations - and possibly connect to heart of how we, as professionals, need to better practice within the workplace and in life.

In my thoughts in order to be malleable and fluid for the times, HR will need to change its approach. Please enjoy this cyberspace journey and don’t plan for anything. Just plan to be surprised.

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HR, OD, Recruiting, Research, Talent Management, Training, welcome

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Thank you. Need to visit your blog regularly for a fresh perspective as well!!
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Thank you. Need to visit your blog regularly for a fresh perspective as well!!
http://www.cincyrecruiter.com Jennifer McClure

Welcome to the blogosphere Benjamin! I think you’ll find that by sharing your thoughts and what you learn, you’ll find many more people who think like you do and that you can also learn from. I’m glad you’ve jumped in and look forward to reading future posts!
http://www.cincyrecruiter.com/ Jennifer McClure

Welcome to the blogosphere Benjamin! I think you’ll find that by sharing your thoughts and what you learn, you’ll find many more people who think like you do and that you can also learn from. I’m glad you’ve jumped in and look forward to reading future posts!
http://livinginlearning.ning.com/ Gary Wise

Ben, I could not agree more that “Change” is needed, and the change should be a refocus to the human consumer of what HR is and does. I say this because I believe this is true for the art of training and the “HR” role Training Departments play in sustaining business execution…or in many cases how it is falling short of that goal.

I praise you for the courage to speak your “insanity” which I in turn am doing regarding the training profession. I prefer to call my ramblings a profession of my passions, which to some may well be seen as insanity. But hey…if we continue to do what we’ve always done, we’ll continue to get what we always got. And it is my assertion that that approach (to any professional discipline) will not maintain pace with the velocity of business.

Our learners - knowledge workers - consumers of HR resources - consumers of training - are the centerpiece to ANY organization’s success. If the velocity of business increases, so too must the competency of those who execute the business plan. Therein lies our charter to keep up. And that’s not going top happen without the demonstration of a little insanity, a little risk to do things differently, a big slice of passion about our work, and a willingness to fail forward faster.

We’re “living in learning”. It’s constant, just as the flow of business is continuous, and just as learning must be continuous.

We need to swim to the current. Count me in as a collaborator in your insanity, my friend. Let’s go find some other radicals that also have some momentum to sustain human performance.

G.
http://livinginlearning.ning.com/ Gary Wise

Ben, I could not agree more that “Change” is needed, and the change should be a refocus to the human consumer of what HR is and does. I say this because I believe this is true for the art of training and the “HR” role Training Departments play in sustaining business execution…or in many cases how it is falling short of that goal.

I praise you for the courage to speak your “insanity” which I in turn am doing regarding the training profession. I prefer to call my ramblings a profession of my passions, which to some may well be seen as insanity. But hey…if we continue to do what we’ve always done, we’ll continue to get what we always got. And it is my assertion that that approach (to any professional discipline) will not maintain pace with the velocity of business.

Our learners - knowledge workers - consumers of HR resources - consumers of training - are the centerpiece to ANY organization’s success. If the velocity of business increases, so too must the competency of those who execute the business plan. Therein lies our charter to keep up. And that’s not going top happen without the demonstration of a little insanity, a little risk to do things differently, a big slice of passion about our work, and a willingness to fail forward faster.

We’re “living in learning”. It’s constant, just as the flow of business is continuous, and just as learning must be continuous.

We need to swim to the current. Count me in as a collaborator in your insanity, my friend. Let’s go find some other radicals that also have some momentum to sustain human performance.

G.