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  • Unconscious bias training is not the go-to solution

    Jonny
    Jonny
    It’s easy to accept in principle that there’s no magic bullet, harder to stop holding out hope for one. If the last few decades of psychology have taught us anything, it is that we are not the rational, deliberative decision makers that w...
    • 24 Jul 2020
  • Can we achieve ‘good work’ for everyone, or are some jobs inherently better than others?

    Can we achieve ‘good work’ for everyone, or are some jobs inherently better than others?

    Jonny
    Jonny
    One thing the COVID-19 lockdown has brought into relief is the different quality jobs that exist across occupations. Perhaps most obviously, we have the key workers, with their newfound appreciation as a backbone of society, but many of whom have rel...
    • 3 Jul 2020
  • Good quality and stable jobs are a lifeblood of a healthy economy

    Good quality and stable jobs are a lifeblood of a healthy economy

    Jonny
    Jonny
    Jonny Gifford, Senior Advisor for Organisational Behaviour, CIPD  This weekend saw a potentially major shift in the UK government’s priorities, with the prime minister placing a new urgency...
    • 9 Jun 2020
  • Do sponsor-protégé relationships really promote diversity?

    Jonny
    Jonny
    I’m intrigued, slightly surprised, that ‘sponsoring’ is seen as a progressive solution for workforce diversity. In her generally excellent book on gender equality interventions, Iris Bohnet advocates not just mentoring but more...
    • 20 Sep 2019
  • How do you solve a problem like appraisals?

    How do you solve a problem like appraisals?

    Jonny
    Jonny
    Performance appraisal has been a common point of discussion over recent years, in particular with descriptions of how to dump, ditch, axe or abolish it. Often the arguments and case studies cited don’t live up to the sensationalist headlines, i...
    • 8 Dec 2017
  • Are we post-truth? Protecting HR from 'alternative facts'

    Jonny
    Jonny
    Kellyanne Conway’s gaffe on Sunday that patently incorrect statements by Donald Trump’s press secretary were ‘alternative facts’ has received a level of derision rare by any standards. The mickey-takes have rolled in from far ...
    • 24 Jan 2017