Quality of CIPD online discussions

As a member of the aforementioned silent majority, I can't speak for others, but it's not apathy that (normally) leads me not to contribute.  Most commonly, an earlier conributor has already reflected something close enough to my own viewpoint that I have no extra value to add.  Alternatively, I don't know enough about the subject to have an informed opinion and I prefer not to muddy the waters by adding an uninformed one!

Then there are the rare occasions like today when I think I can add something worth saying.  :-)

Hi Maria

It is sometimes (I might say often) uninformed opinion that creates new thinking, so please don't be put off by the more "vocal" amongst us: You jump in and have your say. You might just find you know a lot more than you think!

Peter

on this "topic of conversation" which i have found very interesting I have to say that I do read these discussions regularly and whilst I will be honest and do not contribute to them very often on several occasions these have helped me out on some tricky situations.

In my experience HR is a very complex and demanding area, we not only have to deal with the legal aspects but we are also counsellers, welfare officers, marriage guidance and beareavment advisors and so on and sometimes we need to look outside the box so to speak.  I have the welfare of 300 staff to think about - if they are unable to do the job they are employed to do then the company fails and we loose money so to speak.

I am one of the guilty ones that do not write on these postings but find them invaluable all the time.  If it appears that areas are repeated then so be it - I still learn from them and there are always unique situations.

I will change now and start writing and to everyone please keep up the good work and thank you

No need to change, Fiona. It's not mandatory.

I've enjoyed this thread - thanks for starting it Amanda!!

Great contributions - but Megan's post particularly resonated with how I feel about these Communities:

"Can't
these communities just be whatever they are on the day, or in the
moment - meeting the needs of whoever chooses to read, contribute,
answer or whatever is their leaning? I welcome the fact that topics are not filtered and is a
bit of a jumble of opinions, cries for help, debates, occasionally
disagreements and most often, thoughtful development of ideas and
intelligent expositions of various perspectives.  It is more reflective
of life that way, and richer for it."

I think this is wonderfully open and inclusive.

Thank you, Megan.

Steve

To expand slightly on what Steve said Fiona: You don't have to change... but you will be very welcome if you do.

...I'm sure he wasn't trying to put you off writing!

P

Jacqueline raised an important point about not wanting to duplicate a response - maybe an item for development but what about a"I support this response" type button along with the persona name - this will also help show the popularity of a response without massive duplication - and is a simple way of lurkers to 2get involved"

Mike - I think the same, so it's in the mix!! Similar to how the "Like" functionality works on Facebook. It's very effective and very 'light touch', but also a good indicator of 'value'.

S

Hmmm, value is in the eye of the beholder,  don't you mean popularity? Jeremy Kyle has value for some, but its not the same as popularity.

Neither is value an indicator of accuracy - just popularity

If people start voting on popular posts wont that turn this into some kind of weird democracy. Communities don't have votes - policy making organisations do.

Just a thought.

Mark - come on, mate.

If - for example - there was - for example - a way of members indicating that a post was useful - had been valuable to them - then that would tick some boxes for me.

ps could you maybe upload a photo to your profile one day, or tell us a bit about yourself... so we can better judge where you are coming from.

S