Yes - Today I am announcing that The International School will later this year launch the ISHCM Collaboration - a practitioner library to assist the decision-making and application of human capital management practice through an evidence-based management approach.
This will parallel existing structures in medicine (Cochrane Collaboration) and social policy (Campbell Collaboration). Visiting these websites will give you an idea of what I'm talking about and the potential awesome capability that could be built with defined communities of practice.
The International School of HCM and VaLUENTiS are both advocates of evidence based management and evaluation based management, the appropriate use of science, interpretation and application to assist in the proper implementation of human capital management practice.
For those of you who are not familiar with the concept of evidence based management and evaluation based management then a quick google/wiki reference may help (click on links).
Truly an exciting development but as ever in the HCM space I'm sure it will be met with general indifference and abjectivity, particularly by some organisations who, shall we say, should have done something in this space some time ago.
I'm also sure that there will be a few 'practitioners' who will positively abhor it since it brings accountability into the equation. (For more on this see April 24 blog - HR Profession: Are you an 'Idealist', 'Committed Professional' or 'Rentseeker'?)
We're still working on its exact form but we will keep you posted of developments. This is a big step.
BUT YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST..........
