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Does anyone know where can I find an infinite supply of monkeys?

You are probably well aware of the theory that given an infinite supply of monkeys, with an infinite supply of computers, one would eventually produce, purely through random keystrokes, the entire works of Shakespeare. Bob Newhart famously skewered this...

Published 27 Jan 2011 3:23 PM by Evidence-Based HR

Filed under: EB Leadership, EB Learning & Development, EBHR Solutions, BBC, Ashridge, infinite monkeys, leadership development, Shakespeare
McEducation?

Tony Blair, that infamously, self-proclaimed “straight kinda guy” is now probably most infamous for the Iraq war but I think he should actually be more infamous for his fatuous cry of ‘education, education, education’ (1996 Labour Party Conference) –...

Published 21 Jan 2011 10:58 AM by Evidence-Based HR

Filed under: EB Leadership, EBHR Critiques, EB Learning & Development, academic research funding, degrees, education education education, Higher education, Iraq war, NASA, Teflon, Tony Blair, university tuition fees
HR is NOT a support function

After hearing Neil Roden’s very late admission that the function he headed up at RBS was merely a support function it is time to finally put a few hoary old misconceptions about HR to rest. First on that list is … Continue reading → Read More...

Published 14 Jan 2011 3:34 PM by Evidence-Based HR

Filed under: General HR Council, EB Leadership, EBHR Critiques, Neil Roden, RBS, personnel administration
PwC – The March of the Clones

Anyone who has ever seen the films Village of the Damned (based on the book The Midwich Cuckoos) or Stepford Wives, or any other work in the genre of people being turned into crazed automatons, and has also had the … Continue reading → Read...

Published 12 Jan 2011 10:07 AM by Evidence-Based HR

Filed under: General HR Council, EB Leadership, Evidence, PwC, Saratoga, Neil Roden, Truth Seekers & Idealists, damn lies and statistics, CIPD, Fred Goodwin, RBS
Garbage in, garbage out

As someone who regularly gets involved in HR data management I have inevitably come across the work of the two biggest players in the field of data production, SAP and Oracle. SAP (see slide 5) even misinterpreted my own HR … Continue reading →...

Published 11 Jan 2011 11:52 AM by Evidence-Based HR

Filed under: Evidence, EB Product Testing Lab, HR, damn lies and statistics, HR Maturity, HRIS, information, management, Oracle, SAP, systems, Uncategorized, Vance Kearney
Valuism – an evidence-based alternative

Now is probably as a good a time as any to introduce a new ‘ism’ to the world – as we start a brand new decade knowing we have yet to find a long-term solution to the catastrophe of the … Continue reading → Read More...

Published 5 Jan 2011 10:41 AM by Evidence-Based HR

Filed under: EB Leadership, Microsoft, social responsibility, Bill Gates, BP oil spill, Capitalism and Freedom, environmentalism, global banking system, global financial system, Milton Friedman, Nobel prize economics, profit motive, Socialism, Steve Ballmer, Truth Seekers & Idealists, value motive

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Does anyone know where can I find an infinite supply of monkeys?

McEducation?

HR is NOT a support function

PwC – The March of the Clones

Garbage in, garbage out

Valuism – an evidence-based alternative