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With this witch-hunt, the devil is in the detail – PCG’s John Brazier

John Brazier of the PCG hits out at the current public sector witch-hunt that is seeing genuine interim managers being pressurised, castigated and even having their projects terminated, as appears to be the case with Jon Seddon and Paul Brown at the Office for Nuclear Regulation. In a well-balanced piece, Brazier observes that the freelance […]

With this witch-hunt, the devil is in the detail – PCG’s John Brazier

John Brazier of the PCG hits out at the current public sector witch-hunt that is seeing genuine interim managers being pressurised, castigated and even having their projects terminated, as appears to be the case with Jon Seddon and Paul Brown at the Office for Nuclear Regulation. In a well-balanced piece, Brazier observes that the freelance […]

BIE on Brown, Seddon and the Office of Nuclear Regulation

This is a great blog post from BIE’s Carlie Richings on Paul Brown and John Seddon, until recently interim managers at the Office of Nuclear Regulation. Reading Carlie’s post, and the underlying reports in the Guardian and the Telegraph (in turn sparked by David Hencke’s piece on Exaronews), it’s hard not to believe that government […]

Interim Management’s Flexibility Baby and the Bath Water of Tax-Avoidance

Amid the current outrage over contractual and pay arrangements for some civil servants (see here and here for today’s tale), it is important not to lose sight of the value that genuine interim managers bring to their client organisations in both the private and public sectors: we must not throw the baby of flexibility out […]

Interim Management’s Flexibility Baby and the Bath Water of Tax-Avoidance

Amid the current outrage over contractual and pay arrangements for some civil servants (see here and here for today’s tale), it is important not to lose sight of the value that genuine interim managers bring to their client organisations in both the private and public sectors: we must not throw the baby of flexibility out […]

10 Workplace Trends to Watch in 2012–entrepreneur.com

A great summary of some key trends around a central theme: delivering greater agility to the organisation by taking a more flexible approach to work: place, tools, time and contract. However, these changes also make an independent, freelancing work-style more attractive making the need to retain core talent (even) more pressing. From Michelle V rafter […]

10 Workplace Trends to Watch in 2012–entrepreneur.com

A great summary of some key trends around a central theme: delivering greater agility to the organisation by taking a more flexible approach to work: place, tools, time and contract. However, these changes also make an independent, freelancing work-style more attractive making the need to retain core talent (even) more pressing. From Michelle V rafter […]

9 Trends for Future of Work–TomorrowToday

Insights from Dean van Leeuwen and the folks at TomorrowToday. Of course, I particularly like number 6: “Mass Mobility: The emergence of flexible e-workers or electronic-freelancers…” The full list is: Increasing global integration Ferocious competition March of the machines Super intelligence A data deluge Mass mobility Values driven Turbulence is the normal Workforce evolution (Full […]

9 Trends for Future of Work–TomorrowToday

Insights from Dean van Leeuwen and the folks at TomorrowToday. Of course, I particularly like number 6: “Mass Mobility: The emergence of flexible e-workers or electronic-freelancers…” The full list is: Increasing global integration Ferocious competition March of the machines Super intelligence A data deluge Mass mobility Values driven Turbulence is the normal Workforce evolution (Full […]

A Future Made for Freelancers

Technology Analyst firm Gartner describe 10 changes the World of Work will witness during the next 10 years. Interestingly, they describe a world that is ripe for a work-force of freelancing sovereign professionals: increased peaks and troughs of activity; spontaneous teams of loose bonds and varying expertise; greater experimentation and flexibility across time and location. […]

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