{"id":210954,"date":"2018-12-14T10:27:28","date_gmt":"2018-12-14T10:27:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/letstalktalent.co.uk\/?p=210954"},"modified":"2023-03-13T18:15:32","modified_gmt":"2023-03-13T18:15:32","slug":"throwing-away-the-od-rule-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/letstalktalent.co.uk\/blog\/throwing-away-the-od-rule-book\/","title":{"rendered":"Throwing away the Talent & OD rule book!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last month we ran our first Let\u2019s Talk Talent roundtable for HR leaders, very kindly hosted by Harper Collins UK<\/strong>. The debate was led by Beth Clutterbuck, VP Global Head of People at Deliveroo<\/strong> and me and focused on how we can change the way we work for the better – by throwing away the talent and OD rule book!<\/p>\n

Deliveroo has highly ambitious growth plans which means this business fosters innovation and has a relentless pace of change; meaning Beth was ideally placed to co-host our discussion on how HR leaders create talent & OD practices that work in a fast-scaling environment.<\/p>\n

Why throw out the rule book?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve great faith in the robust HR models and mechanisms that have been well-researched and used over time. My reason for talking about throwing out the rule book isn\u2019t to abandon all that\u2019s good in talent and OD, but to bring a new perspective and fresh thinking to an area that\u2019s heavy on process and procedure.<\/p>\n

I work with both large, mature, corporates and fast-growth smaller organisations and I\u2019ve experienced the differences in approach to talent and OD. In fact, there\u2019s sometimes a perception that fast-growth companies just throw mud at the wall and see what sticks!<\/p>\n

In truth, organisations need to embrace failure. Not embracing it is one of the biggest blockers to innovation and change in my experience.<\/p>\n

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Perhaps failure isn\u2019t even the right word! It\u2019s this sort of thinking where fast-scaling companies have the edge – and this is why I wanted us as a group to talk about throwing out the rule book.<\/p>\n

Talent & OD need to be agile AND robust<\/strong><\/p>\n

As an organisation grows, it becomes inevitable that more systems and processes need to be put in place. During out discussion we wanted to explore how compatible this is with maintaining a fast growth culture. And, as some of our participants mentioned, how to avoid becoming \u201ca big dumb corporate\u201d!<\/p>\n

Here are some of the highlights from our discussion that included learnings, successes, failures and inspiration.<\/p>\n