{"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 [bctt tweet=”In truth, organisations need to embrace failure. Not embracing it is one of the biggest blockers to innovation and change in my experience. ” username=”lets_talktalent”]<\/p>\n 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 Our Let\u2019s Talk Talent round-table events have been designed to be a platform for HR leaders to meet and discuss both strategic and practical ways to improve productivity and make businesses irresistible for people<\/p>\n Our next round-table will be on the 27th February<\/strong> so if you would like to attend then do drop us an email and we will send you a save-the-date. These events are invitation only and are deliberately small, so we can not only enable everyone to contribute but also gives an opportunity to share, inspire and leave with practical ideas.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n