Globally, CEOs act on the critical importance of building innovation into the organizational DNA by incentivizing talent to take risks and spreading innovation skills throughout the enterprise.
European CEOs are stressing incremental innovation for the short-term. They recognize the need to link talent, customers, and outside alliances to drive innovation in their organizations. CEOs in Europe realize that if they do not have a skilled and engaged workforce, they will struggle to be innovative.
In mature economies, we expect to see further moderate economic growth within the next few years. Companies which increase turnover and gains have mastered the balance between reducing costs and specific investment in innovations, profitably expanding their business in the long run.
Innovation ultimately creates higher customer value and contributes to increasing returns for the company.
Based on current insight, gained from applied research and practical experience, we focus on examining a company’s culture of innovation – the most important factor to success!
The focus lies on three product service packages:
At this point we benefit from our knowledge on the topic of Human Capital Management, which is fundamental for the culture of innovation. Particularly noteworthy are the following (german) posts in our Blog:
Jacob Shriar about Employee Engagement
Excerpt from an articlewritten by Jacob Shriar, February 10, 2015: What your employees really want (and how you can give it to them). Jacob is the Director of Customer Happiness at Officevibe, and is on a mission to make the world of work better. He believes that everyone deserves to love their job, and be happy, healthy, and productive at work. He's passionate about startups and company culture, and believes you should never stop learning
Strategists in the 21st century
Excerpt from an article "Rethinking the role of the strategist. Strategic planning has been under assault for years. But good strategy is more important than ever. What does that mean for the strategist?", McKinsey Quarterly, November 2014, by Michael Birshan, Emma Gibbs, and Kurt Strovink.
How does HR Analytics correlate to business success?
A commentary by Dave Sumner Smith, CEO at Next Dimension Media.
HR Analytics are no longer a ‘nice to have’. They are becoming an essential part of modern business, according to research from the Corporate Executive Board, which shows that more than 90% of HR leaders plan to significantly increase their investment in HR analytics by 2016.
Lecture on “Business Impact” in Zurich
Our CEO, Dr. Volker Mayer, will give a lecture on November 7, 2014 in Zurich on "Relationships between Leadership Development, Employee Engagement and Business Performance" at 10 AM. The conference "4th annual HR Transformation, Talent and Employee Engagement Forum" is hosted by Thought Leader Global in the Swissotel Zurich.
Human Resources is facing three key challenges in its role as strategic business partner:
Does HR get analytics?
Excerpt from the blog post "The human problem in HR" DD, written by Den Howlett on October 20, 2014:
