Common Purpose Blog

New research from workplace think-tank Tomorrow’s Company argues that the old approach to developing talent is no longer working. The report, Tomorrow’s Global Talent – How will leading global companies create value through people?, goes as far as to suggest that the word ‘talent’ needs to be redefined. To explore this further, Personnel Today are running a series [...]

The new CIPD Learning & Development Survey paints a bleak picture for talent management as the proportion of respondents who undertake talent management activities falls to 36%. This is a sharp decline from 2006 when over half of those surveyed said they engaged in talent management. This confirms the predictions of a survey of learning [...]

‘Harnessing talent’ is another expression you hear a lot, usually about young talent. But harnesses are thick pieces of leather used to strap down, control and direct cattle and horses. So the last thing we want to do is harness talent. We want it de-harnessed, set free, challenged to try new things, to take ideas [...]