NHRD April 2013.pdf - National HRD Network

professionals who will have a keen eye for those weak signals, and
second, to train the organization and ensure processes exist to
interpret those weak signals.”
Dave Gray, author of The Connected Company says that “To
succeed in uncertain times companies must organize differently.
They must reorganize from hierarchies into holarchies, where every
part can function as a whole unto itself. A connected company
is flexible and resilient, able to adapt quickly to change. The path
from divided to connected company is not simple or easy. But in
an increasingly volatile world, it is also not optional.”
According to an analysis of 4,200 companies by McKinsey, social
technologies stand to unlock from $900 billion to $1.3 trillion in
value. Two-thirds of the value unlocked by social media rests in
“improved communications and collaboration within and across
enterprises,” It is no longer a toy that teenagers use to post their
pictures. It is a serious business tool. To participate in this process,
HR people need to acquire new skills says social media evangelist
early adopter Gautam Ghosh. To manage online communities –
HR people would need to become community managers. That may
need a different mindset.
Dr Annie McKee has been well known for her seminal work in
the area of Emotional Intelligence. In this article she teams up
with Abhijit Bhaduri, Chief Learning Officer of Wipro to suggest
that when the business environment gets tough, “it is Emotional
Intelligence, not IQ, which differentiates great leaders from their
average, run-of-the-mill colleagues. And EI goes beyond individual
effectiveness. Emotionally intelligent leaders create resonance–a
powerful, positive emotional reality in teams and organization
that is marked by hope, enthusiasm and the collective will to win.”
How do we change the way people learn in organizations?
Dr Venkatesh Pamu’s argument is that the evolution of self-service
technologies and emergence of tech-savvy generation of employees
will have a long-lasting impact on the way organizations
think about learning. Technology enabled learning offers an