So here I am – taking action.
The great thing about conferences used to be the way that you could attend, sit through some drivel, eat some free food, drink some coffee and go home without having done anything productive, in essence a nice day away from the office.
As I sit here typing this, having dutifully learnt the basics of this product, I’m not really sure where I’m going with it, you see I attended a conference back in January that got me thinking about all this Web 2.0 malarky, was I missing a trick somewhere? Can all this free stuff really work? Will it help me to make my team look good so that I can get a pay rise? The realist in me thinks probably not, but I reckon there are some opportunities that I need to start exploring. Anyhow, today I attended a follow up event which culminated in me taking an action to start a Blog. (Never let it be said that HR professionals cannot be action oriented.)
In addition, since that conference back in January, I since been offered a new role, with new challenges, responsibilities, culture, people etc. etc. So I thought I would use this as a way of capturing my journey from one very different industry to another.
About me; I have worked in a variety of HR related roles over the last fifteen years, mainly specialising in staff and management development. I have had periods working on technology projects, in a change management capacity, time spent working for a consultancy firm and plenty of years experience in the management of staff.
Someone once told me that “change is the only constant in life”, they have a good point, however, I think Ferris Bueller had a better one, “Life moves pretty quickly, if you don’t stop and look around once in a while you might miss it” Which is perhaps what I’m trying to achieve here.
Who knows, but let’s see where it takes me.
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