A new way of seeing: Insight-led HR

A year ago the CIPD issued a rallying call to the profession. Our Next Generation HR research had found the beginnings of a quiet revolution occurring among some dynamic HR leaders. Instinctive actions were delivering results, but the language to describe it was missing. Conventional terms didn’t do justice to the unique nature of their work.We have tried to pick up the baton. We wanted to frame the practice we’d seen in action, and describe it in terms that would allow us to test what we’d seen through the eyes of the brightest, most ambitious practitioners. We were clear we were seeing glimpses that defined the future shape and promised a boost to the future impact of the profession. But we wanted to do more than debate these ideas. We wanted to use them as catalysts for a very different brand of HR – one that can truly help build organisations that last.Drawing on research with 36 UK and global organisations, what have we learnt, one year on?