http://renegadehr.net/use-your-employees-as-guinea-pigs/ Recruit great people. Help them do amazing things. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:31:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 http://renegadehr.net/use-your-employees-as-guinea-pigs/comment-page-1/#comment-8024 Chris Ferdinandi Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:20:26 +0000 http://renegadehr.net/?p=2379#comment-8024 @Fran - Thanks for the comment! @Fran – Thanks for the comment!

]]> http://renegadehr.net/use-your-employees-as-guinea-pigs/comment-page-1/#comment-8023 fran Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:10:42 +0000 http://renegadehr.net/?p=2379#comment-8023 i feel the same way about benchmarks or best practices. they *can* offer insight. they also can offer an expeditious, and not always appropriate way to do things in your org. since programs need to be implemented and implementation involves communication, i'd also advocate for early involvement of your friendly communication pro. he or she can add important perspective when you're designing, running, and evaluating the pilot program. i feel the same way about benchmarks or best practices. they *can* offer insight. they also can offer an expeditious, and not always appropriate way to do things in your org. since programs need to be implemented and implementation involves communication, i’d also advocate for early involvement of your friendly communication pro. he or she can add important perspective when you’re designing, running, and evaluating the pilot program.

]]> http://renegadehr.net/use-your-employees-as-guinea-pigs/comment-page-1/#comment-7717 HRM Today - Blog Archive » Welcome to the Carnival of HR! Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:32:36 +0000 http://renegadehr.net/?p=2379#comment-7717 [...] smaller (and less politically correct) bacon, Chris Ferdinandi of Renegade HR instructs you to, “Use your employees as guinea pigs“. Please note that no animals were actually harmed during the application of the Guinea Pig [...] [...] smaller (and less politically correct) bacon, Chris Ferdinandi of Renegade HR instructs you to, “Use your employees as guinea pigs“. Please note that no animals were actually harmed during the application of the Guinea Pig [...]

]]> http://renegadehr.net/use-your-employees-as-guinea-pigs/comment-page-1/#comment-7576 Chris Ferdinandi Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:52:58 +0000 http://renegadehr.net/?p=2379#comment-7576 @Wally - interesting perspective, but I'm not necessarily seeing the connection between your comments and this post. Help me connect the dots? @Wally – interesting perspective, but I’m not necessarily seeing the connection between your comments and this post. Help me connect the dots?

]]> http://renegadehr.net/use-your-employees-as-guinea-pigs/comment-page-1/#comment-7575 Wally Bock Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:50:59 +0000 http://renegadehr.net/?p=2379#comment-7575 For years, American business has suffered from "Perfect Planning Syndrome." Symptoms are a believe that you can plan the error out of human enterprises, that the future or the needs of a market can be accurately predicted, and the idea that the plan and its implementation are two different things. For years, American business has suffered from “Perfect Planning Syndrome.” Symptoms are a believe that you can plan the error out of human enterprises, that the future or the needs of a market can be accurately predicted, and the idea that the plan and its implementation are two different things.

]]> http://renegadehr.net/use-your-employees-as-guinea-pigs/comment-page-1/#comment-7571 Chris Ferdinandi Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:58:11 +0000 http://renegadehr.net/?p=2379#comment-7571 Trisha - thanks for the comments. Great point - a pilot group gives you great internal data to say, "See, this works!" to leadership. Trisha – thanks for the comments. Great point – a pilot group gives you great internal data to say, “See, this works!” to leadership.

]]> http://renegadehr.net/use-your-employees-as-guinea-pigs/comment-page-1/#comment-7569 Trisha McFarlane Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:16:39 +0000 http://renegadehr.net/?p=2379#comment-7569 Chris- I like the idea of approaching new programs in a scientific way. I am personally fond of researching ideas before implementation and also a proponent of pilot programs. It's also easier to convince leadership to try things in small doses rather than rolling programs out to an entire division or company. Informative post! Chris- I like the idea of approaching new programs in a scientific way. I am personally fond of researching ideas before implementation and also a proponent of pilot programs. It’s also easier to convince leadership to try things in small doses rather than rolling programs out to an entire division or company.
Informative post!

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