What a strange act of synchronicity, I was on my way home tonight piecing together the structure of this post in my head, juggling through topics and realising the single biggest topic I wanted to talk about was Organisatonal Development and how misunderstood it is locally. Upon arriving home I met the first person to ever understand what it is that I do, on title alone (in other words, without the big picture, long conversational pitches and actually working on a project). Which in turn kind of through my pitching arm out, none the less, I have a a point to make.

Organisational development is about behavioural science, systemic thinking, processes, workflow. Most of all it's about people, and understanding how to best utilise themm. It is NOT human resourcing, hell I hate the term, people are not resources, we are the reason for corporation, processes and policy revolve around us, you and them.

There is however the greater role that has been lent the title "Strategic HR" which is become a larger more powerful source of business intelligence, and making the machine a far more humane and wonderful beast. Strategic HR, now sitting at the highest point of the business unit corporate ladder requires a strange blend of business acumen, political savvy and personal psychology understanding and is slowly becoming one of the most sought after and listened to area's. Through the 90's new CXO roles developed such as the CIO and CTO. My hope is that in future, through the want to better understand people in the workforce, a CXO role is developed for Strategic HR.

At the end of the day, business, as life, is about people. Let's treat each other with the respect that we deserve.