The Blogworld of Poppyfish People Development

Ahead of some upcoming conferences and important workshops that we are involved with over the coming weeks we've been busy indulging our creative side and blowing the budget this week on some new publicity materials to help spread the word of Poppyfish. Just thought we'd share a few on the blog. We hope you like them. You can also see these on our facebook page. Alongside our more established OD work we have chosen to emphasis the key contribution that simulations and decision making exercises can make your people development programmes and organisational resilience, under the title "Simulate to Stimulate". We always welcome the opportunity to talk to anyone interested in incorporating these activities into their organisation learning and resilience programmes.        

It's been many years since I completed my MBA, so I am thrilled to have been selected as this weeks " Alumnus of the Week " at the University of Hertfordshire Business School. My graduation with what was then called the Executive MBA (with distinction no less) marked a turning point in my career and, in a way that my more recent MSc in People and Organaisational Development has also done, inspired me on to new and better things. I value the academic strength of my CV. Academic work at Master's level requires a degree of critical evaluation and self understanding that has allowed me to contextualise the world around me in a much more enlightened way and has enabled me to influence and shape the way I work and prioritise what is important for me and the organisations with which I work. Choosing to study the MBA back in the late 1990's gave me the courage to step outside the world of finance. I remember when I was selecting a course of study it came down to c...

I was thrilled last week to hear that Poppyfish was to be featured in a couple of online profiles at the new web community " entrepreneur cubed " (available now) and through the University of Hertfordshire Business School.  (week commencing 15th October). About e³ Entrepreneur cubed - or e³ for short - is an online business magazine designed to encourage and build a community of existing and aspiring entrepreneurs. Founder Chris Hutchings allows a growing group of entrepreneurs (his term - I still don't believe that I have quite earned that label) to tell their story through a series of short interviews. Through e³ Chris is building a growing community of business founders and owners and offers them a great place to raise awareness of their brand/company. We wish him every success and are glad to be part of that community. To read the Poppyfish profile interview on e³ visit http://entrepreneurcubed.co.uk/nick-skinner/ Follow e³ on twitter at ...