HR Books
Tim’s books are award-winning and highly regarded by industry leaders such as Professors Dave Ulrich and Sir Cary Cooper
“Solving the Productivity Puzzle is a very engaging, readable and innovative book in trying to find a solution to business’s poor productivity. The book highlights the important role of HR in solving the productivity puzzle….this is a must read for any HR professional”
– Professor Sir Cary Cooper, CBE | Alliance Manchester Business School, President of the CIPD
HR Books
“Solving the Productivity Puzzle is a very engaging, readable and innovative book in trying to find a solution to business’s poor productivity. The book highlights the important role of HR in solving the productivity puzzle….this is a must read for any HR professional”
– Professor Sir Cary Cooper, CBE | Alliance Manchester Business School, President of the CIPD
Solving the Productivity Puzzle – How People Engagement, Innovation and Performance Will Transform Work
Kogan Page, 2020
What would the world of work be like if we could turn technology and technological change to our advantage? Use it to match the perfect person to the perfect job; a job that gives purpose, the opportunity to master new things, to drive innovation and improve performance?
Imagine getting the right people, right skills, in the right place at the right time, with the right motivation. People doing jobs they were made for, for organizations they love will be highly engaging and great places to work. Imagine people harnessing smart technology to help them be even more productive than they are today; robots working for us, and with us, to make work more fun and fulfilling.
Demographic and other macro trends are rapidly emerging alongside the latest technology creating a “perfect storm” of new opportunity for people and organizations to transform the world of work. It is there for the taking… if we dare to think and do differently. Solving the Productivity Puzzle, sets out the challenges, but more importantly offers solutions. Let’s solve the productivity puzzle, together!
“This is a much-anticipated book and it has been well worth the wait. Tim has a refreshing honesty and optimism about how we can transform our approach to work and all the challenges that it brings.
He has that special ability to be insightful, analytical and fun, all at the same time. I couldn’t put it down – you shouldn’t put it down.”
– Rene Carayol MBE | Advisor to Chief Executives & Heads of States
Revelation – Work Smarter, Not Harder by Harnessing AI in the Workplace
Due out in 2024
“The machines are coming, everybody LOOK BUSY!”.
It is very unlikely that we will be supervised and managed by machines in the near future.
In fact, the real danger of AI is the scenario where people lack the skills, capabilities, and confidence to harness AI to the fullest to make them better at their jobs.
AI, and specifically, generative AI, is only as good as the workforces’ ability to ask it the right questions and interpret the answers correctly.
Therefore, the real question is, “how do we get the workplace and workforce ready to make the best use of AI”. To harness it to make us more productive than any humans in history?
To this end, Tim has turned his popular workshop “Preparing Your Workforce to Harness AI” into a new book.
Imagine, what would the world of work be like if we had the skills, capabilities, and confidence to turn AI and technological change to our advantage. One where we quickly master the right skills to make us better at our jobs, and AI becomes a powerful tool – a digital expert assistant – that does the gritty, heavy lifting. We, the humans, do the more interesting work faster, better and with greater contribution than ever before.
Calculating Success – How the New Workplace Analytics Will Revitalize Your Organization
Harvard Business Review, 2011
Most companies today have access to reams of data: marketing, supply chain, finance, as well as critical data about their workforce. Yet research shows that leaders at these companies lack the confidence to effectively integrate and use this data to compete more effectively in the marketplace. While executives know the results they need to achieve, they often fail to analyze the impact of their decisions on the firm, its processes, and its people.
Enter Calculating Success, written by a trio of experts who have spent decades working with companies to more effectively apply human capital data to improve organizational outcomes. Calculating Success shows readers how they can take an analytical approach to both anticipate and address the changes required by a company’s competitive environment and drive superior performance.
“The author’s six-step workforce analytics process requires clear definition of of business problems and the development of a conceptual model to guide the analysis, and the authors do a masterful job of demonstrating its impact on multiple workforce problems. Anyone interested in workforce analysis will find this work insightful and helpful”
– Dave Ulrich, Professor, Ross School Of Business, University of Michigan
JULY 19TH 2022: TOP HR MOST INFLUENTIAL THINKERS 2022:
Tim named to the list of HR Most Influential Thinkers. HR Most Influential is an annual list that celebrates the most influential players in the field of people strategy.
Tim's Bio
Tim has over 30 years' experience as an executive in the HR Consulting and HR Software industry. He has architected and led some of the largest and most successful HR IT and change programs in North America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East.
He began his career in Andersen Consulting (now Accenture) in 1990 where he was Managing Director, in Accenture’s Talent and Organization, Service Line. In 2006, he was recruited to IBM Global Business Services where he led IBM’s global Human Capital Management (HCM) consulting practice.
He was most recently Vice President of SAP SuccessFactors for Europe, Middle East and Africa. He led SuccessFactors’ HR Advisory teams across the region.
Additionally, he is on the Board and Non-Executive Director of Optunli an HR solution providing a unique approach for strategic workforce planning. Tim is a Chartered Fellow of the CIPD (FCIPD).
MAY 25TH 2021: SOLVING THE PRODUCTIVITY PUZZLE IS CATEGORY WINNER:
Business Book Awards 2021 – HR & Management at the Business Book Awards. See Business Book Awards 2021 winners announcement, click here.