hr for modern times

HR congres16/05/2013

Good morning. My name is Bart.

This is my daughter Merel (I have 3 kids).

I’m passionate about coffee.

I’m passionate about

I live and work in Ghent.

I work at digital agency Wijs (ex Netlash-bSeen).

Part of Heaven Can Wait ecosystem.

You can find me on Twitter: @netlash

http://slideshare.net/netlash

HR Congres16/5/2013

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‣ digital agency

‣ 55 people

‣ est. 2006

‣ multi-disciplinary

‣ young, fast-moving sector

‣ young, fast-moving company

‣ young, fast-moving people... (28.7 year avg)

Wijs

‣ how to keep (and select) people during merger?

‣ how to attract new talent in small market?

‣ how to develop new generation... and keep them interested?

Challenge

First...get the basics right!

‣ start with the ‘why’, not with the ‘what’

‣ define your values

Basics

But you know this, right?

why

what

how

why

what

how

Mission Wijs

Build a better web!

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klant

bedrijf

medewerkers maatschappij

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medewerkers maatschappij

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klant

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medewerkers maatschappij

in balans!

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bedrijf

medewerkers maatschappij

imago aandeelhou- derswaarde

processen & structuren

cashflow

bedrijf

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processen & structuren

cashflow

EBITDA

recurrente contracten

financieringen

waarde creëren

klant

bedrijf

medewerkers maatschappij

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klant

bedrijf

medewerkers

vooraleer in dienst

tijdens dienstverband

na dienstverband

waarde creëren

klant

bedrijf

medewerkers

vooraleer in dienst

tijdens dienstverband

na dienstverband

kennis op blog

gastlessen

stageindustry events

waarde creëren

klant

bedrijf

medewerkers

vooraleer in dienst

tijdens dienstverband

na dienstverband

financiëel

inhoudelijke kennis

personal brand

leidinggevend capaciteiten

ondernemerschap

medewerkers

vooraleer in dienst

tijdens dienstverband

na dienstverband

financiëel

inhoudelijke kennis

personal brand

leidinggevend capaciteiten

ondernemerschap

brutoloon

goeie tools

pensioen

diensten

waarde creëren

klant

bedrijf

medewerkers

vooraleer in dienst

tijdens dienstverband

na dienstverbandondernemerschap

alumni werking

plaatsing bij klant

waarde creëren

klant

bedrijf

medewerkers maatschappij

waarde creëren

klant

bedrijf

maatschappij

milieu

mobiliteit

opleiding

web

sector

maatschappij

milieu

mobiliteit

opleiding

web

sector

geen spam

geen blackhat

user-centric

pull ipv push

Create value, in balance.

Why?

“Make the web better.”

What?

- transparancy- innovation- passion- quality- results

How?

‣ how to keep (and select) people during merger?

‣ how to attract new talent in small market?

‣ how to develop a new generation... and keep them interested?

Challenge

1. Radical transparency

2. Focus on development

3. Self-steering & co-creation

(Possible) answer

1. Radical transparency

2. Focus on development

3. Self-steering & co-creation

Intertwined!

Answer

1. Radical transparancy

‣ share knowledge, internal & external

‣ an eye on the numbers

‣ allow personal branding

‣ design shareable experiences

‣ encourage to share

1. Radical transparancy

Core value:

open sourceWe share our knowledge.

‣ open source code (Fork CMS, Chopstick)

‣ blog, twitter, whitepapers

‣ Online Trendreport

‣ presentations

‣ attend & organize industry events

‣ guest lectures at schools

‣ internships

‣ helping with school works

‣ sponsoring

Open source

Add value to our ecosystem.

Pay it forward.

‣ share ‘company life’ through Twitter & Facebook

‣ put employees in the picture

‣ encourage employees to share (allow!)

‣ design experiences to be shareable

Like & Share!

Design experiences to be shareable

Design experiences to be shareable

Design experiences to be shareable

Design experiences to be shareable

Design experiences to be shareable

Encourage to share

Social media

‣ Facebook = recruiting

‣ company life

‣ jokes, inside news: employee POV

‣ “we understand you”

‣ shareable!

A quiet revolution.

‣ develops people (personal branding, leadership, ...)

‣ attracts new talent

‣ creates culture (“we”)

‣ gives sense of control & direction

‣ ... and it helps with sales too!

1. Radical transparancy

2. Focus on development

‣ before they are employees! (internships, guest lectures, sector sponsoring...)

‣ fast-track to start (welcome pack, wiki, training)

‣ POP & coaching

‣ designlab, dev meetup, OM academy...

‣ personal training budget

2. Focus on development

1 on 1

Individueel

In groep

In groep

Zelfsturend

POP traject, coaching LG & HR

Inwerkschema’s, Groeitips, wiki

Opleiding, seminaries, congressen

Kennisdelingmomenten

Hackathon, Bazinga

Zelfsturing met sterke omkadering

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Part of Heaven Can Wait ecosystem.

‣ encourage entrepreneurship (press, sector, coaching)

‣ allow entrepreneurship

‣ A-B-C program

2. Focus on development

Contact us on www.wijs.be or drop bart@wijs.be or

kenny@wijs.be a line or send a tweet to @vreewijs or

drop by at Voorhavenlaan 31/3, 9000 Gent.

We’ll make you awesome in digital.

‣ “we’ll make you awesome in digital!”

‣ that’s why they come, that’s why they stay

‣ (that’s also why they leave...)

2. Focus on development

3. Self-steering & co-creation

‣ teams with P&L

‣ responsibilities, not tasks

‣ roles, not functions

‣ output, not input

‣ decision power at the right level...

3. Self-steering & co-creation

‣ multi-disciplinary teams

‣ formal & informal communication

‣ work from home... (?)

‣ environment aimed at ‘chance encounters’

Focus on communication

Andere ;-)

‣ 48 hours of freedom

‣ 20+ projects

‣ 1 project: Bazinga

Hackathon

Here comes a short statement

about a significant subject.

Here comes a short statement

about a significant subject. No

leaderboard!

Here comes a short statement

about a significant subject.

Company values

Personal status &

progression

Co-creation

External impact.

‣ work in progress...

‣ ESF

‣ scale vs. small teams?

3. Self-steering & co-creation

Alignment between internal and externalcommunication, message, mission, purpose...

Questions?

Wijs bvba

Voorhavenlaan 31/3

9000 GENT

09 335 22 80

09 330 09 83

http://wijs.be

info@wijs.be

BE 0473.071.275