Professor Colin Lindsay

Reflections on the ESRC PrOPEL Hub People Management Hackathon, Belfast, 29 February

Boosting innovation

Professor Colin Lindsay PhD, MCIPD, FRSA, Director of the ESRC: Economic and Social Research Council PrOPEL Hub, reflects on the latest of the project’s series of innovative ‘Hackathons’ bringing together leading workplace researchers with HR leaders and people managers to explore how we can use cutting-edge evidence to inform workplace practice and enhance productivity. The […]

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Reflections on the ESRC PrOPEL Hub People Management Hackathon, Sheffield, 1 February

Engaging employees, Improving wellbeing, Managing people

Professor Colin Lindsay PhD, MCIPD, FRSA Director of the ESRC PrOPEL Hub, reflects on the latest of the project’s series of innovative ‘Hackathons’ bringing together leading workplace researchers with HR leaders and people managers to explore how we can use cutting-edge evidence to inform workplace practice and enhance productivity. The ESRC: Economic and Social Research

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Next steps in building a “Sustainable Practice Action Research Community” (SPARC) for Evidence-based HRM

Boosting innovation

Professor Colin Lindsay, Strathclyde Business School and ESRC PrOPEL Hub Director, reflects on this month’s latest “SPARC” event bringing together workplace researchers and people managers to share insights on evidence-based HRM  Since 2021, the Scottish Centre for Employment Research (SCER) at Strathclyde Business School has been leading the ESRC PrOPEL Hub (Productivity Outcomes of Workplace

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Navigating uncertainty: How HRM dynamic capabilities contribute to organisational well-being and performance

Improving wellbeing

In this PrOPEL Hub and Interact video, Professor Colin Lindsay is joined by Dr Paula Apascaritei & Professor Marta Elvira from IESE Business School, who explain how to apply the knowledge and research evidence on dynamic capabilities to HRM to positively impact employee well-being and performance Dynamic capabilities represent a debated academic topic: researchers disagree

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Collaborative innovation to empower employees and drive performance

Boosting innovation

Professor Colin Lindsay of the ESRC PrOPEL Hub Team and Strathclyde Business School reports on his recently published research using the concept of ‘collaborative innovation’ to explore how we can support innovation across teams and organisations grappling with ‘wicked problems’. Policymakers, business leaders and their partners seeking to build back post-COVID19 are faced with a

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Managing People for Engagement, Innovation, Productivity and Wellbeing

Engaging employees

In this PrOPEL Hub Research Showcase video, Professor Patricia Findlay and Professor Colin Lindsay explore how people management and workplace practices can support employee engagement, innovation, productivity and wellbeing. As many organisations seek to reboot in the wake of Covid-19, business leaders and HR professionals face twin challenges – to harness and include all employees

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Co-production as a route to transformation in public services – lessons for productivity and innovation?

Boosting innovation

In this blog that coincides with Scottish Co-production Week – #CoProWeekScot – Professor Colin Lindsay reflects on the importance of co-production for more responsive public services, and considers if there are lessons for PrOPEL Hub partners and employers interested in driving productivity and innovation in public, private and third sector workplaces. It’s Scottish Co-production Week

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Matching people hours and jobs: building back without under-employment

Boosting innovation

Professor Colin Lindsay of the University of Strathclyde blogs on recent research by Strathclyde Business School and the University of Portsmouth on drivers of under-employment, and what we can do to build back towards workplaces where people have access to the hours and shifts that they need. There has been much discussion of the need,

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Downsizing: maintaining engagement and innovation in the toughest of times

Back

Professor Colin Lindsay of Strathclyde Business School looks at recent evidence on the impact of downsizing on employees, priorities for HR practice and implications for workplace innovation. The UK Government’s furlough arrangements will end in their current form in the coming weeks, and despite additional support being promised by ministers, the latest employer survey data

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