#dive brief

More companies upskill HR teams to handle people analytics rather than hire out

Source | http://www.hrdive.com | Valerie Bolden-Barrett

Dive Brief:

The number of organizations building people analytics teams is up to 68% from 15% in just three years, according to a report released by Thomsons Online Benefits. Thomsons said that with tech talent in short supply, 35% of respondents have upskilled their HR teams, while 21% chose to hire external specialists. About a third said…

Forrester: Employees should have a right to ignore email, IMs

Source | http://www.hrdive.com | Kate Tornone

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Employees should have the right to ignore workplace distractions like email and instant messages, research and advisory firm Forrester suggested in a Dec. 5 report.

The report called for an “employee experience bill of rights” — something the firm said is necessary for business leaders to exhibit a commitment to establishing a sense of…

Epsilon before she hit a mine

The Epsilon detonated a mine laid on Jan 22 1917 by German submarine UC-17. On Voyage from Buenos Ayres to Amsterdam with a cargo maize. The Epsilon wreck is very broken, it was dynamited after being designated a hazard to shipping. At sometime during the 1980’s, some local divers found a large parachute mine, they persuaded the bomb squad to move the UXB to the…

ss Stanwood

The Stanwood was a 4158 ton steamship, that had been confiscated from the Germans at the end of the Great War (WW1). It was used for carrying cargo for many years, until one day in December 1939, it went into Falmouth docks for repairs.

The are several stories about her exact final moments, my favourite is that when she was being welded, the cargo of coal caught fire. She was…