What exactly have some of our best known brands been doing to steer themselves through the recession?  What impact has that had on their organisation – on the way they work, on their organisation structure, on their culture, on their people?  Has HR played a leading role during this time?

No-one has a crystal ball but how far do we look ahead at the future at macro events and trends that are irrefutable and that will shape our lives?  Do we understand how this will impact our customers, our employees and how we organise our businesses today?

To complement our leading research into the Head Office of the Future and into how organisations are preparing for the challenges of the next decade, we are asking these questions and more of HR Directors within some of the UK’s leading organisations.

Over the next few months we will be featuring extracts from our interviews, starting with Lynne Weedall, Group HR Director of Best Buy Europe.

Towards the end of 2010 we will publish a report exploring the themes arising from the interviews in the context of the work that we are increasingly being asked to do around business transformation and strategy execution.

Forthcoming interviews include Catherine Glickman from Tesco, Simon Leeming from Virgin Money, Matthew Brearley from Vodafone and Liz Bell from B&Q. If you would like to receive an email alert informing you of the next featured interview and/or if you would like to be involved in our research project, please contact Natalie on nataliegordon@egremontgroup.com