CIPD 2015: Don't solve problems in the Boardroom, says Penguin Random House Group HRD

Problem-solving shouldn't happen in the Boardroom, according to the Group HR Director of Penguin Random House.

Speaking at this year's annual CIPD conference, Neil Morrison talked about the recent merger of Penguin and Random House, and how the key to its success was trust.

In times of change, problems need to be solved quickly. “If every decision needs a Board meeting and to be presented on PowerPoint you will never be agile,” he says.

Morrison told HR Grapevine that it is a “concept around trusting experts, and the fact that if people are empowered and allowed to think-through problems they are probably going to come up with the best answer.