S37E6 - Why HR Practitioners Should Think and Work Like Marketers to Build Belief, Fuel Adoption, and Create Opportunities for Employees to Become Own...

In this HCI Podcast episode, Dr. Jonathan H. Westover talks with Neil Bedwell about why HR practitioners should think and work like marketers to build belief, fuel adoption, and create opportunities for all employees to become owners of change in their organizations. See the video here: https://youtu.be/_PHDIhlkR5U. Neil Bedwell (https://www.linkedin.com/in/neilrbedwell/) is a partner and President at LOCAL, a Change Marketing™ consultancy building culture, employee experience, and internal communication programs for some of the world's best companies. Neil is a strategic marketing leader with 20 years experience on both agency and client-side — running work, teams, and businesses in London, Amsterdam, and San Francisco. Now a “reformed marketer,” Neil and the LOCAL team bring consumer-grade agency craft to internal audiences to deliver meaningful organizational change at a wide variety of Fortune 500 companies, including Capital One, Coca-Cola, Republic Services, UPS, P&G, and Kaiser Permanente. Before co-founding LOCAL, Neil led digital strategy and content for Coca-Cola's Global Content Excellence group. His work included leadership of the digital program for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil, developing new ways to create and publish content in real-time across multiple social channels and managing global digital agency relationships. Please leave a review wherever you listen to your podcasts! Check out the Ready for Takeoff podcast at Wix.com/readyfortakeoff. Check out Zapier.com/HCI to explore their business automations! Go to Swag.com/HCI and use promo code HCI10. Check out the HCI Academy: Courses, Micro-Credentials, and Certificates to Upskill and Reskill for the Future of Work! Check out the LinkedIn Alchemizing Human Capital Newsletter. Check out Dr. Westover's book, The Future Leader. Check out Dr. Westover's book, 'Bluer than Indigo' Leadership. Check out Dr. Westover's book, The Alchemy of Truly Remarkable Leadership. Check out the latest issue of the Human Capital Leadership magazine. Ranked #5 Workplace Podcast Ranked #6 Performance Management Podcast Ranked #7 HR Podcast Ranked #12 Talent Management Podcast Ranked in the Top 20 Personal Development and Self-Improvement Podcasts  Ranked in the Top 30 Leadership Podcasts Each HCI Podcast episode (Program, ID No. 592296) has been approved for 0.50 HR (General) recertification credit hours toward aPHR™, aPHRi™, PHR®, PHRca®, SPHR®, GPHR®, PHRi™ and SPHRi™ recertification through HR Certification Institute® (HRCI®).