Staying current and promoting curiosity

Mapped to AC 2.2 of 3CO03, this video addresses the practical question of how people professionals can demonstrate inquisitiveness about developments in the profession and the wider world of work. It covers a range of specific resources including People Management, HR Magazine, and Personnel Today, alongside blogs, podcasts, and longer-form publications such as books and academic texts. The video also examines how news aggregation tools — including Feedly, Flipboard, and Google Alerts — can be used to monitor topics such as legislative changes and employment tribunal outcomes.

The video moves beyond personal reading habits to consider how professionals can track the external environment more broadly. Competitor monitoring features as a distinct strand, covering approaches such as analysing job advertisements, following news coverage of competitors' initiatives, and attending industry events. This sits alongside attention to macro-level workforce and economic trends, including labour market conditions, wage inflation, artificial intelligence, remote working technology, and demographic and political shifts that shape people practice.

A section of the video is dedicated to promoting curiosity in others rather than treating it solely as an individual discipline. It covers how people professionals can share insights through team meetings and internal communications, facilitate open discussion of emerging trends, and model inquisitive behaviour publicly. The video also addresses building sustainable learning habits, including scheduling dedicated time for professional reading, goal-setting around development areas, and reflective practice — framing curiosity as an embedded professional behaviour rather than an occasional activity.