Hidden Gems at SHRM 11
It’s hard to believe that a conference of 15,000-plus people featuring such headliners as Virgin Group boss Sir Richard Branson, media mogul Arianna Huffington, actor and activist Michael J. Fox and...
View ArticleHR Tech: Is the Singularity Near?
Unless you’re a tech enthusiast or science fiction buff, you likely haven’t heard of the singularity. The basic premise is this: We are fast approaching a golden age in human evolution when our...
View ArticleIntegration and Analytics Are Good, But What About Mobile?
There was a little flurry of vendor activity this week in the HCM market, but one that likely flew under the radar of many HR folks is the most intriguing. First up, Peoplefluent, the child of the now...
View ArticleYour Move, Salesforce.com
Just a few short hours ago, Oracle dropped the news that the company is acquiring integrated talent management software provider Taleo in a deal worth $1.9 billion. That follows on the news last...
View ArticleDefining Engagement
One of the frustrating things about writing is determining what to leave out of a story, not what to put in. To a writer, every detail counts and every tidbit of information is significant. Yet when...
View ArticleE Pluribus Unum: D.C. Strategies Day Two
Out of many, one. That’s the English translation of the Latin phrase, E pluribus unum, that has been a part of the national seal of the United States since 1782, and it’s also one of the themes that I...
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SHRM Day 2: I’d Like to Talk to You About Millennials
Malcolm Gladwell opens Day 2 of the SHRM Conference (Image courtesy of SHRM). When somebody says those dreaded words to me: “I’d like to talk to you today about millennials,” my first response is, “I’d...
View ArticleTalent Analytics Drive Vendor Activity
All’s been relatively quiet in the HR vendor market lately. Since SAP and Oracle shook up the market starting at the end of 2011 with the purchase of SuccessFactors and Taleo, respectively, and their...
View ArticleHR Tech Conference Day 1: Magnified HR
Few corporate functions give themselves a more thorough beating than HR. Hardly a day goes by without someone at an HR conference somewhere delivering a good tongue lashing about being too focused on...
View ArticleHR Tech Conference: Wrap Up
On Monday as the HR Tech Conference got underway, I wrote that HR technology is under a microscope. Led by tech giants like SAP, Oracle, Salesforce.com and IBM, the industry has been a juicy target for...
View ArticleHR Tech Day One: On the Road to Mandalay (Bay)
After a quick day in the office last Friday after returning from the Chief Learning Officer Symposium in Palm Springs last week, Sunday night came around with me on the road again, Las Vegas bound, for...
View ArticleHR Tech Day 2: New, Newer, Newest
The product announcements come fast and furious at the HR Tech Conference. The annual conference taking place in Las Vegas this week is pound for pound the event with the most action when it comes to...
View ArticleHR Tech Day 3: Thanks for the Memories
Conferences are a pretty good barometer of the broader economy. When times are good, business travelers take flight, trade show floors fill and vendors roll out new products. Even after taking account...
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