Insights on Corporate Talent, Learning, and HR Technology
In all my years as an analyst and consultant in the world of HR, there’s one thing I’ve learned: the economy impacts workforce strategies more than almost anything else. And this year, in 2019, the economy is more important than ever. Let me give you some things to think about.
First, while the GDP is ... Read more»
This week I have the opportunity to speak at the PeopleMatters TechHR 2018 Conference in Delhi, and I’m going to introduce a topic I’ll be speaking about at other conferences this fall: an entirely new world of HR technology taking place before our eyes…. one focused on HR In The Flow of Work™.
As ... Read more»
The world of work has been disrupted in ways I’ve never seen. We’re working many more hours (we’ve lost an entire week of vacation time since 2000), we feel overwhelmed (40% of US workers believe their work is “highly stressful”), and more and more people are taking on gig-work and alternative ... Read more»
The digital world of work is here, and organizations are struggling to adapt. JPMorgan Chase & Co now uses software to perform the mind-numbing job of interpreting commercial loans, reducing 360,000 hours of lawyer time each year. AI software can now identify leukemia in photos and X-rays, learning faster than technicians. Amazon.com reduced new ... Read more»
| These predictions were recorded in the summer of 2014 and discuss our top 10 predictions for HR, talent, and learning in the coming year. For more details please download our 2014 Predictions Report. Thanks to SuccessFactors for producing these videos. |
Prediction 1: Global Skills Gaps and Talent Networks Will Reshape HR
Prediction 2: ... Read more»
We are clearly entering some form of economic slowdown. Our most recent index of talent management executives (January of 2008) showed some significant changes from May of 2007: 21% greater interest in cost-reduction, 18% lower focus on product introductions, and a significant increase in focus on building new leadership (18% increase). So let’s assume your ... Read more»
As we look ahead to 2008, many pundits are trying to predict the direction of the US and world economy. Today we see that the US unemployment rate ticked up to 5% and the job creation rate (18,000 for December) was at its lowest level in four years. The unemployment rate is affected by many ... Read more»
We recently conducted focus groups with our research members and one of the topics which comes up frequently is the question: how can we better align with our business leaders? Let me discuss a few important comments here (we have much more coming on this topic), and give you a “short guide to becoming aligned ... Read more»
(This post was recently updated after conversations with
SuccessFactors VP of Product Marketing.)
Recently SuccessFactors Inc. filed their “S-1” statement, a prospectus to file for public offering. SuccessFactors is one of the most interesting and fast-growing software companies in the talent management market. Looking at the S-1 filing helps us understand many things about this ... Read more»
