Insights on Work, Talent, Learning, Leadership, and HR Technology
AI is turning out to be pretty spectacular. Starting with ChatGPT and now moving to agents, reasoning, voice, image and video creation, the technology seems boundless. And now that Elon Musk has figured out how to connect 100,000 Nvidia chips in a high speed network, the opportunity just gets bigger.
Among all the things we’ll ... Read more»
We’ve been doing a lot of advisory work on skills and job design and now that AI tools have arrived, we’re reinventing work faster than ever. So let me give you some thoughts on this process, and you can also learn more from my recent podcast.
As you know, there are many types of ... Read more»
The HCM market is an $11 billion market, filled with HR and payroll platforms for companies of all sizes. The well-known leaders (Workday, SAP SuccessFactors, ADP, UKG, dayforce) are filled with execs who have known the space for years. And thanks to their time in the market, these companies have thousands of customers so they ... Read more»
I’ve been a fan, advocate, and friend to HR for a long time. And in every discussion I have with HR teams, I’m impressed with the passion, commitment, and goodwill among HR teams everywhere. Yet despite our best intentions, a new survey of 851 business professionals found that “people trust AI more than they ... Read more»
We just completed a large study of People Analytics and the results are striking. Only 10% of companies directly correlate human capital data to business in a systemic way, with many data, technical, and operational issues in the way. Yet as our research found, AI is about to totally change this market. Here’s the story.... Read more»
In this conversation I share insights from my recent trip to Europe, focusing on the Workday Rising event, the current state of talent acquisition, and the evolving role of CHROs in strategic workforce planning.
I discuss the importance of systemic talent acquisition, the emergence of “Precision Talent Acquisition” and the entire redefinition of this function. ... Read more»
I know most of you have used ChatGPT, Galileo™, or other AI tools in your job, but you haven’t seen anything yet.
In this podcast I walk through a complete end-to-end scenario to show you precisely how AI agents will automate, scale, integrate, and vastly improve the process of hiring, onboarding, performance management, ... Read more»
What do we do about the American Dream? This week I discuss the explosion of employee and citizen activation (NYC UHG CEO, for example) and how the US economy has not been delivering for 2/3 of the workforce.
And in that discussion I challenge HR and business leaders to re-engineer jobs and work around what ... Read more»
Linda Kirchhevel, Director, Talent & Leadership Development at Sanford Health talks with Kathi Enderes about their leadership development program. Linda discusses how the organization’s frequent mergers caused them to prioritize creating a unique leadership framework centered around the mission of the organization. (Sanford Health is the largest rural healthcare provider in the United States.)... Read more»
AI tools are rapidly sweeping across our companies in every job function, and most of us see them as “productivity tools.” Well, that’s a very limited view of the future. While AI may make you 15-20% more productive, the big payoff comes when we rethink work entirely and let AI systems take over as “autonomous ... Read more»
Companies have been investing in People Analytics and Industrial Psychology since the late 1800s, going back to Fredrick Taylor (time and motion studies) and Carl Jung (psychological types). The original idea was to scientifically manage work, using data to measure labor, strength, motion, and later engagement, skills, and leadership.
All this effort resulted in thousands ... Read more»
This week I summarize my meetings and discussions with clients in NYC and you can see we covered many topics.
Here’s the AI summary, which is pretty good.
In this conversation, Josh Bersin discusses the evolving landscape of AI platforms, particularly focusing on Microsoft’s positioning and the challenges of creating a universal AI agent. He ... Read more»
In today’s podcast I discuss the organizational, institutional, and societal impacts of AI. And I’m not predicting what “could happen” but rather sharing “what is happening now.” As you’ll hear, AI plays a role in our political issues but an even greater role in our careers, pay, rewards, organization structure, and culture.
A recent AI ... Read more»
After decades of effort and growth, only around 10% of People Analytics teams deliver strategic business value. Many are still focused on traditional analysis of engagement, retention, leadership pipelines, and other HR measures.
In this WhatWorks podcast I talk openly with Paul Rubenstein, the Chief Customer Officer at Visier, about how this market has evolved. ... Read more»
This week I discuss the issue of DEI (must it DIE?), inclusion, and corporate culture in the Trump Era. We just completed a 1.5 hour discussion with 30+ companies on the impact of the 2024 election and regardless of your political position, some people are worried. It’s clear to me that DEI (or whatever you ... Read more»
With all the mixed messages in the latest election, one rings loudly for leaders: the US Government must become more efficient. US voters did not seem impressed with the billions spent on the Chips and Infrastructure acts: they want lower taxes and more accountable government.
As Elon Musk explains, reducing costs is an exercise ... Read more»
In this episode of the WhatWorks podcast, Paul Walker, CEO of FranklinCovey, talks with Kathi Enderes about FranklinCovey’s history, his own journey of 25 years with the company from frontline employee to CEO, and how the company helps large organizations like Marriott enable transformational change through individual behavior change, execution excellence, creating a culture ... Read more»
This week I discuss how major new AI use-cases have emerged. Imagine if every employee had a personal AI assistant? It’s going to happen. I also discuss LinkedIn Hiring Assistant, Galileo™, SuccessFactors Joule, AI for performance management, and a big question: what are you going to do with the 35% productivity you gain?... Read more»
As I discussed in the article Digital Twins, Digital Employees, Agents Everywhere, tech vendors are creating AI-powered Agents as fast as they can. And in HR, where we deal with hundreds of mundane checklist-types of processes, the opportunity for automation is everywhere.
This week, just as Microsoft launched a tools to help companies build ... Read more»
This week SuccessFactors announced a vast array of new features, focused on taking the lead in the red hot HCM war against Workday, Oracle, and others. These capabilities fall into four areas, each of which bring SAP into a leading position in many areas of the global HCM market. (Product details here.)
As ... Read more»
