Insights on Corporate Talent, Learning, and HR Technology
Business trends discusses the implications of economics, employment, mergers, acquisitions, and regulatory changes on talent, leadership, recruitment, and human resources issues.
We’re excited to launch our groundbreaking research “The Rise of the Superworker,” a deep dive into the impact of AI on the future of work. As our hallmark research for the year, it defines the roadmap for leadership, technology, and HR. (Register for the launch webinar on January 28.)
The Workforce and ... Read more»
2024 has been a rough and tumble year. We watched two major wars (Ukraine and Gaza), the breakdown of the Syrian regime, and a record-breaking year of floods and hurricanes. Crypto emerged as a viable, highly valued asset class and the world wrestled with inflation. And right-wing politicians won major elections, including in the United ... 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»
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»
Guild has been a fascinating company to watch. Founded by Rachel Romer, Guild was founded in 2015 with a mission to help companies connect their employees to high-value education programs, leveraging investments in tuition reimbursement. Today, through the acquisition of Nomadic Learning, Guild moves into the corporate L&D market directly.
Let me explain. US companies ... Read more»
I recently heard Elon Musk predict that every citizen would have multiple Optimus robots in their homes within five years. And while I often ignore his predictions because they’re exaggerated, I think he’s on to something. We are about to witness an explosion of Digital Employees in our companies, and these may be the “robots” ... Read more»
The US economy just keeps creating jobs and unemployment went down again. In this video I explain the “story of three curves,” which explains this new economy we live in. I hope this helps you understand what’s going on – it’s all about The Post-Industrial Age. Despite this long-term low unemployment rate, inflation remains ... Read more»
This week at Workday Rising we’re announcing our new partnership with Workday. As one of the selected Workday Innovation Partners, we are developing a deep integration between Galileo and Workday.
Galileo, as many of you know, is “Your Essential AI Assistant for Everything HR.” Filled with 25+ years of research, benchmarks, ... Read more»
The Agents are coming, the Agents are coming.
If you follow the AI tech market you know there’s a lot of talk about “Agentic AI.” In other words, our friendly AI assistants are starting to feel more empowered. Instead of just answering questions and composing poetry, they’re now able to “do things” on ... Read more»
One of the most interesting tech companies we’ve studied is Dropbox, a $7 billion market cap rocket ship generating more than $2.5 billion in revenue. This kind of company, which sells a platform that competes with Microsoft, Google, and other major players, lives in a world of brutal competition: competition for product leadership, sales deals, ... Read more»
This week we saw US unemployment “tick up” to 4.3% and economists started begging for lower interest rates. For those of us who talk with companies and leaders all day, I would say we’re experiencing what I’d call a normal economic cycle.
The last major recession (not including the Pandemic, which was not a demand ... Read more»
As we enter a heated political period, I’m left with a simple and important idea. When an organization sacrifices its values, it tends to suffer over time.
How, for example, did Boeing sacrifice its values of engineering to void its safety culture? I’m sure it was a lot of small “profit-centered” decisions that ultimately resulted ... Read more»
This week UKG announced a layoff of approximately 2100 people (out of 15,000) in a strategic move to focus on even larger growth opportunities. As AI sweeps the technology industry, I think we’ll see more of this to come. And only a few days later, Intuit announced the layoff of 1,800 people, explaining the ... Read more»
This week, ServiceNow held their annual user conference with more than 22,000 IT and technology professionals, and they announced some significant enhancements to their strategy. ServiceNow’s goal is to integrate the enterprise with a new layer of workflow software that can connect anything to anything, and then give employees, customers, and leaders access to information ... Read more»
Each year I pour through the World Happiness Report and this year it’s particularly insightful, so let me interpret some of the results.
First, the US happiness ranking (1-10 scale) dropped to #23, a full 13% below Finland, the happiest country in the world. And this is disappointing. Over the last 15 years the level ... Read more»
