Insights on Corporate Talent, Learning, and HR Technology
AI (artificial intelligence) is the domain of “intelligent data-driven systems” that use algorithms to predict, rate, rank, and assist employees and managers at work. Unlike analytics itself, AI systems learn from the data and continuously improve if they are developed well. Issues like ethics and “explainable AI” are important in this topic.
As AI Agents proliferate through our companies, Workday wants to make your life easier: the Workday Agent System of Record. This new toolset lets companies register, manage, provision, control, and train AI agents throughout the enterprise. It’s like a workforce management system for our “digital employees.”
Consider how the landscape is changing. Companies are ... Read more»
There has been a lot of debate about whether this multi-billion dollar investment in AI is going to pay off. Well in HR alone, I’m here to report that the answer is YES.
This week Jim Cramer, the most famous Wall Street TV personality and hedge-fund manager, actually brought it out.
In Cramer’s interview ... Read more»
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»
I have a holiday present for you. This week we’re publishing a detailed report with 100 high-value use-cases for Galileo™, the AI-Powered Assistant for Everything HR.
With thousands of users around the world, Galileo now has many hundreds of amazing, high-value applications discussed in this report. Each of these 100+ stories is a real-world solution ... Read more»
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»
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»
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»
Are you having a hard time figuring out which AI products are real and how they all fit together?
In our ongoing efforts to help you understand the HR Tech market, we’ve produced a report we call the AI in HR trailblazers.
This report lists selected the top 30 vendors which have developed working, ... 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»
Today Workday introduced Workday Illuminate, the new brand name for Workday AI. While the name is not important, this new brand demonstrates a shift from AI “dazzlers” to AI “capabilities” within the entire Workday platform. In other words, Workday has now built an underlying AI infrastructure that can manifest solutions in hundreds of ways.... 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»
In the last few weeks there has been a lot of concern that Gen AI is a “bubble” and companies may never see the return on the $Trillion being spent on infrastructure. Let me cite four analyst’s opinions.
Will Today’s Massive AI Investments Pay Off?
MIT professor Daron Acemoglu estimates that over the next ten ... Read more»
This week Workday and Salesforce announced a major partnership, focused on integrating these two major enterprise systems to get ahead of the increasing demand for integrated AI.
What did they announce? Two big things.
First, the companies are going to integrate their data platforms.
Salesforce holds vast amounts of sales and customer data (leads, ... 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»
