Insights on Corporate Talent, Learning, and HR Technology
Today, in advance of Workday Rising Barcelona, we introduce Galileo® for Workday, the newest release of our Galileo HR intelligence agent. This is a groundbreaking new version of Galileo, deeply integrated into the Workday platform. This is an expansion of our HR 2030® partnership, bringing Galileo directly to Workday customers in Sana.
This new ... Read more»
The HCM (human capital management) market is being reinvented by AI. In this podcast I explain why and how HCM may become the center of the corporate AI revolution.
Why? There are many reasons, but perhaps the biggest is that AI agents are like people, and the HCM platform will help us manage, optimize, train, ... Read more»
I just finished a month of meetings with Workday, SAP, and many vendors at the Unleash conference so I want to give you an update on the HCM market. This is a long article but worth the read.
The Big Story: HCM is Hot, Foundational Platform for AI
After four years getting slammed by Wall ... Read more»
Today, after in-depth meetings with Workday, SAP, UKG, Dayforce, Hibob, Gloat, and others, I’m ready to say “the SaaSPocalypse is over.” HCM is poised for massive growth ahead.
And there’s more – I describe the five new “redefining” features of Agentic HCM (Human Capital Management) platforms and why this may unlock a $10 Billion new ... Read more»
This week at Workday Rising we introduce our new partnership with Workday around HR 2030. Together we will be launching a series of whitepapers, tools, education programs, and advisory services to help companies of all sizes move to the new, growth-oriented agentic model of HR 2030. This work will help Workday customers and others ... Read more»
Workday’s Q2 2027 earnings were a pivot point, showing how Workday has shifted to its “AI-Forward Future.” The company reported $600 Million of recurring AI revenue and a clear and confident position in the market.
While Workday’s 12.8% YTY revenue growth is nowhere near that of a Frontier Lab, my takeaway is that Workday is ... Read more»
ServiceNow just unleashed a barrage of announcements that set the stage for its goal: doubling revenue to $30 billion in the next four years. In a nutshell, they want to own the management tools, security, and front door to every AI agent in your company. And they’re going to ask you to pay for ... Read more»
Workday, a pioneer in enterprise applications for finance and HR, has struggled to reinvent itself in the age of AI. This week, in a compelling and integrated way, the company unveiled a clear strategy for the future, leveraging its almost $3 billion of acquisitions (HiredScore, Evisort, Paradox, Sana), a new management team, and a repositioning ... Read more»
This week I recap a busy week including corporate AI stories, Workday’s AI reinvention, more on tech Layoffs, and fears of AI-driven surveillance. The important story is that Enterprise AI is much more complex than most imagine yet the AI vendors like Anthropic and OpenAI make it sound deceptively simple.
In reality, as I explain, ... Read more»
Today Workday unveiled its “Front Door to Work” strategy and products with Sana. Here is a brief overview and more to read below.
Additional Information
Workday and Sana Unveil A Bold Strategy for AI (detailed article)
Video Overview of Workday-Sana Announcements
The New, Wild, Redefined World of HR Tech (advanced AI use-cases)
This week Workday announced a bold and ambitious AI strategy around its new technology platform Sana. We have been partners and users of Sana for three years, so much of this discussion is also based on our own experience building our HR Superagent Galileo, which runs on Sana.
Who Is Sana?
First, it’s important ... Read more»
This week I discuss the AI, HR Tech, and consumer AI market in front of announcements next week at the Unleash Conference in Vegas.
I discuss how HR Tech is now becoming “Life Tech” (not just Work Tech) and the dynamics of big players like Microsoft, Oracle, Workday, SAP, ServiceNow, Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, and ... Read more»
Today, only a few weeks after acquiring Paradox and Flowise, Workday announced the acquisition of another AI company: Sana Labs.
Sana, the company that we partner with for Galileo and Galileo Learn, is a pioneering AI-native platform designed for learning, knowledge management, and agentic applications. The Sana Agent and Sana Learning platforms give ... Read more»
Today Workday announced the acquisition of Paradox.ai, the pioneer in AI-based conversational recruiting. As I detail in my podcast, this deal could be far more than an addition to Workday’s recruitment offering. It could significantly expand Workday into the front-line worker market, broaden the product portfolio, and deepen Workday’s AI expertise.
Paradox was ... Read more»
This week I discuss Workday’s acquisition of Paradox, the pioneer in AI-powered conversational recruiting.
As I describe in detail, this is a big deal – and it goes beyond Workday’s ability to now offer high-volume, conversational recruitment. Talent Acquisition itself is about to radically change with AI, and this moves Workday into a leading position ... Read more»
