Keep Calm and HR On

Keep Calm and HR On

It’s been a bit quiet on my blog lately. I am keynoting the HR Change & Transformation Conference in London next week and I’ve been working on a new presentation. The topic is HR Tech Trends. While I was reviewing trends in all shapes and forms from all parts of live to get ready for…

Cloud is Good, ERP is Bad

Cloud is Good, ERP is Bad

That’s the conclusion you might arrive at if you’ve followed HR Technology publications in the last year or so. Ever since Workday came onto the market, SAP bought Successfactors, Oracle acquired Taleo and SalesForce introduced Work.com, there’s been a lot of emphasis on the fact that HR in the 21st century must be build on…

Run Your HR For Free

Run Your HR For Free

During a recent #HRTechChat, we were discussing how social media influences HR. One question led to another, until finally we talked about free HR services, which led me to ask: can you run HR on free technology? As this was not the topic, we didn’t discuss it any further, but now that we need a…

Tomorrow’s Workforce: The Impact of Digital Consumerization

Tomorrow’s Workforce: The Impact of Digital Consumerization

The rise of consumer technologies, such as tablets and smartphones, has not only changed the way people communicate and engage with their world, but how we interact with our workplace. Thanks to the digital revolution and resulting employee expectations, both the workforce landscape and HR are undergoing major shifts and anticipating new ones. A Technology…

The HR Delivery Dilemma

The HR Delivery Dilemma

Ever heard of the HR Delivery Dilemma? It’s when you have seen so many 3- and 4-letter abbreviations that you don’t know what to do any more: SAAS, PAAS, BPO, SSC, the list goes on and on. Fortunately, it’s not all black and white, and you don’t have to look at this from an either/or point…

The Day the Cloud Went  Bust

The Day the Cloud Went Bust

If you are on Twitter, I am sure you recognize the illustration: the Twitter whale signals that the system is not working as it should. Unless you are in the middle of a tweet-up, Twitter being out of service is unlikely to be more than annoying. But what about other cloud applications we have come…

HR Service Delivery Model

When redesigning your business processes, you also need to rethink your Service Delivery Model. How are you going to bring your services to your customers, the employees? Most HR professionals serve over a hundred employees each, which makes it hard to establish personal relationships with every one of them. Solutions are needed to serve them…