I work for a global company. International travel is part of the job because I manage a region. In any given month I travel a few times out of the country to meet with prospects and customers. I like to travel because I get to meet interesting people, visit great companies and sometimes I have…
Two weeks ago, I attended HRTechEurope. Marc Coleman and his team have done a wonderful job getting this event off the ground and I enjoyed myself tremendously. Interesting seminars, lots of new technology and eminent speakers. But just like last year, some of the sessions left me feeling a bit, well, disappointed, especially when I…
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…
Recently I published a blog titled Cloud is Good, ERP is bad, which got quite some attention. @lukemarson left a well-written comment centered around the premise there is much added-value for moving Talent into the Cloud. We exchanged our views on this topic and he promised to think about writing a talent management reply. I…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
This week’s edition of BusinessWeek contains an interesting cover story titled “The Cloud: Battle of the Tech Titans”. The author gives an overview of the tech companies that have embraced the cloud as the only way forward (Amazon, Google, Microsoft), and contrasts them with companies that view the cloud as part of the overall enterprise…
The recession has redrawn the blueprints of the business world, and nowhere more so have these changes been felt than in the HR department. A new flexible ‘hybrid HR’ approach is crucial for HR to succeed in this new decade. Traditional HR models offered the choice between OnPremise, OnDemand and Business Process Outsourcing (BPO). Hybrid HR…
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…
