Most people want life and HR conferences to get back to normal. How do I know this? Well, it’s because last week’s HR Tech 2022 in Las Vegas looked … Read more
New HR technology you need to know about
Collision 2022 – described by the Financial Times as the “world’s largest tech conference” – was a recent highlight for me. Attended by more than … Read more
What’s after analytics? EBM!
It’s probably fair to say that people analytics has finished its hype cycle. Most analytics practitioners have their feet firmly on the ground and are busy … Read more
What is employee experience technology?
Many HR professionals have rightly become interested in the idea of enhancing the employee experience. And why not? Data shows those who perceive their … Read more
Could XR tech redefine workplace culture?
In what seems like the blink of an eye, traditional workplace events – chats by the water-cooler; chill-out meets or Friday drinks – have, for many … Read more
Why Is Ukraine a Hotbed of HR Tech?
In researching HR tech, I keep coming across startups founded in Ukraine. There are companies like Party.Space (which creates 3D virtual events), Skyworker … Read more
Every HR Pro Should Know This About Identity Management
Identity management is one of those topics that looks trivial but becomes gnarly when you dig into it. Two important issues in identity management are: “Is … Read more
80% of People Analytics Is Not Spent on Analysis
If you take a university course on people analytics, you will probably learn a lot about statistics and nothing at all about automation. That’s a pity … Read more
Hate Math? Hate Tech? HR Is No Longer Your Refuge.
Once upon a time, if you didn’t like math and you didn’t like technology, then you could find refuge in HR. After all, HR was about people, right? Now the … Read more
HR Tech Trends Around Remote Employee Engagement
“What is a new HR technology trend you are seeing around remote employee engagement?” A variety of HR leaders and HR tech representatives weigh in to … Read more
Spying on Employees to Boost Productivity
Here are the opening paragraphs from a September Washington Post article I recently read: “When Kerrie Krutchik, an attorney for 34 years, was hired this … Read more
Do People or Does Tech Make Worse Hiring Decisions?
There’s so much constant chatter about how qualified candidates get screened out of the hiring process by technology. It’s the fault of AI! … Read more
LinkedIn Backpedals on Return-to-Office Plans
On episode 74 of The HR Famous Podcast, longtime HR leaders (and friends) Tim Sackett, Kris Dunn, and Jessica Lee come together to discuss fears of … Read more
Managing Unrealistic HR Analytics Turnarounds
Imagine that a leader asks the people analytics team, “Where are we having the most turnover, and why is it happening?” A diligent analytics professional … Read more
Are Graph Databases the Next Big Thing in HR Analytics?
Most databases have data arranged in rows and columns, much like a spreadsheet. That is what we usually have in mind when we start to do analysis. However, … Read more
The Opportunity of Micro-Niches in HR Software
It would be natural to think that there is little room for new vendors in the world of HR tech unless they have state-of-the-art AI or something equally … Read more
The Quiet Value of HR Data Standards
Data standards may seem to be among the dullest topics in the world of HR tech. Yet, the quiet work to build and implement standards has a payoff that … Read more
Is No-Code the Next Big Thing in HR Tech?
The latest advance in HR automation is called a “No Code” development platform. The idea of No Code software is that you don’t need to hire a programmer to … Read more
When HR Resists the Employee Monitoring Tech That Managers Want
Managers used to be able to monitor employees by literally keeping an eye on them. Whether this really was an effective way to judge performance, the fact … Read more
Why Are There No Good HR Scorecards?
A distribution-center manager can sit down at the end of a quarter and look at a scorecard to see how well the location has done. A few metrics on cost, … Read more