HR departments are the sentries of the office, with access to sensitive personnel records such as health information, I-9 documents as well as salary … Read more
Tech Insights: A Performance App For Feedback on the Fly
We are all familiar with performance management software, but when I looked at a performance management app it surprised me in, well, a surprising number … Read more
The Key to Generation Mobile: It’s a State of Mind, Not a Function of Age
We’re at a turning point with mobile technology. For many users, tablets and smartphones are no longer a convenience or entertainment tool, but a necessary … Read more
Tech Insights: The Trick in Making Easy-to-Use User Interfaces
Talk to any grandparent and they will regal you with tales of their brilliant grandchild who is a whiz with technology. This brings us to the inevitable HR … Read more
In the Age of Big Data, It’s Good Data That Makes the Business Sing
Data, specifically good data, drives successful companies. I call out the obvious with “good data” because a great deal of superfluous and even bad data … Read more
Technology Insights: How Big Data Can Help HR Drive Recognition
These days a recognition program in a big company is probably enabled by some kind of web platform. Want to give an employee something for doing a good … Read more
Tech Insights: The Push to Embed Expertise Into Software
In the 1970s and 80s there was a lot of interest in “expert systems,” and maybe it is my residual focus on those systems that tweaked my interest when … Read more
Tech Insights: When HR Approaches Data the Way Marketing Does
HR analytics usually looks at numbers, but unfortunately, a lot of relevant information is not numeric. To understand textual data, our friends in … Read more
Diversity Tools Are Simply About Finding the Right Workplace Balance
Entelo, a recruiting technology company, recently launched a product called Entelo Diversity. To be honest, I had to look up what Entelo actually did. I … Read more
Weekly Wrap: When the Right Tone Trickles Down From the Top
I’ve been hitting a lot of conferences recently, and when I do that, it’s easy to see that some events have a good vibe, while others … Read more