Governance
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Misinterpreting Apple and Microsoft
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As a global community, we all hate Bill Gates. Actually we all hate Microsoft. While we might depend on things like Microsoft Outlook and the MS Office suite of…
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Which Version of Reality?
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I’m an advocate of reality. It’s nice when you can look at something and immediately recognize it. In most cases, a reflection of reality is quite obvious. When I…
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Balance
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My road bike is a custom titanium racing frame. It was made by a guy in Montana who is probably the cleanest welder of titanium bike frames in the…
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Understanding HR Data Governance
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We bought my wife a new bike this weekend. She is not usually a bike rider, and the last time I took her out riding with me, she swore…
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Extending HR
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I tend to buddy up taxi drivers. No, it’s not that I think they are fascinating to talk to, I have much more mundane reasons. I’m so obsessive about…
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Yellow
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I remember when I moved into my last house (I’m in a condo now, it’s what happens when you move to the Bay Area, a house becomes an apartment). …
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Oh, You’re a Recruiter
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I often have a hard time describing what I do. I mean, I’m an HR technology guy, but I don’t implement anything. And telling non-HR people that there are…
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Lessons Learned From Gaming
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Ok, I’ll admit that I’ve been playing this on-line game. It’s a MMORPG (I can’t believe I remembered that whole thing) and I play a priest in a guild…
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The “Other”
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Why can’t we get along with payroll? What makes them so different? It really does not matter when Payroll reports up to HR and when they report up to…
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Change Management, Collaboration, Communications, Engagement, Enterprise Solutions, Functional, Governance, HR Service Delivery, HR Strategy
Blending Food Flavors and Cross Functional Collaboration
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I usually write about cycling here, but I generally make it no secret that I’m a wannabe foodie. ((My other blog is a food blog)) Great food is sometimes…
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Strategy in 4 Words – I Don’t Like It
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There has been a blog circulating on HBR.com that I had to think long and hard about. At the core, it’s a simple philosophy: “minimize evil, maximize good.” ((Haque,…
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System of Record: Everything in its Place
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I’m sitting on a plane (delayed of course for 4 hours) thinking about the people around me. I have the fabulous exit row seat on the A319 where there…
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The Marketing of Snowflakes
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If you ever look at a snowflake dangling from the window at your local Macy’s or Bloomingdales, realize that this snowflake is only a piece of marketing, there to…
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Change Management, Enterprise Solutions, Governance, HR Service Delivery, HR Strategy, HR Technology
M&A – Whose System Wins?
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I must say that sometimes M&A transitions are a pain in the *** for HR and HRIT practitioners. It’s quite rare in my experience that a merger will be…
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Cycling Technology: GPS
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Yeah, believe it or not, I have a GPS on my bike. It’s even a Garmin. With a push of a button I can go to a screen that…
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The Money Multiplier
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I’ve put a lot of faith and hope in businesses as the economy continues to trend downward. I had initially thought that this time around we would be smarter. …
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Global Data Protection – Model Contracts
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As long as we talked about Safe Harbor in the last entry, we might as well talk about model contracts. Honestly, I don’t like this one as much as…
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Global Data Protection
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As I continue to work with global organizations, I’m a bit surprised to see a continued effort around obtaining employee consent for the export of data outside the home…
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Changing Governance Based on Complexity
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So I suppose first and foremost, I’ll need to admit that I didn’t even read nearly the entire article I happen to be referring to in this post. I’m…