The intersection between HR strategy and HR technology

Please Don’t Do It

Please Don’t Do It

Mar 2, 2011

I have to admit that I spend more time in airports than I would like to admit.  This means that I spend some time in airport bathrooms where a very disturbing event happens with unbelievable frequency.  I’d say that about every other trip to the bathroom, someone is in there talking on the phone.  I don’t mean listening to a conference call while on...

What is HRIS?

What is HRIS?

Oct 25, 2010

I’ve been exposed to a lot of HRIS organizations over the years, and some of them are great while others  seem to underperform to me.  They all seem do to roughly the same things, but they seem to have varying degrees of effectiveness.  My thought is that while the basic tasks are the same, there is an underlying philosophical position that either exists or...

Style and Strategy: Nadal versus Federer

Style and Strategy: Nadal versus Federer

Jun 23, 2010

I love tennis.  I prefer to watch it than to play as I’m not really very good, and I seem to have a bum shoulder.  Each year, my wife and I record the coverage of every grand slam, and to be honest, we have missed the once omni-presence of Rafael Nadal in all the finals.  Watching Nadal play was always a demonstration of power, command and grace.  The man...

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