HR Strategy
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The Decline of Corporate Elitism
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When I was a kid, I always hoped and dreamed that I would get into one of those Ivy League schools. Unfortunately, I was a disaster of a student (and a ridiculously undisciplined Asian student to boot). Yes, I had well over a 4.0 GPA, took 26 total AP classes in high school, but I…
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Get Over the Cloud
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I think it was back in 2004 that I was writing about “DavesNextMove.com.” PeopleSoft had just gotten acquired by Oracle, and Dave Duffield was sitting around with $1B but no job. At the same time, SuccessFactors was building up some pretty good steam, about to start having bad implementations because their stuff was so much…
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HR Technology Conference 2014: Global Payroll
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If you read this blog, you know I like order and simplicity. I want everything in one place. My scale at home weighs me and integrates to my calorie tracker. my calorie tracker integrates with my fitness tracker. I know how many calories I’ve eaten, how many I’ve expended, and if my weight trend is…
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Common Sense KPI’s Gone Wrong
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I love dashboards. I have a goals list on my phone tracking how many miles I’m supposed to run or ride on my bike. I have a trending graph on the device that tells my how much I weigh. The only reason I have not bought one of those fitness wristbands yet is because I…
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Time for the Annual HR Technology Survey
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With the web content and search developing the way it has over the last 15 years, I think we take for granted how ubiquitous information is. We can Google just about anything and get decently reliable results every time. At the root of all of this, somebody is creating great information and insight, and it…
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Change Management, Collaboration, Communications, Governance, HR Service Delivery, HR Strategy, HR Technology, Implementation, Service DeliveryThe Evolution of Standardization
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So my wife has been on a homemade donut kick lately. That’s right, every weekend I get to sample another dozen donuts. Those of you who read often know that my constant struggle to stay fit must work really well when there is a new batch of donuts sitting around the house every Saturday morning.…
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Cloud, Collaboration, Communications, HR Service Delivery, HR Strategy, HR Strategy and Technology, HR Technology, Portal, Portal Technology, Service Delivery, SocialThe new HR Portal is not an HR Portal
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What exactly was Web 1.0? I honestly can’t even remember. I barely even remember Web 2.0 other than it was the advent of user interactivity so minimally executed that today’s teenagers would not even recognize it as internet. Oh, wait – I totally forgot that today’s teenagers no longer care about the internet. Here’s the…
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A Star Trek User Experience
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One of my favorite all time scenes in movies is in Star Trek 4 (They Voyage Home). Scotty and McCoy are hunting a local professor to get some plexy glass, and strike a deal to get it for free. The deal? Give the professor the chemical formula for “transparent aluminum.” In order to do this,…
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An Unremitting Devotion to Strategy
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“I know the price of success: dedication, hard work, and unremitting devotion to the things you want to see happen.” Frank Lloyd Wright Every year, I have a plan. At the beginning of every year, I realize I’ve gained between 5-7 pounds from my November and December feasting. January and February are almost always diet…
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Augmented Reality Onboarding
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So I’m looking for a restaurant. I bring up my phone, hold it up in front of me, and scan what’s around. It tells me that 1.2 miles over that way there is a Thai place that is rated week, or 0.65 miles the other way there is a BBQ place that everyone loves. I…
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The Endless Immensity of the Sea
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“If you want to build a ship, don’t gather people together to collect wood and don’t assign them tasks and work, but rather, teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.” Saint-Exupery Ok – so I don’t get out on the water that often, and I’m a cyclist so I tend to…
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All Posts, Analytics and Big Data, Big Data, Cloud, Data & Metrics, Features, HR Strategy, HR Technology, Social Talent, TalentJocks vs. Nerds
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“There’s this idea of the jocks vs. nerds thing. That sort of ended when the nerds won decisively. We now live in this era where your big summer tentpole movies can be hobbits and minor Marvel Comics superheroes and boy wizards. If you had told me when I was in junior high there would be…
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Analytics and Big Data, Big Data, Data & Metrics, Features, HR Service Delivery, HR Strategy, HR TechnologyBread & Butter
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It always frustrates me when I’m dieting – I have to forego one of my favorite food items: Butter. Butter (fat) along with bacon fat (fat) is one of those amazing joys of life. When butter is great, a bit salty, a lot smooth, and a lot fatty, it is a wonderful thing Unfortunately, one…
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Collaboration, Communications, Data & Metrics, Engagement, Features, Social, Social and Gamification, Social Talent, TalentHR, Twitter and Osama bin Laden
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Yeah – I’m going to write about this. I just finished watching Zero Dark Thirty on the plane, and I’m thinking back to that day. I remember landing in the Chicago airport, booting up my phone and checking Twitter. Scrolling through the feed, one caught my eye: “bin Laden is down.” The tweet was more…
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Change Management, Collaboration, Communications, Governance, HR Strategy, HR Strategy and TechnologyThinking Like A Leader
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On my recent Taiwan trip with my family, one of my uncles tagged along for much of the tour. I really like this uncle as he is often quite interesting to talk to, and is an extremely smart guy. He’s been retired for a while from his last job as the COE of a major…
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Blogging, Branding, HR Strategy, HR Strategy and Technology, Social, Social Talent, Talent, Talent Acquisition, Work LifeThe Permanent Record
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Perhaps it was because I’m Chinese American and my Chinese parents were rather crazed about education. I did graduate high school with a 4.2 GPA and considered myself an academic failure (still do in fact). My parents used to threaten us that our grades and other bad things we did would go on our permanent…
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Still Grappling With Data Security
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Today I was going through airport security with my wife. I got randomly selected for a screening, which consisted of wiping my hands with a cottonish fabric and sending it through the scanner that detects explosives or something like that. After the screening, I commented to my wife, “so don’t all the terrorists know to…
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Infographics Suck
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I was riding my bike around Marin (north of San Francisco) this fall, it was a bit cloudy, grey and not as bright as usual. Just the week before, I had purchased a new pair of lenses for my sunglasses, just for this occasion, and I was absolutely stunned at the difference it made to…
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Communications, Engagement, Governance, HR Service Delivery, HR Strategy, HR Strategy and Technology, Service DeliveryGlobal or Regional: HR Service Delivery Should Always Be Perfect
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I’ll admit it. I fly United. I also know that everyone hates them, but I actually don’t. In fact, I’d fly United over any other carrier in the US (which does happen quite often). Ok, so sometimes extreme status helps out, but they do treat their upper tiers of status holders rather well. In the…
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Is Big Data An HR Directive?
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I have an argument with my wife every few years. I tend to like cars with a bit more horsepower. I mean, that 1 time a year when there is a really stupid driver about to crash into you, a few extra horses comes in handy when you really need to speed away. The problem…