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Still Grappling With Data Security
Read more: Still Grappling With Data SecurityToday 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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HR Technology Supply and Demand Curves
I’ve written about it, and so have many others. The economy sucks. Thus, software sales in the HR technology space must also be down. In fact, I’m pretty sure they are – at least in the talent space. Major ERP decisions seem to be on hold too, although some of my fellow bloggers don’t necessarily…
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Symphony: Trust Your Section Leads
It’s pretty amazing when you watch a symphony or orchestra work. You see the conductor doing her thing front and center. You see violins sitting together in perfect coordination, and all the other instruments doing the same. What is actually happening is sometimes a surprise. Most members of the symphony are only taking casual direction…
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systematicHR’s 4th year
Well, I finally hit 4 years. The deal was to go to 4 years or 1000 posts, whichever came first. Honestly, the last year was a it rough – I wasn’t writing as much, the ideas were not flowing as quickly, and some of the ideas that I have can be rather abstract. I often…
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Changing Governance Based on Complexity
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 really much more of a decision support guy that a decision-making science guy. I’m not sure I really understand the total complexities that define the differences…
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Innovating for Sales
A while back I observed some talent software from a leading talent management vendor. They were excited to show me their innovations around presenting a “seating chart” that would allow the user to visually see where employees were located within the organization. Obviously, the software also allowed drill through on each employee to provide some…
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Talent 2.0
What the heck is Talent 2.0? Well first of all, it’s not here yet. Second of all, it probably makes more sense to define Talent 1.0 before I can theorize on Talent 2.0. Talent Management 1.0 is simply what we have today. It’s the thought that old school performance management, compensation administration, and succession planning…
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Compliance Reporting
Is there anything worth while about compliance reporting? We do EEO1s, OFCCP, VETS, and do we get anything good out of it? Lets face it, while there might be some slam modicum of insight coming out of these reports that help us look at the demographics of our organizations, I believe that even the most…
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Intellectual Property and Competencies
I was chatting with a good friend of mine whose company does work with organizations to analyze the value of ongoing IP and R&D. Ardent Research looks at current R&D and patent activity, surveys progress along that research, competitiveness against similar projects at other companies, and unique thought leadership that might give Ardent’s clients and…
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CedarCrestone Pulse Update
CedarCrestone recently updated their annual HRIT survey covering the trends in HR budgets. It’s especially interesting right now as the economy swings down. There is obviously much more content and charts in the real report you can get from CedarCrestone, but here’s a quick summary and my comments. During December 2008, CedarCrestone conducted its first…
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Problems with Wellness?
I’ve listened to radio shows where the host clearly knows she is on the wrong side of mass opinion. In fact, they are probably not on the wrong side of mass opinion, but instead just trying to get conversation and debate going. Sometimes on the radio, they are actually just trying to piss off an…