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HR Technology Conference 2014: Global Payroll
Read more: HR Technology Conference 2014: Global PayrollIf 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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HR Technology Conference Reactions: Naomi’s Master Panel – SaaS
Talk about a stacked panel. This one was moderated by a thought leader, and staffed by thought leaders. They included: MODERATOR: Naomi Lee Bloom (Managing Partner, Bloom & Wallace), Steven Miranda (SVP, Applications Development, Oracle), Mike Capone (VP for Product Development and CIO, ADP), Sanjay Poonen (President Global Solutions, SAP), John Wookey (EVP, Social Applications,…
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HR Technology Conference Reactions: Predictive Analytics
I’ve always thought I was pretty good at analytics.Not being a practitioner who is sitting in the middle of data all the time, I get more time to just think about the type of analytics that it takes to really run the business. It’s been a really long time since I discounted the usefulness of…
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HR Technology Conference Reactions: Social Media Panel
I’ll admit. I’m devastated. Lexy Martin and Thomas Otter were both presenting at the same time as this session. Had I the option, I would have pulled a Hermione Granger Time Turner thing. You know where she goes back in time to take more classes? I’d do that for these 3 sessions, but instead, I’m…
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HR Technology Conference Reactions: Talent Management Panel
The talent management panel at The HR Technology Conference was all about diversity. Not diversity in terms of workforce, but the diversity in terms of approaches in deploying talent processes and technologies that different companies take in pursuit of their goals. With Jason Averbook hosting, we had Walmart (2+ million employees), Motorola Solutions (called themselves…
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Switching Gears
A long time ago, I used to work for ADP doing pre-sales. We had great relationships internally with services and implementation, but nonetheless it always seemed to come up that we didn’t always sell with the full lens of reality. On the other hand, I’d say that we came up with some pretty cool solutions…
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Ruling the Road
“OMG Wes, how far can you take this theme?” I’m a firm believer that offensive driving is good defensive driving. That’s not to say I’m a jerk on the road. Ok, maybe I’m a little bit of a jerk on the road. I am a Los Angeles driver after all. But there are certain things…
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Rules of the Other Road
The other road? What other road? The skinny 2-wheeled road of course. Here is the idea: for a cyclist to be safe when you are cruising down the road at 30 miles per hour, a guy 2 inches to your left, right, back and front, there are a couple basic things to keep in mind.…
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Rules of the Road
Every time I go to another country, I’m amazed at how tame driving in the US actually is. People here obey lane laws, there is a fairly strict code of right of way (even if half the drivers don’t truly understand it), and for the most part people are patient. For those of you unbelievers,…
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Fooling Ourselves
I’ve been watching with fascination over the last couple years as countires have rebelled against their governments (Arab Spring in 2011), and American citizens have condemned corruption, and congratulated the populous for rising up and forcing change. It’s fascinating to me because we are so unaware of what has been going on around us for…
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Apple Versus Samsung
One of my favorite Star Trek scenes is from Star Trek 4, where Scottie tries talking to the computer. In this classic scene, one of the basic Star Trek futurisms is on display as he tries to get the computer to respond to him verbally. Who actually knew that IBM was going to come…