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How to Read a Newspaper
Read more: How to Read a NewspaperSo, when I get on a plane, I often have a newspaper with me. Whether you are on a plane, train, or anywhere with close quarters with other people, there is a bit of etiquette involved, and a standard trick that frequent travellers are supposed to know about. Adherence with this trick is unfortunately minimal…
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KM and Learning organizations
Gautam turned me onto this blog. So… What IS up with HR and Knowledge Management? I don’t hesitate to wonder about HR’s motivation when it comes to KM. Truly, when we talk about “strategic HR” and the fact that as we head into 20xx we face huge workforce knowledge issues as a generation retires. We…
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HR Technology – State of the Industry
This is a reply to Jeff from the talentism.com blog, who in his post about quality vs cost, invited me to comment about waste in systems and technology. The Seven Wastes are (defined by Taiichi Ohno, Toyota’s Chief Engineer ): 1 – The Waste of Overproduction 2 – The Waste of Waiting 3 – The…
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What’s a portal?
Usually I’m right there with the 3 major consulting firms (Mercer, TP and WW). However, this time I’m not quite sure if Mercer get’s what a portal is vs a web page. Joe Loya and Debbie Slappey of Mercer said here: In the past 10 years, many organizations grasped that the Web could transform the…
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What’s up at Hewitt?
Jason also posted this about Hewitt recently. I actually don’t have a further comment other than I’ve been seeing lots of laid off Hewitt associates filtering through other organizations. Anyone know the full extent of these layoffs and to what organizations? Are they really trimming the consulting business that much?
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Accenture’s place in HRO
Jason of the Human Capitalist posted some analysis of Accenture’s seeming decline in the HRO world. While we differ slightly in our HRO rankings, I think we’ll see some interesting developments as Accenture begins to play in the mid market space. They are currently courting several prospects in the sub-20K employee market with what I…
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Business Case for RPO
(where RPO = Recruitment Process Outsourcing) Jeff Hunter of the Talentism.com blog has a very interesting post on the causes of RPO. His experience is the same as mine… internal recruiting organizations with highly positive feedback are getting outsourced more and more. While I like Jeff’s conclusions about how to improve the recruiting function’s control…
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Getting Even (off topic – HR politics)
OK, this is not a HR tech post, but I thought it was very interesting. I got this from BostonWorks which cited WAGEproject.org. This issue of gender pay differentials should be treated very seriously by HR professionals and especially compensation. It’s sad to think that even in this century, we are going to struggle with…
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Oracel Fusion and the current Oracle HRMS
I loved (and have also discussed) this from another blog: FUSIONI just wanted to make a few comments on the Fusion product. I apologize, but I’m still trying to get more clarity around the scope of this release/product, but it appears to be software that will be similar to middleware, where several applications can run…
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HRO Updates
A couple of news items crossed my path that I thought were interesting. First, Arinso recently got certified in their SAS 70 Type 2. I’d like to just say that if you’re a public company in the U.S. going for full HRO (with benefits and payroll), please ask to see if your vendor has their…
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SuccessFactors TMS review
So after being told that my talent management “scorecard” was incomplete and inadequate, I visited one of the SuccessFactors webinars and got a high level overview. Keep in mind that the opinions here are simply those gained from a 1 hour presentation and I don’t know what I don’t know – these are just first…