So You Think You’re An HRM Business Analyst/Product Strategist?
A Business Analyst’s Work Is Never Done As many of you know, I’ve worked extensively with HRM product strategy/product management leaders as they envision and then specify the capabilities of their HRM software products and related outsourcing services. But as our industry has moved from Victorian novel specifications to object model-based expressions of desired functionality, [...]
Friday Rant: Supplier Networks Have Failed Us
Editor’s Note: this rant is in part based on a forthcoming detailed analysis by Spend Matters looking at the evolution of supplier networks and where networks of the future may take us next.
In the early days of e-procurement,…
Hearsay Social – Social Marketing Automation for Social Businesses
I had the chance to catch up with author and entrepreneur Clara Shih last week about her new project, Hearsay Social. Clara, the author of the well know and best-selling book “The Facebook Era” and ex-Google and salesforce.com executive, had been working in stealth mode on a new project to help companies manage social marketing [...]
Friday Green Numbers round-up for Feb 4th 2011
And here is a round-up of this week’s Green numbers… Europe’s Energy Member States of the European Union have agreed on targets aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions by cutting energy consumption by 20% and increasing the share of renewables in the energy mix to 20% by 2020. The ‘Europe’s Energy’ project gives users a [...]
Friday Rant: Risk Management – Don’t Wait for African/Middle East Supply Chains to Self-Combust
Like many in the US, I’ve watched intently as the protests and events in Egypt, Jordan, Tunisia and other North African and Middle Eastern countries have unfolded in recent weeks. The optimist in me hopes that the demonstrations a…
