Do You Know How To Answer These HR Technology Questions?
Carnac the Magnificent [ I published the original version of this post on 9-12-2011, just in time for the 2011 HR Technology Conference, and I did an updated edition for the 2012 conference. I had planned to do another updated version for the 2013 HR Tech Conference in Las Vegas and the 2013 HR Tech Europe Conference in Amsterdam (which […]
Event Report: Seven Trends From This Year’s Human Resources Technology Conference 2013 (#HRTechConf)
2013 Marks A Change Of Guard In The HR Technology Conference Over 8,000 attendees gathered for the industry’s biggest and baddest event around human resources technology and the future of work at the Mandalay Bay Hotel in Las Vegas. This year marked a few key milestones: Legendary HR icon, Bill Kutik steps down from the […]
Reprise — #HRTechConf And #HRTechEurope 2013 Attendee Tips
This comes to you from the Hilton at Heathrow Airport. We’ve had a wonderful sojourn in England — such a civilized country, especially when you’re far away from any large cities — but it’s time to get back to work. And since I know I won’t have wifi on the flight across the pond tomorrow, […]
Naomi’s Next Chapter: “Life’s A Banquet, And Most Poor Suckers Are Starving”
Auntie Mame — My Heroine Wrapping Up My Consulting Practice, Starting My Next Career Chapter [For those of who got an early draft, please do read the final as I’ve updated it considerably based on your feedback and some late-breaking next chapter developments.] One of my absolute favorite actresses of all time was Rosalind Russell. She died […]
I’m Feeling Optimistic About The State Of HR Technology!
I’ve been feeling quite optimistic lately about the state of HR technology, which is quite a good feeling. For most of my career, I’ve been frustrated by less than great software and less than great adoption of the best available software, but now there are multiple reasons for optimism on both fronts. First, I see several vendors moving and/or […]
Event Report: Customers Very Happy At Ultimate Connections 2013 (#ulticonnect)
Partnership Announcements Enhance Ultimate Software’s Offerings Amidst a crowd of 1500 customers, partners, and attendees, Ultimate Software held their annual gathering from March 12th to March 15th, 2013 in Las Vegas. Geared towards the medium sized to enterprise markets, Ultimate Software has steadily taken market share from ADP for payroll and expanded out into operational […]
2012 Was Workday’s Year; Who Will Own 2013 In HR Technology?
And the winner is? [Shout-out to my colleague Lisa Rowan at IDC. Her recent guest post was the impetus for my finishing this post, which I had started right after Workday went public on 10-12-2012.] 1987: Bloom & Wallace and PeopleSoft Founded 1987 was a big year in the history of HR technology. That’s the […]
InFullBloom’s 3rd Birthday — Here’s Where It All Started!
Happy Birthday InFullBloom I launched my blog exactly 3 years ago, 11-8-2009. In my wildest dreams, I never expected to attract so many loyal readers — there are now 10K+ of you — nor did I realize how much I would enjoy blogging. So, with a huge shout-out to those of you who have encouraged […]
Impressions From HR Technology Conference 2012
I’ve just reread my observations from last year’s conference, and you should too. If I say so myself, it’s a pretty accurate portrayal of what was happening then, much of which is still happening but which is much farther along, at least in some (but by no means all) vendor products and some end-user organizations. Rather […]
Zombie HR Tech Vendors
What got me thinking about this was reviewing the list of exhibitors for the upcoming HR Technology Conference in Chicago. There are vendors on that list who’ve been around at least as long as the conference (and some for much longer), never gaining much sales momentum, never gaining much financial scale, and never gaining much attention […]
