Clowns To The Left Of Us, Jokers To The Right: It’s Easy To Spot Ineffective HRM
Clowns To The Left Of Us, Jokers To The Right Of Us… I’ve been collecting stories for years. Family stories, stories about friends, about trips Ron and I have made, about colleagues and others with whom I’ve crossed paths professionally, about the highlights and lowlights (and lowlives) in my personal and professional lives. Now, with […]
NorthgateArinso – More than you might suspect….
Dr Pepper (full disclosure – my favorite beverage) had an ad campaign for years claiming their carbonated drink was “so misunderstood“. Over the years, I’ve encountered a number of technology and services firms whose reputation or brand stood for one thing but the company was actually something else altogether. NorthgateArinso (NGA) is somewhat in that camp. […]
Is HR Really A Pink-Collared Ghetto?
HR Is A Dominated By Women But Led By Men I had planned to write this last September, so let’s just pretend that I did rather than wondering why I didn’t. It’s a critically important topic, and I hope that you’ll listen to the whole linked replay of the underlying discussion. We’re at a critical […]
HRM Software/Services Q1 Vendor Briefings — Strategy Matters
Show Me The Money! In my last post, I wrote about one aspect of the way in which I look at and learn about the HRM software vendors and outsourcing providers with whom I’ve been meeting over the last few months, namely their ambition as businesses. In this post I want to take up another important aspect of […]
HRM #EnSW Vendor Consolidation Fairy Tales
“Fairy Tales May Come True, It Could Happen To You” There was a ton of consolidation in the HRM software and services market during 2010, and 2011 is off to a roaring start with SumTotal’s acquisition of GeoLearning. There’s a lot more to come, and speculation is already rampant about: which LMS vendor SuccessFactors and/or Peopleclick Authoria […]
Bloom & Wallace Release 2011 — Mercer Human Capital Connect
I Hired Naomi! Last month I posted the first installment of this series on planned changes in the mix and style of B&W consulting engagements/projects for 2011. It’s now with great pleasure that I announce one of those engagements. Beginning in January, I’ll be acting as a strategic advisor to the Human Capital Operations and Technology Solutions […]
A Paean To Older Workers
Should Our Role Model Be Cher?2010 MTV Video Music Awards 2010 MTV Video Music Awards My paean to older workers, a twitterverse: When does a worker become an older worker? At a particular age? when KSAOCs with half-lives have degraded to that point? When they look old? Am I an older worker? I accept being […]
Is SHRM Listening?
SHRM — Are You Listening? Forty years on, and we’re still talking about organizational readiness for strategic HRM (of which talent management is a large piece). Boring! The time for action is long past. SHRM, are you listening? Why the hell isn’t your critical HRM data (e.g. positions, jobs, KSAOCs, worker, organizational structures, etc.) in […]
Naomi’s Annual “Appearance” On Mr. Bill’s Radio Show
Oh No Mr. Bill! On Wednesday (9-1-2010) at noon EST, I’ll be doing my third annual guest “appearance” on Bill Kutik’s Radio Show, which is very generously sponsored by Knowledge Infusion. I always look forward to doing these shows because Bill’s a great interviewer, the long tale of replays is enormous, and getting ready to […]
Well-spent Workday @ Workday–Here’s the Firehose
Yesterday I was privileged to sit in a group of 20 or so analysts (many of them fellow Enterprise Irregulars) invited to Workday’s first ever Technology Summit. For short background, Workday’s original call to fame came from it’s Founder, Dave Duffield, an Enterprise Software Legend, who built PeopleSoft from nothing to a position of challenging […]
