Why Performance Management needs to be disrupted. Pronto.
Possibly the most soul-sucking activity at work is the prescribed employee performance process. Whilst the intention is good, in practice, the chain between strategy and goals, and execution levers – the material and mentoring resources, analytics and technology to improve the odds of success, and finally, the measurement of outcomes as they relate back to business strategy, […]
In Search Of HRM/HRMDS/HR Tech “Best” Practices: Istanbul To Vienna — Final Update
Istanbul Was Constantinople… Are you able to speak fluently a language other than your native one? Two such additional languages? Three? Four? Five? If you’re an American, you’re mostly answering no. How many of my American colleagues/followers are able to deliver a quality professional presentation in a language other than their native one? To participate in […]
In Search Of HRM/HRMDS/HR Tech “Best” Practices: Istanbul To Vienna — Update #2
Istanbul Was Constantinople… In my first update from this amazing trip, I highlighted what we saw as outstanding performance by the concierge at The Ritz Carlton Istanbul in rescuing us when we got caught in the violent Taksim Park protests at the start of our vacation. But the logistics of that rescue were small potatoes compared with […]
In Search Of HRM/HRMDS/HR Tech “Best” Practices: Istanbul To Vienna — Update #1
Istanbul Was Constantinople… From Our Hotel Window — Police Car Set Afire There’s an old sailor’s expression that “anyone can man the helm when the seas are calm.” More than just in boating, this observation describes so many aspects of our work and personal lives. When everything is going along as planned, when we’re not thrown any […]
Don’t Make Your Next Performance Review Suck
Corporate America appears to be doing a very poor job when it comes to aligning goals, providing performance feedback, and actually investing in the development of employees.
Can Big Data Predict Your Future Stars?
Within one week, Jeremy Lin, has gone from a relative unknown to a global sensation. In the same week, he went from near unemployment to a sporting sensation now referred as “Linsanity“. Interestingly, about 1 ½ years ago, the Hoops Analyst blog nearly predicted his imminent success. When analyzing his college performance, particularly 2-point field […]
News Analysis: Tidemark Gains $24M in Series C Funding, Redpoint Ventures Leads Round
Big Data, Cloud Based Performance Apps, Drive Interest In Additional Investment Redwood City, California based Tidemark announced that it raised $24 M in Series C funding from Redpoint Ventures, Greylock Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, and Dave Duffield. Key points include: Redpoint Ventures leads the round and Geoff Yang joins the board. To date Tidemark has raised […]
Spend Analysis Learnings From Oil and Gas — No Surprises, Some Good Lessons
A few years back, I spoke at an OFS Portal event about the evolution of the procurement function. OFS Portal is a type of procurement user group/community within the oil and gas sector that also provides additional services in the…
New Compass Research: The Future of Spend Visibility and Analytics — Three Scenarios For Adoption
In my first real job out of graduate school, I spent much of my day analyzing structured and unstructured information to come up with potential scenarios for companies, industries and markets. The firm I worked for specialized in …
Biznet — A Pure-Play Supplier Performance Management Solution (Part 1)
Every once in a while, you realize how fractal a given procurement area — and the approach to solutions that solve challenges that address the topic at hand — can be. Mandelbrot would have had a field day (if he was interested i…
