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Conference Attendee Tips — Illustrated Journaling, Golden Age mysteries, Boat Shows and More

Conference Attendee Tips — Illustrated Journaling, Golden Age mysteries, Boat Shows and More

By Naomi Bloom on June 15, 2018

Naomi & Cousin Ronni Circa 1950 Yes, I’m retired, but that doesn’t mean that I’ve stopped learning — or attending conferences.  Whether it’s the annual Florida Watercolor Society convention, and Urban Sketchers event, Emily’s List conference, or the Agatha Christie International Festival, much of what I learned about making the most of my time at the […]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged best practices, HR Tech, HR Tech Conference, KSAOCs, Life After HRTech, Naomi's Speaking Engagements, travel, Vendor Briefings/Demos, workday

Workday’s 2015 Tech Summit: What Hasn’t Been Reported Widely Enough

Workday’s 2015 Tech Summit: What Hasn’t Been Reported Widely Enough

By Naomi Bloom on January 5, 2016

There’s been a ton of great coverage out of Workday’s 2015 Tech Summit, a preliminary list of which I’ve included below and to which I’ll add as others bring their coverage to my attention.  But having attended this well-run event and after reading the coverage below and more, I was struck by how little attention […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged #wday, enterprise software, Models/Modeling, Preferred Architectural Behaviors, SaaS, Vendor Briefings/Demos, workday

#HRTechWorld And #HRTechConf 2015 Attendee Tips

#HRTechWorld And #HRTechConf 2015 Attendee Tips

By Naomi Bloom on October 8, 2015

With only one of me while both major HR technology conferences — if you haven’t attended the HR Tech World Congress, you may not realize that it’s become as large and as much of a must attend as the wonderful and separately owned/produced HR Tech Conference & Expo— are scheduled over just 10+ days later […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged #hrtechconf, #HRTechWorld, HR Tech Conference, International, Naomi's Speaking Engagements, United States, Vendor Briefings/Demos

InFullBloom’s 4th Anniversary — Where To From Here?

InFullBloom’s 4th Anniversary — Where To From Here?

By Naomi Bloom on November 11, 2013

Celebrating Our 2010 Anniversary Over Dinner In The Languedoc-Roussillon, France I launched my blog about 4 years ago, 11-8-2009.  In my wildest dreams, I never expected to attract so many loyal readers nor did I realize how much I would enjoy blogging.  I so wish new readers could start at the beginning because I’ve been writing […]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged Business Outcomes, disruptive technologies, Follow The Yellow Brick Road, HR Tech, Looking Back/Looking Forward, Reflections On Life, Simple Pleasures, Strategic HRMDS Planning, travel, Vendor Briefings/Demos, Vocabulary Shapes Our Thinking

Reprise — How I Evaluate HRM Vendors/Products — What Impresses Me

Reprise — How I Evaluate HRM Vendors/Products — What Impresses Me

By Naomi Bloom on April 8, 2013

Show Me The Money! [After many vendor briefings in Q1 2011, I published a series of blog posts summarizing my reactions to those briefings which really captured, as of then, how I evaluated vendors and their products/services.  Rereading those posts after a two year hiatus, I was struck not only by their relevance to my […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged best practices, HRM BPO, HRM Software, HRM/IT Intersection, HRO, SaaS, Vendor Briefings/Demos

Reprise — How I Evaluate HRM Vendors/Products — Capability Matters

Reprise — How I Evaluate HRM Vendors/Products — Capability Matters

By Naomi Bloom on April 3, 2013

[After many vendor briefings in Q1 2011, I published a series of blog posts summarizing my reactions to those briefings which really captured, as of then, how I evaluated vendors and their products/services.  Rereading those posts after a two year hiatus, I was struck not only by their relevance to my current thinking about this […]

Posted in Business | Tagged best practices, HRM BPO, HRM Software, HRM/IT Intersection, HRO, SaaS, Vendor Briefings/Demos

Reprise — How I Evaluate HRM Vendors/Products — Strategy Matters

Reprise — How I Evaluate HRM Vendors/Products — Strategy Matters

By Naomi Bloom on April 1, 2013

Happy Pesach!  And for those of you with a few minutes to spare, this video from http://www.maccabeats.com will get you into the right mood.  For those of you who celebrate Pesach, and for those of you who don’t, my personal prayer is that every form of slavery, from physical to economic to psychological, will be wiped out […]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged best practices, HRM BPO, HRM Software, HRM/IT Intersection, HRO, SaaS, Vendor Briefings/Demos

Reprise — How I Evaluate Vendors/Products — Ambition Matters

Reprise — How I Evaluate Vendors/Products — Ambition Matters

By Naomi Bloom on March 18, 2013

Show Me The Money! [After many vendor briefings in Q1 2011, I published a series of blog posts summarizing my reactions to those briefings which really captured, as of then, how I evaluated vendors and their products/services.  Rereading those posts after a two year hiatus, I was struck not only by their relevance to my current […]

Posted in Business | Tagged best practices, HRM BPO, HRM Software, HRM/IT Intersection, HRO, SaaS, Vendor Briefings/Demos | 1 Response

Prepping For A Week In Silicon Valley

Prepping For A Week In Silicon Valley

By Naomi Bloom on June 20, 2012

San Francisco Bay Area — #EnSW Heaven

I try to spend a week every year in Silicon Valley, meeting with vendors, catching up with colleagues, soaking up the atmosphere and drinking the very special water.  On this year’s agenda are Cornerstone OnDemand (with a huge thanks for coming to the Valley), SAP and SuccessFactors, […]

Posted in Business | Tagged Enterprise Irregulars, enterprise software, HRM Software, travel, Vendor Briefings/Demos

The Scourge of HRM Software — Technical Debt

The Scourge of HRM Software — Technical Debt

By Naomi Bloom on November 16, 2011

I spent a very intense week last July in Silicon Valley meeting mostly full days each with Workday, SuccessFactors, Taleo, Saba and SAP, and would like to start this post with a huge and very public thank you to all of these vendors for their time, their preparations, and their hospitality.  I’ve also been doing […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged "Killer" HRMDS Scenarios, Debunking/Calling Out, HRM Software, Models/Modeling, Preferred Architectural Behaviors, SaaS, talent management, technical debt, Vendor Briefings/Demos

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