A different Vegas. A very different Workday.
This was my sixth trip to Vegas this year. Coming from humid Florida, I have a routine for that city. Gallons of water and lotion to compensate for the heat and dryness. Gear to protect against the excess of artificial light and sound. But this time in town for Workday Rising, Vegas felt a bit […]
Sneak Preview: Workday Rising
It’s an annual ritual. A Workday executive does our readers a favor and shares a curtain raiser on their Rising event, which this year is expected to draw over 10,000 attendees. This time it is Barbry McGann, senior vice president of products. She leads product management for applications including Workday Financial Management, Workday HCM, and […]
Workday and the Age of Intelligence
Mike McNamara is CEO of a remarkable $ 25 bn a year company that many people do not know much about. Flex is contract manufacturer for a wide range of products from automobiles to medical devices. Its design and shop floor fingerprints show on a wide range of products from Cisco routers to components for […]
Workday Rising: Sneak Preview from Dan Beck
Workday’s annual user conference, Workday Rising, is in Chicago starting today. The European version is in Barcelona in a few weeks. It’s always an enjoyable event with “The Citizens of the Cloud” – some of the happiest customers in the world. Founders Dave Duffield and Aneel Bhusri showcase an entertaining keynote, and this year I am […]
Workday Rising: Sneak Preview from Leighanne Levensaler
Workday’s annual user conference, Rising is in Chicago this week. The European version is in Barcelona in a few weeks. It’s always an enjoyable event with “The Citizens of the Cloud” – some of the happiest customers in the world. Founders Dave Duffield and Aneel Bhusri showcase an entertaining keynote, and this year I am […]
Workday Rising: Fun and Focus
Most vendors have moved to a bi-annual briefing of analysts – once at a dedicated summit, the other at their user conference. I find the latter a bit redundant – unless spaced out well from the summit. I also feel like I am intruding on what is meant to be customer time for vendor executives. […]
Workday Rising: Speak softly and carry big, happy customers
Howard Street in San Francisco on Tuesday morning looked different. The tarmac was visible and cars were actually using it. Outside Moscone Center, a local folk rock band, Blind Willies was playing. Excellent, but nowhere near the brand recognition of say, Aerosmtih or Will.i.am. Inside Moscone, the rooms had plenty of empty seats. Welcome to […]
The Elaborate People Side of Baseball
Every September, as MLB teams overnight expand their 25 player rosters to 40, I think about the iceberg of talent that most of us do not see on the field or in the dugout. I got a glimpse of that as Leilani Gayles, Chief People Officer at the San Francisco Giants, joined us at a […]
Workday Rising Comfort Food in a Complex World
The keynote this morning by co CEOs Dave Duffield and Aneel Bhusri was a study in contrasts. There were plenty of reminders of the complex world we live in. Mike McNamara, CEO of Flextronics, talked about his 30 country, $20+ global operation. George Tenet, former CIA director, now a Workday customer discussed the geopolitics of […]
