What HR Should Be Asking Part 1

More than a mandate, change is an issue of survival. It’s time to ask new questions.
 

How Good is Your Gut?

For those looking to figure out solutions to the problems facing their respective organizations or careers, learn to develop, refine, and trust your gut.
 

Is Tech the Answer or the Problem?

Topics: Analytics, Big Data, Data, Heather Bussing, HR Technology, HRExaminer, by Heather Bussing
My favorite app is the off button. It’s not that I’m a complete luddite. I just have a healthy skepticism about technology as the solution for everything.
 

From Transactional Data to Strategic Insights

By understanding the business you are in and the challenges the business face, HR can truly have influence and impact on the organization by analyzing the right data and telling a great data story.
 

The Future of HR Tech

HR Tech is all about maintaining the records to keep the organization running and the regulators at bay. And still, the definitions are too narrow.
 

Five Links: Inno – Outta – Vation

You could decrease the size of the Linkedin database by 20% if you simply banned the word innovation from profiles. The word once reserved for the likes of Thomas Edison is now being bandied about to describe enterprise software rewrites.
 

Big Data: Questions Still Matter Most

Big Data is as hard to imagine as the web was 20 years ago. Big Data is driven by smart tools, cloud architectures, cheap processing, cheap storage, greater access to statistics and information, and the search for new ways to gain productivity.
 

Who Owns Data 7: Linkedin or Fencedin

Who owns data? Terms of Service or User Agreements are a kind of contract that describes who owns what. When you buy software, you don’t really own the software itself. You get a license to use it.
 

Engaging Bit o’ Fiction

Topics: Big Data, Data, HR Trends, HRExaminer, John Sumser, by John Sumser
Jobs change, expectations go unmet, cultural integration is not always what it seems to be, decisions get rushed, managers are bad, companies are rotten, coworkers are unpleasant, better jobs emerge elsewhere.
 

Workforce Analytics & the So What? Factor

Big Data. There. I said it. Let’s speak this word no more. It’s completely separate from workforce analytics and distracts from the real issue.