Next Wave HR Tech Part 3: Quantified Everything

Topics: HR Scoop, HR Technology, HR Trends, HRExaminer, John Sumser, by John Sumser
Whether they buy it or demand it, HR Departments are going to want and need the coming wave of data that is just starting to be collected by mobile and wearable devices.
 

Five Links: The Future Is Now

Topics: Analytics, Data, Futures, HR Scoop, John Sumser, by John Sumser
This week’s 5-Links highlight how the future has arrived. Case in point, the second stage of social media.
 

Making Smarter Things

The Solid conference is a deeper exploration of what’s being called the Internet of Things (IoT) or, more recently, the Internet of Things and Humans (IoTH).
 

Confessions of an HR Nightmare

Topics: Employment Branding, Engagement, HR Scoop, HRExaminer, Learning, by Dennis O'Reilly
“For more than 30 years I labored under the misapprehension that hard work, competence, and honesty were all I needed to be a model employee.”
 

Five Links: Whose Experience?

This week: Technology is moving too fast, Google gives 20th Century resume advice, Programmers pretend they know more than they know, Buy twitter followers & Who owns the experience?
 

Five Links: Work Is Changing

Everything you own will be inhabited by intelligent agents operating on your behalf. How will we think about work?
 

Google Glass Field Note 4

In this note, John Sumser details all of the functions and capabilities of the Google Glass device.
 

Who Knows Your Operation Best?

Topics: Heather Bussing, HR Scoop, HRExaminer, by Heather Bussing
Anna Rodriguez works for Delta Airlines at LAX. She is an expert on operations there. I had the honor of spending a couple hours with Anna at LAX this week and watched her in action.
 

What HR Should Be Asking Part 2

What is becoming possible is so far beyond conventional definitions of analytics that you’ll miss the bus if that’s how you approach the problem.
 

Five Threads IV: Quantified Everything

Topics: HR Scoop, HR Technology, HR Trends, HRExaminer, John Sumser, by John Sumser
In the first waves of quantification, it’s been okay for HR Departments to hide behind the flag of productivity. In the near term future, competitive battles will be won by the organization that can best quantify and therefore predict the behavior of the people in the workforce.