Talent Shortages

With large portions of our workforce under utilized, demoralized or simply out of work, it strains credulity to say that we are suffering talent shortages.
 

Social Media is Paralyzing HR

Think of it this way. It’s like driving your car by looking two inches in front of your bumper all the time.
 

Five Links: New Ideas and Cautions

The Vanishing Cost of Guessing, What Happens When Publishers Invest In Long Stories, Good Leaders Get Emotional, FC1: Who Learns What, and The Future of Programming.
 

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.
 

The Holy Grail I

Topics: Big Data, Futures, HR Scoop, HR Technology, John Sumser, by John Sumser
HR sticks to the story of the value of intangibles like a mobster hangs on to an alibi. It’s not hard to believe that people are the heart of the business. It’s been painfully hard to quantify it.
 

Weasels and Sociopaths

As a lawyer, I deal with weasels and sociopaths a lot. Weasels and sociopaths love power. And money.
 

Five Links: Visualization

Topics: Big Data, HR Scoop, HR Trends, HRExaminer, John Sumser, by John Sumser
The common thread is the future of HR. In order to communicate the onruch of human capital data, HR Departments will have to master visualization. This week’s links look at the graphic side of the question. Coming soon, the narrative visualization toolset.
 

Five Links: Genetic Testing and Data

As genetic information becomes clearer and more widely available, it’s going to become an issue in employment law. While there are regulations in place (see below), the data is voluminous, unwieldy and likely to be everywhere.
 

Five Links: Paranoia Edition

This week, it’s tracking and targeting. The social in social media means hunting and acquiring to some. It means reasonable paranoia to others.
 

New Architecture of Work VIII: Harnessing Employee Data

Have you been following the emerging conversation about the Internet of Things? The prevailing case law seems to indicate that the owner of the device is the owner of the data.