Ultimate Software Advances a People-Centric, Collaborative Platform

Last week I attended Ultimate’s User Conference, held in Las Vegas, to participate in their analyst events as well as to speak on the topics of employee engagement and talent management. Despite the many possible diversions, (“gamification” certainly has new – or is that old – meaning in Vegas), the content, customers and speakers were [...]

News Analysis: SAP and SuccessFactors Unveil Early Roadmap for HCM

This morning, SAP and SuccessFactors, an SAP company, issued a press release in which their unified Human Capital Management (HCM) product roadmap was unveiled.  The primary message is that SAP has adopted a hybrid strategy for HCM:  the SuccessFactors portfolio for Cloud HCM, and the current SAP ERP Human Capital Management portfolio for on premise. Details on this and other [...]

Virtual Conference: Converging Workforce Intelligence with Social Analytics

Join me Thursday, March 1, at 11am eastern, as I present:“People Insights 2.0: Opportunity at the Confluence of Workforce Intelligence and Social Analytics,” sponsored by HR.com and the Institute of Human Resources (IHR) Community for Social Media and Employee Communication. Session Description: The use of enterprise social networking platforms is on the rise as organizations look [...]

Mercer Delivers New Workforce Analytics Technology

Summary: Mercer continues to expand beyond HR consulting and outsourcing with the launch of their latest cloud-based analytics solution.

Getting to Workforce Planning 2.0 with Social Network Analysis (Updated 4/12/12)

(4/12/12 Update:  You can now download the full article from the bottom of this post) Subscribers to IHRIM’s Workforce Solutions Review will find the December 2011/January 2012 issue dedicated to Strategic Workforce Planning.  Be sure to check out this article on leveraging insights derived from social network analysis (SNA) to get more from your workforce planning initiatives.  An [...]

Join me Dec. 8 on Episode 128 of HR Happy Hour: The Consumerization of HR

Join me this week as I join as a guest speaker on Steve Boese’s HR Happy Hour blogtalk radio show. Sponsored by Aquire Call in 646-378-1086 Follow the conversation on Twitter – hashtag #HRHappyHour Listen live on the show page here, on the call in listener line above, or use the widget player embedded in the the HRHappyHour home page. Episode [...]