Five Threads VI: Conclusion

Topics: HR Technology, HR Trends, HRExaminer, John Sumser, by John Sumser
We’ve been plowing through the five threads that will shape HR and HR Technology and now it’s time for the conclusion of our six-part series.
 

Five Threads V: Human Augmentation

When the advance of human augmentation reaches a certain point, we’re going to have to start figuring out the new work and how to pay people whose work is mostly done by machine.
 

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.
 

Five Threads III: Data for Other Departments

What used to be delivered in a stale memo is now communicated in the flow/context of other data. It turns out that the more personal the data, the more it sticks.
 

Trash Your Noncompete Agreement

5 ways noncompete agreements can backfire against employers.
 

Five Threads II: Integrating Non HR Data

Recruiting, which is always the most competitive of the HR silos is already trying to make sense of a world that violates our preconceptions.
 

ReEngineering HR: Five Threads of Technology

Have you discovered any new processes that need automation lately? The era of enterprise computing is coming to a close. Let’s talk about what happens next.
 

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: Keeping Up

Topics: Daily Links, HR Trends, HRExaminer, John Sumser, by John Sumser
232 Million immigrants are on the move around the world while 50 Million American adults still live with Mom. HR takes its first swipe at analytics.
 

The State of the Industry

Topics: Big Data, HR Technology, HR Trends, HRExaminer, John Sumser, by John Sumser
The conventional view seems to be that the future of HR software involves a whole lot more of the same. No matter what they say and how hard they say it, they are not different.