Five Links: HR and the Internet of Things

HR’s job is becoming the management of the data associated with people. The way we work and the things we do look differently when viewed through the lens of data and evidence.
 

Startup Fever

A startup is a venture focused on discovering a scalable business model. An enterprise is the execution of a scalable business model. You manage the two differently.
 

HR Is Like The Government

Topics: HR Trends, HRExaminer, John Sumser, by John Sumser
“Hmm, government processes need to be reimagined. Design methods are a great way to view the issues. I think I’ll go learn about something I don’t understand.”
 

Five Links: USA Regional Data

Topics: Data, HR Trends, HRExaminer, John Sumser, by John Sumser
If the great recession taught us anything, it’s that the national economy isn’t very national.
 

3 HR Metrics to Monitor Risk

The metrics that are tied to organizational strategy and risk are the ones that the C-Suite really cares about.
 

Informal Embrace

Topics: HR Trends, HRExaminer, Jay Cross, Learning, More2Know, by Jay Cross
CLOs tell me the stuff that keeps them awake at night is that now the realization that learning is social, mobile, and collaborative.
 

Five Links: Wearing Crowdsourced Data on Your Sleeve

Today’s Five Links looks closely at three aspects of data: crowdsourcing, wearables and big data projects.
 

Google Glass Field Note 4

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

Is Retention the Problem?

Topics: HR Trends, HRExaminer, John Sumser, by John Sumser
Why do we have layoffs? One counter-intuitive answer is “because retention programs work.”
 

Google Glass Field Note 3

Topics: HR Technology, HR Trends, HRExaminer, John Sumser, by John Sumser
Google Glass: The stuff of everyday life will be things that talk to each other with or without human intervention.