Europe Passes Controversial Online Copyright Reforms, Workday Has a New CIO, Lightspeed Co-Leads $80M Round In Chinese Online HR Management Platform, Moka raises $27M to Make Hiring More Data-Driven In China, PlanSource Announces Acquisition by Vista Equity Partners, and 7+ Organizations in the Benefits Space Obtain Funding. Topics: Benefits, Data Privacy, and HRTech Funding.
John Sumser talks with Danny Abdo, the VP of Solutions Engineering at Degreed. Danny is a results-driven executive specializing in Learning and Talent strategy and technologies for over 20 years. Danny has led dozens of learning and talent initiatives for Fortune 500 companies throughout his career with BofA, PricewaterhouseCoopers, and IBM.
Stacey has updates from this week’s Oracle And Globoforce Events, including Globoforce announcing their name change to Workhuman. ADP is rebranding, and there’s a slew of funding news headed up by Workfront that completed a massive $280M Investment Round while Betterworks saw their latest financing bring them to $65M in total funding. Topics: Recruiting, AI, Workforce.
John Sumser speaks with Stacia Garr, co-founder and Principal Analyst at RedThread Research. Stacia is a researcher and thought leader on talent management, leadership, D&I, people analytics, and HR Technology. A frequent speaker and writer, her work has been featured in Fortune, Forbes, and The New York Times, among others.
John Sumser speaks with Bonnie Tinder, the founder & CEO at Raven Intel. She is a 20+ year veteran of the HR Technology space, holding positions in HR Implementation, Marketing, and Sales leadership with companies like Cornerstone, NGA HR, Ceridian, and ADP.
Korn Ferry and Qualtrics Announce New Partnership, Wade & Wendy raises $7.6 million to help businesses automate hiring with chatbots, Paradox, an Assistive Intelligence Platform for Talent Experience Announces 2019 Growth Plans and Funding, and Online learning startup Skill-Lync promises India’s mechanical engineers a job, or their money back. Topics: AI, Chatbots, Data Science, and HR Tech.
John Sumser speaks with Carl Sanders-Edwards, the CEO & Founder of Adeption, a platform that’s improving and democratizing leadership development. Sanders-Edwards has 20 years of experience bringing his platform of leadership education to global organizations and startups. Edwards earned an MBA from Babson College, where he was Platinum-Triangle Fulbright Scholar in Entrepreneurship, and graduated top of his class. He also has a Bachelor of Technology (Hons.) from Massey University, in New Zealand, and was awarded the 2011 Massey University Distinguished Young Alumni.
John and Stacey have updates from The Tru San Francisco Unconference, The Recruiting Trends & Talent Tech Conference, and the Kahuna Workforce Customer Advisory Board Meeting. Plus, IBM apologizes for using ethnic labels like ‘yellow’ and ‘mulatto’ on job application, Globoforce becomes workhuman, JobCase raises $100MM, and Landit Snags $13 Million in a Round Led by WeWork. Topics include: The Skills Gap, Recruiting Rewards, and Career Planning.
John Sumser speaks with Richard Milam, founder and CEO of EnableSoft, an Inc. 5000 company and developer of Robotic Process Automation “robot” software known as Foxtrot. Richard is a regular contributor to many media outlets, including Bloomberg, CEO Magazine, TalkRadio, CNBC, American Banker, and others.
This week, Beamery Secures Workday as Strategic Investor and Partner, INFOR Announces New Partnership With Montage, LinkedIn To Unify Hiring Products On One Platform, Facebook To Train 1 Million People And Small Business Owners With Digital Skills By 2020, and SAP Lays Off Thousands As It Shifts To Advanced Technologies.
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