HR Tech Weekly: Episode #106: Stacey Harris and John Sumser

Topics: HRExaminer, HRExaminer Radio, John Sumser, by John Sumser
This week: Is Workday’s Wal-Mart Deal a Game Changer?, ADP Acquires The Marcus Buckingham Company to Expand Talent Portfolio, HR Consultants for Hire: ADP Now Offers Professional Services for Midsized Businesses, Microsoft is developing its own human capital management apps, and 21st Century Cures Act gives brokers huge edge in HR tech war.
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The Future of Work Is People (and so is Soylent Green)

Topics: HRExaminer, John Sumser, by John Sumser
“It’s likely that you’ll agree that there is a consensus view. It’s something like this: People will become increasingly irrelevant as machines of various types and intelligences take away work that is currently performed by humans.” – John Sumser
 

How AI Will Change HR by 2020 (and Beyond)

Topics: HRExaminer, by Rob May
“AI-empowered sentiment analysis will go further, offering HR an ‘emotional dashboard”’ for their organization. Human resource staff will spot burnout from common cues and intervene before it becomes problematic. Unsung heroes who shepherd projects and processes along without obvious notice will be spotted by algorithms and earmarked for promotion.” – Rob May
 

HRExaminer v8.03

Mary Faulkner shares seven tactics to reduce the risk of implementing HR Tech. Read, The gamble of implementing HR Tech.


After spending twelve years at Harvard University, Shawn Achor has become one of the world’s leading experts on the connection between happiness and success. Read more in, Happiness Runs.


On episode 105 of HR Tech Weekly: Gartner to Buy CEB Inc. for $2.6 Billion in Cash, Stock, Fortune’s 50 Best Workplaces for Parents, Jeremy Roche joins Unit4 as Chief Product Officer, Trump and Sessions plan to restrict highly skilled foreign workers. Hyderabad says to bring it on. Finally, Amazon’s Alexa won the CES battle, but faces a tough war.


Kevin W. Grossman is the Talent Board Vice President responsible for the Candidate Experience Awards and other Talent Board activities for North America. A certified Talent Acquisition Strategist (TAS) and Human Capital Strategist (HCS), Kevin has over 17 years of expertise with the HR and recruiting technology marketplace. Kevin Grossman is on HRExaminer Radio.


On Episode 4 of HRx Big Ideas Radio, John talks about The HR Headhunter with Brad Warga, a principal at Heidrick & Struggles in San Francisco. The HR Headhunter with Brad Warga.
 

HR Tech Weekly: Episode #105: Stacey Harris and John Sumser

Topics: HRExaminer, HRExaminer Radio, John Sumser, by John Sumser
This week: Gartner to Buy CEB Inc. for $2.6 Billion in Cash, Stock (Paywall), Fortune’s 50 Best Workplaces for Parents, Jeremy Roche joins Unit4 as Chief Product Officer, Trump and Sessions plan to restrict highly skilled foreign workers. Hyderabad says to bring it on, and Amazon’s Alexa won the CES battle, but faces a tough war.
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Happiness Runs

Topics: HRExaminer, John Sumser, by John Sumser
We’re wired to transmit information from brain to brain. And, we can reprogram the fundamentals. This was a part of an amazing talk given by Shawn Achor as the opening keynote for the Ultimate Software User Conference.
 

The gamble of implementing HR Tech

Topics: Editorial Advisory Board, HRExaminer, Mary Faulkner, by Mary Faulkner
What’s the risk of implementing a sparkly new expensive piece of HR software? Mary Faulkner shares her experience and advice from the trenches.
 

HRExaminer v8.02

“The average length of a typical economic expansion cycle is 69.5 months. Guess what: we’re at month 89.” Read Jeff Dickey-Chasins’s article, How Recruitment Marketing Can Prepare for the Coming Recession.


John Sumser analyzes the Gartner acquisition of CEB for $3.3B. The purchase has significant implications for the future of enterprise software. Read, Gartner Buys CEB.


On episode 104 of HR Tech Weekly: Trish McFarlane new Infor VP, Namely raises $50M; Adds time management to help mid-sized companies, Ransomware targets HR departments with fake job applications, Under Armour at CES highlights digital transformation efforts as clothing, and French workers win legal right to avoid checking work email out-of-hours.


Todd Tauber is the VP of Product Marketing at Degreed, an enterprise learning company. In previous work Todd was the VP Research and Practice Lead for Enterprise Learning at Bersin by Deloitte. Todd Tauber is on HRExaminer Radio.


On Episode 3 of HRx Big Ideas Radio, John talks about building strong cultures with Charisse Fontes, the CEO of The Culture Circle.
 

Gartner Buys CEB

Topics: HRExaminer, John Sumser, by John Sumser
For $3.3B, Gartner picked up CEB. The purchase has significant implications for the future of enterprise software, the value of service offerings and the way that data is integrated into professional services firms.
 

How Recruitment Marketing Can Prepare for the Coming Recession

Topics: HRExaminer, Jeff Dickey-Chasins, by Jeff Dickey-Chasins
“But we’re due – or overdue – for a new recession. The average length of a typical economic expansion cycle is 69.5 months. Guess what: we’re at month 89. The current expansion has been smaller and weaker than those in the past – which also makes it more vulnerable to outside shocks.” – Jeff Dickey-Chasins