HR Tech Weekly: Episode #164: Stacey Harris and John Sumser

This week, John and Stacey discuss the IBM Think Conference and Oracle HCM World in Dallas, the Workday and Slack Integration, and the AI-Powered Career Assistant from Ascendify.
 

SINS: Software Is Not Service

Topics: HRExaminer, John Sumser, by John Sumser
“Software as a Service companies suffer stock price declines when they give their customers adequate support. As a result, the hidden costs of SaaS purchases often include additional staff or big consulting contracts.” - John Sumser
 

HRExaminer Radio – Executive Conversations: Episode #270: Noel Webb

John Sumser speaks with Noel Webb, the co-founder and CEO of Karen HR (a cognitive recruiting assistant).
 

About Me

Topics: HRExaminer, John Sumser, by John Sumser
“I learned three important skills along the way: a pilot’s eye for trouble, an engineer’s view of problem-solving, and an OD (Organizational Development) view of management.” – John Sumser
 

HRExaminer v9.11

Topics: HR Technology, HRExaminer, John Sumser, Radio, Weekly, by John Sumser
While PWC’s latest report on the impact of AI and automation focuses on how robots will take our jobs, a different finding drew our interest. ‘Learning mishaps’ occur when a machine doesn’t have all of the information but gives a recommendation or makes a decision anyway. John Sumser has more in, Preparing for the Change or Machines Have Bad H(AI)R Days.


“Why is it so hard for marketing people to understand that any surveys they generate will always be suspect?” Survey Says: John Sumser isn’t having any.


HRIntelligencer 2.10 Highlights: This week is another layer of myth-busting. Great management comes from anticipating the worst case while preparing to execute the best. Our droning-on about the risks of AI is the best way I know to get you ready for the inevitable.


John Sumser speaks with Heather Bussing about the intersection of technology and people (notably, bias in new technologies). Heather is an employment lawyer, writer, and photographer. Listen to Heather Bussing on HRExaminer Radio.


On HR Tech Weekly: Updates From the Ultimate Software Connections 2018 Users Conference, Bullhorn Acquires Talent Rover and JobScience, PredictiveHR Secures Funding and Creates Alliance With TrenData, and Paycor Adds to Leadership Team.
 

HR Tech Weekly: Episode #163: Stacey Harris and John Sumser

Updates From the Ultimate Software Connections 2018 Users Conference, Bullhorn Acquires Talent Rover and JobScience, PredictiveHR Secures Funding and Creates Alliance With TrenData, and Paycor Adds to Leadership Team.
 

Survey Says

Topics: HRExaminer, John Sumser, by John Sumser
“Why is it so hard for marketing people to understand that any surveys they generate will always be suspect? Of course, your survey supports your point of view. Of course, you are going to ask a biased sample a set of biased questions to generate a biased outcome. And, even if you didn’t, who is going to believe you didn’t?” – John Sumser
 

HRExaminer Radio – Executive Conversations: Episode #269: Heather Bussing

John Sumser speaks with Heather Bussing, an employment lawyer, writer, and photographer who tries not to believe everything she thinks.
 

HRIntelligencer v 2.10

Topics: HR Intelligencer, HRExaminer, John Sumser, by John Sumser
This week is another layer of myth-busting. Great management comes from anticipating the worst case while preparing to execute the best. Our droning-on about the risks of AI is the best way I know to get you ready for the inevitable.
 

Preparing for the Change or Machines Have Bad H(AI)R Days.

Topics: AI, HRExaminer, John Sumser, by John Sumser
“The PWC paper mentions ‘learning mishaps.’ A ‘learning mishap’ occurs when the machine doesn’t have all of the information but gives a recommendation or makes a decision nonetheless.” - John Sumser