HRExaminer Radio – Executive Conversations: Episode #336: Darrin Lipscomb, Founder and CEO, Ferretly

John Sumser speaks with Darrin Lipscomb, the Founder, and CEO of Ferretly a powerfully simple application that incorporates AI to mitigate employment risk. Darrin is a 30-year veteran in the technology industry. He’s launched several software and consulting startups with successful exits.
 

Building a Case for Evidence-Based Interviewing

Topics: Bob Corlett, Editorial Advisory Board, HRExaminer, by Bob Corlett
The job interview is a poor predictor of success and while current interviewing practices are ineffective, they are also familiar and comfortable to your managers. Bob Corlett builds a case for how you can engineer a new hiring sequence that works.
 

Can HR and the C-Suite Ever Get Along?

Topics: Editorial Advisory Board, Paul Hebert, by Paul Hebert
“Can we make that change? I don’t know. I have little faith the current system will ever change focus. Not if executive pay packages continue to be tied to short-term goals. Not if stockholders want immediate results. Not if HR still believes it deals with people.” - Paul Hebert
 

HRExaminer v10.34

“So when things are going sideways and nothing feels right, you’re just in the process of learning something new. Relax, and keep going.” Heather Bussing speaks truth in, Learn By Mistake.


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A series of forces are reshaping the HR playing field. Meanwhile, the bulk of the HR profession is focused on doing the old stuff better. Read more from John Sumser in, Fiddling While Rome Burns.


Emperor Nero replied to John’s article from earlier this week (Fiddling While Rome Burns). Funny that. Thankfully, Michael Kannisto was able to miraculously channel Nero’s Reply.


John Sumser speaks with Andrew Marritt, the Founder of OrganizationView, one of the earliest European People Analytics practices now specializing in workforce text analytics with their Workometry service. Listen to Andrew Marritt on HRExaminer Radio.


On HR Tech Weekly: PredictiveHR, Engage Talent, People Analytics, Talespin, RPO’s, AI Ethics, SmartRecruiters, Fetcher, and How Systems Learn.


 

HR Tech Weekly: Episode #231: Stacey Harris and John Sumser

People Analytics Platform PredictiveHR Acquires Method3’s RPO Business, Fetcher & SmartRecruiters Partner To Provide a Next-Generation Outbound Recruiting Platform, Better Ways to Predict Who’s Going to Quit, and VR lets you fire a virtual employee to practice doing it for real. Topics include Engage Talent, PredictiveHR, People Analytics, Talespin, RPO’s, AI Ethics, SmartRecruiters, Fetcher, and How Systems Learn.
 

Nero’s Reply

Topics: Editorial Advisory Board, HRExaminer, Michael R. Kannisto, Ph.D., by Michael Kannisto, Ph.D.
After John Sumser’s article from this past Tuesday, Fiddling While Rome Burns, we got a reply from the Emperor himself. Thankfully, our amazing colleague, Michael Kannisto studies with the great mystics scattered around the New York Metropolitan area. He was miraculously able to channel Nero’s response. You should expect the conversation to continue. - John Sumser
 

HRExaminer Radio – Executive Conversations: Episode #335: Andrew Marritt, Founder & CEO, OrganizationView

John Sumser speaks with Andrew Marritt, the Founder of OrganizationView, one of the earliest European People Analytics practices now specializing in workforce text analytics with their Workometry service. A hands-on data scientist he learnt to program in the 70s on a kit-built home computer. Andrew lives with his family in St. Moritz, Switzerland. Outside work he enjoys skiing, skeleton and long-distance swimming.
 

Fiddling While Rome Burns

Topics: HRExaminer, John Sumser, by John Sumser
“Nero is a role model for doing the exact wrong thing at the exact wrong time. The HR profession is focused on doing the old stuff better. Without much debate, HR is moving to perfect its 20th-century mission and mostly ignoring its 21st Century obligations.” -John Sumser
 

Learn By Mistake

Topics: Editorial Advisory Board, Heather Bussing, HRExaminer, by Heather Bussing
“It’s okay to fall down, screw up, make mistakes, and figure it out by doing it wrong. Transformation is a process. It usually isn’t pretty. You will always be learning something new, and screwing up while you do.” - Heather Bussing
 

HRExaminer v10.33

Doug Shaw writes, “Change can be hard, and the process of exploring how we do things differently needs to acknowledge this, seeking clarity and inclusion as ways of engaging people in the process.” The Language of Change: Who Is It For?


Great companies follow their customers to the value. John Sumser explains How Google Converted Joy Into Long Term Customers.


Less is More with Performance Management. “Think of excessive performance management vehicles as bureaucracy you need to reduce.” - Dr. Todd Dewett


Find out why Jason Lauritsen thinks Performance Ratings are Harmful.


On HR Tech Weekly: John’s A.I. Flywheel, Sierra-Cedar Survey Updates, ADP Advertising Services, Guidespark, Virgin Pulse, and Limeade, Perceptyx Receives Investment from TCV, Lowe’s Spent Billions On Share Buybacks and Zero On Severance For Laid-Off Workers, and Google’s Jobs Search Draws Antitrust Complaints From Rivals.