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HR Dashboards: All chalk and dust..
I have a good mate and ex-colleague at Deloitte, Lyle Cooper. We regularly have debates (typically over email given the time difference between Australia and South Africa) over topical HR issues. Last...
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Is your HR System geared for Work 3.0
I’m not normally one to jump on the acronym band-wagon, but ‘Work 3.0′ is definitely emerging as a real issue for many organisations ~ especially from an HR strategy and systems perspective. One of the...
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The Future of HR Shared Service Centres
The rationale behind creating HR Shared Services was predominantly cost and efficiency. Over the years we also realised that it could not be the dumping ground for the ‘Sick, Lame and Lazy’ , but...
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The Future of HR with Gamification
When one first encounters the term ‘Gamification’, the impressions and images created in ones mind tend to focus around the word “game” – Images of your 14 year old son spending hours in front of his...
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What’s your Position ?
Over the last few months, I have had the privilege of presenting at a number of large HR and HR technology conferences in Australia and the USA – It gave me the opportunity to mingle with a lot of HR...
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Organisational Structures versus Social Networks
The fundamentals of organisational structure have been the focus of attention of late, particularly as we see the emergence of social environments in the workplace, and the power that they can yield....
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The Future of Recruitment
I presented a paper in Singapore this week on the Future of Recruitment. It’s a topic that touches on so many parts of a corporation, and yet the fundamentals have not changed over the last 25 years....
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Iphone 5 vs Samsung Galaxy S III – The same “love” is found in HR systems
The lead up to the launch of the iPhone 5 as well as the actual announcement leaves nobody with any doubt that marketing (if used correctly) is a powerful mechanism to convince and manipulate people...
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The Clash of the (Social) Titans is Near
2012 ushered in a new era for HR software solutions. It will be a year that we saw some really big deals going down as the big boys of the ERP world manoeuvred themselves into strategic positions...
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It’s time for HR service providers to take accountability for what they sell
Cross post from HRmaturity.com (please visit this site for some great blogs and thought leadership on HR Maturity) Today I spent some time wandering around an HR conference and Vendor expo in Sydney....
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Retailing outsourcing and Banking “deals”: Two of a (bad) kind
It didn’t take much time after the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) for the truth to emerge – that at the heart of the GFC lay greed for organisational and personal financial gain, and that those...
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The HR Talent Software Bubble
The Year of Change – 2013 If 2013 was anything to go by then we are in for another interesting HR software year in 2014. Last year was very much one of excitement and perceived opportunity around SaaS,...
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Dear HR Vendors, are you thinking about Personal Data Stores?
We have all seen the headlines regarding the amount of new data we create every year – it’s in excess of Two Quadrillion Megabytes (that’s 2 with 21 trailing zero’s) – by any standards that is a huge...
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Do HR Systems Need A Sexy UI?
My Scottish heritage drives me to blurt out “Och Aye!” ( meaning oh yes) on this one ~ why shouldn’t our HR systems with all their new-found business support enjoy the best presentation on our...
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The rise of the SMATE
There are times in our recent history where particular events have epitomized the turning-point in global views, perceptions and behaviors ~ like the fall of the Berlin Wall and the end of the “Cold...
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Desire and Capability – Aligning the desire for HR analytics to BI Capability
Rob Scott:Well thought through article ! Originally posted on Lyle Cooper - HR Technologist: Being able to measure its own performance is critical to the HR function. One of the key challenges facing...
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Your Future HR System is an Open Data Platform
Let me start this blog off by drawing a comparison between Banking and the Travel Industry. Think about how you interact with your Bank digitally. You can do general banking at an ATM, on-line or...
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The future of HR data ownership
Article I wrote for Inside HR Magazine in June 2014 http://www.insidehr.com.au/the-future-of-hr-data-ownership/ Filed under: Uncategorized Tagged: Data sharing, HR, HR Magazine, HRIS, Mobile,...
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SaaS HR technology: the new face of HR?
Featured in Inside HR Magazine – October 2014 There is significant value to be derived from HR evolving people practices into a modern digital environment, writes Rob Scott Compared to traditional...
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Cross Functional Analytics – Unlocking Value
Rob Scott:A good blog on the importance of choosing the right source data and understanding what it will achieve for your organisation. Originally posted on Lyle Cooper - HR Technologist: Like milk and...
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