August 28, 2026
If AI Freed Up an Hour, What Would Your Compensation Team Do With It?
AI can automate calculations, analyze pay gaps, and even predict who might quit. What it cannot do is sit across from a manager and explain the story…
August 10, 2026
A look inside the 2026 RPO Buyer Trends Report
Research by Lighthouse Research & Advisory, in partnership with the Recruitment Process Outsourcing Association The Recruitment Process Outsourcing…
August 7, 2026
EOR Provider Wants to Build the Infrastructure for Global Talent Markets
EoR solutions are in a hurry to build and buy their way to “all-in-one” HR platform status. One provider is consciously taking a different path. Will…
July 8, 2026
HR Isn’t Cooling Off This Summer: 4 Workplace Trends That Will Separate Great Organizations from Everyone Else
Summer often brings a slower pace in business. Vacations are scheduled, calendars become lighter, and many organizations use the season to prepare for…
June 25, 2026
The Frontline Engagement Gap: What 50,000+ Workers Tell Us About Who Stays and Who Walks
For years, frontline employers have accepted high turnover as part of the job. The logic is familiar: the work is demanding, people cycle through it…
June 23, 2026
How do you screen candidates when every resume looks the same?
Application volume is at an all-time high, and AI has made resumes nearly impossible to tell apart. Here’s what leaders are doing about it. Talent…
June 1, 2026
HR Summer School Is Back — And the Timing Couldn’t Be Better
There’s a particular kind of exhaustion that HR professionals know well. It’s not the kind that comes from running a marathon. It’s the kind that comes…
May 19, 2026
The Real Competitive Advantage in Business Is Purpose Alignment
The conversation around purpose is often dismissed because leaders struggle to quantify its ROI. But the organizations outperforming today understand…
May 18, 2026
TA livestream takeaways: The humanity premium in hiring
On the TA livestream we ran a few weeks back, I connected with Ben Eubanks, our Chief Research Officer, and George Rogers, our Chief Strategy Officer…
April 15, 2026
TA vs AI: The Truth About AI Recruiting Mistakes
Most AI failures in recruiting aren’t AI failures Most of the writing on why AI underperforms in recruiting starts with a guess. Blame gets directed at…
April 10, 2026
Transform 2026: Strategy Is the Expectation, Alignment Is the Challenge
In today’s business environment, the gap isn’t whether HR is strategic; it’s whether strategy can actually be executed at the speed the business…
March 25, 2026
The 2026 Lighthouse Tech Awards: Recognizing Technology That Delivers Real Result
In our daily work with talent leaders, HR executives, and solution providers, we see extraordinary innovation happening across the market. The…
March 24, 2026
The 2026 Lighthouse Tech Awards: Best in Class Winners
Every year, the HR technology market gets louder. New tools. New features. More AI. Bigger promises. But for HR leaders trying to make real decisions…
February 5, 2026
Mythbusting: 4 Lies About Work in 2026 Recap
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January 30, 2026
2025 HR Tech M&A Activity: Mega-Deals, Agentic AI, and the Learning Shakeup
2025 was a year of big swings in HR technology M&A. Private equity wrote checks measured in billions. Platform vendors went on acquisition sprees. And…
January 14, 2026
Your Workforce Knows Disruption Is Coming. Are You Helping Them Prepare?
Companies don’t serve customers, solve problems, or innovate. People do. So when we talk about whether organizations are ready for disruption, we’re…
January 7, 2026
Mentorship as a Business Strategy, Not a Benefit
Mentorship as a Business Strategy, Not a Benefit January is Mentorship Month, but for HR leaders, mentorship can no longer live in the category of…
December 15, 2025
Your Workforce Isn’t Ready for Change (And It’s Costing You)
Here’s a stat that should make every leader pause: Two out of three Talent leaders say their workforce isn’t highly adaptable to change. Think about…
December 9, 2025
The Real Cost of Inadequate Training and Development
Here’s something most leadership teams miss: when employees don’t receive adequate training, they don’t just fall behind on skills. They conclude their…
November 19, 2025
Compensation is Changing: Here’s How AI, New Data Sources, and Skills are Evolving [New Report]
AI is Changing Work (and Compensation isn’t Immune) Since 2019, our team has analyzed the changes in compensation technology and data usage along with…
November 11, 2025
Looking vs. Seeking: Why Intentionality Matters in Today’s HR Landscape
We’ve all been there. You’re looking for something: your keys, your wallet, maybe your favorite pen. It’s sitting right in front of you, but somehow…
October 15, 2025
New Research Highlights Core Elements of Employee Experience
Any HR leader, if prompted, could tell you that employee experience (EX) is simply what an employee encounters at work. But what does that really mean…
October 10, 2025
Your Workforce Isn’t Ready for Change (And It’s Costing You)
Here’s a stat that should make every leader pause: Two out of three Talent leaders say their workforce isn’t highly adaptable to change. Think about…
September 30, 2025
AI in Hiring: The Candidate Isn’t the Only One Using It
I recently sat in on a conversation with a hiring leader who shared a surprising story. They’d interviewed a candidate whose responses felt a little…
September 24, 2025
Where Authenticity Meets Efficiency: 2025 Trends in High-Impact Talent Acquisition
In today’s hiring market, it may seem like employers hold the advantage. With large applicant pools across many industries, companies often feel they…
September 23, 2025
The Candidate’s Lens: Redefining the Hiring Experience
Today’s hiring landscape looks very different, especially from the candidate’s perspective. According to our latest research at Lighthouse Research &…
August 28, 2025
AI in HR Summit Recap: Humans are People to be Served, Not Problems to be Solved
Just a few hours ago, our team wrapped up an amazing livestream session featuring experts from multiple organizations and perspectives, and the entire…
August 11, 2025
AI is Contributing to a Connection Crisis at Work
In nearly a decade of researching and writing about artificial intelligence in the workplace, I have seen the technology evolve from a curiosity to a…
July 23, 2025
Your Culture’s Heartbeat: Are You Listening?
A Healthy Culture Pulse Starts with Recognition and Support Every workplace has a rhythm—a culture pulse—that tells the story of its people. A positive…
July 3, 2025
Frontline Workforce Insights: New Data and On Demand Access to Livestream
Last week our team ran a livestream for hundreds of employers with frontline workers. During that session, we explored topics ranging from talent…
April 29, 2025
Employee Experience Can Make or Break Organizational Success—Here’s How to Make it WORK
I’m sure we’ve read stories or been a part of these conversations on how, in today’s fast-paced and competitive business environment, one thing remains…
April 18, 2025
HR Tech Awards 2025 Winners Announced
In our daily work with talent leaders and solution providers, we run into some incredible technology. These tools available to organizations right now…
April 7, 2025
An Evolving Landscape: Thoughts in Advance of Publishing the Third Edition of Artificial Intelligence for HR
Later this year (September, to be more specific), the third edition of my book Artificial Intelligence for HR will be released. As the first book in…
April 3, 2025
Generational Views: Three Generations, Three Hiring Mindsets.
Generational Views: Three Generations, Three Hiring Mindsets In the current state of hiring, employers must navigate the preferences and expectations…
February 26, 2025
UNLEASH Column: Is AI Causing Cognitive Decline?
Note: Our team is working closely with UNLEASH this year on a series of activities, including a quarterly column penned by yours truly. This is the…
February 7, 2025
Solution Provider Review: HiBob
Bob, the modern Human Capital Management (HCM) platform from HiBob, is designed to streamline HR processes, enhance employee engagement, and support…
February 5, 2025
Redefining RTO: Creating Meaningful Workplaces in the New Era of RTO.
As organizations navigate the new landscape of returning to the office, both employers and employees face a myriad of challenges. Employers must…
February 1, 2025
PEO as a People Strategy: Research Shows Value, Impact, and Opportunity [Report]
Have you ever watched a professional juggler? It’s pretty incredible. With their practiced hands and expert skill, they can add a seemingly endless…
January 31, 2025
The Future of Talent Acquisition: Adapting to 2025’s Hiring Landscape
As a seasoned HR leader recalls, a candidate once astounded them by flawlessly adapting to the company’s application process, highlighting the stark…
January 23, 2025
The Human Touch in Leadership: Driving Success Through Authenticity and Employee Engagement
In a world where businesses are constantly in flux, leadership is the cornerstone that can uphold or crumble an organization. “The Human Touch in…
January 14, 2025
2024 HR Tech M&A Activity: A Year of Resilience and Growth
The HR technology market in 2024 was a story of resilience and growth amidst a rapidly changing global landscape. With the U.S. election dominating…
December 28, 2024
Maximizing ROI in the Modern Workplace: How Employee Experience Technology Drives Business Performance
Understanding Employee Experience Technology Employee experience technology encompasses tools designed to improve various aspects of an employee’s…
October 30, 2024
The Power of a Skills-Based Approach to Talent
The Power of a Skills-Based Approach to Talent: Reducing Risk and Unlocking Workforce Potential In today’s rapidly evolving business environment…
October 11, 2024
Recruitment Process Outsourcing in the Age of AI: Streamlining Value and Impact
This past week I was in the great city of Chicago speaking at the RPO Association annual conference. I had the privilege of delivering a keynote on the…
September 23, 2024
HR Technology Conference 2024: Busting the “There’s Nothing New or Interesting” Myth
Every year our team attends HR Tech in Vegas, and inevitably every year I hear from someone on the show floor or post-event with the exact same…
September 18, 2024
Performance Management is Out: Performance Enablement is In
In the realm of organizational success, the approach to enhancing employee performance is undergoing a significant transformation. Gone are the days…
September 9, 2024
What a Family Disney Trip Taught Me About Learning Experiences [Livestream Event]
When was the last time you had an “aha” moment that really excited you? For me it was during a recent family trip to Disneyland. I was keynoting at a…
July 29, 2024
Ghosting isn’t Unsolvable [Infographic]
The phenomenon of candidate ghosting, where candidates suddenly cease communication with potential employers, has become an increasing concern in the…
July 25, 2024
The Powerful Intersection of Performance, Development, and Recognition [Infographic]
The confluence of employee performance, development, and recognition within an organization holds transformative power as a cornerstone for fostering…
July 23, 2024
Creating a Positive Data-Driven Employee Experience [Infographic]
Crafting a top-notch employee experience is all about creating a workplace where everyone feels engaged, processes run smoothly, and the overall…
July 3, 2024
4 Critical Skills for the Modern Payroll Practitioner
Of all the disciplines within HR, payroll is often given short shrift. It’s arguably the most essential component of how employees interact with the…
May 1, 2024
HR Tech Awards 2024: Winners Announced
In our daily work with talent leaders and solution providers, we run into some incredible technology. Some of the tools available to organizations…
February 20, 2024
6+ Generative AI Applications in Talent Acquisition Today [Infographic]
Generative AI. It’s the topic in what seems like every conference agenda, presentation, and headline today. But so much of it is focused on things like…
January 24, 2024
Case Study Report: The Value of Company Culture in the Age of AI
In a world where technology reigns supreme, we must not forget the heart of our organizations—the culture. The beating heart of company culture guides…
January 13, 2024
Hiring Assessments: Do Employers and Candidates See Eye to Eye? [Infographic]
Updated January 2024 with new data from Q3 2023 Hiring assessments have gone through many iterations and evolutions since the days I was using them to…
January 3, 2024
2023 Recap: A Turbulent Year with Significant M&A Changes in the HR Technology Market
Our annual reporting on M&A in the HR technology space is one of our most popular pieces of content year after year (see our 2022 version here). We…
January 2, 2024
The Evolution of Pay Equity and Transparency in the Modern Workplace [Infographic]
Increasingly, our research is showing that pay equity and pay transparency are critically linked. In other words, employers that score highly in one…
December 18, 2023
What is the Complexity Coefficient and Does it Apply to Your Organization?
In our research on high-performing organizations, the term “complexity coefficient” is one that we use to describe companies that are outliers from the…
December 4, 2023
Should You Expect Candidate Data with Your Next Recruiting Technology Purchase?
Several years back, economist and human behavioral science expert Dan Ariely ran an experiment on options and choices (one of hundreds of experiments…
October 31, 2023
The Next Generation of Talent Rises and Falls on Potential [New Report]
Can I be transparent for a moment? Earlier this year, the team at Plum reached out to us about writing a piece for a different audience than we…
October 25, 2023
Frontline Workers are Different: Here’s How to Engage and Retain Them [New Report]
Employers across the globe have felt the challenges associated with talent shortages in recent years, and frontline employers have felt those pains…
October 19, 2023
isolved HCM Connect Conference: Serious Growth, Aggressive Roadmap, and a Critical AI Strategy
This week I spent time in beautiful Palm Springs at the isolved Connect user conference. If you’re not familiar with the name, isolved HCM’s hot pink…
October 4, 2023
Ceridian Rebrands to Dayforce, Launches Range of New Features and Strategic Efforts
Fall for analysts like us in the HR technology space equates to travel season, with industry conferences and technology user conferences happening on a…
October 1, 2023
2023 Compensation Data and Technology Buyer’s Guide and Landscape Report [New Research]
Every other year our team takes a deep dive into the world of compensation. We look at all of the top technology providers. We gather data from a wide…
September 11, 2023
7 Compensation Practices of High-Performing Organizations [New Research]
Over the last few months we’ve been working on our 2023 Compensation Data and Technology Trends research that we update every two years. In this year’s…
August 11, 2023
Key Takeaways from the 2023 Performance, Engagement, and Culture Enablement Livestream
Recently we posted about our PEACE livestream session that we were hosting in conjunction with Quantum Workplace, HiBob, and Confirm. This session…
August 2, 2023
Performance, Culture, and Employee Retention [Infographic]
Making work meaningful isn’t a pipe dream. It isn’t something that can’t happen. But it also doesn’t happen without intention and effort. Our latest…
July 31, 2023
What’s New in Employee Retention, Performance, and Culture? [Livestream]
On Thursday, August 10th, our team will be hosting a special livestream to look at our brand new data on Performance, Engagement, and Culture…
May 30, 2023
Biased, Burdensome, and Burnt Out: The Unlimited PTO Story [New Research]
Not too far in the past, a company that offered its workers an unfettered amount of paid leave would have seemed illogical at best. After all, the…
May 18, 2023
Newsflash: The Wellbeing of Your Workforce is Your Business [Infographic]
The last month has held a lot of travel for the team here at Lighthouse. From Unleash in Las Vegas to the HR Technologies UK event in London to the…
May 8, 2023
3 Learning Trends for 2023: Talent Shortage, Manager Enablement, and Mental Health [New Report]
At the Learning Technologies UK event last week, I found in many conversations with learning professionals that they can get bogged down and frustrated…
May 5, 2023
6 Technology Providers Supporting Culture, Engagement, and Employee Experience: Lighthouse Listens 2023
As part of our ongoing research efforts, our team meets with technology providers across the HR, talent, and learning space on a regular basis. Last…
April 18, 2023
Women are 50% Less Likely to Have Visibility into Internal Career Opportunities [New Research]
Recently, the Japanese multinational Fujitsu was commended by the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry for its efforts to encourage the…
March 28, 2023
IAMPHENOM 2023: Back and More Innovative than Ever
In our latest talent acquisition research study (join our upcoming livestream to be the first to see the findings), we see a dramatic growth in the…
March 15, 2023
Is Mentoring Outdated in Today’s Workplace?
The workplace is where people go to earn a living, be productive, and learn new skills, so why not use it as a way to develop your employees at the…
February 1, 2023
It’s HERE! My New Talent Scarcity Book is ***Free*** For a Limited Time
Over the last year as companies struggled to find good people to hire and fought at the same time to keep their best staff, I knew there had to be a…
January 24, 2023
How to Manage Frontline Employee Turnover
Frontline Workplaces: Experiencing High Turnover? The Cause May Be Your Manager It’s no secret that industries with frontline workers are struggling to…
January 11, 2023
The Costs and Benefits of Employee One-on-Ones
In most cases, losing weight comes down to eating right and exercising. Creating great relationships means being attentive and caring of the other…
January 9, 2023
2022 Was Another Record Year for HR Tech: See 20+ M&A Activities that Shaped the Market
Last year one of our most popular posts on the blog was a recap of some of the 2021 M&A activities across the HR Tech landscape. When you juxtapose…
December 16, 2022
What Frontline Workers Care About in 2023 [Infographic]
With all of the news focusing on layoffs and potential economic challenges, it might surprise you to hear that employers hiring frontline staff are…
November 14, 2022
3 Frontline Worker Trends: Salary, Shortage, and Support
In today’s workplace with the economy shifting and employers looking to slow hiring, we’re seeing some confusing signals. With some firms laying off…
October 17, 2022
The State of Voice of the Employee and Enterprise Employee Feedback Survey Platforms
In the last few years, the workplace has transitioned from a focus just on employee surveys to a more continuous listening approach. This transition…
October 4, 2022
Recruitment Process Outsourcing: Services, Value, and Buyer Intent
This week I had the pleasure of serving as the opening keynote for the Recruitment Process Outsourcing Association (RPOA) annual conference, sharing…
September 25, 2022
HR Tech Connect Summit 2022: A few tickets left
Over the last few years, one of my favorite events has been the HR Tech Connect Summit. This year it happens on November 16-18 in Tampa, FL. This is a…
September 11, 2022
isolved Connect 2022: A Case Study in Customer Engagement
Nearly 40% bigger than last year, the isolved Connect 2022 user conference was held in Nashville and demonstrated that in many ways, client events are…
August 22, 2022
3 Reasons People Quit (and 3 That Make them Stay)
Research shows that managers believe 70% of the reason people leave a job is due to pay. However, actual data points indicate that nearly 70% of the…
August 15, 2022
How to Increase Employee Support by 6,000% [New Research]
In the coming month or two we’ll be unveiling the findings of our new Frontline Worker study, but today I want to share a few statistics that are…
August 10, 2022
Why Belonging is a Critical Aspect of DEI Success
[Edited with new data August 2024] Most researchers believe the annual voluntary turnover rate for U.S. employees will rise this year, with a heavy…
June 27, 2022
Predicting Pay and Skills From Job Market Intelligence Data on #HRTechTalks
In today’s world, things change and evolve so quickly. Take pay for instance. It’s changing faster than the surveys and other data sources can keep up…
June 21, 2022
isolved 2022 Awards Case Study
About the Company isolved is a people-first human capital management company whose sole vision is to enable customers to exceed their goals through…
May 18, 2022
HR Tech Awards 2022: Winners Announced
In our daily work with talent leaders and solution providers, we run into some incredible technology. Some of the tools available to organizations…
April 19, 2022
3 Reasons Candidates Ghost Employers, Plus 4 Things They Desire [Infographic]
When you are selling a house in a buyer’s market, you do all kinds of things to try to create the right atmosphere, conditions, and appeal so that you…
March 31, 2022
9 out of 10 Workers Would Stay at Your Company if They Had this Benefit [Report]
For a long time, employers have offered paid time off (PTO) as a way to provide flexibility to the workforce to meet their personal needs. However, new…
March 14, 2022
Do People Really Want to Quit Their Jobs? What the Research Indicates
“What do you mean he’s leaving?” I was in a bit of a panic. We were on the verge of delivering a large project to the customer, and I’d just gotten…
February 23, 2022
Tech Brief: Compensation Tool
Squirrel is a real-time wage and salary data solution offered by Compensation Tool, an industry-leading benchmarking and salary survey management tool…
February 7, 2022
Can You Really Save 200,000 Minutes of Onboarding Time? [Webinar]
What’s your take on onboarding? Back in the day, I really enjoyed the opportunity to help new hires set up benefits, meet our team, and get their gear…
February 2, 2022
New Research: Employees Score Companies with a Failing Grade on Mental Health Support
Employers are trying. They really are. In the new report published this week based on responses from 1,000 employers and 1,000 workers, we saw…
January 30, 2022
The Remote Work Gap: How to Add Flexibility in a Non-Flexible Industry or Job
This is one of the hottest conversations in the workplace, today, and no, I’m not talking about the most challenging hiring environment we’ve ever seen…
January 28, 2022
Do You Want to Retain the Largest Age Group in Your Workforce?
Data from Pew shows that Millennials make up one in three employees, and based on new data we have from our Great Reprioritization study, we see that…
January 28, 2022
Tech Brief: Gloat
Gloat is an Internal Talent Marketplace used by the world’s leading enterprises. The platform helps enterprises democratize career development, unlock…
January 28, 2022
Tech Brief: Olumo
Olumo helps organizations build a people-focused culture by gathering anonymous people data on a consistent basis, asking questions surrounding over 56…
January 28, 2022
Tech Brief: PTO Exchange
PTO Exchange is a benefits platform that allows employees to apply the value of their unused paid time off (PTO) to a range of priorities, like…
January 28, 2022
Tech Brief: Utmost
Utmost, the first Extended Workforce System, offers solutions for the enterprise and its extended workforce – from temporary workers to consultants…
January 27, 2022
Tech Brief: Alleo
Alleo enables hybrid and virtual meeting participants to get more work done synchronously during the meeting diminishing after meeting asynchronous…
January 26, 2022
Tech Brief: Sorbet
Sorbet is a fintech company transforming the most broken benefit – Paid Time Off (PTO) – into a win-win for businesses and their employees. Sorbet…
January 24, 2022
Talent Mobility: The Key to Engagement, Retention, and Performance [Infographic]
Our research over the last six years has indicated several practices that set high-performing employers apart from the rest. One of the big ones?…
January 17, 2022
How Guardant Health Leverages Procaire by Praisidio for Employee Retention [Case Study]
In a company staffed with technical specialists, losing even one employee can have an extremely high cost. Software professionals, data scientists, and…
January 12, 2022
Two Out of Three Employees Want this Talent Practice Right Now
I recently spoke for IAMHR, an event that Phenom put on, and they did a writeup of the session and some of my research. I’m reposting here because 1)…
January 11, 2022
New Findings on Worker Preferences, HR Jobs, and More #HRTechTalks
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January 7, 2022
Data Preview: The Great Resignation? Nope, It’s The Great Reprioritization (New Research)
The Great Resignation Reprioritization The video overview below, hosted by Lighthouse Research & Advisory’s Chief Research Officer Ben Eubanks, dives…
January 5, 2022
2021 Was the Biggest Year Yet for HR Tech: See 30+ of the Top M&A Activities
Last year one of our most popular posts on the blog was a recap of some of the 2020 M&A activities across the HR Tech landscape. When you juxtapose…
January 4, 2022
Frictionless Recruiting with MapRecruit on #HRTechTalks
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December 17, 2021
Getting Comfortable with Data: featuring Salary.com on #HRTechTalks
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December 10, 2021
2021 HR Tech Awards Case Study: ChartHop
Read the full case study Problems The Technology Solves Organizational management has traditionally been a broken, manual and time-consuming process…
December 7, 2021
Mythbusting AI: A Year in the Making
Last year I had an idea. I wanted to host a session and call it “mythbusting AI” after those awesome mythbuster guys on TV. Since I was a kid, I’ve…
December 7, 2021
The Power of a Single System to Manage, Track, and Report on Employee Skills
Years ago a storm came through the town where I lived and damaged a building on my father’s property. He needed it repaired, so I volunteered for the…
November 10, 2021
2021 HR Tech Awards Case Study: Fuel50
Read the full case study Problems The Technology Solves Fuel50 is a transparent talent and opportunity marketplace to meet the business needs for…
November 8, 2021
New Data Show the (Surprising) Buyer Priorities for Compensation Management Systems [New Research]
Companies often spend more time managing their petty cash drawer than they do thinking about the strategic importance of their compensation systems and…
October 19, 2021
How Internal Mobility Solves for Risk, Cost, and More
Talent mobility can help your company tap into the trillions in GDP growth coming in the next 25 years. That’s a big claim, but the connection is real…
October 1, 2021
Machine Learning Allows Employers to Leverage Skill Data in Ways We Never Dreamed
In 2019, our team at Lighthouse Research & Advisory set out to determine if artificial intelligence (AI) is better than humans at some HR tasks. We…
September 10, 2021
2021 HR Tech Awards Case Study: Hibob
Read the full case study Problems The Technology Solves Hybrid work has become the new normal and has thrust HR to the head seat at the board room…
August 10, 2021
2021 HR Tech Awards Case Study: Tivian
Read the full case study Problems The Technology Solves Most organizations express a firm commitment to equality and inclusion, where all employees…
August 2, 2021
Personalization and Wellness: How AI Supports Wellbeing at Scale
“You need to have a competitive pay and benefits offering. When you go to do that, the employer ends up paying for a lot of things that go unused just…
July 26, 2021
Skills Provide an Objective Data Foundation and a Common Business Language
When it comes to discussions about skills in the workplace, it can feel very much like an all-or-nothing proposition. You either get it right and reap…
July 6, 2021
Rising Construction Industry Demand for HR Technology
Recently I had the opportunity to speak to an audience that serves and supports the construction industry. The team pulled some of the insights from my…
July 2, 2021
Tech Brief: IntelliHR
intelliHR offers leading edge cloud-based People Management Software-as-a-Service with advanced big data collection and analytics capabilities at its…
June 30, 2021
Solution Provider Review: Immedis
Immedis delivers touchless global payroll that is secure, compliant, accurate and timely. Processing payroll in over 150 countries, the Immedis…
June 18, 2021
Skills Power Every Talent Practice: Building Your Skills Business Case
Like many parents in the last year, I’ve spent more time with my kids’ learning materials, re-familiarizing myself with the ins and outs of…
May 27, 2021
HR Tech Awards 2021: Winners Announced
Last year, our inaugural HR Tech Awards program was a chance for technology providers to show how they serve their clients. This year, an astounding…
May 21, 2021
Solution review: Engagedly
Engagedly is a tool for talent-focused organizations. It enables talent development through mentoring, coaching, and feedback tools that are highly…
May 10, 2021
HR Analyst Day: April 2021 Overview
Last month our team tackled another HR Analyst Day initiative, talking with more than a dozen providers across learning, talent acquisition, HR, and…
April 12, 2021
Compliance Challenges? You’re Not Alone: Featuring ThinkHR/MammothHR on HR Tech Talks
Since the start of this year, multiple new laws have passed that change responsibilities for employers, and that’s just a small sample of the overall…
March 29, 2021
Embracing Flexibility in Your Talent System: PeopleFluent on HR Tech Talks
When HR technology first became a “thing,” tools were rigid and structured. Today, some tools are still that way, but others have taken the opposite…
March 15, 2021
Health Intelligence: Going Beyond Health Analytics with Springbuk on HR Tech Talks
Employers often put little thought into the data wrapped around their health benefits. But what if leaders could use health analytics to connect…
March 15, 2021
HR Tech for Midsize Companies: Featuring Namely on HR Tech Talks
If you’re a large enterprise, there are HR tools for you. If you’re a small company, there are HR tools for you. But what if you’re in a midsize…
March 1, 2021
A More Holistic View for Hiring Talent: Featuring iCIMS on HR Tech Talks
Historically, hiring has been an external activity, and the tools were primarily focused on workflows and candidate intake. The modern hiring…
February 25, 2021
Democratizing Recruiting Automation: Featuring GoHire on HR Tech Talks
Recruiting automation may seem like an incredibly complex topic, but it doesn’t have to be. Since 2016 when GoHire launched its first recruiting…
February 25, 2021
Engaging A Field-Based Workforce – Lessons From Nussbaum Transportation On We’re Only Human
“You can reconcile accounting, but you can’t always reconcile people.” Jeremy Stickling, Chief Administrative Officer at Nussbaum Transportation We’re…
February 25, 2021
HR Analyst Day *Podcast Takeover* Featuring Engagedly On We’re Only Human
“Be gentle with yourself. I think we can all afford a little compassion and we’re often able to give that to others easier than we’re able to give it…
February 25, 2021
Let’s Solve Real Problems: Featuring Joyous on HR Tech Talks
One of the most challenging parts of HR technology is that it doesn’t always get buy in from the business. But there are tools available today that…
February 25, 2021
Making Culture Tangible and Inclusive: Featuring Questback on HR Tech Talks
One of the biggest challenges people have with culture is that it’s often vague or unclear. Or, as is often the case, there is a gap between reality…
February 25, 2021
Reimagining Talent Management in 2021: Featuring Plum on HR Tech Talks
2020 revealed cracks in our talent systems that many HR leaders already knew were there. In this episode, I will chat with Caitlin MacGregor, CEO of…
February 24, 2021
What Is The Extended Workforce? Insights From Utmost On We’re Only Human
“The way work is getting done is increasingly flexible and it gives the worker the power of choice. That choice serves both the worker and the end…
February 19, 2021
3 Keys to Creating and Becoming a Best Place to Work: Angie Redmon on We’re Only Human
“What different actions can we take going forward? So whether it was an implementation to our benefits plan or whether it was rolling out a new piece…
February 17, 2021
Break the Ice: Join us for HR Tech Roundtable on Feb 25th
Like many parts of the United States this week, we’re snowed and iced in here in Huntsville, Alabama. Stay safe and warm out there! Next week I’m…
February 12, 2021
20+ High Impact HR Technology Acquisitions, Mergers, and More from 2020
In 2020, in spite of the pandemic-related shutdowns and other business impacts, the HR technology industry was within a few M&A deals of the 2019…
February 5, 2021
HR Tech Awards 2020 Case Study: Visier
Click here to download the full case study. Problems The Technology Solves Visier People® creates a unified picture of your workforce with a complete…
February 5, 2021
HR Tech Awards 2020 Case Study: Waggl
Click here to download the full case study. Problems The Technology Solves Waggl is a cloud-based HR management solution that helps organizations…
February 3, 2021
HR Tech Awards 2020 Case Study: Fuel50
Click here to download the full case study. Problems The Technology Solves Fuel50, powered by next-gen artificial intelligence, is a multi-faceted…
February 3, 2021
HR Tech Awards 2020 Case Study: Namely
Click here to download the full case study. Problems The Technology Solves Mid-sized businesses need a centralized platform to manage their HR needs…
February 3, 2021
HR Tech Awards 2020 Case Study: Phenom
Click here to download the full case study. Problems The Technology Solves The Phenom TXM platform focuses on personalizing and automating the four…
February 1, 2021
3 Simple Secrets to Better Employee Experience: A PayPal Case Study
In the last couple of years, “employee experience” has become this ubiquitous term that is a catch all for pretty much everything related to employees…
January 28, 2021
Workday to Acquire Peakon: Why This Matters
Today Workday announced its intent to acquire Peakon, one of the leading voice of the employee tools in the market today. This adds new capabilities…
January 25, 2021
HR Tech Awards 2020 Case Study: Leadx
Click here to download the full case study. Problems The Technology Solves Leadership is the #1 driver of culture and employee engagement. Gallup…
January 25, 2021
HR Tech Awards 2020 Case Study: HiringSolved
Click here to download the full case study. Problems The Technology Solves 40-60% of known candidates for open jobs already exist in internal talent…
January 22, 2021
Empowering Your Internal Experts for Better Learning Outcomes on We’re Only Human
I really do believe this is a moment for learning and training that could see a transformation that benefits learners. Simon Greany, Elucidat We’re…
January 21, 2021
HR Tech Awards 2020 Case Study: 15Five
Click here to download the full case study. Problems The Technology Solves What organizations need most from their people now are aligned with what…
January 15, 2021
Measuring Productivity in the Modern Workplace: Prodoscore on We’re Only Human
“We can’t forget about being human.” Tom Moran, Chief Strategy Officer, Prodoscore We’re Only Human — Episode 102 When workers gathered to work on…
January 11, 2021
How HR Tech Can Future Proof Your Business Against Another Pandemic
97% of firms in a recent Lighthouse Research and Advisory study claimed HR technology enables future readiness within their business. Since the…
January 11, 2021
Making Culture Tangible and Inclusive: Featuring Questback on HR Tech Talks
One of the biggest challenges people have with culture is that it’s often vague or unclear. Or, as is often the case, there is a gap between reality…
January 7, 2021
7 HCM Trends for 2021: Prioritizing People-Centric HR
2020 is going to be the year that the world never forgets, but in a swirling pool of chaos there are some important components that we can’t miss…
January 7, 2021
Ashley Furniture Saved ~$5 Million With Employee Retention: Featuring Humantelligence On We’re Only Human
“So you’re about to go into a meeting physically or remotely, you click on the team on the calendar invite and it’ll pull up the culture of that…
January 7, 2021
Blockchain, Skills, And The Future Of Work With The Velocity Network Foundation On We’re Only Human
“We as an industry are driving toward the cliff and the HCM [technology] vendors are competing over who offers better tire pressure.” Dror Gurevich…
January 7, 2021
Combining Learning, Technology, And Culture With Christopher Lind On We’re Only Human
“For me it’s always been about focusing on how we can use technology to transform the way we develop, grow, and care for our employees.” Christopher…
January 7, 2021
Compassion And Connection: Keys To A Better 2020 On We’re Only Human
“This year has really redefined what compassion means to me. The need to have compassion for others, whether it’s wearing a mask for those at high risk…
January 7, 2021
Drive Engagement by Supporting Your Workforce, a Conversation with Kronos
Kronos is a world leader in HR and workforce management technology. In this episode of HR Tech Talks, Ben discusses how Kronos serves its customers…
January 7, 2021
Exploring the World of Career Pathing and Talent Mobility
Research shows that the number one reason people stay at a job is for development and growth, yet many companies don’t prioritize this because it seems…
January 7, 2021
Go Beyond Resumes to Pick the Best Candidates: Aptology On HR Tech Talks
Since the beginning of time, organizations have tried to match resumes with job descriptions to find the best candidates. The problems with that…
January 7, 2021
Groundbreaking Research On Organizational Agility With Oracle On We’re Only Human
“What we’re telling customers is that we can help make work more human. First is really putting empathy at the forefront of the employee experience…
January 7, 2021
How Do I Support A Remote Work Culture? A Q&A Episode On We’re Only Human
“My company is going remote because of COVID. How do I transition our culture over?” We’re Only Human — Episode 97 In today’s episode, Ben takes three…
January 7, 2021
How Takeda Radically Transformed It’s HR Operating Model On We’re Only Human
“I think you can’t make the mistake of designing an optimal, or academically perfect HR operating model in a vacuum. It really must be aligned with…
January 7, 2021
How To Drive Business Innovation From Within HR On We’re Only Human
“Human resources is ripe for innovation right now. Innovation is definitely a place of great opportunity within human capital. We should be constantly…
January 7, 2021
Identifying The Skills Of Enterprise Organizations With Starmind On We’re Only Human
“At the beginning of my career, HR was looked at as a necessary evil. Now it’s completely flipped to where HR is the driving force for how companies…
January 7, 2021
Virtual Open Enrollment and Benefits Communication Strategies On We’re Only Human
“We need help communicating the benefits we pour our hearts and souls into and making them successful for our employees.” Jesse Albro, Flimp…
January 7, 2021
We’re Only Human 77: Implementing The Agile Talent Acquisition Methodology At BBVA
Agile talent acquisition? What’s that? Many of the talent leaders we encounter have heard of agile as it pertains to the software development industry…
January 7, 2021
We’re Only Human 79: How Employers Are Responding To Shutdowns, Quarantines, And Coronavirus
“As the head of HR, I’m now suddenly expected to be a doctor, virologist, and epidemiologist.” That quote came from a discussion with an HR leader in…
January 7, 2021
We’re Only Human 80: 11+ Ideas To Engage And Support Your Remote Teams
In recent weeks the podcast has covered critical topics like the Families First Coronavirus Response Act and how HR technology providers are supporting…
January 7, 2021
We’re Only Human 81: Rethinking Work, Productivity, And Engagement In The Modern Workplace
“People don’t want flexibility. they want complete control over their time.” Today, we keep hearing that flexible work is the way to go. People want…
January 7, 2021
We’re Only Human 82: Hiring For Neurodiversity – A Case Study
“We are wasting talent. We can’t afford as a nation, as a society, to waste talent.” Brenda Weitzberg, Founder and Executive Director of Aspiritech…
January 7, 2021
We’re Only Human 83: Balancing Candidate Experience and Objective Hiring With AI
“The assessment traditionally has seemed a bit disconnected from the job role. This can come across as friction. You’ve worked hard to find a candidate…
January 7, 2021
We’re Only Human 84: Job Seeker Nation Report Shows Anxiety and Opportunity
“And then the other piece of it was just the fear of losing a job increased dramatically… So the top line headline was one of anxiety in the…
January 7, 2021
We’re Only Human 85: Stop Apologizing For Being In HR
“We need to own what we do. We’ve been apologizing and apologetic for being in HR instead of owning what we do. Every other profession says, I’m a…
January 7, 2021
We’re Only Human 86: Working On The HR Tasks That Matter With Amit Parmar
“What really excites someone to join a company? Why do they stay at the company? Every person you talk to has a different story.” Amit Pamar, HR…
January 7, 2021
We’re Only Human 87: This Company Screens Thousands Of Candidates To Improve Inclusive Hiring Outcomes
“That hiring maanger still has a view of the candidate’s abilities and skills without being exposed to their race, gender, or ethnicity.” Scot…
January 7, 2021
Why Learning Is The Superpower We All Need: The Upskilling Imperative On We’re Only Human
“And to me, just hands down learning is the future of work. Let’s just put a period on that. That’s how I feel about this. We’ve entered this era of…
January 7, 2021
Your Brain On Change Management – Google’s Travis Hahler On We’re Only Human
“One of the things that I find most fascinating about using neuroscience in the [change management] work that I do is that there’s a lot of really…
January 5, 2021
Does Mindfulness Matter? A Conversation with Headspace on HR Tech Talks
In the last few years, mindfulness has been a recurring conversation at conferences and events. But what is it and how does it impact work? In today’s…
January 5, 2021
Enabling Human Productivity with AI and Machine Learning with UKG on HR Tech Talks
We keep hearing about artificial intelligence and machine learning taking over the work that we do, but is that really the case? In this session with…
January 5, 2021
HR’s Hard Reset: Featuring Schoox on HR Tech Talks
In the aftermath of 2020, HR needs to be ready for a hard reset. In this episode of HR Tech Talks, Matthew Brown from Schoox will bring some ideas and…
January 5, 2021
Leveraging Skills as a Hiring Tool: Presenting Eightfold on HR Tech Talks
Look at a resume, guess at someone’s abilities, and put them in a pile. That’s how recruiters have always looked at resumes and hiring. But AI allows…
January 5, 2021
Making Work Achievable for HR and Business Leaders: HR Tech Talks Featuring Workday
Workday is one of the most recognizable names in the HCM technology space, and for good reason. They have a tremendous customer list, an ever-evolving…
January 5, 2021
Nudging Frontline Workers to Better Engagement: Featuring Nudge on HR Tech Talks
Frontline workers have gotten more press in 2020 than ever before, and their needs have been front and center. But do we really understand these…
January 5, 2021
Onboarding in a Remote World: How to Prioritize Employee Experience with Enboarder
Interestingly, in the last five years every employer that we’ve talked to about onboarding is interested in tweaking or changing their approach to lead…
January 5, 2021
Resilience? There’s an App for that: Featuring meQuilibrium on HR Tech Talks
If there’s one word we want to describe the workforce that has been put through the toughest challenges of a pandemic, it’s resilience. While the term…
January 5, 2021
Rethinking the Job Ad: A Discussion with Cliquify on HR Tech Talks
Job ads look pretty much the same as they always have. In fact, moving to a more digital environment may have even increased their length, because…
January 5, 2021
Talent Acquisition Insights from Phenom on HR Tech Talks
The world of hiring is very different from what it was a year ago. Yet one thing remains constant: it’s about connecting people with opportunities that…
January 5, 2021
Voice of the Employee and Why it Matters More than Ever: Featuring Waggl on HR Tech Talks
In the last few months, employers have spent more time listening to their employees than virtually ever before. But things are also changing and…
November 5, 2020
HR Analyst Day 2020: Final Day and Closing Thoughts
If you missed it, check out what happened during HR Analyst Day: Day One and Day Two. This week I am partnering with Jessica Miller-Merrell of…
November 3, 2020
HR Analyst Day: Day Two Recap (File Management, Talent Development, and More)
If you missed it, check out what happened during HR Analyst Day: Day One. Also see the final day wrap up and insights here: HR Analyst Day 2020 closing…
November 2, 2020
HR Analyst Day: Day One Recap (AI, Virtual Hiring, and More)
This week I am partnering with Jessica Miller-Merrell of Workology on HR Analyst Day, which is a bit of a misnomer because it’s actually running most…
October 28, 2020
Talent Marketplaces are Here: Key Players, Usage, and Unanswered Questions
Several years ago, World Bank Group was in trouble. The organization had been through a series of challenges and was in the midst of a hiring freeze in…
October 12, 2020
Join Us October 22nd for the Next HR Tech Roundtable
This year has been, in the words of a good friend, a “dumpster fire.” So many things have gone wrong, yet the changing environment has led to some new…
September 30, 2020
What the Phenom Acquisition of My Ally Signifies for Automation in Recruiting
My Ally is a recruiting chatbot tool that schedules 20,000 interviews a month. Phenom offers a talent experience platform and serves hundreds of…
September 17, 2020
Is There a Relationship Between HR Technology and Organizational Agility? [New Research]
In the last few months we’ve seen some incredible stories, both positive and negative, around the impact of HR technology on the business and people…
August 25, 2020
How to Support Parents at Work: A Livestream Conversation
As the father of four kids ages 10 and under, the last few months of quarantine life have been interesting… And challenging. It’s one thing to say that…
August 14, 2020
HR Tech Award Winners 2020 Announced
This has been a year unlike any other, but one thing that has been steadfast in the last few months is the support that the HR technology industry is…
August 10, 2020
What 10+ Studies Say About the COVID and Post-COVID Workplace
Over the last two months our team has been talking with different technology firms and business leaders about what’s happening and what is next. The…
August 3, 2020
How to Develop and Verify the Skills Your Workforce Needs [Video]
I have a vision of the workplace where HR knows as much about the skills of the workforce as finance does about the dollars and cents on the balance…
July 23, 2020
Engaging and Developing your Remote Workforce: Winning the Productivity Game [HR Tech Roundtable]
Recently I wrote about a new series of events we’re supporting called the HR Tech Roundtable. We have another coming up and I’d like to personally…
May 29, 2020
HR Tech Roundtable: A New Virtual Event for HR and Talent Executives
In the book Never Eat Alone, Keith Ferrazzi talks about the power of building powerful personal and professional networks: one person, one…
April 14, 2020
Job Posting Volume Down, Industry Impacts, and Recession Preparation: An RPO Perspective
One of the areas of focus for us at Lighthouse this year is recruitment process outsourcing, or RPO. This service component of HR outsourcing has…
March 20, 2020
#HRTech Companies Offering Free Resources and Information During COVID-19 Crisis
Note: updated 4/20/20 at 7:00am CST with additional resources (24th update since publication on 3/20/20) Our team has been careful in recent days to…
March 11, 2020
Compensation Technology Landscape and Buyer’s Guide Report [New Research]
Many employers spend more time and effort managing their $100 petty cash drawer than they do planning, strategizing, and managing a multimillion dollar…
March 5, 2020
Insights from Hilton, Merck, and Unisys Talent Leaders and More at #IAMPHENOM20
This week i was able to spend some time in Philadelphia with the Phenom People team at IAMPHENOM with 1,000 recruiters and talent leaders, and between…
February 24, 2020
Everything You Need to Know About Reskilling (Including Some Surprising Stats)
When a firm has 250,000 global employees, it’s easy to become comfortable with how things operate. However, that’s when things usually end up going…
February 18, 2020
Insights from Cox Enterprises, Emerson Electric, Delta Airlines, and More [Podcast]
When I started writing nearly 11 years ago, I never imagined it would become the tool to reach the large audiences that it is today. Some of that…
February 10, 2020
The Shift from Candidate Experience to Retention and Diversity as Hiring Priorities
Over the last year, a significant shift has happened in how employers look at talent. There have always been forward thinking organizations that…
January 28, 2020
20+ HR Technology Acquisitions, Mergers, and More from 2019
In 2019 there were dozens of mergers and acquisitions in the world of HR technology. This represents a vibrant industry full of continuous innovation…
January 6, 2020
Announcing the HR Tech Awards Powered by Lighthouse Research & Advisory
We are announcing our new HR Tech Awards program and are excited about how it will impact the industry and support the HR tech buyer community. Learn…
November 24, 2019
New Research: HR Practices of High-Performing SMBs
Recently we published our larger report on SMB HR Technology, Staffing, and Outsourcing trends. One of the interesting components of the data we…
November 11, 2019
New Research: Is AI Better Than Humans at Employee Surveys?
In the past few years I have been digging very deep into AI and how it can help (and hurt) the employee experience. What I’ve been itching to do…
November 5, 2019
New Research: SMB HR Tech, Staffing, and Outsourcing Trends
Did you know that within the United States, more than 99% of all businesses have 999 or fewer employees? That means when we talk about enterprise…
November 1, 2019
Workday Rising: Machine Learning, Skills, and the New Face of HCM #wdayrising
https://twitter.com/beneubanks/status/1188881526404071424 If I could encapsulate my takeaways from the Workday Rising conference in 140 characters or…
October 11, 2019
HR Technology Conference 2019: AI Grows Up, The Data Play, and More #HRTechConf
This fall has been incredible with plenty of travel across the globe, and the coming weeks promise more of the same. One of the events that I…
September 4, 2019
10 Reasons Humans are Terrible at Hiring (and How AI Can Help)
Last year, Amazon shuttered an algorithm the team was developing because it realized it was biased. The algorithm was developed by the company’s…
July 9, 2019
Just What is “Advisory” Anyway? How We Work with Clients
Recently we’ve been getting more requests for help from a broad variety of employers and vendors in the industry. They have typically seen our research…
June 4, 2019
13+ HR Case Studies: Analytics, Culture, Learning, Recruiting, Technology, and More
As someone who has worked in the HR profession, I know well the full value of stories, examples, and case studies. At the end of the day, practitioners…
May 13, 2019
Why All the AI Research You’re Reading is Dead Wrong
When I was writing my book, Artificial Intelligence for HR, I thought very hard about doing a study on AI adoption by HR professionals. I wanted to…
May 7, 2019
The Gravitational Pull of Suite vs the Innovation of Best of Breed
It never fails. Almost every time I speak to audiences about talent, technology, AI, or another related topic, I get a question very similar to this…
March 5, 2019
How AI Can Positively Influence Diversity and Inclusion
Last month news broke that an AI-powered facial recognition technology used by law enforcement was actually biased against, well, pretty much everyone…
February 13, 2019
Onboarding Technologies: What They Can Do For You?
Onboarding is a period of time that varies by company but provides new employees with the necessary information and training to be successful in their…
February 13, 2019
#Think2019: Making People the Strongest Link in the Business
Check out the podcast episode below or scroll to read some additional insights from the event. For links to resources mentioned in the podcast please…
February 11, 2019
New Research: The Evolving Employee Communications Technology Landscape
Are You Ready for Changing Workplace Communications? Click here to get the research In today’s world, communicating in the workplace is more…
February 5, 2019
New Research on Diversity and Inclusion Technology [Podcast]
(Subscribers click through to check out this episode) Our team has been researching diversity and inclusion with a specific look at how training can…
February 4, 2019
Diversity Leads to Innovation, Innovation Leads to Revenue
Imagine walking into your new job full of nervousness and anxiety only to observe that no one in the building resembles yourself. Puzzled, you begin to…
January 28, 2019
Companies Lose 25% of New Hires a Year: How Onboarding Can Save Your Business
The process of onboarding is one of the most critical stages of the hiring process and costs an estimated $400 per person. It is the time that goals…
January 20, 2019
Hint: Your CEO Doesn’t Care About Employee Engagement
It seems that we can’t turn around today without having a conversation that touches on employee engagement. Yet despite all the attention, it hasn’t…
January 15, 2019
Artificial Intelligence for HR: The Book is Live! (#AI for #HR)
Over the winter holidays you might have missed the fanfare, but the new book, Artificial Intelligence for HR, is now available! We will not be pushing…
January 8, 2019
New Report: Career Planning as a 2019 Talent Imperative
Today’s workers have more transparency and choice of jobs than any generation before, which means retention is a critical component for employers…
November 20, 2018
2019 HCM Trends: Market Size, Investment Priorities, and More
As we edge closer and closer to 2019, I’m receiving more and more questions from employers and vendors in the community about what trends I’m seeing…
November 1, 2018
Algorithms, Bias, and Decision-Making: Podcast Insights from IBM Leaders
To prevent biased algorithms you need to make sure you have unbiased training data on hand. You also need algorithms to be developed by a diverse set…
October 30, 2018
The #AI Enabled Future of Work Requires Essential Human Skills
In my new book on Artificial Intelligence for HR (debuted at #1 on the New and Noteworthy books on Amazon), the final chapter is dedicated to the…
October 23, 2018
Analytics for Diversity: How IKEA Uses Data to Improve D&I Outcomes
Recently I had the opportunity to speak at a SHRM Diversity Conference. I spoke on bias, HR technology, and how AI might be able to help us avoid some…
October 1, 2018
Saba Buys Lumesse: Fills Critical Gaps for Technology and Customer Acquisition
Things are moving quickly in the HCM technology industry. Last week I reported in from Saba Insight, the company’s annual user conference. This week…
September 6, 2018
HR Tech 2018: Let’s Connect!
The HR Technology Conference is the biggest show in the HR tech space for a reason: powerful practitioner content and case studies, great vendor…
July 23, 2018
4 Fundamental Qualities that Separate Humans and #AI
Note: one of the research efforts we have undertaken here at Lighthouse is the We’re Only Human podcast. This show is now two years old and features…
June 25, 2018
The Best Business is Built on Relationships: A Visit with ExponentHR
We’ve been keeping busy here at Lighthouse, and this past week I was on the road for my last travel of the summer. I visited the SHRM conference in…
May 23, 2018
20+ Onboarding Hacks to Improve the Employee Experience [Free Report]
One of the talent areas that most businesses can improve is onboarding. In some cases the experience is poor, but even for those doing a good job, it’s…
April 26, 2018
Wal-Mart: Our Fastest Growing Business Line is Delivering Experiences [Case Study]
What if you go out to deliver someone’s groceries to their car and there is a screaming toddler and a frazzled young mom at the wheel? What do you do…
April 17, 2018
A Video Primer on the Impact of Artificial Intelligence on HR
When the Industrial Revolution waned and knowledge workers became more common, what kinds of skills set apart the great employees from the not-so-great…
April 11, 2018
4 Millennial Myths that Should Not Impact Your Talent Strategy
While there is a growing number of publications on generational differences, much is incorrect or misleading. Typically information falls into one of…
April 4, 2018
Nearly Half of 2017 HR Tech Funding Events went to AI-Focused Companies
This year I’ll be releasing my new book, Artificial Intelligence for HR, focusing on how AI can enable HR to be more human, not less. This post…
March 27, 2018
5 Common Challenges with Internal Talent Mobility
One of our specialties at Lighthouse Research is diving into internal talent mobility. We’re talking with vendors that sell the technology. We’re…
March 19, 2018
How to Get the Employee Experience on the CEO’s Agenda [eBook]
Short version: we’re releasing a new eBook and a companion webinar focusing on the employee experience and how to get executive attention and…
February 26, 2018
Hackathons Solve for HCM Issues: Learning, Recruiting, Retention [Case Study]
“This message will appeal to people in our recruiting process who gravitate towards a culture of hackathons and innovation. It will also turn away…
February 14, 2018
Virtual HR Training Event: HR Metrics and Change Management
In the last few weeks I’ve had the pleasure of visiting Toronto and the Caribbean to speak about metrics, evidence, and leading change. It’s been…
February 7, 2018
What Is Your Workforce Thinking? Leveraging AI for Employee Sentiment Analysis
Below is a short excerpt from the book I’m working on that will highlight the impact of AI on the HR profession. My goal is to focus heavily on use…
January 30, 2018
HR Tech Vendor Demo Makeovers: A Conversation with George LaRocque
If you didn’t already know it, one of the information channels we provide at Lighthouse is a podcast called We’re Only Human. The focus of the…
January 8, 2018
The Impact of Algorithm Bias on Human Resources Practices
Diversity has always been a hot topic in the HR profession, but it has exploded into national news with all of the announcements and discoveries of…
January 3, 2018
Creating an Employee Experience Based on Solid Communication Principles
Imagine for a moment that you’re a business leader at a midsize firm. Your company is facing stiff competition. The corporate leadership has seen…
December 27, 2017
The Practical, No-Kidding View of Artificial Intelligence for HR
[Update 2019: The book is now live and is receiving rave reviews! Check it out here.] I’m in the middle of writing a book. Yes, a BOOK! I’m writing a…
December 26, 2017
What We Know About HCM: 2017 Edition
This has been a year of discovery for us at Lighthouse Research, and 2018 is going to be a year of growth and expansion in both our coverage and…
December 12, 2017
The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on HR [Video]
In case you missed it, artificial intelligence is everywhere and it’s rapidly coming for your job. Or maybe that’s just a bit of hyperbole to make you…
December 5, 2017
The Value of the Employee Experience [Free eBook]
Think about your life. Most of the memories that immediately come to mind are based on powerful, emotional experiences. The idea that experiences form…
November 27, 2017
Leadership Lessons from a Third World Country [Video]
A few weeks ago I was one of several speakers that presented Ignite-style videos at the HR Technology Conference in Las Vegas. My presentation was the…
November 14, 2017
[New Research] Radically Rethinking Your Learning Content Strategy [Free Report]
Anyone who believes that yesterday’s learning content can engage today’s modern learner is sorely mistaken. More than ever employers need to think…
November 6, 2017
The Videos Job Candidates Actually Want to See (Not Your Branding Video) [New Research]
Candidate experience is on everyone’s lips these days, but the discussion is rare when companies actually ask candidates what they want and attempt to…
October 31, 2017
Innovation @ Work: How to Lead a HR Hackathon
Last week I had the pleasure of joining nearly 300 HR leaders from around the globe at the inaugural HCI Innovation@Work event in Scottsdale, Arizona…
October 4, 2017
Looking Forward to the 2017 HR Technology Conference
Next week brings another great HR Technology Conference to Las Vegas, and I’m excited for the week’s events. Check out my calendar below to see who I’m…
September 12, 2017
4 Strategic Drivers of General Motors’ Adoption of Recognition Technology [Case Study]
“After looking at the available research, we realized we had a deep need for strategic recognition.” Sandra Garcia, Global Compensation Center of…
September 11, 2017
How High-Performing Companies Manage Employee Performance [New Research]
Recently we wrapped up an amazing new project, the Lighthouse Research & Advisory Performance Management, Engagement, and Business Results study. This…
August 1, 2017
The Business Value of HR Technology [Research Preview]
We recently released our research summary from the 2017 Lighthouse Research Business Value of HR Technology Study. It has been fascinating to examine…
July 6, 2017
The Talent Slow Fade: A Case Study of Motley Fool’s Approach to Engagement
The Motley Fool is a multimedia financial services company supporting clients with stock market trends and information. The firm is based in Virginia…
June 26, 2017
Global HR Practices: Compliance, Growth, and Productivity [New Research]
Today, we operate in a global business environment. Companies are expanding, growing and reaching new talent around the globe in order to meet the…
June 16, 2017
Talent Mobility as a Key Business Practice
Talent mobility. It’s an evolving talent practice that delivers incredible value for the workforce and the business, and it gives the organization a…
June 12, 2017
Key Takeaways from Female Founders in Growth Stage Technology (#WIGST17)
Last week I had the honor of attending the inaugural Women in Growth Stage Tech event in Chicago, and it was quite the experience. Designed to appeal…
May 31, 2017
Insights from the CHRO Panel at #WorkHuman 2017
This week I’m honored to be at the WorkHuman conference put on by Globoforce. The session this morning was chock full of great insights from an all…
April 17, 2017
Networking, Development, and Passion: Why I Want to Attend WorkHuman 2017
About the Author: Jarrett Lee is a Research Associate Intern at Lighthouse Research. His research focuses on case studies of companies that…
April 12, 2017
Diversity Sourcing Strategy: 3 Tactics of Highly Diverse Companies
In my last blog, I wrote about the importance of diversity and inclusion, the relationship between diversity and business performance, and some best…
April 6, 2017
Diversity, Inclusion and the Case for Better Business Performance
Through researching diversity studies I discovered the importance of and difference between diversity and inclusion, the relationship between diversity…
April 4, 2017
Talent Mobility Maturity Framework: Connecting Skills with Business Needs
Lighthouse is currently in the midst of some research on talent mobility, and it has been exciting to see how the philosophy around mobility is…
March 20, 2017
The Personalization Effect: Mitigating Employee Data Privacy Concerns
Privacy. Data. Concern. In a presentation at the IBM HR Summit last fall, I expected the discussion around talent analytics to go in a few directions…
March 14, 2017
3 Companies that are Delivering Engaging Workplace Experiences
About the Author: Jarrett Lee is a Research Associate Intern at Lighthouse Research. His research focuses on case studies of companies that…
March 7, 2017
Developing a Talent Analytics Function: Build, Buy, or Borrow
I’m currently in the midst of a research project examining how some of the best and brightest companies in the world hire people analytics talent. This…
February 28, 2017
Eliminating Performance Ratings: 3 Ways to Improve the Employee Experience
About the Author: Jarrett Lee is a Research Associate Intern at Lighthouse Research. His research focuses on case studies of companies that…
February 22, 2017
2017 Talent Acquisition Priorities (High and Low)
Each year brings new opportunities and priorities for HR and talent leaders. This year we began the inaugural Global Talent Acquisition Sentiment…
January 31, 2017
New Research: 2017 Workforce Analytics and Strategy Report
We recently completed some very interesting research here at Lighthouse focused on workforce analytics and strategy, a powerful combination for today’s…
December 5, 2016
The Future of Work: A New Paper
This past week I was notified by my client, Ultimate Software, that the paper I cowrote with Trish McFarlane is now available. Titled “The New…
October 24, 2016
3 Reasons Innovation is more Important than Employee Engagement
I’m a firm believer in the value of innovation as a key to long-term growth and success. Take P&G for instance. The company’s R&D practices used to be…
October 3, 2016
Disruption Comes to the Analyst Community #InfluenceHR
This morning I had the pleasure of joining my HR Federation friends onstage at InfluenceHR to talk about how disruption is affecting the HR technology…
September 26, 2016
Trending: Vendors Drinking Their Own Champagne
I’ve talked to several technology companies in the last few weeks that are drinking their own champagne, and it’s one of the most interesting “meta”…
September 12, 2016
Disruption–The Biggest Concern for CHROs and Talent Leaders
CHROs, like other CxOs, recognize that the barriers between previously separate industries are collapsing, as companies in one sector apply their…
August 29, 2016
Killing the Traditional Performance Management Approach
In the last few years, there have been tons of stories about how companies are ditching performance management as it has long been practiced and…
August 22, 2016
Predictive HR Analytics (In Plain English)
One of the challenges of talking about predictive analytics, big data, and other similar concepts is that it quickly becomes complex, causing the…