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456 articles of analyst commentary since 2016, across HR technology, talent acquisition, learning, performance, and the frontline workforce. New every week.

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Learning | Interrupted: How Learning is Shifting to a Benefit and Culture Priority

Employees need development and growth. It’s a constant driver of engagement, and in many studies, skill growth shows up in the top slot for predicting…

November 10, 2020

Events

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 5, 2020

HR Strategy

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 3, 2020

Events

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…

November 2, 2020

HR Strategy

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 28, 2020

Events

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…

October 12, 2020

HR Strategy

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 30, 2020

HR Strategy

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…

September 17, 2020

Events

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 25, 2020

Events

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 14, 2020

HR Strategy

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 10, 2020

HR Strategy

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…

August 3, 2020

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