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Links 12/30/2009

by Jim Holincheck  |  December 30, 2009  |  Comments Off

Steve’s HR Technology – Journal – Stop Doing Stupid Things The best business methods are often the simplest. tags: hr, HCM Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

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Links 12/29/2009

by Jim Holincheck  |  December 29, 2009  |  Comments Off

Delta Terrorist Showcases Need for Causal Analysis | Blogs | ITBusinessEdge.com Great post. It expresses many of my feelings on the illogical response to this act. tags: no_tag This Dumb Decade: The 87 Lamest Moments in Tech, 2000-2009 | Technologizer This is a pretty funny stroll down memory lane. tags: no_tag Posted from Diigo. The rest of [...]

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Predictions: Business Applications (with a focus on HCM) in 2020

by Jim Holincheck  |  December 23, 2009  |  4 Comments

I have been reading many predictions for 2010.  There are many great insights.  Gartner publishes its annual Predicts Special Report (and the predictions for my team are here – Gartner subscription required).  However, instead of focusing on 2010, as we end this decade, I thought I would look back two decades ago, to the end [...]

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Links 12/15/2009

by Jim Holincheck  |  December 15, 2009  |  1 Comment

Why HR Will Never Embrace Social Media | Punk Rock Human Resources I was going to write something similar for different reasons. I think HR organizations are intrigued by social media, know they should do something about it, but do not really know what. In the discussions I have with clients, it rarely comes up [...]

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Links 12/11/2009

by Jim Holincheck  |  December 11, 2009  |  Comments Off

The Future of HR: Agile Workplaces Nice post on the Unilever experience around agile workplaces. It should be a model for many large organizations. tags: talentmanagement, EPM, workplaces Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

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The End of the Scripted Scenario Demo Era

by Jim Holincheck  |  December 10, 2009  |  5 Comments

Naomi Bloom’s recent posts (here and here) on scripted scenarios were a good memory jog to write this post.  I have thought a fair amount recently about the business application software selection process and I think it is going to change significantly over the next few years.  First, let me say that scripted scenarios are [...]

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Links 12/09/2009

by Jim Holincheck  |  December 9, 2009  |  Comments Off

Are We Mismanaging Our Top Talent? – HRE Online Good food for thought on managing top talent in the organization. Top talent will leave as the economy improves if organizations do not proactively focus on retention. tags: talentmanagement 091207 Jobvite | johnsumser.com Important post about Social Recruiting. It starts to get at the nuance that [...]

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Links 12/01/2009

by Jim Holincheck  |  December 1, 2009  |  Comments Off

2 Employee Morale and Engagement Killer Apps : ERE.net A fantastic example of why good talent management systems are not enough for successful talent management. If managers do not care enough to provide meaningful feedback to employees, it does not matter how good your process or data collection may be. tags: HCM, talentmanagement Posted from [...]

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