It’s good to see how many firms are tackling the litany of HR-related woes impacting businesses today. A key finding is that engagement, respect, empathy and other factors are sorely needed but sadly missing for 80% of the workforce. These insights and more were front and center at O.C. Tanner’s recent conference.
A recent study highlighted just how unprepared many firms are when it comes to investing in ESG technology and in understanding the numerous risks that firms must identify, quantify and measure going forward. Like many ESG challenges, this unpreparedness cuts across many disciplines within a firm like Finance, HR, Legal, etc.
Technology buyers mess up a lot of potential deals. Smart sellers know which buyers will create problems and either avoid these buyers or have some workarounds. If your firm is thinking of buying some tech, read this to be able to attract great sellers and keep them engaged. Oh, and watch out for the vision thing…
Today, supply chain technology has a front-row seat in the Executive Committee as growing regulations, chemical bans and more are changing how firms interact with their suppliers, communities and the environment. The recent Assent user conference provided some big insights.
Certinia, the PSA and financials software solution built on the Salesforce platform had a big ownership change this week. What does this mean to customers and employees?
Things change and so do workforces. But the current wave of workforce surveys may be noting some ‘surprising’ results that top executives either didn’t expect or don’t want to see. Why is this happening and what must change?
More and more jobseekers may be testing your firm. They might be finessing their resume, outright misrepresenting themselves, gaming the recruiting process, etc. and in the process causing your firm to look past some great candidates. Employment fraud isn’t new but the landscape is definitely changing. Is your organization ready?
A number of technology vendors have already or will soon release new ESG tools. These mostly help with the reporting of key ESG data elements. Property firm JLL has just released a new tool, Carbon Pathfinder, that works very differently. It looks at several potential de-carbonization activities for one or more properties and assesses which ones will deliver the best economic returns.
The Kinaxis Kinexions 23 show was an exercise in contrasts. Some of the world’s largest and most complex companies not only attended but even discussed how they’re making more sense (and better business and ESG decisions) out of their multi-faceted supply chains, production plans, etc.
The software market is changing and advanced technologies like AI/ML/LLMs are triggering a lot of vendor product roadmap, technology, security and other changes. But is this the time to buy application software? Is it okay to buy a module or two? Read on….
Planful used its recent Perform23 user conference to update analysts, announce product improvements, discuss its Plannuh acquisition and more. Read the full recap here.
Zoho had a ton of product direction announcements that spoke to bringing all products up to the same level of business complexity, adding a solo entrepreneur set of modules, and, of course, a number of thoughts on AI. Here are the highlights.
The recent Appian World show was a masterclass on everything process technology but the insights regarding AI were big news, too. Attendees also got a lot of insight into Appian’s process mining, data fabric and other capabilities. Here’s the recap.
