Jon Reed

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Jon Reed has been building enterprise communities since 1995. These days, Jon is a roving blogger/analyst. He also advises vendors and startups on reaching today's informed enterprise buyer, now that the sales funnel is discredited. He is a diginomica co-founder, Enterprise Irregular, and purveyor of multi-media content.

Jon is an advocate for media over marketing; he sees diginomica as a chance to disrupt tech media, with the BS-weary enterprise reader in mind. Jon's signature weekly column, Enterprise Hits and Misses, is a strike-through-laden enterprise review for readers who enjoy puncturing hype balloons.

Jon's core areas include the problem of CX, the pursuit of AI/analytics ROI, work futures/skills development, and the realities of transformation efforts. Lately, he's been documenting the art - and perils - of hybrid event design.

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Enteprise hits and misses - HR tech events wrap, but the AI firing debate carries on, while Dreamforce gets a (thorough) review This article is sponsored by:

This week - HR tech's big events are over - but the debate over AI for firing is heating up. Yes, diginomica did Dreamforce, and boiled down the takeaways. Your whiffs include the follies of being data-driven.

Workday Rising 2022 - is continuous listening disruptive to HR managers? Peakon's GM takes the interview hot seat This article is sponsored by:

Intelligent listening - what organization couldn't use more of that? But can Peakon do that for HR teams at enterprise scale? At Workday Rising, I put Workday's GM for Peakon Phil Chambers on the interview hot seat - and got a few surprises of my own.

Does cloud ERP provide a hedge against economic uncertainty? Acumatica CEO John Case weighs in, as the R2 release comes out This article is sponsored by:

Acumatica's R2 release virtual event is tomorrow - time to speak to Acumatica's CEO about what's changed. That provokes the question: can cloud ERP help companies in an economic downturn? Let's dig in.

Enterprise hits and misses - Uber gets an uber hack, tierless gets real, and Adobe goes shopping (for Figma) This article is sponsored by:

This week - Adobe spends big on Figma - but why? Plus: the business case for tierless architecture. Uber gets hacked, Microsoft Teams gets called out (again), the spreadsheet debate heats up, and the whiffs are epic.

Workday Rising 2022 - has Workday Extend arrived? Customers put Workday's SaaS extension platform to the app building test This article is sponsored by:

The emphasis on Workday Extend was hard to miss in Orlando. But is this truly a big Workday news story? If so, why? Will Workday's Extend technology open the door to new industry apps? Here's what I learned.

Damien Taylor, CTO Kainos at Workday Rising

Workday Rising 2022 - the office of the CFO needs to change, but how? This article is sponsored by:

You can't boil down Workday Rising to one topic, but finance transformation makes the short list. Here's what I learned behind the scenes on today's keynote announcements - and where finance teams go from here.

Enterprise hits and misses - HR tech is on the hot seat, spreadsheets never die, and hybrid events aren't hard This article is sponsored by:

This week - HR tech in the hot seat as big HR events kick off. Spreadsheets never die, nor does the argument. Is geopolitical resilience possible? Hybrid events certainly are. Your whiffs include a wacky justification for return-to-office.

No more hybrid event excuses - your next event can be hybrid, and it isn't hard This article is sponsored by:

Hybrid events aren't that hard - but they are misunderstood. There is still time to add a hybrid component to your next event. Here's a framework to consider, and an argument for how hybrid events fit into a new, community-driven strategy.

Enterprise hits and misses - employees are talking, but is HR listening? AI needs audits, and SMS passcodes need a rethink This article is sponsored by:

This week - forget about strategic HR... Is HR even listening? Plus: Bed, Bath & Beyond struggles, and SMS passcodes get discredited. Is digital transformation an enterprise oxymoron? This week's whiffs: futurify your buzzwords.

Don't mess up your digital transformation - greatest hits from selected podcasts This article is sponsored by:

Is digital transformation an enterprise oxymoron? It sure feels that way sometimes. I get my inspiration via video shows with the best practitioners I can find. Here are their project warnings - and top lessons.

Inside SAP's Business Network push - can the reality live up to the buzzwords? This article is sponsored by:

SAP has not been shy about its Business Network messaging - and SAP Sapphire Orlando was no exception. Here's how a chance encounter led me to reconsider my views, and press SAP on my open questions.

Enterprise hits and misses - retailers get an omni-channel gut check, vendors talk macro-economy, and healthcare AI gets called out This article is sponsored by:

This week - enterprise software vendors give a mixed economic outlook, but buyers still feel the urgency to spend on tech. Retailers get an omni-channel report card, and AI's healthcare transformation gets critiqued. Whiffs: I consider living in a potato.

The revenge of the business process expert - have process mining tools revived an underrated craft? This article is sponsored by:

Ages ago, I advocated for the business process expert - and got it wrong. But process mining and execution tools like Celonis and SAP Signavio bring back the old debate: we need process experts, not product configurators.

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Enteprise hits and misses - HR tech events wrap, but the AI firing debate carries on, while Dreamforce gets a (thorough) review This article is sponsored by:

Workday Rising 2022 - is continuous listening disruptive to HR managers? Peakon's GM takes the interview hot seat This article is sponsored by:

Does cloud ERP provide a hedge against economic uncertainty? Acumatica CEO John Case weighs in, as the R2 release comes out This article is sponsored by:

Enterprise hits and misses - Uber gets an uber hack, tierless gets real, and Adobe goes shopping (for Figma) This article is sponsored by:

Workday Rising 2022 - has Workday Extend arrived? Customers put Workday's SaaS extension platform to the app building test This article is sponsored by:

Workday Rising 2022 - the office of the CFO needs to change, but how? This article is sponsored by:

Enterprise hits and misses - HR tech is on the hot seat, spreadsheets never die, and hybrid events aren't hard This article is sponsored by:

No more hybrid event excuses - your next event can be hybrid, and it isn't hard This article is sponsored by:

Enterprise hits and misses - employees are talking, but is HR listening? AI needs audits, and SMS passcodes need a rethink This article is sponsored by:

Don't mess up your digital transformation - greatest hits from selected podcasts This article is sponsored by:

Inside SAP's Business Network push - can the reality live up to the buzzwords? This article is sponsored by:

Enterprise hits and misses - retailers get an omni-channel gut check, vendors talk macro-economy, and healthcare AI gets called out This article is sponsored by:

The revenge of the business process expert - have process mining tools revived an underrated craft? This article is sponsored by: