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For Some HR Tech Vendors #hrtechconf Is Already A Measurable Success

Posted on 10/01/2012 by in #hrwins, Big Data, Bill Kutik, Branding, Collaboration, CRM, Differentation, Enterprise 2.0, HR Tech, Human Capital, innovation, Mobile, social media, trade shows

Gone are the days where trade show results can only be measured in hindsight.  Social Media and other Marketing & Sales technologies have changed all of that. If your idea of pre-show #hrtechconf marketing is flooding email and twitter with “come meet us at  Booth #XXX to see the new, win a new, get a [...]

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Time is Running out on my Final Scouting Report for Bill Kutik!

Posted on 07/26/2012 by in #hrwins, Bill Kutik, HR Tech, Human Capital, innovation

To date I’ve referred 8 vendors, across several product categories, to Bill Kutik to consider looking at for his “Awesome New Technologies in HR” session at the 2012 HR Technology® Conference & Expo this October in Chicago.  That’s less than 10% of the vendors that have briefed me in the last 90 days. If you have a [...]

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A Favor For Innovating HR Tech Vendors and Bill Kutik

Posted on 05/13/2012 by in Bill Kutik, Branding, Differentation, Enterprise 2.0, HR Tech, Human Capital, innovation

You’re welcome. If you’re an HR Tech Vendor and you’ve been paying attention to this blog, you know that I’ve been challenging the market to innovate in the wake of recent acquisition activity.  I truly believe that there is an opportunity for innovative HR Tech vendors to execute and become the next big thing in [...]

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Salesforce.com Rattles Its Saber in the HCM Market

Posted on 12/15/2011 by in Branding, Collaboration, CRM, Differentation, Employee Engagement, Enterprise 2.0, HR Tech, Human Capital, salesforce.com, successforce, Uncategorized, Work Management

On September 22 I called your attention to what seemed like an obvious move for Salesforce.com in this post Today, salesforce.com (SFDC) announced it’s intent to acquire Rypple.  Rypple is a small Ontario, Canada based performance management vendor.  This is SFDC’s first formal move in the Human Capital Management (HCM) space.  But, in my opinion, [...]

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HR Tech – Great Show – Great Noise

Posted on 10/07/2011 by in Branding, Differentation, HR Tech, Human Capital, Social Brand, trade shows

HR Tech is over.  Most of us have traveled back to our homes and offices.  Like every other consultant/analyst/blogger attending the show, I bring you my HR Tech debrief.  Mine is written from the Vendor Marketing/Sales/Messaging perspective.  You’re not going to get product analysis here… HR Tech lived up to it’s reputation as the premier [...]

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HR Vendors Failing at Social Media

Posted on 09/29/2011 by in Branding, Differentation, Human Capital, Social Brand, trade shows, Work Management

Five days (3 business days) until HR Tech kicks off.  You’re mailing it in at this point, right? For a group that makes their money convincing everyone that social media is fixing everything from recruiting to employee communications, they sure aren’t taking their own medicine. If you’ve been following along, you know that I’ve been [...]

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Guess Who’s Buzzing About HRTech?

Posted on 09/27/2011 by in Branding, Differentation, Human Capital, Social Brand, trade shows, Work Management

Six days (4 business days) until HR Tech kicks off.  Ready yet?  On auto-pilot? I’m indexing all of the buzz about HRTech.  Literally.  ALL OF THE BUZZ on the internet about HRTech.  I’ve been doing it since the end of August. The technology infrastructure we put in place allows me to look at all of [...]

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Update: If Work Management is the Next Hot Trend, There Might Be A New Sheriff In Town

Posted on 09/22/2011 by in CRM, Differentation, Human Capital, trade shows, Work Management

Seven days (5 business days) until HR Tech kicks off.  How did that happen? Since I originally posted this, two interesting things have happened.  The morning after I published Workday blogged that they intend to release an app built on salesforce.com’s platform.  (see the blog post here)  The bulk of the post is about their [...]

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