April, 2006

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Knowledge-at-work: Wikis, wellness and knowledge

Knowledge-at-work

Knowledge-at-work Personal thoughts about learning, community and social affordances for knowledge creation « KM awareness | Main | Conversation & knowledge » April 06, 2006 Wikis, wellness and knowledge There is a growing interest in wikis from business and professional groups. Wikipedia has certainly played a part in promoting this attention, but I wonder if things do not go deeper?

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Simple but Powerful Users

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Stress this!

SuccessFactors

'Guess what? Senior executives and managers are stressed at work. No, seriously. This is an obvious conclusion for many of us, but nevertheless the result of a nationwide survey from last month. The top three sources of stress were “deadlines (52%), interruptions (42%) and conflicting responsibilities (37%)” according to this ground-breaking research.

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Knowledge-at-work: Conversation & knowledge

Knowledge-at-work

Knowledge-at-work Personal thoughts about learning, community and social affordances for knowledge creation « Wikis, wellness and knowledge | Main | Collaborative tagging » April 09, 2006 Conversation & knowledge In a world of information and knowledge, the key process for business is conversation. Serving customers, forming alliances and partnerships, dealing with suppliers, discovering new opportunities, informing markets - all are conversation flows.

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Investing in HR Software: How to Get Internal Buy-in

Buying HR software is a major decision. That’s why finding the right provider based on your needs and ensuring key decision makers are on board is vital. Download Paycor’s guide for tips to address common concerns across your buying committee.

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Knowledge-at-work: Collaborative tagging

Knowledge-at-work

Knowledge-at-work Personal thoughts about learning, community and social affordances for knowledge creation « Conversation & knowledge | Main | Talking up KM » April 16, 2006 Collaborative tagging What is the role, place and benefits of emergent bottom-up classification? Tagging is taking hold, if we like it or not. Del.icio.us , Flickr , Technorati and other applications are leading the way, showing how user-applied tags can be useful, social and self-maintaining.

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Knowledge-at-work: Deconstructing KM

Knowledge-at-work

Knowledge-at-work Personal thoughts about learning, community and social affordances for knowledge creation « Talking up KM | Main | Capturing corporate memory » April 29, 2006 Deconstructing KM Steve Barth will be taking KM to task next month in an interesting KnowledgeBoard presentation. Steve levels these charges: Right information, to right people at the right time - is the wrong focus The quest to know what we know or codification has failed to yield efficiency Structure and pro

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The “people” buzzword

SuccessFactors

'Don’t know if you’ve caught any of Microsoft’s spiffy, new $500 million business-targeted campaign. Themed “People-Ready” it asks businesses to consider whether they embody that ideal. Or, in other words, whether they have the tools in place to enable their most important resource – their people. Here’s a press release and an article in AdWeek.

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Guest Post – Your Best Talent: Not Just an Asset, But a Machine

SuccessFactors

'A Note: this post was written by a guest writer, and does not necessarily represent my opinion. That said, I think it’s important to host a variety of thoughts and perspectives on the blog and thus, I give you the following article written by David Harper, Principal Member and Directing Manager of The Advisory Alliance. As […].

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Catch the wave

SuccessFactors

'Jason Corsello of The Yankee Group (who writes a blog in his spare time and has a nice looking dog called Larry) in his growth forecast for the talent management market says: “”As the workforce becomes increasingly mobile and global, companies that invest in talent management solutions and examine it from a worldwide perspective will reap tremendous […].

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Secrets to the Switch: Choosing the Best HR Software in 2023

Speaker: Patrick Sayers - President, Newcastle Research

Does your organization need more productivity (and less pain) from your HR software? With the increase of technology-dependent remote work and highly sophisticated cyber threats on the rise, it's critical to successfully implement an HR platform that can help your organization see actionable information in real-time to hit all your key workforce KPIs.

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From Our Research: Teamwork is a good thing. Sometimes.

SuccessFactors

'Note: This post was written by SuccessFactors’ Director of Customer Results, Erik Berggren. Erik is leading a team focused on understanding - through detailed, data-driven analysis - how specific talent management behaviors drive business results – and then working to build those learnings into our product for the benefit of our customers.

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People tools for people people

SuccessFactors

'Here’s an article at Baseline that talks about some of the ins and outs of talent management applications by showcasing some of the companies that have chosen to implement them. We’re mentioned in there, as are competitors Authoria and Vurv. My most favorite bit includes a quote from (our customer) Gary Short of Kimberly-Clark: Human-resources […].

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Pay for performance doesn’t apply – to the boss

SuccessFactors

'Over the weekend, the NYT (again) tackled the subject of top executive compensation. But this time, they added some cool charts and graphs to illustrate how utterly out of synch pay has become with corporate results. My favorite is this one which contrasts some of the worst offending companies (where pay went up when a company’s […].

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A break in the action

SuccessFactors

'That’s right. A break. I’m off on vacation for a week. A whole week. But don’t worry. I’m not going to leave you without things to think about. In my absence, I refer you to the following blogs to keep the mind moving and the ideas coming. SystematicHR – A comprehensive and compelling blog centered on HR technology but […].

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2023 HR Technology Trends: What's New and What's Next

Speaker: Ben Eubanks - Chief Research Officer, Lighthouse Research & Advisory

The world of HR has changed so much in recent years, and so have the technologies and tools that support HR and talent leaders. But frankly, keeping up with the ever-changing HR tech landscape can feel like another full-time job. That's why we're sharing with you this webinar session with Ben Eubanks, Chief Research Officer for Lighthouse Research & Advisory.

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Managing motivation

SuccessFactors

'We’ve all experienced it. The loss of motivation at work. Sometimes it comes in waves. Sometimes in perpetuity. But why? What are the factors that influence motivation? This is the question posed (and answered) by this article by David Sirota, recently reprinted in HBS’s Working Knowledge. It’s often said that employees leave jobs because of […].