‘It’s not about the technology’. ‘The technology should not be the first consideration in any Human Resources project’. ‘Decide what business problem you need to solve, only then start thinking about the technology’. Blah. Blah. Blah. I am sure you have heard (or said) many of these old chestnuts before. I am honestly getting sick of them. These arguments fail …
Potentially Catastrophic Workplace Experiments.
A close friend of mine recommended the new children’s book The Book of Potentially Catastrophic Science for my son thinking (correctly) that most nine-year old boys would be interested in and fascinated by the prospect of blowing things up, experimenting with gross and disgusting substances, and generally causing some good old-fashioned mayhem and turmoil (all in the name of science, of …
Clinging to What We Know – The Jar-Jar Binks Theory
If you are old enough to have seen the original in the series, ‘Star Wars’, in an actual theater, I’d be willing to bet that film, or one of the other ‘older’ films ‘The Empire Strikes Back’ or ‘Return of the Jedi’ is the one you would choose as your favorite. In the world of ‘Star Wars’ movies – most of us adults think older …
What the Future of HR is not Learning… But Should Be…
As a part-time college instructor I have heard the ‘Is this going to be on the test?’ question many times. I always give the same answer, we don’t have tests in this class. I teach an HR Technology class in a HRD Master’s program. I typically have an interesting mix of students, some have not started their HR careers yet, …