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In Search Of HRM/HRMDS/HR Tech “Best” Practices: France/Spain

The Glory Of Carcassone At Night

 Ron and I will be traveling again from 6/25 through 7/17 (life is short!) mostly in the Languedoc and Dordogne in France and on the Med coast of Spain between Valencia and Barcelona.  We’ll be soaking up “best” practices in HRM, the HRM delivery system and HR technology every [...]

The Future Of HRM Software: Embedded Intelligence

Hi, I'm Naomi, your friendly HRM consultant

There’s an easy way to describe what I mean by embedded intelligence.  Conjure up a memory of the best, most knowledgeable, most effectively consultative and strategic thinking HR leader you’ve ever known.  Now conjure up a memory of that master of regulatory options and obligations, that HR administrator [...]

Father’s Day Thoughts: Remembering Jack Samuel Bloom

Yahrzeit Candle

 From my Dad I inherited:   

his ability to tell a good story, to make a point while making you laugh; 
his commitment to active friendship, the kind of friendship that does what you need even when you don’t know you need it;
his belief that any day on which you wake up is already a good [...]

In Search Of HRM/HRMDS/HR Tech “Best” Practices: Istanbul To Venice — Field Report Part II

Regent Seven Seas Mariner Underway

The first part of this post was a personal report on our recent travels.  In this second part, I want to share what I learned about our industry’s “best” practices along the way.  More specifically, I want to describe some of the HRM practices that Regent Seven Seas uses to [...]

Legacy HRMS/Legacy Marriage: Sunk Costs Versus Innovation

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Al and Tipper Gore by Steve Mack/FilmMagic

 Two completely unrelated conversations over the last week caused that ding ding thing in my brain that happens when the dots connect themselves and I have an aha moment.  One of those discussions took place on a radio talk show I heard while [...]

The Middle Market Is Bipolar!

Metaphor For Complexity

We often do things in human resource management not because they’re important but because they’re needed and easy to do.  A glaring example is the way in which HRM software vendors and outsourcing providers describe their target markets — and the way, by reflection, in which those same organizations describe themselves.  The [...]

In Search Of HRM/HRMDS/HR Tech “Best” Practices: Istanbul To Venice — Field Report Part I

Istanbul Was Constantinopal, Now It's Istanbul

Ron and I were traveling from from 4/30 through 5/17/10 from Istanbul to Venice, soaking up “best” practices in HRM, the HRM delivery system and HR technology every step of the way.  I did some live tweeting from “the road” and sent frequent travel bulletins to friends and family.  I had [...]