Use the 3-E Framework to Improve the Employee Experience.

AI is cool, but EI is still critical for top-performing HR service centers.

There’s a lot of hype these days around Artificial Intelligence (AI). In an October 2017 interview with Knowledge@Wharton, Apoorv Saxena, lead[...]

Are You Making any of these 3 Common Mistakes Using Data?

According to an IDC study, the amount of global data is likely to increase ten times to 163 zettabytes by 2025. That’s a lot of data. And it’s good[...]

3 Ways to Get More Value From Your Cloud Software

An Observation from Workday Rising

Technology vendors can easily fall into a “control” mindset. Here's what it is, and how it happens...

What Our Grandmothers Knew About Optimizing HR Service Technology

This past May, IQPC surveyed the attendees at of their 21st HR Shared Services & Outsourcing Summit in Chicago. The survey asked questions about the[...]

5 Basic HR Service Delivery Metrics You Can’t Ignore

“If you can’t measure it, you can’t improve it.”

What’s an API, and why should HR care?

In 1624, English poet John Donne wrote “No man is an island.” If Donne wrote that today, it might be “No person is an Island.” But that’s not the[...]

Was Ram Charan Right About Splitting HR?

Two years ago, Harvard Business Review published an article written by Ram Charan, the world-renowned business adviser.

What will HR Shared Services be Like in 10 Years?

On July 15 of this year, CNN reported that the Global X Robotics and Artificial Intelligence ETF (BOTZ) is up 30 percent this year. That’s big,[...]

Which Matters Most: Technology, Physical Surroundings or Culture?

These days, every company seems to want to deliver a better employee experience. But the challenge for many is where to begin.

How to Release Software Enhancements so People Use Them

In the Business to Business (B2B) software practice, our goal is to create a product that brings measurable value to our customers. And once that new[...]

How to Forget about Work when you're On Vacation

Ah, yes – it’s vacation season for many countries in the northern hemisphere. That means leaving work behind, and heading for the hills, seashore or[...]

So you've automated your processes. Now what?

According to the 2016-2017 Sierra Cedar HR Systems Survey results, “business process improvement continues to be the number one area in which[...]

What do employees want? Are you delivering?

We’re out at HR Tech World in San Francisco this week. While the show is about technology, it’s more about strategies and tactics for improving the[...]