Don’t screw up
I’m human. I admit it, I screw up all the time. Some are the silliest of things, such as reading an email on my iPhone while putting a carton of milk in the pantry before heading off to work. I’ve made bigger mistakes too, like the time I left my phone on the hood of...
Talking Social Goals with the Godfather of HR
When KinetixHR contacted gowerk for a demo of our performance management tool, I didn’t realize we would be demo’ing to the Godfather of HR himself, Kris Dunn. He was intrigued enough with gowerk and it’s unique style of tracking goals that he wanted to chat about it over a podcast with another HR guru, Dawn Burke....
Mind the Performance Review Gap
Performance Reviews are getting a bum rap. Vendors and HR visionaries who idolize social media (almost as fanatically as Beliebers) are declaring that Performance Reviews Suck and they’re about to go extinct. And their hero is Social Media, swooping in with real time feedback and gamification stuff. Believe me, I’m a huge fan of social...
gowerk takes on big tech vendors.
Yesterday we publicly launched gowerk:perform – not a beta version but our 1.0 version. And while it may appear that we’re cool under the collar, let me assure you that we’ve been bleeding, crying and clawing our way to this point. And where is this point exactly? Welcome to the edge of an exciting drop,...
Can your LinkedIn profile replace a Resume?
I recently had a wonderful exchange with a group of recruiters. It started innocently enough: I called them lazy. It was a mistake on my part, I meant to only call one of the recruiters lazy (who was also pompous and arrogant), but I misspoke and generalized – sincerest apologies to all other recruiters! When...
Recruiters boldly forge into new spaces with QR Codes
Lately, I’ve been following some awesome chat groups on twitter like #HFChat, #CareerChat, #TChat and #JobHuntChat. In these one hour sessions, recruiters give job seekers tips, advice, ideas, suggestions, and issues on writing a resume, cold calls, and interview preparation. During one of these chats there was a suggestion to include QR Codes in the...
It’s the small things that keep people motivated.
Yesterday was a very busy day. Like all startups there were a million things to do to get money in the door and get innovation progress on track. I can barely manage my workload by getting in at 7am and working 10-11 hours, then adding a few more hours before 1am. It’s gruelling. Yesterday, one...
Is IT helping or hindering your business?
Let’s start with the dry stuff: Information Technology traditionally plays an instrumental role at an organization. It ensures the tools that facilitate productivity and collaboration are running smoothly while keeping your network safe and secure. Besides getting you to update your LDAP password every 3 months, IT intertwines with business objectives by supporting tech integration...
Yo, dumb it down a notch, will ya?
Tell me again, like I’m a 2 year old The world as I see it is very different from many people in my industry. Some people think I have fresh insights into HR or that I’m a mad genius (okay no one thinks that, but if I write it maybe it becomes fact, right?). The...
The most useful/useless infographic ever.
About 25% of my twitter stream seems to be cluttering up with infographics – and this trend is climbing. While I enjoy visualizing data, something I think we can credit Time magazine artists from the 80s, I have started to reach a saturation point. I decided to join the trend of representing data with graphics....
Help! Technology has business in a choke hold.
Technology is a lot like art. It has these intentions of becoming something grand, beautiful, inspiring; it supports ideologies and makes the world spin faster, smoother. And like art, technology polarizes society, it praises leaders and condemns laggers. Ultimately, Technology is a shit disturber. One polarizing art piece was Michelangelo’s David. David and Goliath is...
What’s wrong with the Economy? What’s wrong with HR?
Recently read articles by two contemporary business tycoons: Warren Buffett and Mark Cuban. Buffett was calling on the US government to stop coddling the rich: “My friends and I have been coddled long enough by a billionaire-friendly Congress. It’s time for our government to get serious about shared sacrifice.” He went on to write that...
