Since COVID19 arrived, it worked like a whiplash as the world moved overnight from distant observation and cautious health advisories to shuttered businesses and populations sheltering in place. By the end of March about 80% of companies shifted close to 70% of their workforce to working from home. Unemployment rates precipitously surged in the US […]
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A company is a community. It is, ultimately, a set of people, with different roles, gathered to achieve one common goal. If one point has been made clear due to the current pandemic and the shift to remote work (for those who could work remotely), it is how critical the human dimension of our business
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“Failing to plan … is … planning to fail.” (quote attributed to Benjamin Franklin) On December 13, 1972, Irwin Allen’s arguably most famous disaster flick, The Poseidon Adventure, debuted. Ultimately producing $125 million in box office (that was BIG back then, second only that year to The Godfather), it also produced just one Oscar win,
The Coronavirus Pandemic: The Morning After…..Delayed Read More »
“This virus is essentially malware aimed at the source code of humanity.” – Amy Webb, Quantitative Futurist On the last day of January, 2020, the average HR Information Technology professional in America was probably upbeat, working within a thriving economy, challenged by projects designed to harness the latest HR technology innovations, and focused on typical
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The last “Back Story” column, titled “Managing Talent In – and Out – of Your Organization,” addressed layoff strategies, primarily addressed at professional, white collar environments. Timely yes, but in the relatively short time since the last edition of Workforce Solutions Review was published, millions have lost their jobs in pandemic-related closures. Hardest hit are
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COVID-19 has had significant impact on Human Resources Software customers, vendors, and consulting firms–not only on projects currently in flight, but future investments this year and next. Raven Intel surveyed 146 members of IHRIM and OHUG (Oracle Human Resources User’s Group) in April, 2020 to determine the degree and time frame of impact and have
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