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Hidden Talent

Hidden Talent

By Naomi Bloom on March 31, 2014

As some of you know from my tweets, I tap danced last night as part of a very special adaptation of a classic Fibber McGee and Molly radio show at our annual fundraiser, Radio Daze: OnStage With Florida Rep.  It was quite a night, a successful and really fun evening, with many thanks to the […]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged Dance, enterprise software, Florida, HRM Software, KSAOCs, linkedin, Performing Arts, Reflections On Life, talent management, Theater/Arts

Smart Machines/Robotics — Implications For HRM/HRTech — Where Do I Begin?

Smart Machines/Robotics — Implications For HRM/HRTech — Where Do I Begin?

By Naomi Bloom on February 13, 2014

Hi, I’m Naomi, Your HR Tech SmartyPants Robot Last week I was privileged to deliver a presentation to the top women execs at ADP about the future of HR and HR technology.  Sounds straightforward enough, but it wasn’t.  My presentation wrote itself, and it demanded that I title it: ” A Tale of Two Futures.” […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged Business Outcomes, Change Management, Free Agent Nation, HRM/IT Intersection, Humanoid Robots, KSAOCs, Models/Modeling, Smarty Machines, Strategic HRM, Strategic HRMDS Planning, talent management, Uncategorized

My 2014 And Beyond Wish List For HRM And HR Technology

My 2014 And Beyond Wish List For HRM And HR Technology

By Naomi Bloom on January 15, 2014

[I posted my first such wish list 1/29/2013, and just writing it lifted my spirits.  So, I thought to myself, why not do it again?] Carnac In Bloom If any of us really knew what was going to happen in 2014, wouldn’t we keep it to ourselves and invest accordingly?  Furthermore, anyone worth their salt in […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Debunking/Calling Out, enterprise software, HRM, HRM Software, HRM/IT Intersection, KSAOCs, Looking Back/Looking Forward

My 2013 And Beyond Wish List For HRM And HR Technology

My 2013 And Beyond Wish List For HRM And HR Technology

By Naomi Bloom on January 29, 2013

Never mind trying to make meaningful predictions, which are very hard to do safely when you’re under a zillion NDAs.  Instead, I’m focusing my energies on what I want to happen.  What would I make happen if my magic wand, bought years ago at FAO Schwarz, could be recharged?  What would I ask him to do if The […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged Debunking/Calling Out, enterprise software, HRM, HRM Software, HRM/IT Intersection, Human resources, KSAOCs, Looking Back/Looking Forward, YouTube

Objects To The Left Of Us, Objects To The Right Of Us

Objects To The Left Of Us, Objects To The Right Of Us

By Naomi Bloom on May 21, 2012

Pattern Recognition With The Cookie Monster

[This post is dedicated to Marc Maloy, SVP Worldwide Sales at HireRight, just because he asked for it.  It’s the story of objects from a decidedly human resource management (HRM) perspective.  For you object modeling mavens, rest assured that my knowledge of this topic as it is applied to software […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged enterprise software, HR Tech, KSAOCs, Models/Modeling, Preferred Architectural Behaviors

Reflections On A Long Career — Part I

Reflections On A Long Career — Part I

By Naomi Bloom on January 23, 2012

“If I could turn back time” I’m a year older than Cher, and we would both “turn back time” if we could.  Who wouldn’t?  We also share having had a very long career — if nothing else — and mine is still in high gear.   But it’s about what it takes to develop and sustain a long […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Aging, Change Management, KSAOCs, Life's Challenges, Looking Back/Looking Forward | 4 Responses

Eight Characteristics Of Effective HRM And HRM Delivery Systems

Eight Characteristics Of Effective HRM And HRM Delivery Systems

By Naomi Bloom on December 5, 2011

In my last post, I told some all too typical business stories in which it was easy to recognize, in situ, really bad HRM policies and practices, HRM service delivery and HR technology use.  Every manager has their own favorite such tales of woe, and my HR practitioner colleagues are awash in the fallout from such […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged "Killer" HRMDS Scenarios, best practices, Business Outcomes, HRM, HRM Software, HRMDS, KSAOCs, Models/Modeling, Preferred Architectural Behaviors, Strategic HRM | 2 Responses

Impressions From HR Technology Conference 2011

Impressions From HR Technology Conference 2011

By Naomi Bloom on October 10, 2011

Ooooogah! Oooooogah! I’m exhausted but energized, if it’s actually possible to be in both states at once.  I’ll leave it to others to do both the play by play and color commentary, neither of which is my forte.  But I do want to summarize my key learnings in case they’re useful for others. I also […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged disruptive technologies, enterprise software, HR Tech Conference, HRM Software, KSAOCs, Licensed/On-Premise Software, Models/Modeling, Naomi's Speaking Engagements, Preferred Architectural Behaviors, SaaS, Social Technology, Vendor Briefings/Demos | 1 Response

So You Think You’re An HRM Business Analyst/Product Strategist?

So You Think You’re An HRM Business Analyst/Product Strategist?

By Naomi Bloom on February 4, 2011

A Business Analyst’s Work Is Never Done As many of you know, I’ve worked extensively with HRM product strategy/product management leaders as they envision and then specify the capabilities of their HRM software products and related outsourcing services.  But as our industry has moved from Victorian novel specifications to object model-based expressions of desired functionality, […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged best practices, HRM Software, KSAOCs, Models/Modeling

Free Agent Nation:  Nail Tech Tales

Free Agent Nation: Nail Tech Tales

By Naomi Bloom on January 6, 2011

Nail Tech Tales When Daniel Pink’s now classic “Free Agent Nation” was published in 2001, it brought to public attention the world in which I had been living for much of my professional life.  Just in my little neighborhood, at the intersection of HRM and IT, I knew well several dozen solos, like me, who were earning […]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged Change Management, COBRA, Dan Pink, Employment, Free agent, Free Agent Nation, HRM/IT Intersection, KSAOCs, Self-employment, talent management, Vocabulary Shapes Our Thinking

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