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Workday and Peakon. My take.

Workday and Peakon. My take.

By Thomas Otter on February 1, 2021

Workday agreed to acquire Peakon. There is an obvious logic to this deal. Engagement tools are an important part of HRTECH today, and the cycle of larger vendor absorbing edge innovators continues. Cue Disney circle of life music. Engagement tools have done well under COVID-19, with the move to more remote work etc. Whereas 2 […]

Posted in Business | Tagged acquisition, GDPR, HRTech, M&A, Peakon, Start Up, workday

Lego, enterprise architecture and the job advert.

Lego, enterprise architecture and the job advert.

By Thomas Otter on December 14, 2020

Who’s your pick for 2021? pic.twitter.com/j8iHnzPjyR — Ethics in Bricks (@EthicsInBricks) December 12, 2020 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js The brilliance of @EthicsInBricks and @econinbricks reminds me that the software industry should give the Lego metaphor a rest, we can’t compete. I won’t be talking here about how APIs are like the dimples on the lego bricks. I have […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Architecture, dev/ops, HR, HRTech, leanix, lego, marketing, Product Management, SaaS, Start Up

How not to work with HRTECH start-ups. The enterprise edition.

By Thomas Otter on December 2, 2020

“Be cautious about generalizing, especially if it leads you to the conclusion that other people are idiots.” – Hans Rosling pic.twitter.com/4uGCLqk8vv — Economics in Bricks (@econinbricks) December 25, 2019 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Thanks to @econinbrinks. An excellent source of wisdom. When I was at Gartner I helped enterprises grapple with enterprise vendor contracts. I know several specialist […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged enterprise, HR, HRTech, Product Management, Start Up

The difficult second album. Advice for HRTECH vendors.

The difficult second album. Advice for HRTECH vendors.

By Thomas Otter on October 17, 2020

Warning: long, rambling metaphor. Readers of my blog and twitter feed will have seen that I have an interest in music. One of my favourite albums is the first Stone Roses Album, The Stone Roses. I play this record a lot. Here is the song, Waterfall, from the album. The wikipedia entry is worth a […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged HRTech, launch, marketing, niche, Product Management, Start Up

SimplyBox 2.0 Simplifies Enterprse 2.0 Collaboration

SimplyBox 2.0 Simplifies Enterprse 2.0 Collaboration

By R "Ray" Wang on April 30, 2010

Collaboration Remains Elusive Across Applications And Enterprises Organizations seeking the benefits of collaboration and rapid knowledge sharing in Enterprise 2.0 (E2.0) solutions face several key challenges in delivering a consistent enterprise solution: Consistent tool across multiple applications and environments. Organizations want one tool to collaborate regardless of the application they are using.  Today, organizations often […]

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged Box, CDC Software, collaboration, collaboration software, Diigo, disruptive, Disruptive technology, Enterprise 2.0, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, Enterprise architecture, Enterprise Business Apps, Enterprise Business Apps Vendors, enterprise collaboration, Mario R. Cavagnari, Next generation apps, NextGen, PowerSchool, Rodney Goodger, Safari Webclip, Sazell, SimplyBox, social enterprise apps, Start Up, Thursday's Tech Showcase, Thursday’s Tech Showcase, Webclip, Yahoo

Three Deadly Sins of a Startup CEO

Three Deadly Sins of a Startup CEO

By Bob Warfield on March 30, 2010

I have had the unpleasant experience of being involved with or hearing quite a bit of the blow-by-blow associated with the replacement of a CEO at one company or another.  While I have not experienced the ultimate displeasure of being replaced myself (despite “ousted” rumors to the contrary!), I can tell you that it is a […]

Posted in Business | Tagged Board of Directors, BOD, Business plan, CEO, Helpstream, Start Up, venture

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