Perceptive HR Technology

I’m back from 10 glorious days at one of Minnesota’s 10,000 lakes (seriously, we get 10 really great weeks of weather per year!) and made my way through a mountain of e-mail…and in a short period found two more great indicators of the trends in talent management that are going to continue to drive increasing technology adoption. And from where I sit, yet another bit of anecdotal data that suggests that economic volatility isn’t going to materially squelch industry momentum.

First, some trend analysis from AMR Research suggesting that global talent trends will make it more and more important for organizations to be able to capture actionable data about their people.  Take a look here.

Also, Forbes published an article related to talent issues that European banks are facing that speaks powerfully for the need for integrated talent strategies.  I particularly liked the assertion that an organization’s maturity level (beginner to advanced) will drive their ability to gain competitive leverage through talent management.  We’ve taken a similiar position relative to technology strategy — ranging from efficiency (beginner) to insight (advanced).  For the organization that can move up the talent management maturity curve in all core areas — people, process and technology — the rewards will be substantial.

Now, if only I were blogging from the lake!