Perceptive HR Technology

Well, my fifteen minutes of fame as the headliner for the Bill Kutik radio show have ended with this week’s broadcast featuring Jim Holincheck from Gartner.  Jim never disappoints — lots of great stuff on the show, and it’s definitely worth a listen.

I took note of Jim’s comments related to how the economy will shape organizations efforts to leverage the products (and vendors) they already work with.  His observation about upgrade cycles with ERP vendors in particular, caught my attention.  As we’ve been building the Lawson Talent Management application, we made a big, hairy commitment to our customers — that they could add talent management functionality without a forced upgrade.  I joke about the notion that says, “You can have succession management — just upgrade your payroll system!”   This is the reality for many companies (but not for those who chose Lawson).

Net-net:  our customers can add talent management functions to any supported version of their current platform.  No upgrade required.  Lawson customers?  You deserve it!