Comments on: The Front Door to Talent Management

By: THomas

THomas — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 11:40:08 +0000

Jason
Indeed.
HR needs to learn from Finance. hardly anyone enters stuff into the GL. It just gets there as part of normal business.

HR systems of all sorts need to do a much better job of deriving information instead of constantly insisting on data entry.

The best UI is no UI at all.

By: Jason Corsello

Jason Corsello — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 18:37:23 +0000

Yahtzee. Google’s goal is to take the user element out of the interaction. I wish most enterprise vendors would think the same!

By: James Harvey

James Harvey — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 02:55:49 +0000

Jason - Really enjoyed the posting.

On a daily basis at work, most of us only use Microsoft Office, email, a browser and a few operational systems/tools. These are the mission critical tools for Line of Business workers (e.g. folks directly driving top-line results).

In my mind, there are still two important next steps for talent management applications. First, casting the perspective of talent processes within a primarily business context (HR secondarily). Second, embedding talent processes/data/analytics within business tools. You’ve highlighted both points nicely in this posting and previous postings.

I’m hoping talent management vendors accelerate their transition from an HR centric view of talent towards a business centric view of talent.

Again, enjoyed the posting.

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:34:43 +0000

Glad this stream of thinking is carrying through. I’m a huge fan of the idea - here

By: Meg Bear

Meg Bear — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 01:02:04 +0000

Of course I’m also very excited to see HR (and Talent) applications grow in use and importance and I agree with you on your view of some ways that this will happen.

All of this is goodness, but I am still hopeful that this is tied in with a broader strategy for the business vs. just a “cool” thing to do.

I think that having a broader business strategy can incorporate all of this, while still helping the HR department better define their role in the process. In the end, to me, it’s about vision, leadership and execution. Software is just one piece.

By: Bill Kutik

Bill Kutik — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 11:33:13 +0000

Great basic concept, Jason, but I fear you’ve described a distant future. Many of the doors you suggest to TM are likely to be locked:

2. Using MS Office for application access. Ask SAP how many customers have bought Duet, their ground-breaking integration of Office as an on-ramp to their apps. Perhaps James can offer insight into what percentage of Taleo customers actually use Office to access his PM application. Hey, I just liked its “fancy pants” interface!

3. You have personal experience to know that at least today, not many HR people know what RSS means, let alone how to use it or to set up a reader page to receive the material.

4. How many enterprises are gonna let Facebook and Twitter inside the firewall? And with every TM vendor offering a person profile, isn’t Facebook’s a little redundant, even though more fun? I agree its broadcast of status changes to your network is useful, except for categories like “taking a nap.” So useful in fact that LinkedIn copied it — without telling any of its users, of course. And we thought the airlines had a monopoly on treating its customers with contempt!