Upcoming Events: Webinar: Everyone’s an Analyst Now. Is Anybody Analyzing? | November 12, 2026 @ 1pm Eastern Join WorkTango for Everyone’s an Analyst Now. Is Anybody Analyzing?, a webinar featuring 3Sixty Insights’ participation in a discussion about the growing role […]
Webinar: Everyone’s an Analyst Now. Is Anybody Analyzing? | November 12, 2026 @ 1pm Eastern
Learn more and Register: Everyone’s an Analyst Now. Is Anybody Analyzing? Organizations have unprecedented access to data, analytics tools, and AI-powered insights. But does making information easier to access necessarily lead to better business decisions? Join WorkTango for Everyone’s […]
Reworked Article: HR Tech Vendors May Be Right About AI Agents, but Buyers Don’t Trust Them Yet
Vendors pitch AI agents that run the enterprise. HR leaders just want clean data and fewer errors. The gap comes down to trust, and it’s costing vendors buyers. I spent two weeks at two Las Vegas conferences talking with dozens […]
Beyond the Feature Race: Why HCM Vendors Need to Rethink Differentiation
Artificial intelligence is reshaping enterprise software, and the pace of innovation across the technology industry is remarkable. Following our conversations with vendors at HR Tech 2026 in Las Vegas, however, two challenges stood out: technology messaging is increasingly outpacing buyer […]
Analyst Insight: Takeaways From My Recent Webinar with Insperity
In early 2026, 3Sixty partnered with Insperity to survey small and medium-sized U.S. businesses (SMBs) about how they manage HR, payroll, and benefits. As part of this survey, 3Sixty asked 524 U.S. business leaders at the manager level and above […]
Dylan Teggart on HR Tech 2026: HR Tech Trends – Moving Beyond AI Hype to Real Business Value
Another HR Tech for the books. It was good to see more energy and familiar faces this year after what was a more muted conference last year. Maybe bumping the event from September to October did really change things. After […]
7 Answers From 36 Hours at HR Tech 2026
There he goes. One of God’s own prototypes. A high-powered mutant of some kind never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die. Hunter S. Thompson wrote that in Fear and Loathing in Las […]
Nicole Roberts on HR Tech 2026: Bridging the Gap Between AI Innovation and Real-World Results
After three days and 15 briefings at #HRTech, I’m writing this from the gate before my red-eye home. I came to Vegas listening for the gap between what organizations buy and what they’re actually able to put to work, and […]
4 Big Questions at HR Tech
Hunter S. Thompson went to Las Vegas in March 1971 to write a glorified photo caption. Sports Illustrated wanted about 250 words on the Mint 400 desert motorcycle race. He turned in 2,500 and the magazine rejected them. I know […]
Why B2B Software Vendors Are Losing Deals Despite AI Innovation
B2B software vendors are facing a growing challenge as sales cycles get longer, fewer leads enter the pipeline, and more deals end in no decision. Despite continued investment in AI and product innovation, many vendors are struggling to turn those […]
Video: Why B2B Software Vendors Are Struggling – The Marketing and Sales Mistakes Costing You Deals
B2B software vendors are facing a growing set of challenges: longer sales cycles, fewer leads entering the pipeline, and more deals lost to no decision. Despite significant investment in software innovation and AI, many organizations are struggling to translate […]
Unleash Article: Ask the Analyst – Are Unwritten Hiring Rules Selecting for Capability or Privilege-Based Social Conditioning?
For its weekly Briefing, UNLEASH asked four HR analysts whether employers who screen out candidates for not knowing unwritten rules are selecting for capability or for the social conditioning that comes with privilege. The analysts largely agree that these filters […]
Market Alert: Paychex Brings Agentic AI to Small Business Recruiting with WISE Hire
What’s Actually Happening Paychex has introduced WISE Hire, a recruiting solution that extends WISE, the agentic AI platform Paychex announced in May 2026 as the intelligence layer across its HCM portfolio. WISE Hire uses AI agents to handle the routine, […]
HR Dive Article: What High-Performing Businesses Do Differently With a Human Capital Management Partner
According to recent research from 3Sixty Insights, the businesses getting the most value from their HR technology aren’t necessarily relying solely on the technology. They’re taking a different approach. Rather than viewing HCM as a software purchase, they treat it as […]
SAP’s TechWolf Deal Gives SuccessFactors the Data Layer It Lacked
In June 2024, SAP, Workday and ServiceNow all put money into the same Belgian startup. On Tuesday, SAP agreed to acquire that startup outright. The price wasn’t disclosed, and SAP expects the deal to close in the fourth quarter, pending […]
4 HCM Industry Trends: Service, Compliance, Implementation, and Why 49% of Buyers Would Pay More for Better Support
If my experience helping to produce 3Sixty Insights’ recent survey and report taught me anything, it’s that AI is not always the future. The momentum we’ve all experienced as we’ve been thrust headlong into an AI-centric tomorrow has produced a […]
Reworked Article: Why Managers Can’t Tell AI Skill From an AI Shortcut
In a KPMG study, employees using AI broke into three groups: Amplifiers, Delegators, Apprentices. AI skills didn’t decide who performed the best. “Tell me about this recommendation,” a manager says to a junior associate. The employee looks at the […]
Market Alert: Zoominfo Launches Talent Autopilot, Pairing an AI Recruiting Agent With Its Verified Data
ZoomInfo (NASDAQ: GTM) launched Talent Autopilot, an AI agent that helps recruiters find and reach candidates whom keyword search misses. It’s the most advanced product yet from ZoomInfo Talent Solutions, the company’s existing recruiting business, and it extends ZoomInfo’s core […]
Monthly Research Recap | September 2026
Upcoming Events HR Technology Conference & Exposition | October 20 – 22, 2026 Join the 3Sixty Insights team as they attend the upcoming HR Technology Conference & Exposition | October 20 – 22, 2026 at the Mandalay Bay in Las […]
3Sixty Insights Welcomes Lance Haun as Principal Analyst, Bringing Deep HR, Workplace, and Technology Expertise to the Analyst Team
3Sixty Insights welcomes Lance Haun as Principal Analyst. Lance will contribute research and analysis focused on HR, workplace technology, talent, and the changes affecting organizations and the people within them. His practitioner background and experience translating complex industry developments into […]










