In this episode of #HRTechChat, Nicole Roberts (Director & Principal Analyst, 3Sixty Insights) is joined by Marcus Mossberger from LYTIQS for an in-depth conversation about the operational and strategic gaps HR leaders live with—and the urgent imperative to close them. […]
As organizations face increased financial scrutiny around HR technology investments, demonstrating business value has become just as important as product innovation. HR leaders must be prepared to justify investments through measurable business outcomes, total cost of ownership, implementation requirements, and […]
3Sixty Insights’ Lance Haun has walked the HR Tech expo floor since 2009, and this year he wrote that it was more overwhelming than ever because every vendor was saying the same thing about AI. His test is simple: put […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
HR tech is getting bigger, but the software in it are getting harder to tell apart. Paylocity has moved beyond HR and payroll into Finance and IT. Rippling connects HR, payroll, IT and Finance. Workday now talks about itself as […]
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 […]