Organizations have spent years investing in Human Capital Management (HCM) technology to automate processes, improve HR compliance and support employees. Yet many continue to struggle with extracting meaningful value from those investments. The recent 3Sixty Insights Benchmark Report, Why half of businesses want to […]
#HRTechChat: Rick Torrence on Treating AI Like Electricity
In this episode of #HRTechChat, Dylan Teggart (Principal Analyst, 3Sixty Insights) is joined by Rick Torrence—Chief Sales Officer at PrismHR with over 35 years of experience across the payroll and HCM industry for a conversation about what happens once AI […]
Vendors Are Selling the Technology, But Who Is Helping the Buyer Get It Approved?
The technology being developed by software vendors today is remarkable. AI, automation, analytics, and increasingly sophisticated platforms are creating capabilities that would have seemed unrealistic only a few years ago, and vendors are understandably putting significant emphasis on demonstrating what […]
Monthly Research Recap | August 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 […]
Research Note: How Employee Listening Is Evolving and Why Manager Enablement Matters More Than Ever
A System Under Increasing Pressure Something is quietly breaking inside organizations, and most leadership teams recognize it, even if they can’t name it precisely. Across industries, organizations are grappling with growing managerial complexity as flatter structures, expanding spans of control, […]
AI-Generated Content Is Entering Its Google SEO Moment
The introduction of generative AI has changed the way we communicate in ways that are difficult to measure and perhaps even harder to understand. Alongside that transformation has come an enormous ecosystem of tools designed to make writing and creating […]
3Sixty Insights Introduces Analyst Content as a Service (ACaaS) to Help Organizations Scale High-Quality Marketing Content
A new offering designed to help organizations scale expert marketing content without increasing headcount. Organizations today are being asked to create more content than ever before. From thought leadership and demand generation to SEO, AEO (Answer Engine Optimization), GEO (Generative […]
Monthly Research Recap | July 2026
July was an incredibly productive month for the team at 3Sixty Insights, and before we highlight some of our recent research publications, we wanted to share a few company updates. Welcoming Robert Mattson to the Research Team In July, we […]
3Sixty Insights Welcomes Robert Mattson, Expanding Strategic Go-to-Market and Storytelling Expertise
Industry veteran brings decades of experience helping software providers create compelling messaging that differentiates their solutions, builds demand, and accelerates revenue growth. 3Sixty Insights is pleased to welcome Robert Mattson to its analyst team, strengthening the firm’s ability to help […]
Research Note: The Highs & Lows of AI Deployments
In August 2025, MIT issued the bold claim that 95% of AI pilots are failing. In a report called The GenAI Divide: State of AI in Business 2025 by MIT’s Project NANDA, they observed that organizational learning gaps were causing […]
#HRTechChat: Robert Mattson on Storytelling, AI, and Making HR Technology Matter
In this episode of #HRTechChat, Nicole Roberts (Senior Analyst & Advisor, 3Sixty Insights) is joined by Robert Mattson—technologist, marketing leader, communications coach, author, and the newest member of the 3Sixty Insights analyst team—for a wide-ranging conversation about the experiences shaping […]
Closing the Frontline Technology Gap: How UKG Is Rethinking the Employee Experience
Frontline work has typically run on thin, disconnected infrastructure. A bulletin board in the breakroom, a coffee-stained notice on the lunch table, a paycheck stub, or a supervisor’s memory. Recent conversations with Gaby Contreras, Jaclyn Aiken, Dan Wolman, and Greg […]
Benchmark Report: Why Half of Businesses Want to Invest in Service-Enabled HR That Actually Works
HR technology alone isn’t enough. New research from 3Sixty Insights reveals why organizations continue to struggle with HR technology adoption, customer support, and compliance—and why nearly half are willing to pay more for better service. Based on a survey of […]
Monthly Research Recap | June 2026
Recent Research: Case Study Vignette: Two Days to Two Hours – How Italian Fiesta Pizzeria Used the Insperity HRCoreâ„¢ Solution to End Its Payroll Struggles Italian Fiesta Pizzeria, a fourth-generation family business operating five locations and employing 160 workers, transformed […]
Why Software Demos Are Costing Vendors More Deals Than They Realize
After spending more than two decades in enterprise software and sitting through hundreds of product demonstrations as both a sales executive and now an industry analyst, I’ve become convinced that one of the most overlooked reasons vendors lose competitive deals […]
Infographic: Why Service-Driven HR Tech is the Ultimate ROI for SMBs
This infographic case study highlights a broader lesson for small business owner-operators: the value of HR technology is determined less by feature depth and more by the quality and accessibility of human support. It follows Conor Schmidt, owner of a […]
Solution Spotlight: ZoomInfo’s Shift Toward Context-Driven Orchestration
The Fragmented Reality of GTM Systems A revenue leader reviews a target account before a quarterly planning meeting. The CRM shows a healthy opportunity. Marketing data suggests rising engagement. Intent signals show research into competitors. A hiring alert shows a […]
Nobody Cares What LLM Powers Your AI – They Care About the Problems You Solve.
Artificial intelligence has become the defining narrative across enterprise software. Nearly every briefing, product announcement, and marketing campaign now emphasizes AI capabilities, agents, automation, and the technological advances taking place behind the scenes. From an innovation standpoint, the excitement is […]
AI SaaS Needs a New Sales Conversation
The Feature Pitch Is Not Enough B2B SaaS companies have spent years explaining what their products do. That worked reasonably well when the product was a system of record, workflow tool, or analytics layer. AI changes the sales conversation because […]
Why B2B SaaS Companies Are Becoming Intelligence Factories
The Product Is Not the Raw Material One of the more useful ways to understand AI in B2B software is to stop thinking about it as a feature for a moment. AI is starting to behave more like a productive […]







