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Blog: Will AI Live Up to the Hype?

Over the past decade, the buzz surrounding artificial intelligence (AI) has become a cacophony, particularly within the realm of Human Resources (HR) technology. Vendors clamber to integrate AI capabilities into their offerings, while organizations eagerly seek the latest AI-enabled solutions to stay ahead of the competition and avert obsolescence in an ever-evolving landscape. But amidst the hype, a critical question looms: Will AI truly live up to its promises? In this article, we delve into the dichotomy between the hype surrounding AI in HR and its current reality. Evolution of Technological Fads Reflecting on the last two decades, I’ve witnessed the cyclical nature of technological trends in a field where innovation equals advantage. Each wave brought a surge of excitement and anticipation — only to […]

Good Managers Are Key to Successful Talent Management

The Human Element: Why Good Managers Are Key to Successful Talent Management Technology Adoptions

If you attended #UnleashAmerica this year, you witnessed that talent management technology has come a long way over the past few years. With advances in AI and machine learning, HR technology is more sophisticated than ever before, offering a wide range of solutions to help companies manage their talent more effectively and empathetically. But despite all these technological advancements, there is still one thing that matters more than anything else: the quality of your managers. As in a recent conversation Adam Hickman, Vice President of Learning, Org Development, and Cast Members at Partners, a Walt Disney Company, aptly put it, “You could have the best technology in the world. If you’ve got the worst managers running it, it doesn’t make a difference.” The importance of […]

#HRTechChat: Steve Goldberg, HR Industry Analyst, Advisor & Thought Leader

#HRTechChat: Steve Goldberg, HR Industry Analyst, Advisor & Thought Leader

My guest for this episode of #HRTechChat was Steve Goldberg, well-known HR industry analyst, advisor and thought leader. Steve and I were having so many interesting conversations of late, that we decided we’d better lay one of these tracks down on vinyl, so to speak. Steve shared a few ideas around the theme of “opportunities where HR technology can make a difference today and over the next several years,” and here we are…. True to form, Steve got me to thinking about something in a way I’d never considered. It’s loosely related to a concept I encountered many years ago. The idea “is really the byproduct of mashing together the vendor perspective and the customer perspective,” Steve said. From vendors, there’s a standardization of functionality […]

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3Sixty Insights #HRTechChat with Jennifer Ravalli, Head of Marketing at PandoLogic

Jennifer Ravalli was our guest for the latest episode of the 3Sixty Insights #HRTechChat podcast. Following long stints at ADP and, most recently, iCIMS, Jenn joined PandoLogic in September 2020 to head all marketing efforts. Jenn and I met and first spoke at the Spring 2021 HR Technology Conference & Exposition. It’s when we delved specifically into PandoLogic’s solution, a programmatic job advertising platform with underpinnings in artificial intelligence and available on the iCIMS marketplace. Naturally, this episode of #HRTechChat covers much ground in the areas of AI, the future of work, and more — among our favorite topics at 3Sixty Insights. (Go here and here for our blogging on these ideas.) Jenn sees AI transforming the roles of recruiting (and sourcing, for that matter). […]