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June is Innovation Month

...at least according to Scott Kirsner of the Boston Globe. Scott is encouraging his readers to think about ways to revive the New England economy from its doldrums by supporting new innovators and innovations. You can visit his website for ideas on how to "make new connections, share your expertise, find out about and support […]

Discussion with David Caruso: Reducing Costs and Boosting Productivity in a Challenging Economy

I recently had the opportunity to talk about the importance of labor cost management in manufacturing with David Caruso, the founder and Principal of David Caruso & Associates, Inc. David's consulting firm specializes in manufacturing, supply chain, and technology strategy. We talked about how manufacturing organizations are increasingly focusing on labor cost management in the […]

Climbing the Hourly Ladder - An Interview with Paul Facella

I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Paul Facella, a former Regional Vice President of McDonald's Corporation and now CEO of Inside Management. He is author of Everything I Know about Business I Learned at McDonald's (McGraw-Hill, 2008). During Paul's 34 year career with McDonald's, he learned a lot about growing his own career as […]

Put Down the Technology and Step Away from the Keyboard

Our latest whitepaper, Empowering the Hourly Workforce Through Enterprise Workforce Management, comes to us courtesy of our board member Tim Lett of the Axsium Group. Tim addresses the importance of engaging employees as part of the implementation and ongoing use of workforce management technology. Tim's company helps organizations deploy a wide range of workforce management […]

Goodbye HR Tech, Hello KronosWorks 2008!

This has been a very busy week - Dallas Sunday through Tuesday for our annual Sales and Service kickoff and Chicago Wednesday through Friday for the HR Technology show. I wrote this post sitting at Gate K8 at O'Hare waiting for a flight to Orlando where I'll spend the next 5 days at our annual […]

Why We Need Skype Now More than Ever

Perhaps many of you have been Skype-ing for a while, but I'm a recent convert. I mentioned in one of my first posts that I'm a big fan of technology and often an early adopter. Skype's been around for a while in the UK, but only recently began advertising in the US. I'd heard about […]

The Summertime Crunch

Our latest workforce survey reveals that 69% of US workers polled plan to take off time between Memorial Day and Labor Day. This obviously presents challenges for employers who seek to keep their operations running smoothly throughout these peak vacation months. According to our board member Steve Hunt, what employers should NOT do is discourage […]

The New Industrial Revolution

Photo Credit: ClawzCTR There was a recent article in IndustryWeek, "How Ceradyne Increased Productivity through Effective Labor Management" that raised some questions for me. This article was co-authored by one of my colleagues, Gregg Gordon, and explains how Ceradyne has used Kronos solutions to optimize their workforce productivity. Ceradyne is using a broad suite of […]

Back to the Future

photo credit: Thomas Hawk Last Wednesday, I attended an all day seminar hosted by IDC, a technology oriented analyst firm. The seminar was focused on topics that those of us who work for high technology firms care about; i.e. what's the next big thing that our firms should capitalize on in order to continue to […]

Scenes From an Italian Restaurant

One of the issues that our "Working in America" survey highlights is the importance of health benefits to employees as they evaluate whether to stay in their current positions. Tonight, I was out to dinner with my family after having visited my mother in the hospital. My parents are retired, but fortunate to have excellent […]

Infotriever is a fickle friend

OK - I said I had a passion for technology, but that's cooled a bit this morning. As any good BlackBerry addict does, I take advantage of all possible opportunities to manage my life within its cheerful interface. That includes downloading flight information from our travel agent via Infotriever. Normally, this works like a charm […]

Old Home Week at HR Tech

Today I visited the HR Technology Conference and Exposition at the Navy Pier in Chicago. I spent a few hours traversing the exhibit hall and catc hing up with old friends. I had conversations with about a dozen former colleagues and contacts who have moved on to new ventures in the human capital management space. […]

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