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HR Tech Fest 2016 – What to Expect This Year
Now in its third year, HR Tech Fest 2016 is happening this November in Melbourne. The agenda has just been released, and it's a whopper – 36 sessions over 2 days! We sat down with #HRTF16 Program …
The 5 Ps of Helping HR Tech Users Adopt Change With Confidence
With only a small percentage of technology implementations being deemed successful, we're often left scratching our heads about where it all went wrong. Greg Taylor, Change Management specialist, says …
Why Digital Transformation Is About People and Purpose, Not Technology
Every leadership team on the planet is talking about digital transformation – but the workplace is strangely missing from most of these conversations. One without the other is a recipe for disaster. …
#Winning: Using Gamification to Engage Your People
The next generation of tech addicted workers are on our doorstep. With shrinking attention spans and expanding appetites for instant gratification, it's becoming clear that the current approach to wor …
Flexible Working: The Xero Way
Since 2016 there's been a 78% increase in job posts on LinkedIn that mention work flexibility, signalling a shift in expectations – flexible working is no longer a benefit, it is an expectation. Fl …
The Changing Workplace: Business Is Personal
As the work landscape continues to evolve, one thought stands out for me as I think about the year ahead: In the workplace, the voice of the individual continues to gain strength—perhaps because of …
Why You Shouldn't Silo Your HR Social Media Channels
I've noticed from working in the HR space for a while that we love putting things in silos: We love having conferences about recruitment, different conferences about internal communication, and other …
All the (Little) Things – Atlassian's Strategies for Attracting Top Tech Talent
Atlassian has been named the #1 Best Place to Work for two consecutive years in Australia/Asia and this year ranked #2 Best Place to Work in the US. They're unlike any other enterprise software compan …
Four Strategies on Negotiating Internally to Buy HR Technology
As HR professionals we don't often view ourselves as strategic players in our organisations. Well, I'm here to tell you that you should. There are times when you need to know how to negotiate and be s …