"I think we are extraordinarily fortunate to have the partners that we do. And to your point their presence at SuccessConnect Vegas and previously at Berlin are a testament to that. And I think one of the things that we're doing from a corporate strategy perspective that also ties in here is this focus on becoming open." That means having open API and micro services. That means tapping into open source technology and it means having an open ecosystem which means that we have solutions that are are complementary to one another and in some cases, yes there might be a bit of functionality that is duplicative across our partner's capabilities and our core products. But in many ways that we end up serving different types of customers that have different needs." "And so for me I rarely think of that as sort of any type of direct competition because again, what we're doing is providing our customers access to the best solutions that are out there and helping guide them to make the right decisions for them in terms of whether it's of course SuccessFactors product or something from one of our ecosystem guiding them to the best solution for their business." Jason Chapman I met my guest today, Jason Chapman, Vice President, Corporate Strategy at SAP, at one of the many press briefings I attended at SuccessConnect - the SAP SuccessFactors annual user group meeting at the Aria in Las Vegas. This is the first time I've covered SuccessConnect and I have to tell you I was blown away at the scale of this event. The Aria has a very large conference area and I think SAP and its partners were occupying every part of it. First, a shout-out to Geraldine Lim, Public Relations Lead at SAP SuccessFactors and my friend Bill Kutik (the host of Firing Line with Bill Kutik on YouTube),for making the introduction. Geraldine was a tremendous help in Vegas and help to arrange this podcast with Jason. Welcome to a HR Technology Channel of TotalPicture - I'm your host, Peter Clayton. A little bit about Jason: He joined SAP in 2017 as VP of Corporate Strategy. Previously, Jason was a Principal at Bain & Company. He has an MBA in Marketing and Technology from from the Sloan School of Management at MIT in Boston. Enjoy!
HR Tech remains Red Hot with over $225 million in new fundings last week! Welcome to Episode 20 of the HR Tech Collaboration News Podcast, AKA BBOP (Build, Buy, Or Partner?) The Three C's apologize for our carbon footprint in the month of October. Lots of travel this month... New York City (Future Workplace CLO Leadership Summit), Baltimore (National Association a Professional Background Screeners (3rd yr in a row of record breaking attendance) Orlando (Talent Board Candidate Experience Symposium and Awards Gala co-locating with ERE Fall) Amsterdam (UNLEASH World Conference & Expo). See sidebar for more information on The CandE Awards and UNLEASH.
Welcome to an all new NOLA edition of BBOP (Build, Buy, or Partner?)- The HR Tech Collaboration Podcast. I'm your host, Peter Clayton, Last week I was at the TAtech Fall Congress and Job Board Forum - where some confusion arose with the 3 P's present - Peter Weddle, Pete Weddle and Me. You'll hear about some of the takeaways from Bourbon Street this week - including Canvas - the winner of the Chad and Cheese Death Match. (I can tell you I have a whole lotta editing to do. Jolie, my director of photography and I were very busy). Shout-out to Kate Hinds, our Conference coordinator for herding cats... To Shane Gray for showing up everywhere! OMG - in his session he helped everyone understand the impact of GDPR - it's not just Europe, folks - To Ryan Christoi Managing Partner at KRT Marketing and Deb Andrychuk VP Client Services Shaker Recruitment Marketing for Presenting the ReSI Awards. Hat tip to the thought leaders we captured on camera: Shane Gray from Clinch, Jessica Miller-Merrell, Workolgy; Chris Forman, AppCast; Steven Rothberg, College Recruiter, Mona Tawakali, Partner at KRT Marketing, Thom Kenney, CEO Smashfly, Andy Hibel COO Higher Ed Jobs, Alykhan Rehmatulla, CEO Altru Labs and winner of the Daywalt Scholarship Award; Joe Rubin and his sidekick Mike Wiston from Crowded for winning 2 ReSI's and being entertaining! And of course Chad Sowash and Joel Cheeseman for being Chad and Cheese. If you subscribe to the Chad & Cheese Podcast (you do, right?) be sure to catch the TAtech NOLA Post-Game Show for all the ReSI winners from TAtech in New Orleans! Welcome to Episode 19 of the HR Tech Collaboration News Podcast featuring the 3 C's I'm Peter Clayton and joining me is the talk of Twitter, Ward Christman, and Chief_Connector, Larry Cummings.We have a lot to cover today so let's get started... SHOW NOTES FROM LARRY:Harbinger Systems - Shweta Kulkarni & Vinod Manjoo reviews the AI techniques they use to modernize HR application. https://youtu.be/YUd8YcTA7Pg A Quillion Questions: The place to be now is the middle of meaningful conversations. How does Allyo do it better?ANSWER: BENNETT SUNG of @appywithAllyo - https://www.allyo.com/: "Today, we live and work in a feedback economy. The place to be is in the NOW of every meaningful conversation. Long gone are the days of form-based applications, delayed messages of "we'll get back to you," and static hiring and retention KPIs. AllyO's conversational AI recruiting platform engagees candidate end-to-end, from "hi-to-hired, and beyond." The outcome is accelerated productivity and delivering a delightful experience for everyone."Jobalign - (reported by Sarah Brennen - www.jobalign.com) NAPBS...7th-9th www.tazworks.com Meetings by Larry -- TaxWorks (Carla Knolls) Innovative - www.knowthefacts.com - ISB Canada - https://isbc.ca/ (Michael Thompson & Sarah Baldeo) SHOW NOTES FROM WARD: Oct 23-24 - UNLEASH in Amsterdam - in most regards the best HR Tech show available! Ward will be there doing interviews & blogging about alliances & partnerships - got news? Book an interview w/ Ward. Podcast interview: Blockchain, Crypto Currency and the Future of Payroll & HRby Anita Lettink from NGA (will be at Unleash)Pymetrics Raises $40 Million in Series B Funding led by General Atlantic + Workday Ventures SumTotal Systems Announces New Strategic Partnerships STRIVR and HelloSign. And the first full Talent Suite vendor to implement Percipio Experience Services (PES), Skillsoft's new Content-as-a-Service offering WeWork Creator Fund launching a venture fund to invest in "the future of work" and other startups - will seek out social-impact startups, as well as those in the future of work category, one person said. Those will include technologies for human resources, recruitment, training and education, employee experience and real estate.The XREF Award for Most Innovative Use of HR Technology
Welcome to an all new WTF edition of BBOP - The HR Tech Collaboration Podcast. No this is not WTF and I'm not Marc Maron. However, the 3 C's have had a couple of WTF weeks - regarding Ward's life-time ban from the Venetian. This is Episode 18 - I'm Peter Clayton and joining me in a couple of minutes will be the talk of Twitter - Ward Christman, and the @Chief_Connector, Larry Cummings.On a positive note, I'm heading to New Orleans this week for the TAtech Fall Congress / Deal Center. Looking forward to working with Peter and Pete Weddle again this year, and catching up with a lot of friends at the Royal Sonesta. Chad & Cheese will be there - we've all received copies of Peter Weddle's new book, Circa 2118, so maybe we'll have a Circa 2118 book club in NOLA! Chad and Cheese are hosting a start-up Death Match which we're going to film: Andreea Wade CEO, Opening.io Max Armbruster CEO, Talkpush, Aman Brar, CEO, Canvas, Teg Grenager CEO, Uncommon Co. and David Bernstein, Head Of Partnerships, AllyO. Our friend Faith Rothberg CEO of College Recruiter is the Forum Chair this year. I'll tell you a little bit more later in the podcast. I'm brining my NYC DP Jolie with me - we've been working together for the past several months on a series of videos for the Using AI4HR online course produced by Future Workplace and powered on the NovoEd platform. The 5 week course launches today! If you're interested in knowing how leading organizations like IBM, GE, Intel, Cisco, rLoop, Cognizant, Hilton, View Glass - are using AI in their HR and recruiting functions check out usingai4hr.com and use the code TOTALPICTURE for $100 discount if you decide to sign up.
Thank you Patsy Cline. Your music will live on forever. However, Ward's welcome at the Venetian in Las Vegas came to an abrupt end as he was unceremoniously escorted out the Starbucks in the Venetian by LVPD and hotel security. Really? Have you met Ward? According to Ward's count, there were seven officers sent to march him out to the curb. More on that in this episode. Much more on THAT. As a hobby, Larry designs and crafts beautiful pens from dead trees. One of the pens he gifted at the The Vegas Collaboration Zone was to our friend William Tincup, president of RecruitingDaily. Peter Clayton attended Josh Bersin's keynote at #InfluenceHR - thank you Bret Starr for the press pass! And Peter participated Jim Jensen's Vegas Collaboration Zone roundtable on "How to Partner with the Big Guys." Jim is SVP Global Partners & Alliances at Ceridian. Clayton attended SAP SuccessFactor's #successconnect conference at the Aria and met lots of friends, partners and amazing people. I'll give you some insights this week and next, and plan on having a number of the #successconnect participants on TotalPicture, including Jason Chapman, VP Global Strategy at SAP. Congratulations to Patricia Manos Director of Partnerships and Alliances at Scout - she's expecting her first baby on December 31st. My first baby, Erin Clayton, was married on September 7th in Aurora New York. And that was truly amazing, wonderful, and yes... crazy.Welcome to episode #17 of the HR Tech Collaboration News Podcast, AKA BBOP (Build Buy or Partner?) It's a Double album/Crazy edition of BBOP, featuring the 3 C's: Larry Cummings, Ward Christman, and I'm you host Peter Clayton. This episode begins with a recording made at Carmine's on September 10 -- and segues into a recording on Monday, September 17. Enjoy.
Yes it's another Viva Las Vegas Edition of the HR Tech Collaboration News podcast. According to Chad, of the Chad and Cheese Podcast, Larry and Ward's Las Vegas Week App doesn't suck! Are you heading to Vegas next week? Download the app. it's free. There are 5 HR tech related shows in Vegas next week: The Vegas Collaboration Zone, SuccessConnect, Marketing Matters, InfluenceHR, Women in HR Tech -- and a few others. According to Larry, It's Collabodacious! Welcome boys and girls! HR Tech geeks, innovators, incubators, recruiters, sourcers, angels, VCs, vendors, start-ups, exhibitors, conference producers, Welcome to Episode 16 of the HR Tech Collaboration News Podcast, AKA BBOP (Build Buy or Partner?) Featuring the 3 C's: Larry Cummings,Ward Christman, and I'm you host Peter Clayton.
We're back! Welcome boys and girls! HR Tech geeks, innovators, incubators, recruiters, sourcers, angels, VCs, vendors, start-ups, exhibitors, conference producers, Welcome to Episode 15 of the HR Tech Collaboration News Podcast, AKA BBOP (Build Buy or Partner?) Featuring the 3 C's: Larry Cummings, Ward Christman, and I'm you host Peter Clayton. We've taken a short break to gear up for Orlando, September in, Las Vegas, and New Orleans - and Maimai things are hot in China to the tune of $200 Mil! More on that in a minute - but if you're heading to Las Vegas the week of September 10th HR Tech Advisor has a FREE cool new app - To help you navigate, connect, and collaborate your way through the labyrinth of Vegas hotels, coffee shops, Caesar's Palace, Carmine's and related hot spots. There are 5 HR tech related conferences the week of September 10 in Las Vegas! Did I mention the #VegasCZ app is free?
I think it's fair to say that Chatbots have become the shiny new thing in Talent Acquistion. But like most things in life and tech, they're great preforming certain tasks and not so great at others. In this podcast Aida Fazylova the CEO of XOR provides us with a basic understanding of artificial intelligence (AI) and chatbots. Welcome to an HR Tech Collaboration Channel Podcast on TotalPicture. I'm your host, Peter Clayton. Like many of the tech entrepreneurs I've met and interviewed, Aida started XOR to solve a problem. A former recruiter, she realized that most of her day was consumed by doing routine, repetitive tasks which added little value and kept her from the most important role of a recruiter; engaging with and interviewing potential candidates. I first met Aida at HRTechTank in New York where she participated in the Startup Demo Session and Investor Feedback.
Last week - Apple hit one Trillion in market cap (Amazon, Alphabet and Microsoft ain't far behind). If your name is Warren Buffett, your stake in Apple is worth about $50 Billion. Nice. And of course, many mutual funds, EFT's and Index funds also have large stakes in Apple. You're probably listening to this podcast on an iPhone or Android phone. The popularity of podcasts are a direct result of the universal adoption of smartphones. And we have Steve Jobs and Apple to thank for mobile apply, the app ecosystem and many companies in the HR and TA tech space who's solutions are based on mobile - especially iOS platforms. And speaking about Alphabet, you know, Google? They've opened up their jobs API. According to Chad Sowash Johnson & Johnson has seen a "41% increase in candidates for hard to find positions. We're talking about like scientist, oncologist, those types of positions. 41% increase in candidates for those positions!" Oh, and then there's Hire by Google - Candidate Matching. If you're a start-up trying to get candidate matching to work, look out. Check out the Chad&Cheese podcast for more on this, and what Facebook and LinkedIn are up to. Welcome boys and girls! HR Tech geeks, innovators, incubators, recruiters, sourcers, angels, VCs, vendors, start-ups, exhibitors, conference producers, thanks for tuning into Episode #14 of the HR Tech Collaboration News Podcast, AKA BBOP (Build Buy or Partner?) Featuring the 3 C's: Larry Cummings, Ward Christman, and I'm your host Peter Clayton.
"Larger enterprises are finally waking up, realizing that their younger, more nimble startup counterparts are innovating. And, unsurprisingly, they're approaching the HR tech ecosystem with an eat or be eaten' mentality. This typical 'old meets new and subsequently acquires to stay relevant' narrative arc is not the only reason I think we're now due to see more HR tech acquisitions than ever before." Julia Qiu That's a quote from a Venture Beat article by Julia Qiu - more on that later. Yes, boys and girls it's time for episode 13 of #BBOP - Build Buy or Partner, officially known as the HR Tech Collaboration News Podcast. Featuring the 3 C's: Larry Cummings, Ward Christman, and me, your host and podcast protagonist, Peter Clayton. Join us weekly on HR Tech Collaboration News - a Podcast where we review the most interesting trade shows, talent movements, M&A and Investor Deals, and dig into HR industry's daily dilemma - do we Build, Buy or Partner? The HR Tech Collaboration Channel is produced by TotalPicture Media and HR Tech Advisor. Thank you Waylon! Yes our Chief Connector was in Nashville for Jobg8 which in my book has the screwiest URL ever concocted for any conference (job g the number 8 dot com - really? someone thought that was a good idea?). Waylon's song, Nashville Rebel, would be more appropriate for me or Ward than Larry, because, after all, he IS the Chief Connector, Conference Concierge supreme, extravert on the show floor and in real life. Welcome Practitioners, HR Directors, analysts, talent acquisition specialists, Job Boarders, the @JobBoardDoctor, coders, Investors, HR Tech geeks, innovators, incubators, recruiters, sourcers, angels, VCs, vendors, chatbots, startups, exhibitors, conference producers, optimists, pessimists, and a special shout-out to... who, Larry?