September 7, 2016
SMAC Social, Mobile, Analytics, Cloud or SMAC-enabled HR technologies are revolutionizing our industry, smacking human resources with powerful tools to support their company's Digital Workplace vision by providing Digital HR applications which connect with the modern workforce. We have all been told, by now, of the millennial rock stars who won't work for us unless we connect with them in the world they rock - and it’s true! You not only need to empower employees and managers to keep them engaged, but you must also enable them - people enablement is key to productivity. People Enablement HR Technology is a big driver for people enablement. Alas, the reader is likely feeling troubled with the notion of costly technology investments, a platoon of expensive onsite technology consultants, and months turning into years of project timescales that never seem to hit a…
November 14, 2017
Yay! A New Phone Wait -- how many of us REALLY feel that way? Getting a new mobile device is less than joyous when you know you are going to leave the store or check out from your online cart with far less money than with what you arrived. Even with a “free upgrade” – Is anything ever really free? My son is the only person I know who can crack a mobile device screen more than I. Venturing into a phone store often proves I am as cracked as my son's phone screen, but I am always up for a challenge. I made sure the store had the one in stock we wanted before we even left the house. I won't fight over a phone. The “host” at the AT& T store hesitated, like he knew they didn’t have any. I pressed on,…
October 5, 2017
Stay Prepared! As a Workday Certified Solution Partner, we value the opportunity to consistently update our integration and partnership. Part of that is preparation and staying in constant communication with Workday while remaining agile as product updates & messaging come our way. Our vigilance regarding this partnership has paid off and we our proud of the work achieved. And an awesome showing at a recent Workday Hackathon put Dovetail squarely on the map as a valued partner. We Remain Committed Four years ago, Dovetail made a commitment with Workday to design, build, deliver, and maintain a real time bi-directional integration to help serve the Dovetail and Workday ecosystem, cohesively. It’s remains a win-win for both vendor and customers - it hasn't been easy, but nothing worthy is. We continue to focus on our Workday Partnership and on the execution and delivery…
June 22, 2017
Discussion and Confusion about the Difference There is a healthy amount of discussion (and an unhealthy amount of confusion) over the difference between configuration and customization where software is concerned. If you are one of our clients (and if you aren't, there's way to fix that), you probably know this already, but we think it is a big enough deal that we thought we'd talk about it more. And we've done a quick 30-min presentation on this same topic. If you've had more than two conversations with me, you'll know that I love analogies. In fact, my love for analogies is like a simile. I'm not always great with either of them. But to explain the difference between customization and configuration, I have just the analogy for the job. We will use the wardrobes of two famous billionaires. First up,…
