Culture & Engagement

It seems ironic that so many companies seek to engage their employees through the use of technology platforms that may, for one reason or another, put more distance between organizations and employees. Technology doesn’t eliminate the need for thought, planning and leadership. The articles here result from our quest to find the right balance.

Will 2024 see less of an emphasis on employee experience, or will employers keep worrying about things like health and wellbeing? The answer depends on who you ask. A variety of technology and workforce issues, from AI-related challenges to continued hand-wringing over the economy, is pressuring employers to invest less...
Some of the softer elements of HR may be scaled down next year, continuing downward trends seen in 2023 as employers faced a variety of technology and workforce issues, from the tsunami of AI-related challenges to business conditions that seem less-than-steady. One result of this is a weakened commitment to...
The Josh Bersin Company’s launch of the generative AI assistant Galileo brings one of the industry’s leading brands directly into the business of HR technology. No longer limited to analysis, commentary and advisory services, Bersin is leveraging his decades of research, industry experience and name recognition to offer direct and...
By Adam WeberChief Evangelist, 15Five Strategic HR leaders today are taking a closer look at the issues that arise when managers are not set up for success. At the same time, executives are finally seeing the light and sanctioning more investment in manager enablement than ever before. Case in point:...
UKG’s latest product announcements denote a focus on incorporating generative-AI capabilities and data from the company’s Great Place to Work Institute into its platform. At last week’s Aspire conference, UKG’s messaging emphasized availability of its Great Place to Work Hub, a new set of tools that HR teams can use...
Frontline experience platform Harri rolled out Harri Engage, a new product to help service businesses improve employee engagement and retention. Developed in partnership Harri customers, Engage aims to make it easier to improve engagement while providing analysis that can be used to change an employer’s approach when necessary. “We designed Harri...
Employees prefer company culture changes over an individual approach to mental health, such as one providing therapy, apps and time off, according to a study from Qualtrics. In fact, 78% of those surveyed said an emphasis on healthy and sustainable workplaces would be moderately to extremely helpful for their...
Transcript Mark:               Welcome to PeopleTech, the podcast of the HCM Technology Report. I'm Mark Feffer. My guest today is Matt Schmidt, the founder and CEO of Peoplelogic. Their technology connects with the tools employees use in the course of work to get a sense of engagement and...
Three weeks after sharing highlights at its annual SuccessConnect conference, SAP SuccessFactors launched its 2023 second-half release, which focuses on integrating AI-based capabilities into the company’s Human Experience Management platform. Among its features are several new capabilities demonstrated at SuccessConnect, including the copilot Joule, a talent intelligence hub and...
UKG will begin including benchmarks from Great Place to Work in its generative AI in order to help managers and HR leaders develop approaches to managing their workforce and developing their culture. UKG acquired the Great Place to Work Institute, the organization behind Fortune’s annual list of 100 Best Companies...