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.

Transcript to come Our topic is workplace misconduct, and our guest is Ben Mones, the CEO of Fama. His company recently published a report, called the State of Misconduct. Among other things, they found that seven of the nine industries covered faced misconduct by at least 5% of their workforce....
Although the pervasiveness of bias in the workplace has gotten increasing attention in recent years, the on-the-ground challenges haven’t changed much, according to new research from Textio. In the last decade, “what hasn’t changed are the same broad patterns of bias in feedback that show up in the workplace year...
Lattice announced Lattice HRIS, an HR information system that will manage employee records and integrate directly with the company’s existing talent suite of products. The HRIS will be available next year, but companies can join a waitlist for an early-access program. The product will customers to report on metrics, better...
In a move to expand its strategic footprint, employee experience platform Simpplr acquired Socrates.ai, a generative AI-based virtual employee assistant. The company intends to integrate Socrates.ai into its suite of digital workplace solutions. Simpplr believes that bringing together solutions for employee engagement, enablement and AI-based services will result in a...
A significant number of employed job seekers believe AI recruiting tools are more biased than their human counterparts, according to a survey conducted by the Harris Poll on behalf of the American Staffing Association. The level of distrust is particularly high among those actively seeking new roles. Among those actively...
Transcript Mark: Welcome to PeopleTech, the podcast of the HCM Technology Report. I'm Mark Feffer. My guest today is Ben Hanowell, director of People Analytics Research at the ADP Research Institute. They've just launched a report series called Today at Work and its kickoff edition takes a look at...
Engagedly officially launched an AI help desk designed to help HR and employees access resources through a chatbot. Called Ask Marissa, the solution was designed to understand and respond to employee inquiries in natural language and provide answers to commonly asked questions. The company positions Ask Marissa as a way...
In a move designed to improve how employers communicate with their teams, Paycor released Paycor Engage, a one-stop shop to share company news, facilitate communications and recognize employees across the mobile and web environments.  Paycor Engage will also enable social collaboration for cross-functional groups across the organization.  From Paycor's view, engagement...
In search of the most effective tech tools for boosting employee engagement, we posed this question to a diverse group of leaders from CEOs to employee engagement specialists. From enhancing communication with Slack to addressing engagement issues with SurveyMonkey, discover the top tech tools that have revolutionized employee engagement...
GoCo’s summer product release includes new features focused on improving operational efficiency and bulking up the overall HR management experience. The release continues the company’s path of combining features into one platform, which it said will help businesses streamline their HR operations, increase productivity and elevate the employee experience. “We...