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.

WorkJam partnered with collaboration intelligence platform Aware to provide customers with insights into their frontline employees’ priorities, behaviors, needs and concerns. The company's technology capabilities will expand as its own tech -- including communication, task management, learning and shift scheduling tools -- is combined with Aware’s sentiment analysis and AI...
WorkTango, the employee experience firm acquired earlier this year by Kazoo, launched what it calls a "holistic, enhanced" version of its eponymous employee experience platform. As a part of the update, the company said it has unveiled a new brand identity. WorkTango, previously branded Kazoo + WorkTango, offers employee recognition and rewards solutions...
BambooHR now enables organizations to create multiple review cycles to help gauge the performance of employees. The company said the feature will help employers create a more customized experience for both management and workers.  The tool is one of the new performance management capabilities introduced by BambooHR to, in its...
Workhuman, the employee recognition software provider, launched updated integrations with Microsoft Teams, the collaboration app for hybrid and remote work. This integration allows employees to use the Workhuman Cloud and Social Recognition tools directly from Teams, without having to disrupt their normal workflow. Activities enabled by the integrations include making...
Our weekly roundup of deals, product announcements and other HR technology news. Listen to a podcast of our roundup. One-third of workers plans to quit their jobs despite a potential economic downturn, according to a survey by 15Five. In addition, nearly one in five organizations planning on layoffs, and more than...
Our weekly roundup of deals, product announcements and other HR technology news. Listen to a podcast of our roundup. LinkedIn is partnering with IBM, Meta, Oracle and other platforms to expand its professional certification offering. Learners will now be able to build skills directly from providers and include their certifications on...
Transcript to come Our guest is Muni Boga, the CEO of Kudos. They say their platform is different from other rewards programs, because it helps create sustained cultural change. So, we’re going to talk about the importance of culture, the real need for cultural solutions, and how analytics contributes to...
beqom – a provider of a compensation management solutions -- acquired Our Tandem, a performance management platform that offers people development through personalized feedback, coaching and goal setting. Beqom’s existing platform unifies all compensation and rewards processes on a single place, including salary and bonuses, deferred incentives and sales commissions....
Our weekly roundup of deals, product announcements and other HR technology news. Listen to a podcast of our roundup. LinkedIn launched Diversity Nudges, which notify employers when their talent pool becomes unbalanced by gender. When gender representation is off, users will be alerted and provided with the male/female relationship of a...
Transcript Mark: Welcome to PeopleTech the podcast of the HCM Technology Report. I'm Mark Feffer. My guest today is Ryan Naylor, the CEO of VIVAHR. VIVAHR aims to help businesses, mostly small businesses leverage their culture to improve their efforts in talent acquisition. We're going to talk about how that...