Jacob Morgan | Best-Selling Author, Speaker, & Futurist | Leadership | Future of Work | Employee Experience

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Employee experience

How To Bring Together IT And HR To Meet Employee Needs

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Imagine walking into a car dealership and telling one of the sales representatives that you’re looking for a car. When he or she asks what you are looking for, you say that it needs to be able to fit five people, have great horsepower and torque, be painted blue, and have all the new modern features of today’s car. The dealer says they have something for you and then proceeds to wheel out a Frankenstein-like monstrosity that has five seats all on the left side of the car, a massive engine on the right side of the car, a steering wheel that’s attached to the roof, and splotchy blue paint. And they expect you to buy it! When you voice your displeasure, the dealer says the car has everything you wanted. Technically, it does meet the bill, but it is not at all what you wanted or had in mind.

Future of work

3 Ways The Role Of IT Is Changing

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In the last decade, the role of the CIO and of IT in general has changed drastically. Instead of simply trying to get technology to the company for the least amount of money possible, the IT department today plays a much larger role in the overall strategy of the company. There’s never been a more exciting time to be in HR. Here are three of the biggest ways the role of IT is changing with the future of work. […]

HR, Technology

Sexiest Roles in the Office? HR and IT

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When you think of the flashiest and sexiest departments in your organization, what do you think of? It’s probably not HR or IT, but as the workplace continues to change, these two areas are right in the middle of the evolution, making them two of the best places to be. […]

Technology

Are You Toying With Technology?

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Is technology in your organization a tool or a toy? We often look at new gadgets as things to play with and enjoy and as a way to keep us amused, but technology holds so much more value than just entertainment. Technology can be a valuable tool that changes the way you do business. And as technology changes and plays a bigger role in the efficiency and actions of organizations, the role of technology employees also changes. […]

The Future in 5

Why HR And IT Need To Get Married

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I’m back with another Future in Five, this time from London where I’m keynoting an event for Gartner. Recently, I’ve noticed a huge disconnect between HR and IT teams which is causing a big mess within organizations. These teams are operating as separate, independent units when they need to say “I do” and get married! Why? We all know that HR deals with people, IT with tech. Since tech serves people in the workplace, the two are intertwined and it is time to start treating things that way. HR practitioners should be working closer with CIOs and IT teams to determine what technologies make the most sense in their organization. CIOs and IT teams need to begin looking beyond the features of technology to the needs of employees that will be using the technology. […]

Future of work, Strategy

The Top 8 Things You Need To Know About The Future Of Work

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My team and I just hosted another Future of Work Forum in NYC for members of The Future of Work Community (a global brand council where companies explore how the workplace is changing). We were joined by some brilliant speakers and guests including the CHRO of AARP, Chief People Officer of Cisco, CIO of Xerox, CHRO of Pandora, Head of Innovation at Sanofi, CIO of IBM, EVP of HR at Staples, Brian Robertson (the founder of holacracy), CEO of Frog Design, and many others. We explored many topics around the future of work including but not limited to freelancers, corporate culture, technology and collaboration, people analytics, leadership, change management, holacracy and much more. I wanted to share the top eight learnings from the event. […]

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