For nearly three decades, the Human Resources function has been built on a foundation laid by Dave Ulrich. If you work in HR, you know the structure: the “Three-Legged Stool” consisting of Centers of Expertise (CoEs), HR Business Partners (HRBPs), and Shared Services. It was a brilliant model for its time. It professionalized our function.…
๐๐ณ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ? I am reading and hearing these days a lot about the end of HR platforms like SAP, Workday or also ServiceNow. And if you believe the stock markets where the share-prices of these companies seem to know only one direction, their end is approaching fast. Wouldn’t that be great? We could save…

In my final post of the year, I reflect on the past year and look forward to 2025, emphasizing the transformative potential of AI in HR. 2024 saw significant advancements, but true innovation is still needed. I envision 2025 as the year of HCM reimagination, proposing concepts like hrOS, a seamless HR operating system, and…

I believe it is time again to write about the state of Gen AI. We are at the middle of the final calendar quarter of the year and just had another episode of quarterly earnings reports and analysts reports. I continue to find it fascinating how the Gen AI developments are shining in so many…

We are in the middle of Tech-Spring. Kicked off with a sudden, new (probably set up to preempt Google’s announcements) OpenAI Spring Event. A lot of rumours were going around before the event – GPT5? a new competitive search engine? What will they announce? – None of that in the end – but more below.…
Reviewing and assessing my predictions for 2023 – how far off was I?