During the HCI Human Capital Summit, Mike Lipke, from Roche, was a panel member. He mentioned one of my favorite subjects: interns. He echoed a sentiment I have heard from Roche and several other customers. It is easy to get business units and executives excited about interns. read more »

Gary Hamel, management guru and author, delivered an amazing presentation at the HCI Human Capital Summit. He talked about how little innovation has occurred in management methodology over the last several years. Hamel asked the question, “What innovations of management are just out of our vision right now?” Then he urged, “We need to look for it. We are really due for some change.” He presented many examples of great management innovation. His Harvard Business Review papers are chock full of these case studies. read more »

Layoffs and reorganizations can wreak havoc on your documentation for compliance, such as the FDA and SOX required “who owns what” style. The changes of ownership are happening rapidly and documentation may not be keeping up. Yet the regulators are scrutinizing even closer for that very reason. But there is a scarier data issue: identity management. read more »