We’ve posted a lot about PeopleTools, but we still get questions about its high-level value to organizations as well as PeopleTools’ future direction. Here we have Marc Weintraub (PeopleSoft Product Strategy) interviewing Jeff Robbins (Sr. Director, PeopleSoft Development) about everything PeopleTools entails, and it’s great. Worth your time if you use or are expanding your
Read More...So much gets talked about today regarding “relationships” and “relationship building” when it comes down to working with your customers and accounts and project teams. It doesn’t matter if you are in sales, customer service, or managing a large marketing project, building a relationship with individuals takes time, work and effort. You have to have
Read More...In our daily discussions, we often get asked about what’s the best way to get the most dashboard functionality out of PeopleSoft. Dashboards make organizations more efficient, allow the right analytics to be displayed in the right place, and help data turn into actionable information. Plus, they’re far more engaging for the end user. The
Read More...I was at a client recently. I was hunkered down in their conference room trying to knock out a few emails in between meetings. I noticed a sign that caught my attention. The sign read 10 Rules for Meetings and was clearly posted as some guiding principles for those who use the room. It included a
Read More...I recently turned 45. While it was a disappointingly ho-hum event (Ryan Seacrest did NOT show up at my house, if you can believe that nonsense), I caught myself wondering what I’d tell my 20-year-old self if I were able to go back and dispense the modicum of “wisdom” (do finger airquotes here) I’ve picked
Read More...I’ve had this article hanging around my Pinboard (please don’t confuse that with Pinterest, by the way) for a few months now, and it’s time I gave it its due. It’s an excellent piece, as is par for the course with Harvard Business Review’s op-ed content. Here’s HBR’s John Butman, talking about four often-seen “impossible”
Read More...Terms like, the cloud, on-premise,co-existence: these are just but a few of the current strategies that most organizations contend with today in determining how they are going to manage their enterprise applications that run their businesses. It can feel like a daunting task, often equal parts confusing and overwhelming. The truth of the matter is,
Read More...Oracle’s John Webb has an outstanding series of blog posts that is probably the most comprehensive collection of punchlist advice for any organization looking to upgrade to PeopleSoft 9.2. It’s truly excellent. If you’re considering or planning your organization’s move to 9.2, make sure you read Webb’s four-part series: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4.
Read More...Stop by here most Fridays and you will see a personal story, a parenting lesson I clumsily try to tie to something that happened the previous week, or our thoughts on leadership, grit and management culture. Sometimes, even though I can’t believe it myself, cat stories. Not today. Today is a different kind of tangent.
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