Podcast #12 with David Ludlow...

This podcast was pretty much i(n)tune with some of the other podcasts I've heard on this website. The focus was again on how the HR systems have broadened their impact from being used by a few HR personnel's to pretty much the whole organization (managers (for hiring, etc.), employees (for reviews, etc.). I guess this is one of the most fundamental (if not the most!) change in how HR is viewed and used by organizations today.

There was another discussion on how social networking (Facebook/Linkden) will have a major role to play in the next semi-decade... I was kind of interested in the profile authentication discussion, but not sure if there will be this one unified profile, with different fields being viewable by different people. When it comes to professional information, why would I want to do that? And again, who owns this data? Facebook? No way... Will there be one trusted source with which we can share information? How trustworthy is that? Well...

The discussion then goes to the SAP talent management softwares. SAP is lacking this module right now. It has historically covered performance management and recruiting. However, it seems they are in the process of including TMS, and also embracing the new Web 2.0 technology. Let's hope they do it...

RS.