Maksim Ovsyannikov
Maksim is an executive in the areas of product management, product strategy and product marketing. He is a thought leader in the areas of business execution and business productivity software and an innovative product evangelist in the software industry. Maksim’s interests include making social software business-relevant and building beautiful SaaS tools for the purposes of improving productivity in key areas of enterprise operations - human resources, CRM and mobile. He blogs at Get Maksimized.
Engineers, Designers and Product Managers – A Point of View
The “awesome triangle” that builds products consists of engineers, product managers and product designers. Here is a view of how each of the corners sees the other. Your comments, please…
Enterprise 2.0 Boston – 3 Expectations
Hello to everyone who considers themselves to be 2.0 – I suspect that many of you are descending on Boston this week with the one and only one goal in mind – to showcase and to absorb as much of the new and shiny 2.0 world as possible. I am doing exactly the same. If [...]
Three Wrongs When it Comes to Profiles in HCM Technology
We have to admit it – the modern world loves profiles. Every major service that “sticks” has a profile component that is meant to describe us. HR technology isn’t an exception. Every major vendor has made at least some attempts to position their profile components as truly central elements of their suite. So why is [...]
Oracle HCM (con)Fusion
Oracle HCM Fusion vs. Oracle HCM (con)Fusion – which one is it? Years of waiting, years of speculation – does the wait equal innovation? Is it real or is it still somewhat an imagination? I ask three simple, direct, important questions. Will Oracle an…
The Enterprise Social Goodness
Ever since the word “social” became a famous consumer token that is overused and overhyped every minute of every day, the business world started wondering about how to build an enterprise social network that had all the right and relevant component…
Silicon Valley Money and Idea Network
Amazing companies, great founders, powerful investors and driven CEOs – all in one (in my case two) influence maps. Definitely take a close look and draw your own conclusions!
Social Recruiting – 3 Questions Answered
One of the pressing questions surrounding social media these days is it’s applicability to recruiting and other people management processes within an organization. Specifically, there is an ethics debate around how much of the Facebook, Linkedin and Twitter data are employers allowed to discover, request and use in the hiring process. Today I see organizations [...]
Performance Reviews – Infographic
A simple Linkedin poll asked few questions about performance reviews and here’s the result – top management still thinks of performance reviews as “time consuming” and employees consider it to be one of the most stressful times of the year. Nobody fin…
Gartner’s HCM Magic
Gartner’s 2011 Magic Quadrant for Employee Performance Management is here! The most influential of all analyst reports in the HCM arena, Gartner ranks SuccessFactos as an absolute leader, moves Taleo into the Leaders Quadrant and leaves Workday off …
Data Value vs. Data Puke (In Social Web)
Data has value, right? Well, be careful! Social web offers many data points that are nothing but “puke”. Basing decisions on data puke can only cause nausea for your business. Tune in, and let me know what you think.
