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The disruptive impact of technologies and AI, a predominance of millennials in the US labor force, a tight labor market, a booming gig economy, the influence of Generation Z on the workplace—it seems like nowadays change is accelerating. A lot has been said about how businesses can adapt to the ever-changing environment. But what do […]

We live in the Age of Disruption that touches upon all spheres of life. The corporate life is no exception. The proliferation of new technologies has resulted in a new economic order, called for innovations and reinventions of businesses, as well as taken and created thousands of jobs. In order not to operate from a […]

As the main competitive advantage of any business is its people, investment in their ongoing learning and development seems to be the best solution for those who want to succeed. At Fortive, Kaizen, the process of continuous improvement, lies at the heart of everything its employees do—from the factory floor to the boardroom. We spoke […]

When you need to learn how to bake cookies for a family reunion, you usually don’t sign up for courses in culinary school, right? You google a two-three minute video on YouTube, follow easy steps, spending an hour or so cooking–and voila! Everything is ready. You had a difficult task—you found a quick solution. The […]

When you read any news today, there is a lot of talk about AI and robots taking over the world. Even such thought leaders as Elon Musk and Stephen Hawking have warned us that AI poses a great threat to humanity and that we should act now to save the future. While these case scenarios […]

Nowadays, all industries have to adapt to the disruptive force of artificial intelligence. Recently we spoke with Jill Sutton, VP of Talent Development at nThrive, about how AI-based innovations will affect healthcare. She believes that they will spread widely over the next 10 years in the industry. Predictive analytics software, helping to establish the culture […]

In the modern, globally-oriented workplace, it’s not unusual for employees to work under the same business umbrella with people from different countries. The abundance of technologies takes collaboration to a whole new level: the level of productive relationships. As a matter of fact, we are not even talking about the growing tendency towards remote work […]

Artificial Intelligence is gaining ground across all industries as they help businesses to offer more relevant and personalized customer experiences, particularly in the retail industry.   Figures show that AI in the retail market is expected to reach $27,238.6 million by 2025. Moreover, Gartner states that 85% of customer interaction in retail will be managed […]

Change happens around us every moment, making the future seem vague and mysterious. But is it that blurry? We shouldn’t forget that the majority of changes are people-driven. We create new technology to facilitate every aspect of our life, we improve medicine which results in increased life expectancy, creating an astonishingly diverse workplace with five […]

International Women’s Day reminds us of all the achievements made by women throughout history and across nations. The Rallyware team wants to highlight how much women are contributing to the Talent Development industry. Why are there so many women engaged in the learning & development and human resources? These two areas are the cornerstones that make […]

Living in the age of technology and globalization means that Shift Happens at lightspeed: “The top 10 in-demand jobs in 2010 did not exist in 2004. We are currently preparing students for jobs that don’t exist yet, using technologies that haven’t been invented, in order to solve problems we don’t even know are problems yet.” […]

For many decades, people used to follow the principle, “Get a college degree, find a job, retire.” The average employee changed two or three jobs at most during their whole career. In most cases, they worked at a company with the belief that their future was secured. The knowledge they acquired at a university combined […]

Nowadays, the recruiting process is very different from what it was ten years ago. The digital world calls the shots. Paper resumes are no longer a priority. Data powered by AI gives richer insights into a candidate’s skills, knowledge and experience. A survey shows that 92% of recruiters use social media when looking for the […]

If we look back over the past several years, it is easy to track how far e-commerce has come within a short period of time. Just look at figures. The e-commerce market in the United States is expected to hit more than $485 billion in 2021. Statistics also show that 40% of worldwide internet users […]

The rapidly changing nature of work today has ushered in a new, data-driven era in human resource (HR) management and development – fueling the need for intelligent training informed by the power of people analytics. Google is meeting this need for its own workforce with its use of people analytics, which now informs almost all […]

With the retail industry going through a lot of disruption and innovation, it is critical for every chain, and even for every store to stay on top of all the changes. And in order to be competitive in the age of automation and e-commerce, customer service is playing one of the most important differentiating factors. […]

In many industries, the workplace of the future will be much different from that of the present. We are moving toward a more diverse, distributed workforce. According to the World Leaders’ Summit in London study, half of the full-time global workforce will consist of freelancers by 2020. Companies like Amazon, Dell and IBM are among […]

Nowadays, businesses in almost every industry are working hard to keep up with the rapid pace of changes in technology.  Nowhere is this more evident than in the auto industry, where manufacturing technologies are advancing so quickly that finding and training highly skilled workers companies need is a real challenge – one that human resource […]

With all the potential AI has to offer, it’s easy to see why many companies are eager to embrace it. Despite the obvious potential benefits of AI, many managers, and their staff view it with a guarded optimism. In its 2016 report, The Promise of Artificial Intelligence, Accenture found that while as many as 84 […]

Validated learning is changing the landscape of learning solutions, and for HR management offers a more powerful way than ever to increase employees’ skills, enhance their performance, and improve retention. Validated learning is an iterative process with the goal of continuous improvement. In validated learning, one learns by trying out an idea and then measuring […]

According to the latest data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, about 20% of Americans aged 65 and older are now working. The last time that happened was in the early 1960’s and sets a new record for older people with jobs. When asked to describe their plans for retirement, 27% of Americans said they […]