This years Workday Rising was held in the city of Milano. For me personally it was a decade ago I visited Milano when employed as HR manager at Prysmian group. So besides Rising it was also a reunion; meeting old and new friends. We were amazed by the cool stuff Workday is announcing or bringing live soon. Below you can find our 6 highlights for Workday Rising
1. End to end SG&A suite.
Started as HCM software Workday is now rapidly expanding beyond HR processes. The Finance suite is mature and we saw very cool announcements for the Procurement module. This will make Workday the software for CHRO’s,CPOs and CFO’s in the near future. We are convinced Workday will be the #1 tool for this part of companies within 5 years
2. People experience/Talent Market place
People experience will get a personalized UX, introducing a digital assistant and uses Machine learning to predict what people need or as Workday states:
“This surfaces insights to a person at the right time, providing everything from guidance in career development and personalized content, to answers to HR and payroll questions via Workday’s digital assistant and HR case creation and management—for more complex requests.” More information here: Workday People Experience
3. Plan to Execute
The new workforce planning tool which uses Adaptive insights will change the budgeting process. Once budgets are approved positions are created automatically. This will reduce administrative burden a lot and we know this will be much welcomed by most managers
4. Look and Feel
The entire Workday suite soon will get a new look and feel. Workday -as always- is very strong in GUI and continues to enhance and update in a Facebook speed and style. This alone shows they are miles ahead of competition.
5. Org studio for reorganizations
Already announced last year but now live. You can actually visually see what the impact is on a reorg before you really execute. You can do analysis, scenarios etc. An excellent tool that will support HR and business in decision making.
6. Workday credentials/ Wayto
A very new and cool feature is Workday Credentials built around blockchain technology. It allows Workday customers to add skills and employment history right into Workday. And Workday now is open it allows you to add credentials for licensing and certification agencies. The cool thing is Workday makes the same technology available for everybody that wants via WayTo. It makes job applications much more reliable and faster since the hiring firm knows the certificates in the resume are verified. More info: www.Workday.com/credentials
And for the rest is was so great to be part of this event, meeting old friends and making new. Special thanks to the great parties of PWC in the San Siro stadium and Alight.
