HR Happy Hour 291 – HR and the Internet Trends Report 2017

Hosts: Steve Boese, Trish McFarlane

This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, Steve and Trish review Mary Meeker from Kleiner Perkins influential Internet Trends Report for 2017 and discuss what some of these big trends in technology mean for HR and HR Technology. Ms. Meeker’s report is an annual ‘must-read’ for any organizational leader and always offers some enlightening insights into the important global technology trends.

In the show, Steve and Trish break down a few of the big trends, (mobile technology adoption and usage, ‘voice’ interfaces and devices like Amazon Echo, and the continued rise of all types of gaming), and offer some ideas and recommendations for HR and HR tech leaders on how to translate these trends into actions and strategies.

Additionally, we talked about the recent Amazon Jobs Day, and what their plans to hire 50,000 new employees in one day say about work, workplaces, and changing employee expectations of work.

This was a really fun and interesting show, we hope you enjoy it.

Thanks as always to show sponsor Virgin Pulse, check them out at http://www.virginpulse.com.

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