You may remember this line from the popular 1999 movie Office Space. The main character, Peter Gibbons, says it to two outside consultants (the “Bobs”) hired to...
You may remember this line from the popular 1999 movie Office Space. The main character, Peter Gibbons, says it to two outside consultants (the “Bobs”) hired to evaluate employees and recommend layoffs inside a company poisoned by a toxic work environment: “My only real motivation is not to be hassled—that and the fear of losing my job. But you know, Bob, that will only make someone work just hard enough not to get fired.” Your SMB’s work culture is probably much healthier...
You may remember this line from the popular 1999 movie Office Space. The main character, Peter Gibbons, says it to two outside consultants (the “Bobs”) hired to evaluate employees and...
By Paul Kaptein, Director of Product Marketing, Oracle Digital technologies are changing how financial services organizations operate. Many smaller banks and...
By Paul Kaptein, Director of Product Marketing, Oracle Digital technologies are changing how financial services organizations operate. Many smaller banks and credit unions are using technology to better service customers and to differentiate themselves against competitors. With growth, comes a need to increase recruiting and retention efforts, which is another area that financial service organizations are successfully automating. A good example is STCU, based in Spokane,...
By Paul Kaptein, Director of Product Marketing, Oracle Digital technologies are changing how financial services organizations operate. Many smaller banks and credit unions are using technology to...
If you’re a regular reader of Oracle’s Modern HR in the Cloud blog, you may have read the phenomenal growth story of Pearson Education. An educational services...
If you’re a regular reader of Oracle’s Modern HR in the Cloud blog, you may have read the phenomenal growth story of Pearson Education. An educational services company that experienced rapid expansion through a series of acquisitions, today Pearson employs more than 40,000 people in 70 countries. What is great about their story is that Pearson realized the key to their success is how they manage their employees. As an HR leader for a small to medium business (SMB), your...
If you’re a regular reader of Oracle’s Modern HR in the Cloud blog, you may have read the phenomenal growth story of Pearson Education. An educational services company that experienced rapid...
By Paul Kaptein, Director of Product Marketing, Oracle Consider this scenario: You’re a small or medium business that’s poised for significant growth next year....
By Paul Kaptein, Director of Product Marketing, Oracle Consider this scenario: You’re a small or medium business that’s poised for significant growth next year. Maybe you’re opening a new office or a plant overseas. Or perhaps you’re adding a major account that will double your revenues. Either way, you’ll be managing more people, more data—and possibly more inefficiencies, if you’re not prepared. If you lack human capital management (HCM) tools that enable mobile...
By Paul Kaptein, Director of Product Marketing, Oracle Consider this scenario: You’re a small or medium business that’s poised for significant growth next year. Maybe you’re opening a new office or a...
Talk about a growth explosion. Wiggle, an online sports retailer based in the UK, is doubling in size every 18 months. Yet as most business leaders know, growth...
Talk about a growth explosion. Wiggle, an online sports retailer based in the UK, is doubling in size every 18 months. Yet as most business leaders know, growth is not the same as scaling. The company can't afford to double its workforce—or its IT investments—at such a dizzying pace. So, Wiggle turned to the cloud for help. Watch the video with Wiggle CIO Jeff Wollen to learn how Oracle ERP Cloud, Oracle HCM Cloud and other Oracle solutions are helping the company keep up...
Talk about a growth explosion. Wiggle, an online sports retailer based in the UK, is doubling in size every 18 months. Yet as most business leaders know, growth is not the same as scaling. The company...
A question for all you CFOs out there: Are you winning the talent war? Recently I wrote about how Growth CFOs embrace analytical tools to provide insight into...
A question for all you CFOs out there: Are you winning the talent war? Recently I wrote about how Growth CFOs embrace analytical tools to provide insight into market trends and customer needs. To take advantage of those tools, the Growth CFO must also build a team with the skills to interpret the information, use their communication and influencing skills to take strategic action, and help the business gain a competitive edge. Yet finance leaders struggle to attract and...
A question for all you CFOs out there: Are you winning the talent war? Recently I wrote about how Growth CFOs embrace analytical tools to provide insight into market trends and customer needs. To take...
In 1976, the legendary American country music singer and songwriter Johnny Cash released his hit, “One Piece at a Time.” In the song, a Detroit autoworker...
In 1976, the legendary American country music singer and songwriter Johnny Cash released his hit, “One Piece at a Time.” In the song, a Detroit autoworker builds a car in his garage over 25 years by taking home a different car part every few days. When he finishes, the title and license plate clerk asks for the model year and he answers: It's a '49, '50, '51, '52, '53, '54, '55, '56, '57, '58 '59, '60, '61, '62, '63, '64, '65, '66, '67, '68, '69, '70 automobile. By the time...
In 1976, the legendary American country music singer and songwriter Johnny Cash released his hit, “One Piece at a Time.” In the song, a Detroit autoworker builds a car in his garage over 25 years...
As a three-time entrepreneur and in his current role as Senior Vice President of Product Development at Oracle, you might expect Reggie Bradford to know a thing...
As a three-time entrepreneur and in his current role as Senior Vice President of Product Development at Oracle, you might expect Reggie Bradford to know a thing or two about how megatrends shape the business strategies of small and midsize businesses. But—as he pointed out to hundreds of attendees during Monday’s Oracle OpenWorld general session, Technology’s Impact on Growth Businesses—sometimes it’s the other way around. “Small businesses are the engine that drives our...
As a three-time entrepreneur and in his current role as Senior Vice President of Product Development at Oracle, you might expect Reggie Bradford to know a thing or two about how megatrends shape...
By Stacey Gaasch, Director, Oracle Event Marketing When you think of “Oracle,” what’s the first description that pops into your head? Big? Gigantic? Behemoth?...
By Stacey Gaasch, Director, Oracle Event Marketing When you think of “Oracle,” what’s the first description that pops into your head? Big? Gigantic? Behemoth? Well, yes, those descriptors are accurate. Oracle has 420,000 customers in 145 countries. I’ll admit, that’s pretty darn big. Of those 420,000 customers, how many do you suppose are small to medium-sized businesses? 5,000? 10,000? The answer will probably shock you. It’s 315,000. No, that’s not a typo. 75 percent of...
By Stacey Gaasch, Director, Oracle Event Marketing When you think of “Oracle,” what’s the first description that pops into your head? Big? Gigantic? Behemoth? Well, yes, those descriptors are...
