As The Leaders in HR Systems Strategic Consulting, HRchitect prides itself on its unparalleled knowledge of the vendors in the Talent Management space. As such, we try to visit user conferences whenever possible. We can’t get to as many as we would like, but we are trying our best!
Rick Fletcher (President and Founder of HRchitect) visited this year’s “Kenexa Connect 08” conference in Minneapolis with me and we were both very impressed with the caliber of the sessions and the smoothness in which the conference was run. As a Beatles fan, I particularly liked the idea of the Wednesday evening event at the Metropolitan Ballroom & Clubroom where “Twist and Shout” rocked the night away.
But back to the conference itself as these events aren’t all fun and games!
One of the biggest happenings at the conference was Kenexa’s announcement of an LMS (Learning Management System) called Kenexa Learning Management, or KLM for short. Kenexa is a major player in the Talent Management space and was profiled in HRchitect’s recent report, The Suite Life of Integrated Talent Management, and this offering just further solidifies their product suite.
If you have seen our report or read some of our blogs on Integrated Talent Management (ITM), particularly part five of the nine part series, HRchitect firmly believes the linkage between Learning, Performance, and Succession Planning is increasing in importance. I won’t re-state everything that was in that blog but with learning and development playing such a critical role in today’s talent management, this announcement by Kenexa is an extremely strategic move that completes their talent management platform.
Solving a piece of the puzzle…
Matt Lafata, HRchitect
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