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Meg Bear
Nov 14, 20244 min read
Fundamental Shifts
The business of software is changing, luckily we have seen this movie before (sort of).


Meg Bear
Oct 19, 20244 min read
The Future Is Interdisciplinary
Some of the innovations I’m most impressed with have not really been innovations at all – they have been deconstructions of prior innovation


Meg Bear
Aug 3, 20242 min read
Why you must start now
It’s hard to know how to innovate these days. Everything is a bit upside down.


Meg Bear
Jul 13, 20245 min read
Forming a venture investment thesis
One of the commitments I made to myself for Sabbatical was to invest time to craft a personal venture investment thesis.

Meg Bear
Apr 12, 20244 min read
Software Industry Post-ZIRP
As you all know I’ve been talking to a lot of people these days. I’m also reading a lot and I’m thinking even more.


Meg Bear
Feb 21, 20232 min read
A sustainable upskilling strategy.
As you know, I’ve been in the HR industry a long time and pattern recognition is my jam, so I can’t help but experience frustration with “to


Meg Bear
May 18, 20222 min read
It's Time to Re-Think Work
More than a decade ago I wrote an article for Workforce Magazine talking about what we would now call the gig economy.
Meg Bear
Sep 1, 20112 min read
iPad != Mobile
This is possibly a pedantic point of view, but to me, the iPad is not a mobile device.
Meg Bear
Jul 29, 20111 min read
When Trend Lines Fail
When you work in technology and are inclined to study disruption, you will begin to realize that it is easy to be misled by trend lines.

Meg Bear
May 6, 20101 min read
What I believe
Just when I think I’ve seen the best TEDTalk I get a new favorite.

Meg Bear
Apr 28, 20101 min read
Are you using your org goals to channel innovation?
As you can imagine, in my job I ponder innovation a lot.


Meg Bear
Apr 26, 20102 min read
No good deed goes unpunished
Have you ever noticed the unique corporate irony that can happen to high performers?


Meg Bear
Mar 17, 20103 min read
Quotas won't work without a talent pipeline
The month of March is full of women. There is international women’s day, women’s history month and Ada Lovelace.

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Meg Bear
Dec 14, 20092 min read
More thoughts on Strategic [HR]
A few months back Steve Boese spent some time on the question about how to get more strategic.


Meg Bear
Oct 9, 20091 min read
Global in a flat world
I was very impressed reading the discussion on SystematicHR about how a “Global perspective” is just that, a perspective.


Meg Bear
Aug 7, 20092 min read
I am my own customer profile
I was thinking on the drive in today about how lucky I am to know exactly what the users of our Talent products do each day.
Meg Bear
May 1, 20092 min read
Social applications – business trend or left-coast time waster?
In the last few months I’ve been doing a lot of listening* to conversations about social media.


Meg Bear
Apr 27, 20092 min read
Software buyers vs. users
As builders of software, we are always trying to make sure we invest wisely in the features we offer our customers.


Meg Bear
Apr 3, 20092 min read
Better health through technology?
I got to see first hand a technology disaster today. It wasn’t a complete disaster but it was pretty close.
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