Radio Show #15: Naomi Lee Bloom, Managing Partner, Bloom & Wallace

http://www.knowledgeinfusion.com/coe/docs/DOC-4600

Bloom made some good points.

One of the general points that she made when refereeing to engineers it that many aspects of HR are not something that can fit a formula or numbers and predict an outcome. HR is not always easily systematic. We really need to think in creatively in multiple ways and different perspectives. However I believe that it is also important that while the HR people are encourage to think multi-dimensionally that this includes an engineer-, problem-t- solution oriented thinking. This way communication, and therefore collaboration, can be improved between Engineer and Financial sphere of business.

I also though that her Criteria and Methods that she suggests to use to evaluate hr software was interesting...

1.Investigator Mindset + software archeology
2. Functionality--what the product does?
3. How it does it?
4. Develop scenarios, real business situations--ask the vendors to use the scenerious in the for your business solutions.

And I especially agree with the this point because it helps us understand what will be easy for you to do with it, where can you take it, what will be it's future.

Finally, she also gave a refreshin insight on how to evaluate the company itself. She said the most known phrase that many companies state, but only few truly believe and stick to:
"Start with the people"
1. look at the team--the management and the brain trust--what they have done before? Have they been anywhere to see the results of their product.
2. organization/ corporate culture

It will be interesting to apply these concepts in practice.