A big thank you to our customers and the rest of the Workday community who joined us in Las Vegas last week for Workday Rising 2015! Our intrepid Workday film crew was everywhere during the event and asked attendees what they thought about the conference—watch the video below to get a feel for the Workday Rising experience. 26-29, 2016. MORE

The list features Workday customers, industry trends, and profiles of incredible people. Here are our picks for the Top 10 Workday Blogs of 2015: Video: Workday Rising 2015 News Highlights. This video captures  highlights from Workday Rising 2015 in September in Las Vegas. Questions on Tackling Retention Problems with Workday Talent Insights. Guess what? MORE

Ashley Goldsmith is chief human resources officer (CHRO) at Workday, with global responsibility for all human resources functions, internal communications, and the Workday Foundation. As Workday’s HR leader, a big part of Goldsmith’s job is to help ensure that Workday retains its strong workplace culture—a culture that’s gained it both regional and national recognition. We caught up with Goldsmith to learn her thoughts on Workday’s culture, the role it plays in competing in competitive job markets, and why in the HR industry culture is “the new black.”. MORE

These are three strengths of Workday Payroll applications that empower payroll professionals every day. Today we are introducing Workday Payroll for France, which extends to France the same control, flexibility, and insight that we have delivered with our payroll offerings for the U.S., The post 3 Key Strengths of Workday Payroll for France appeared first on Workday Blog. MORE

After two years in the making, today we announced Workday Recruiting, which I wholeheartedly believe reinvents the recruiting experience. It’s here! In this video, I share the inspiration behind our new offering, plus a brief tour of the application from the user perspective MORE

Today we announced plans to deliver  Workday Planning , a new application that represents a significant step forward in our vision, and one that will have a big impact on both our Workday Financial Management and Workday Human Capital Management (HCM) customers. This is where Workday Planning changes things. Our newest application for enterprise planning, budgeting, and forecasting will combine with Workday Financial Management and Workday HCM to be the industry’s first system that unifies real-time finance and HR data with analytics and enterprise planning. MORE

So it was especially meaningful for Workday to be ranked in the top 10 on the “50 Best Workplaces for New College Grads” list released yesterday by Fortune.com and Great Places to Work. Currently, GW includes about 250 employees worldwide, and another 250 college interns, some of whom will join Workday upon graduation. When did your career begin at Workday? MORE

Now, they’ve brought Upshot’s talent and IP to Workday, following Workday’s acquisition of the small company last February. Former Upshot co-founders, Joseph Turian and Thomas Kim, are putting their data science and analytics expertise to work at Workday. Former Upshot Co-Founder Joseph Turian is now a Principal Software Development Engineer at Workday. MORE

Today, Fortune ranked Workday #6 on its list of the “ 50 Best Workplaces for Diversity.”. At Workday, we are focused on creating an environment where everyone is encouraged to be themselves. Just this past weekend, more than 50 youths participated in a day of workshops on Workday’s campus (see photo above) to learn about careers in the STEM and Arts fields. If not, why? MORE

We’re just hours away from the golf world’s most anticipated event, the Masters Golf Tournament , and Workday will be cheering on our ambassadors Matt Kuchar, Davis Love III, and Brandt Snedeker. These well-liked and respected men represent the best of the game of golf, and Workday is honored to be their partner. MORE

Is a six-hour workday possible? Here are five things you can apply to your work to be more efficient. Blog tags: Time and Attendance Management MORE

Today marks an exciting milestone for Workday: We have been named a leader in Gartner’s first-ever Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud Human Capital Management Suites for Midmarket and Large Enterprises. In fact, Workday was placed in the highest and furthest overall position in the leaders’ quadrant for our ability to execute and completeness of vision. MORE

But that’s exactly what Workday customer Rolls-Royce did in October 2015, when the business deployed a cloud-based HR system covering employees across 46 countries. “In all honesty, Workday didn’t sell to us, the other customers did. ” You clearly did your homework—why did Workday come out on top? It is a differentiator in the quality of the Workday concept. MORE

Workday announced today that we are helping colleges and universities address this issue with Workday Student Admissions , which was developed with substantial input from more than 20 higher education institutions. It is the second application—along with Workday Student Recruiting —available as part of the Workday Student system. MORE

Mike Knitter, interim associate vice president at the University of Chicago, shares his tips and thoughts on change in today’s Workday Community Voices. By selecting Workday we skipped multiple generations of technology, moving from paper-based processes to a cloud-based administrative system. Human Resources colleges customers higher education universities workday community voices MORE

That’s why we decided to approach our Workday Learning product through the eyes of the people who will use it. At the beginning of our Workday Learning journey we talked with people we believe will want to use the tool to lead richer, more successful professional lives. Users won’t need to know which personas they fit into to use Workday Learning. We plan to release Workday Learning later this year in Workday 27, and HR leaders tell us they are excited about something that goes beyond compliance and accreditation. Start By Listening. What Personas Want. MORE

Pro Golfer Brandt Snedeker, who won last week’s Farmers Insurance Open in San Diego, discusses the importance of integrity, passion, and planning in an interview with Workday—and reminds us that golf should always be fun. Best wishes to Brandt and fellow Workday Ambassador Davis Love III, who are participating in this week’s AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am Golf Tournament! MORE

Johnson Brothers is grounded in the old-fashioned values of hard work and a commitment to excellence, but it’s also a modern, progressive company that’s expanded from its Minnesota roots into 20 states. A few years ago, Johnson Brothers realized its legacy enterprise system was not going to keep pace in the digital age, so it deployed Workday for financial management and human capital management. Now we will continue to grow with Workday. ” How does Workday help support growth? Workday is broadly used and ingrained in our organization. Kevin Loegering. MORE

So when we started from scratch with Workday, it wasn’t just to build better enterprise applications, it was to create a better customer experience. As Workday has grown into a global company, we’ve worked hard to maintain our passion for high customer satisfaction. In fact, for the last several years customer satisfaction has been part of our company-wide incentive plan so all employees have a vested interest in maintaining this important part of Workday’s DNA. At Workday, we measure customer satisfaction levels from a number of different angles. Robert W. MORE

Workday announced today its intent to build Workday Learning. We met with Leighanne Levensaler, senior vice president of products, and Amy Wilson, vice president of HCM products, to find out more about Workday Learning and why it will be different from the learning management systems (LMS) that exist today. Why build Workday Learning? Leighanne Levensaler. Amy Wilson. MORE

When Workday established the Workday Foundation in 2013 with a stock gift, our early thinking about the Foundation’s mission centered on these intrinsic principles: Reflect the company’s founding values. Workday has matured since its inception, and so has the Workday Foundation. Company News & Culture Carrie Varoquiers giving back workday foundationalone. MORE

on a Thursday, and a break room at Workday’s headquarters in Pleasanton, California is packed. The 200 people in attendance are members of Generation Workday and they’ve come to hear software engineering manager Kevin Jarvis talk about Workday’s object model. For many of them, Workday is their first professional job since graduating from college. It’s 6 p.m. MORE

Today we launched  Workday Next , a new initiative that serves as the hub for information and stories about our technology advancements, as well as the experts and up-and-comers behind them. Here’s a little background on what Workday Next is and why we decided to roll out this initiative. Workday Labs. Christen Penny, Product Designer, Workday. Workday Sigma. MORE

Today we introduced Workday Professional Services Automation (PSA), a new solution I am very excited about. Here are some of the questions I''ve received from customers, prospects, and partners about Workday PSA and how it''s differentiated MORE

In December, I spent a day with the senior leadership of Workday and a room full of other industry analysts. Workday invests strategically in its relationships with influencers and analysts. Workday invested real thought, time and energy in the preparation and staging of the event. Mostly, the event design was intended to increase conversation among the participants, both Workday execs and the assembled analysts. Workday understands the value of warming up the social network. The most interesting idea presented was the Workday spreadsheet. Baker. MORE

This happened earlier this month at Workday Rising. Workday’s Alliances group announced a brand new partner award, and Globoforce was recognized as Workday’s first-ever 2014 Certified Solutions Partner of the Year in the Software/Payroll division. You see, back in 2011, when we began our partnership with Workday, we weren’t thinking of earning kudos. To Workday. MORE

In Dublin, a glowing blue and orange hashtag floating on the River Liffey welcomed members of the Workday community to Ireland’s capital for Workday Rising Europe 2015. See you at Workday Rising Europe 2016 the week of November 14 in Barcelona! The post Video: Our Favorite Moments from Workday Rising Europe 2015 appeared first on Workday Blog. MORE

In this video, Workday CIO Diana McKenzie discusses her strategic priorities, how IT can partner with the business to drive growth, and how adrenaline plays into her role as CIO. Diana joined Workday in February 2016, bringing nearly three decades of experience leading IT organizations and applying leading-edge technology products and practices to drive businesses forward. MORE

Before we gather as a community at Workday Rising 2015 in Las Vegas next week, we want to share the stories of three innovative companies nominated for Workday’s Inspire Award. This award recognizes customers that are using Workday deployments in ways that inspire us all. Allied Global deployed Workday Human Capital Management (HCM) and Workday Financial Management in less than one year, and gained new insights via those deployments that resulted in dramatically reduced employee attrition rates and greater visibility into all of its business operations. MORE

Christensen, who serves as senior vice president of applications development at Workday, thrives on setting goals and reaching them, no matter how challenging the journey. Christensen oversees development of all of Workday’s cloud-based enterprise applications. Lynn does an incredible job of leading our applications development team,” says Aneel Bhusri, Workday Co-Founder and CEO. MORE

Levensaler joined Workday in 2009 as vice president of HCM strategy, when the company had fewer than 400 people and 100 customers. In 2014, she was appointed senior vice president of products, and Workday now has more than 5,500 employees and 1,100 customers worldwide. She’s responsible for application direction and strategy, including Workday Financial Management and  Workday Human Capital Management. Levensaler meeting with colleagues at Workday’s main campus in Pleasanton, California. Levensaler at the Workday Rising 2015 customer conference. MORE

Workday is proud to announce that it signed up for the Privacy Shield today, confirming that it complies with the Privacy Shield principles for the transfer of European personal data to the United States. Workday moved quickly to sign up on the day the U.S. As part of our certification, Workday agrees to resolve privacy-related issues in an expedient manner through cooperation with European data protection authorities and binding arbitration. Workday worked with EU and U.S. The post Workday Signs Up for Privacy Shield on Day One appeared first on Workday Blog. MORE

Workday introduced Workday Learning, the company’s new solution for learning management (LMS), career development, video content. A shoe just dropped in the talent management marketplace. Bersin & Associates, Leading Research and Advisory Services in Enterprise Learning and Talent Management. Content Development LMS, LCMS MORE

At Workday, we take great pride in providing our customers with enterprise applications that help them tackle some of today’s most complex business challenges. Our Global Impact Report details Workday’s sustainable business practices and the efforts we are taking to make a positive difference for our customers, employees, the communities in which we operate, and the environment. By doing so, we hope to create a dialogue between Workday and our stakeholders that spark continued innovation and improvement. 2013 – Jan. 2015). MORE

For the second consecutive year, Workday has been named one of the 100 Best Companies to Work For by Fortune. So we thought we’d pose a few questions to employees such as, “How would you describe Workday in one word?” ” Most importantly, we wanted to know why they think Workday is a great place to work. appeared first on Workday Blog. MORE

We’re excited to announce that today Workday signed a definitive agreement to acquire Platfora , a leading provider of operational analytics and data discovery tools that enable companies to visually interact with and analyze petabyte-scale data in seconds. With the Platfora team and its technology unified within Workday, we will continue enriching the analytics in Workday Financial Management and Workday Human Capital Management so our customers can be even more prepared to tackle business problems and seize opportunities today and into the future. Who is Platfora? MORE

Workday Co-Founders Aneel Bhusri and Dave Duffield were joined onstage by other leadership team members at Workday Rising 2015 to celebrate 10 years of shared successes with customers, employees, and partners. We’ve captured the news highlights of the Workday Rising 2015 executive keynote in this video. MORE

The article relates how VMware is using Workday to predict when and/if certain employees are in danger of leaving the organization. Workday’s Insight Applications, summarized here , are rolling out in 2015 and are designed to predict future business outcomes. Leaders with access to both internal and external data should, of course, be able to take advantage of opportunities while also cutting risk levels using the data patterns, predictions and recommendations that are embedded within the Workday system. The evolution of HR. How about HR just do their jobs? Human Resources. MORE

John Webb, VP of industry strategy and alliances at Workday, leads a team that works with customers and product teams to develop industry-specific features and applications. Customers chose Workday because they recognized our applications could help them adapt to change more quickly than legacy systems. What are you most excited about in regards to Workday’s industry strategy? MORE

Last month, a group of Workday customers, partners, and employees competed in a challenge that encourages innovation, collaboration, and the consumption of probably a little too much caffeine and junk food: the Hackathon at Workday Altitude. Members of a Workday Altitude Hackathon team looking confident about their project. Workday Altitude exemplifies this coopetition.”. MORE

User experience continues to be a true passion for us here at Workday. During our executive keynote this week at Workday Rising 2015, where we are celebrating our shared successes with customers, I discussed three things about our user experience (UX) that I hope attendees take away from the event. Have a great Workday! Personalization. Collaboration. MORE

In our inaugural appearance at Workday Rising (September 28-October 1, 2015, Las Vegas), Kanjoya is showcasing our data science capabilities that enable Workday customers to reveal employee motivations and intent from unstructured, text-based data. Can’t attend Workday Rising this year? Check out our webpage for Workday customers. MORE

Ensono Vice President and Controller Alan Cole spoke with us about the company’s systems strategy after the split, and the benefits his team is realizing with Workday. Before we became Ensono, we were using the same system as the rest of Acxiom, including Workday Financial Management and Workday Human Capital Management. Alan Cole. What are some of the benefits you’re seeing? MORE