If you’re not familiar with a Flash Briefing, imagine that you’re a really important person and whenever you give the command, you have a room full of experts who take turns briefing you on a bunch of topics that you chose.  

I use it every single morning as part of my daily routine.   It’s one of the best ways to multitask while you’re in the shower, eating breakfast, making lunch for the kids or whatever.

I thought I’d share my list of Flash Briefings because I get so much value out of them.   I find that most of my friends who bought an Echo only use them to play music or don’t use them at all.   

Because I've worked in the recruiting tech space for a few years, I often get calls and emails from ex-colleagues who say something like...

"Hey, I'm putting together my budget for next year.  What new and cool tech should I ask for?"

I think (and always explain) that this approach is the inverse of how you should think about your "tech stack".

If you've gone to a conference lately or looked at your Linkedin Inbox, you've probably felt it.   It's that feeling of being left behind.   It's that feeling that everyone but you are using chat bots, artificial intelligence and machine learning to automate their hiring process, right?

I don't know why any recruiter wouldn't use an online scheduling tool to coordinate their phone screens.  The only reason I can think of is that they just haven't heard of it yet.

If you're not paying attention to what's happening with blockchain technologies right now, you're increasingly in the minority. 

Eventually, these companies will turn their attention to our space and put a large number of existing HR tech companies out of business.