Key Takeaways On 3 June 2026, the European Commission published the European Technological Sovereignty Package, which includes the EU Open Source Strategy (European Commission, 2026). The package commits €2 billion over 7 years to open source development and introduces a "Free Software first" principle for public procurement...
Key Takeaways Most companies today don't plan a target number of vacancies – they react once a workforce gap already exists. 59 out of 100 employees would need training by 2030 (WEF Future of Jobs Report, 2025 – Skills outlook) – without a plan, that number stays...
Key Takeaways An HR Project could be a parent record gathering context around an organizational change initiative – its goal, timeline, and related positions and people. It would differ from an implementation project by having no fixed end point – the goal and team composition would change...
Key Takeaways Employers expect 39% of core skills required in the job market to change by 2030 (World Economic Forum, Future of Jobs Report, 2025). HR systems today track competencies, reviews, and recruitment, but not the transformation of a role itself as an initiative unfolding over time. Automation...
Key Takeaways Market context: 64% of IT leaders expect HR and IT to fully merge within the next five years (Nexthink, 2025). The problem: HR and IT build employee technology separately, creating an "experience silo" with no shared ownership of digital tools. The barrier: 58% of respondents cite...
Key Takeaways 70% of employers use skills-based hiring, up from 65% the previous year (NACE Job Outlook 2026). 71% of employers who use this approach apply it in at least half of their hiring processes (NACE Job Outlook 2026). A competency written as free text on a CV...
Key Takeaways Workday acquired several AI companies (Sana, Paradox, HiredScore, Evisort) over roughly 18 months, building one unified AI stack for HR and finance. According to industry analysis, Workday AI billing now runs on Flex Credits, a cost unit charged per agent action, ranging from 1 to...
Key Takeaways The AI Act deadline extension for HR recruitment systems has been formally adopted: European Parliament on 16 June 2026, Council of the EU on 29 June 2026. The deadline for Annex III high-risk obligations, which cover recruitment systems, shifts from 2 August 2026 to 2...
Key Takeaways 76% of organisations have HR analytics tools, but only 6% use them at the predictive level - the rest of the employee data remains unread (27th Annual HR Systems Survey. Sapient Insights Group, 2025). HCM systems store data across the entire employee lifecycle - competencies,...
Key Takeaways MintHCM connects to AI models through two independent mechanisms: AI Agent (an external chatbot built on LangGraph) and Mint MCP (a native Model Context Protocol server built into the system). As of June 2026, Workday, BambooHR, and Personio do not offer a native, official MCP...