Machine Learning: The Technology That Makes Your Employee Engagement More Human

Each year I dread getting my first cable TV bill of the year.  I am close to cutting the cord...

Machine Learning: Your Best Tool

When I look ahead to the coming year, I make a long list of the things I can’t know.  What’s the...

Want to get ready for 2021? Here's how!

I read a funny meme the other day.  It said “Happy Thanksgiving!  Only 6 more months of 2020...

What We Will Learn From 2020

Very soon we will be hearing the end of year lookbacks just as we do every year.  I think this...

Helping your managers fight their own type of virus fatigue

I’m seeing in the news a lot about virus fatigue.  It strikes me as both scary and...

How much human is in your human resources?

Not so long ago, I heard of this idea called customizable customer interactions.  Supposedly...

Making Your Data More Human

I was at my local outlet of a major consumer store, I won’t say which one of course, and had my...

Time to Start Thinking About 2021

I was recently in Colorado. I stayed just outside Denver and seeing the mountains was great but...

The 3 Ts For the New World

Extraordinary Recognition for Extraordinary Times

I think the phrase “new normal” is being used so much that it has basically become a cliche unto...

Welcome Back To Your Comfort Zone

The KangoGift team is a multinational one.  When we have our regular meetings one thing we end...

Moving on to the next stage

One of our team members loves kayaking and enjoys sharing how he looked forward to April each...

The New HR: You Need to Build the Road Before You Create the Map

I was talking with one of my HR colleagues who I’ve been doing business with for the past 20...

HR Leaders - What Are the Next Steps for Employee Engagement?

I had a pipe burst one time in my house and of course I had to call the plumber to come and fix...

Conversation On HR's Real Reality

What's the way forward us in HR? The reality is sinking in and I'd enjoy sharing what we are...

Time To Put The Human in Human Resources

Steven Wright is one of the funniest comedians of our time. His style is quips and one-liners....

Engaging with your employees during the storm

We hear so much about engaging with your employees during the storm and how today’s business...

Managing Your Team From Home: Transition from shocked to the new normal

Working without fully interacting with your employees is the new normal. In addition, during...

Using your Micro-Culture for a Stronger Environment

One thing I’ve noticed in human resources is that all leaders maintain the mindset that they are...

How Machine Learning Will Help You Build a Stronger Organizational Culture

I have worked with both large and small, global and local organizations all my life. I remember...

Information, Not Data To Better Engage Your Employees

Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Human Resources

There are two constants in HR - the problems are the same year over year and the solutions are...

Let's Look Ahead By Looking Back

Two things keep popping up in our news feeds this time of year - predictions and goals/hopes. As...

How HR Innovators Are Ending Death & Taxes

I have the benefit of talking to HR leaders across industries and around the world. These are...

Rethinking Employee Retention

All companies struggle with employee retention. The question is how can we HR leaders re-frame...

Building Both Your Manager Style and Employee Happiness

 

I know when I speak to the HR innovators KangoGift works with the conversation turns to how...

How the Rolling Stones Can Make You Appreciate Machine Learning

I was listening to Spotify the other day and the Rolling Stones classic song “You Can’t Always...

Practical Ways Machine Learning Can Help HR

As we turn to the second half of 2019 now is a good time to check in on which areas of machine...

Getting to know HR machine learning

At KangoGift we know that corporate culture is two things. First, it defines what an...

3 Best Ways To Build Strong Relationships With Employees

 

Workplace relationships are the type of things that make some uneasy. Given how much time we...

Empowering Managers to Build Great Organizational Cultures

I speak with many passionate HR innovators who have the same goal - improve the employee...

Three Ways to Demonstrate Authenticity at Work

When we hear the word authentic applied to the work world we often become dubious and can...

How The Thrill of Transparency Impacts Employee Engagement

Transparency: The word is used so frequently that is almost an oxymoronic term like jumbo...

KangoGift's Frequently Asked Questions

 What is KangoGift’s Mission?

Our mission is to help organizations foster cultures that ensure...

How We Help Companies Grow Their Cultures

I’m a huge proponent of companies using their corporate cultures as a tool to recruit and retain...

Three Pillars of a Great Corporate Culture

 

Today is often called the “gig” economy to describe how a growing number of people are...

Being Liked or Being a Mentor? - How to be both for maximum effectiveness

Being Liked or Being a Mentor? - How to be both for maximum effectiveness

Four Ways Managers Can Use Big Data in Practical Ways

When I talk to HR innovators we all agree that we are tired of hearing about big data and AI in...

Three Tips to Improve Your Company Culture That You Can Start Today

 

A common conversation topic I have with HR teams is that while they want to enhance employee...

Leveraging AI to Transform Corporate Culture

Video transcript from Todd at the 2018 IBM Think Conference

IBM Think 2018

Exciting news from the KangoGift team, 

New Infographic - When Do Managers Give Recognition

We were recently doing some analysis for a client when Anthony on our team asked the question,...

Video: Say thanks to a colleague

New Features - Making Kango Smarter and Better Looking

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 What's In Store for 2018 at KangoGift

Greetings:

Thank you everyone who made 2017 a great year. It was a record setting year for us...

Infographic - Recognition Trends We've Observed

As 2018 kicks off, we wanted to share some insights we uncovered when we looked at 50,000...

5 Things You Can Do to Improve Workplace Happiness

It is well known in HR circles that 70% of employees aren’t fully engaged in their work. For...