Workday Rising 24

Welcome to the Workday Rising 2024 event hub on diginomica, where you'll find all our coverage of the event and follow-up interviews. The event will be live in Las Vegas from September 16-19 2024, and digitally on Workday Events from September 17-19 2024. Registration for the event is open.

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Workday Rising 2024 - customers reveal early lessons from gen AI in action This article is sponsored by:

Workday Rising provided a gut check on all things AI. It also presented me with a chance to hear from customers that are now embarked on generative AI projects - and what they've learned so far.

Sadie Bell of HPE at Workday Rising 2024

Workday Rising 24 - AI brings new reasons to integrate payroll into HCM This article is sponsored by:

Workday's new AI offering includes flexibility for real-time two-way integrations, and a Workday Assistant that can answer payroll enquiries and detect data anomalies.

Human Resources and People Networking Concept © Blue Planet Studio - Canva.com

Workday Rising 24 - going from 21 back-office systems to one Workday instance at Hibbett Sports This article is sponsored by:

The owner of the Hibbett Sports retail chain had 21 different back-office systems in 2020. It was time to move to a single Workday instance.

Workday Rising 24 - Benioff videobombs Rising keynote to talk up AI agents This article is sponsored by:

Marc Benioff made a surprise appearance on live video during a Workday keynote this week to make the case for a new breed of purposeful enterprise AI agents.

Carl Eschenbach listens to Marc Benioff on video link during Workday Rising keynote

Workday Rising 24 - three CIOs on modernizing tech and improving business processes This article is sponsored by:

Three CIOs discuss how recent Workday implementations have cut costs, simplified technology estates and improved business process

CIO panel on stage at Workday Rising 2024

Workday Rising 24 - AI provides FP&A teams with opportunities, but there are challenges too This article is sponsored by:

Automation benefits will only be felt if AI can be trusted, say enterprise FP&A leaders.

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Workday Rising 24 - learnings from a phased Workday HCM implementation at PCC This article is sponsored by:

US manufacturing giant Precision Castparts Corp (PCC) shares tips with Rising attendees learned from its phased Workday implementation.

High precision CNC machine tool shown while drilling metal part

Workday Rising 24 - should customers rip out ERP and build AI? Workday executives respond This article is sponsored by:

Before I left for Rising, viral news about Workday and Salesforce customer Klarna's plans to rip out those systems, and build their own with AI, blew up my inbox. Time to ask Workday execs for a gut check.

Workday CEO Carl Eschenbach responds to questions at Rising 24

Workday Rising 24 - CFOs want AI results. Some pointers from Workday's AI and ML for finance course This article is sponsored by:

The automation of finance is a hot Rising topic - bolstered by Workday's agreement to acquire Evisort. But as I heard from customers, there is much more to the evolution of finance than AI. My review of Workday's first AI and ML finance course reaches a similar conclusion.

Sayan Chakraborty - Co-President Workday

Workday Rising 24 - AI takes center stage with Workday Illuminate This article is sponsored by:

AI takes center stage at Workday Rising with the unveiling of Workday Illuminate, which the vendor promises will 'change how work gets done.'

Carl Eschenbach, CEO of Workday, on stage at Workday Rising 2024 with Forever Forward backdrop

Workday Rising 24 - getting medium enterprises live on Workday in as little as four weeks This article is sponsored by:

Workday's global growth ambitions depend on signing up more medium enterprises - it is now helping them go live in less than six months, even as little as four weeks with partner support.

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Workday Rising 24 - a critical review of Workday's AI masterclass This article is sponsored by:

In the run up to Rising 2024, Workday released new (free) AI courses, including a Workday AI masterclass. I've been stumping for more vendor AI education - here's my opinionated review.

Workday Rising 24 - a "game-changing week" for Workday and CEO Carl Eschenbach? This article is sponsored by:

This week sees the first annual Workday Rising conference in Carl Eschenbach's tenure as sole CEO. But AI may steal the limelight.

Carl Eschenbach, CEO of Workday, presenting on stage