It is often taken for granted that people are responsible for creating some of the most amazing innovations, like planes, space shuttles, and genetic treatments. Most of these things were created in the context of companies, which provided environments, tools, and processes where people were better able to realize their creative potential.

The Software as a Service (SaaS) delivery model evolved to provide companies with some of the tools to help accomplish their visions using today’s technology. Collaborative software, software for tracking sales leads, and other various applications for improving human productivity in the workplace, including the most notable space today - CRM… all help companies achieve the same (or greater) level of automation without the need for technical resources on site (i.e. during the reign of enterprise software). This may be why SaaS is one of the fastest growing business models on the Internet.

We believe that SAAS will take the business world to a new level. We founded KnowledgeSum because we were fascinated with the idea of using this powerful web-based technology to improve human productivity in the workplace. Some of the areas we see evolving are core business processes, vertical and horizontal communications, and globalization of the workplace. With respect to HR, some of the changes we envision are greater accountability, responsibility, feedback, and productivity for both management and employees.

In this blog we will share our reflections on growing within a SAAS-enabled community and correlate it to our background and experiences in human resource management.