This may be news to you but we're already a week into 2015. Say what? Exactly! That was our reaction when we looked at the calendar, at least.

Still, you have time to catch up and pretend that you didn't waltz into the new year unprepared. Your friends here at The Starr Conspiracy put together three things you can read to get you ready for what you'll face in the coming 52 51 weeks. 

I won't bury the lede: Through the middle of 2014, more money has been invested in human capital technology than in all of 2013 (at that point, an all time high for investment). 

That's according to a report released this month from CB Insights. Again, remember that 2014's numbers only stretch through the end of June:

I've been wanting to attend HR Tech Europe for the last few years and I finally got my chance this year. It was a whirlwind two days of sessions, expo time, networking, and, of course, parties. In between all that, I managed to experience and walk through most of Amsterdam with coffee in hand as I waited for my jet lag to pass.