Digital HR Leaders with David Green

How do you tell the difference between AI that's genuinely transforming HR and AI that's just a slide in a vendor deck?   In this episode of the Digital HR Leaders podcast, David Green is joined by Parker Mitchell , Founder and CEO of Valence, the team behind the AI coaching platform Nadia, to discuss what it really takes for HR to prove value in an increasingly crowded AI market.  Join...

What would your organisation look like if it worked more like an octopus — distributed, adaptive, and capable of sensing and reacting without waiting for instructions from the centre?   In this episode of the Digital HR Leaders podcast, David Green is joined by Phil Lebrun and Jana Werner , Executives in Residence at Amazon Web Services and authors of The Octopus Organization , to explore why...

Is purpose at work as straightforward as we've made it out to be?  In this episode of the Digital HR Leaders podcast, David Green is joined by Jessica Zwaan , VP People Strategy and Operations at Leapsome and author of Built for People and Purpose and Work , to explore what the research actually tells us about purpose at work — and what that means for how HR shows up for people.  Join th...

How do you rebuild a company's entire capability infrastructure — and fund the transformation through the savings it generates?   Zaka Farhat  is Global SVP for Talent, Learning, Organisation and Capability Development at GSK, where she leads the company's enterprise-wide skills, learning and capability agenda. In this episode, Zaka shares the full story of how GSK rebuilt...

How do the world's most forward-thinking organisations use skills intelligence, market intelligence and work intelligence together to stay ahead?   In this episode of the Digital HR Leaders podcast, host David Green is joined by Mik Wornoo, co-founder and President of US at TechWolf, to explore how organisations are using three signals together to...

What does it take to turn a 300-year-old bank into the UK's biggest fintech?   Sharon Doherty is Chief People and Places Officer at Lloyds Banking Group, and over the last four years she's been leading one of the most ambitious organisational transformations in British financial services - 300-year-old institution reinventing itself as the UK's biggest fintech. In this epi...

Are your meetings actually working? Or has your calendar just become a system nobody knows how to switch off?   In this episode, David Green is joined by  Rebecca Hinds , Stanford-trained organisational researcher, Head of the Work AI Institute at Glean, and author of  Your Best Meeting Ever: 7 Principles for Designing Meetings That Get Things Done .   In this convers...

Most organisations are asking how to get more from their people. But what if the real question is how to get more from the time they spend at work?   In this episode of the Digital HR Leaders podcast, David Green is joined by  Joe O'Connor , founder of Worktime Revolution, and  Jared Lindzon , future-of-work journalist and author, to explore the research-backed case for the fou...

What’s the value of employee experience if you can’t tie it to business performance results? In this special bonus episode of the Digital HR Leaders podcast, host David Green is joined Katarina Coppé and Jake Mealy, respectively Senior Partner and Chief Data Solutions Officer at Welliba.   Drawing on new research analysing over 25 million data points ac...

When your business is transforming, how do you make sure your people strategy is part of leading that change?   In this episode of the Digital HR Leaders podcast, David Green is joined by  Mattijs Mol , VP of HR Technology, Strategy and Insights at Wärtsilä, to explore what it really takes to run a people analytics function inside a business undergoing fundamenta...

AI, layoffs, reskilling - everyone’s reacting to the same headlines. The question is: are they making the right decisions because of them?   In this episode of the Digital HR Leaders podcast, David Green is joined by Kate O’Neill, Tech Humanist, keynote speaker, and author of  What Matters Next , to explore how leaders can make more deliberate, context-aware decisions in a land...

What if HR is still thinking too small about AI?   In this episode of the Digital HR Leaders podcast, David Green is joined by Paul, Chief Evangelist and Talent Strategist at Visier, to explore why traditional transformation approaches may no longer be fit for purpose, and what HR needs to do differently to keep pace.  Join them, as they tackle some of the biggest question...

What does the next evolution of people analytics actually look like?   As AI reshapes how organisations operate, people analytics is increasingly being drawn into more consultative, business-facing work - helping leaders think through decisions, guide adoption, and play a more active role in how work actually gets done.  In this episode of the Digital HR Leaders...

Are organisations overlooking one of the most important drivers of employee experience and performance?   For many, the workplace is still treated as a fixed asset - something to manage for cost and capacity, rather than something to actively design around how work actually happens.  In this episode of the Digital HR Leaders podcast, host David Green is joined by  Phil Kirschne...

Are we finally at a point where the way we’ve approached workplace learning no longer works?   For years, organisations have invested heavily in learning platforms, content libraries and structured programmes. But if we’re honest, much of it still feels disconnected from how people actually learn today - especially in a world where employees can pick up new skill...

If parts of a role can be automated or augmented overnight, what does that mean for job design, career development, and the way organisations build the next generation of talent?   In this episode of the Digital HR Leaders podcast, host David Green is joined by  Hebba Youssef , Chief People Officer at Workweek and the Founder and creator of the widely followed newsletter I Hate It Here.&...

Are we overlooking one of the biggest human consequences of AI at work?   As organisations race to adopt AI, much of the conversation has focused on productivity, efficiency, and redesigning work. But far less attention has been given to how these technologies may reshape something just as important: the relationships people rely on at work.  To unpack this, in this episode of the Digita...

Have we made the manager’s role more complex without making it easier to make good decisions?   Over the past decade, expectations on managers have grown significantly. They’re expected to make decisions that are fair, data-informed, and financially responsible - often in real time and under increasing scrutiny. Yet in many organisations, the systems designed to support those decisi...

Is employee experience due for a reset?   For much of the past decade, employee experience has been framed as a competitive advantage - a way to attract talent, boost engagement, and strengthen culture. Yet in today’s environment, shaped by economic pressure, evolving workforce expectations, and the rapid rise of AI, many organisations are re-examining whether their approach is still sustaina...

What can HR learn from private equity, where talent, culture, and leadership are part of the deal thesis from day one?   In many organisations, the connection between people strategy and business outcomes is still taking shape. In private equity, however, that connection is immediate and unmistakable, with leadership quality, organisational design, workforce capability, and culture being cent...

Most organisations say Strategic Workforce Planning is a priority. Far fewer are prepared for what that actually requires.   Because the challenge isn’t just predicting how many people you’ll need. It’s understanding how work itself is changing, how skills are shifting beneath stable job titles, and how today’s hiring, reskilling, and entry-level decisions a...

People analytics has spent years building credibility through data. Now the pressure is different. Business leaders aren’t just asking for insight - they’re expecting direction. Where should we invest? What should we stop doing? What risks are we not seeing yet?  But many teams still find themselves pulled back into reporting cycles, ad-hoc requests, and an overemphas...

AI is changing tasks. Skills strategies are evolving. And yet visibility into capability, cost, and risk across the workforce often remains fragmented.  So how do organisations move from reacting to workforce change, to planning for it in a way that actually shapes business outcomes?   In this episode of the Digital HR Leaders podcast, host David Green is joined by&nb...

AI was supposed to make work more efficient. So why are people busier than ever?   As organisations move into 2026, many leaders are realising that while technology has changed quickly, the fundamentals of how work gets done haven’t kept up. Activity is increasing, output is accelerating in places - yet coordination, focus, and decision-making often feel harder than before.  So...

Why are so many HR leaders experiencing “what just happened?” moments at work - and what does it really take to respond to authoritarian leadership with courage instead of fear?   That’s the question  Kristen Kavanaugh , Leadership Strategist, former Head of DEI and Talent Management at Tesla, explores in this episode of the Digital HR Leaders podcast.  In this episode, host Da...