Employee Experience Podcasts by EX Labs

The recruitment tech market is going crazy - there is one tool after the other, and all of them are AI powered. Most of them are competing on features and are implementing new features based on the technology available. You can even argue that they throw technology in without considering if this actually solves a problem. I had a similar conversation just recently with Jason from Workday. And so i...

What is the connection between the Emmies and AI? What is the connection between TV jingles and AI advisory? And how does film-school land you in Technology? - I could go on and on and on about this in today's episode. Welcome to another Employee Experience Labs podcast from the Munich Podcast studio. Employee Experience Labs Podcasts are about HR Tech, Employee Experience, Shared Service and...

What is your key AI or Technology feature in your HR Technology? - and are you looking at it from the right angle? What is the most important aspect of your Technology? - and do you think it has anything to do actually with Technology? Welcome to another Employee Experience Labs podcast from the Munich Podcast studio. Employee Experience Labs Podcasts are about HR Tech, Employee Experience, Shared...

How do being a Rock Musician with your own band, being a pilot, and being in the restaurant business lead to HR Technology? - and why are these capabilities actually just right to prepare you for a role as HR Technology Strategist? Welcome to another Employee Experience Labs podcast from the Munich Podcast studio. Employee Experience Labs Podcasts are about HR Tech, Employee Experience, Shared Ser...

From 1990s where websites were the latest and greatest to apps to designing the bridge of the future for ships...what a story - but from there to what next? - apparently wait a minute... Welcome to another Employee Experience Labs podcast from the Munich Podcast studio. Employee Experience Labs Podcasts are about HR Tech, Employee Experience, Shared Service and other interesting topics around HR a...

What if... your workforce is significantly more productive from one day to the other? What if... all of your employees only do the stuff you have hired them for and can forget about all this admin stuff that take valuable time from them? What if...you can orchestrate all your admin employees with a push of a button and also have the guarantee that they will do their job exactly as outlined in your...

Is AI just a hype? What makes the difference between companies that are successful with AI vs the companies that are not? Will AI replace work and specialized roles or will it enhance it and make existing workers just more powerful? Welcome to another Employee Experience Labs podcast from the Munich Podcast studio. Employee Experience Labs Podcasts are about HR Tech, Employee Experience, Shared Se...

In a Bonus Episode of the EXLabs podcast I was talking just before Christmas to a good friend - GoGo - about the Tops and Flops of 2025. Of course we stayed close to AI, what else to be expected...but it was both, Top and Flop. Curious? We also talked about Floating Tanks (*nervous laughter* ), and were discussing AI Slop, however with a bit of a different view of it than Satya...probably for good...

Is Payroll a good area to apply AI? How would we feel about hallucinations in our pay when still almost 50% of employees live paycheck to paycheck? And thinking further - if not only in payroll but in more and more areas AI will replace humans to get the work done - how does this impact government tax income? And do we need to consider AI-labor taxation and social contributions in payroll? For thi...

From being let go, to building an operating system for gyms that scaled to more than 3,000 locations - including the largest gym franchise in the world. After 10 years exiting and restarting the founding process in a similar field across Health & Wellness, running into a dead-end street. Learning through the future co-founder that even great CVs are not by default invited to job interviews but...

Why do so many career initiatives in companies don't bring the value they were supposed to? How can we better empower employees to take ownership of their careers and development? And how can we help every employee with the right mentor to supercharge their career? Welcome to another Employee Experience Labs podcast from the Munich Podcast studio. Employee Experience Labs Podcasts are about HR...

Accepting her first CHRO appointment in a new company and new business - 11 months in. How does the experience compare to expectations? What is different becoming the CHRO from being a senior leader in HR? - and what are the most urgent tasks to focus on. What a great point in time for a sit-down and conversation! Welcome to another Employee Experience Labs podcast from the Munich Podcast studio....

Where are we in the state of AI when it comes to enterprise adoption? How much around Agentic AI is hype and what is real - and how could it transform companies? What happened to all the AI investments in the recent years - and how do you make the most out of it for your company. And why is this not what you think? Let's talk about this to another veteran in the tech world. A veteran that has...

95% of AI experiments or pilots in companies are failing, investments into AI are climbing to new heights almost every day, we all get asked every day at work when AI will finally be implemented in a way to take significant work or create significant efficiencies. How does all of this fit together? How should we make sense out of this and find the right way as an HR and Tech practitioner in this j...

23 years in the same company, a seasoned expert in HR, Service Delivery, HR Technology, and of course Employee Experience - bringing his own lens with learnings and applied ideas. What a great conversation! Welcome to another Employee Experience Labs podcast from the Munich Podcast studio. Employee Experience Labs Podcasts are about HR Tech, Employee Experience, Shared Service and other interestin...

What comes to mind for you when you think "Succession Planning"? Do you believe you have this under control? Is this something you don't think about much? Or are you in desperate need to find a solution to a growing problem. I tell you where I sit - in the last seat. Desperate need to find a solution. And so I was extremely excited when I got a tip about a company called The Successi...

How is AI influencing not only HR but transforming the whole enterprise? Why is now HR's time to shine and command the table, rather than just sitting on it? And how is it HR's inherent destination to widen its scope from just the human workforce to the human and AI workforce? Welcome to another Employee Experience Labs podcast from the Munich Podcast studio. Employee Experience Labs Podca...

Who holds stronger bias? People or AI? and why do we accept different answers to the same question from different human colleagues but not from GenAI? And are we actually realising the speed of change that we are undergoing in our HR world currently? There are so many new and influencing factors in the HR and HR tech space currently that we just run with and because of this speed we hardly see how...

From Surinam, through the Netherlands, the UK, the Americas, and to the world. Shaped by many diverse experiences in the HR space for 20+ years. A serial entrepreneur in the HR space. What is the story behind that? Welcome to another Employee Experience Labs podcast from the Munich Podcast studio. Employee Experience Labs Podcasts are about HR Tech, Employee Experience, Shared Service and other in...

What is the connection between long lines at the men's and AI? How did working as an investment banker at Wall Street lead to founding an HR tech Start-up?  And I think we all can agree that studying foreign policy and Chinese are good foundations for a job in HR - but how about founding a Recruiting Start-up? Welcome to another Employee Experience Labs podcast from the Munich Podcast studio. Empl...

How does wine-making connect with HR Technology and how is the oldest bear company of the world involved in HR innovation? And why do we have to thank juggling for getting a state of the art HCM system? In this episode of our Employee Experience Labs podcast from the Munich Podcast studio I am talking with Dave Sohigian, CTO at large, Workday. Employee Experience Labs Podcasts are about HR Tech, E...

Growing up in India, studying Finance, working for more than 7 years as an HR Business Partner and then setting up Global HR Shared Services for a traditional German manufacturing company. What sounds like a crazy idea is the actual story that we will dive into today. With Karun Mathew we continue our most successful season so far "From the Workbook of an HR Leader" where I am talking to...

What is a strategy-theologist? and what does this have to do with Employee Experience? - and why is thinking and focusing on Employee Experience good, but not enough? - and how does Trust fit into this? In the latest episode of our Employee Experience Labs podcast from the Munich Podcast studio I am talking to Amelia Dunlop, Chief Experience Officer at Deloitte Digital. Employee Experience Labs Po...

How can AI and automation lead to a more human experience in Recruiting? How can you make AI work for you - at an RoI that you can afford? And what is the difference between AI being an add-on to your technology platform vs. being an AI first platform. Welcome to another Employee Experience Labs podcast from the Munich Podcast Studio. Employee Experience Labs Podcasts are about HR Tech, Employee E...

What is the connection between y2k and Employee Experience? How do you land spanning almost three decades in deep HR Technology when you started out as a teacher? And as an experienced HR Tech professional how does your day look like? Welcome to another Employee Experience Labs podcast from the Munich Podcast studio. Employee Experience Labs Podcasts are about HR Tech, Employee Experience, Shared...