foHRsight: HR, Leadership & the Future of Work

We spend so much time helping people perform that we often forget to help them recover. Today's employees are balancing demanding workloads alongside constant notifications, endless comparison, economic uncertainty and personal pressures that don't disappear when the workday begins. By the time someone reaches a breaking point, the signs have often been there for much longer. In this epi...

We often think resilience is something we discover in the hardest moments. But what if it's actually something we build long before we need it? As work becomes more complex, change accelerates, and cognitive demands continue to rise, many leaders find themselves relying on the same habits that helped them succeed in the past—only to realize they no longer have the capacity they once did. The...

For many leaders, retirement isn't about leaving work. It's about leaving behind an identity. After decades of building careers, leading teams, and carrying enormous responsibility, the biggest question isn't "What's next?" It's "Who am I without the title?" In this episode of foHRsight , Naomi Titleman Colla sits down with Zabeen Hirji , former Chief H...

Learning and development has spent decades creating courses, launching platforms, and chasing the next technology trend. But what if the problem isn't the technology at all? As AI reshapes how people access information, many traditional assumptions about workplace learning are being challenged. Employees no longer need to sit through generic training to find answers. They expect learning to b...

Most presentations fail long before the speaker gets to the “important” part. Not because the content is wrong. Because the audience never felt connected in the first place. In this episode of foHRsight, Naomi Titleman Colla sits down with presentation coach and communication strategist Anthony Lee to explore what makes communication actually land — whether you are moderating a conference panel, l...

Most leaders today feel stuck in a constant tug-of-war. Push harder for results and risk burnout or focus too much on engagement and worry performance will suffer. But what if that tension exists because we are solving the wrong problem? In this episode of foHRsight, Naomi Titleman Colla sits down with leadership consultant Rachel Cooke to explore a different approach to leadership and work design...

Everyone is trying to move faster right now. Faster outputs. Faster decisions. Faster adoption of AI. But somewhere inside that acceleration, many leaders are starting to feel something else too: cognitive overload, constant mental switching, and a growing sense that work is becoming noisier instead of clearer. In this episode, Mark and Naomi unpack two emerging ideas gaining traction in the AI co...

AI is accelerating change faster than most organizations are emotionally prepared for. Employees are anxious. Leaders are overwhelmed. And many managers are being asked to guide people through uncertainty without ever being taught how to truly understand human behaviour in the first place. In this episode of the foHRsight podcast, Mark Edgar sits down with organizational psychologist, executive co...

Many organizations are planning for AI disruption. Far fewer are planning for demographic disruption. In this episode of foHRsight, Dan Pontefract joins Naomi Titleman Colla to unpack what he calls “age debt” — the growing organizational risk created when companies ignore longevity, ageism, workforce demographics, and the loss of institutional wisdom. The conversation challenges the way we think a...

What if the reason your culture isn’t shifting… isn’t your people? For many HR leaders, the pressure is familiar. You hire thoughtfully. You invest in development. You talk about inclusion. And yet, something still doesn’t move. Because the issue isn’t just who is in the organization. It’s what they move through once they’re there. In this episode, Mark Edgar sits down with Celeste Warren to unpac...

What if the problem isn’t that your people aren’t performing… but that your system is broken? Right now, many organizations are rushing to adopt AI, cutting entry-level roles, and asking more from leaders who are already at capacity. It feels efficient. It looks strategic. But it’s quietly eroding the very foundation of future performance. In this episode, host Mark Edgar sits down with Kelly Mona...

What if you could see your organization’s culture like an X-ray? In this episode, host Naomi Titleman sits down with behavioral scientist Dr. Harry Toukalas and talent strategist Mark Jesty to explore how organizational network analysis is replacing guesswork in HR and what the rise of AI means for human accountability at work. Because most leaders believe they understand their culture. They’ve ru...

Most leaders know meetings are broken. What’s harder to admit is that we keep reinforcing the system that makes them that way. Calendars are full. Teams are exhausted. And yet, meetings continue to multiply. Not because they work, but because they signal work. In this episode, Rebecca Hinds challenges the idea that meetings are just a scheduling problem. She reframes them as a deeper organizationa...

What happens when smart, capable teams keep having meetings, but nothing really moves? In this episode, Gustavo Razzetti joins Naomi Titleman to unpack the hidden cost of the conversations teams avoid. He argues that many workplace breakdowns are not caused by weak strategy or lack of talent, but by “conversational debt” that builds when people stay silent, rush alignment, blame each other, or per...

Something feels off. A leader who used to be effective is becoming controlling. A team that used to work well together is suddenly tense. Conversations are getting sharper, more personal, more certain. And yet, the numbers still look fine. For many HR leaders, this is a familiar and frustrating position. You can feel the shift early, but by the time it’s acknowledged, the conversation has already...

Caregiving rarely shows up neatly at work. It shows up as distraction. Exhaustion. Missed capacity. A high performer who suddenly cannot take on one more thing. A manager who is present in the meeting, but mentally somewhere else. And for many organizations, it remains largely invisible until someone burns out, steps back, or leaves. In this episode, Raymond Levine brings attention to a reality mo...

Work is changing faster than many organizations know how to lead through. Between AI, constant transformation, and growing complexity, many leaders are still relying on outdated habits: top-down decision-making, poor communication, and the assumption that leadership means having all the answers. The result is often slower execution, lower engagement, and teams that resist change instead of moving...

Work doesn’t feel sustainable right now. Employees are overwhelmed, leaders are exhausted, and organizations are trying to solve burnout by reducing workload - but what if that’s not the real problem? In this episode, organizational psychologist Liane Davey introduces the concept of thought load - the cognitive demands, emotional strain, and depleted energy that come from navigating modern work. F...

Most HR leaders are chasing engagement scores. Very few are diagnosing loneliness. If performance feels flatter… if initiative is fading… if teams feel more transactional than connected, this episode explains why. In this conversation, Dr. Tracy Brower joins Naomi Titleman to unpack a truth many leaders feel but struggle to articulate: connection is not a “nice-to-have.” It is a structural driver...

HR leaders are being asked to modernize faster than their organizations are ready for. New AI tools appear weekly, vendors promise transformation, and the pressure to “do something” keeps mounting. At the same time, most HR teams are still running complex, multi-step processes built for a very different era. In this episode, Josh Bersin helps cut through the noise by reframing what AI transformati...

If you’re leading HR right now, it can feel like the ground is moving under your feet. You’re still expected to deliver flawless service, keep costs down, and manage risk, while your CEO quietly expects you to redesign the workforce for an AI era that’s arriving faster than most operating models can handle. In part one of this conversation with Josh Bersin, we explore a reframe that changes everyt...

You can be brilliant, hardworking, and respected — and still feel like you’re running full-speed into an invisible wall. For many senior leaders (especially high-achieving women), the instinct is to push harder: take on more, prove more, hold more. But the higher you go, the more that strategy quietly limits influence, sponsorship, and sustainability. In this episode, we explore the tension HR lea...

Success in HR often comes with a hidden job: absorbing everyone else’s anxiety. You’re expected to soothe, steady, and “make it okay”, even when what people are feeling is a normal response to real pressure and uncertainty. In this episode, clinical psychologist Dr. David Rosmarin offers a practical reframe: not all anxiety is the same. Some anxiety does require professional support, but much of w...

Entry-level roles are being labeled “obsolete.” But what if the real issue isn’t AI — it’s how we’ve designed early-career work for decades? In this episode of foHRsight , we explore why entry-level jobs aren’t going away, but passive, low-agency roles are . As AI takes over routine execution, new hires are being asked to show judgment, critical thinking, and maturity much earlier than before — of...

James Terry shares how Indeed Flex is revolutionizing frontline staffing through AI-powered solutions, enabling 24/7 candidate interviews, same-day pay, and unprecedented workforce flexibility for hourly workers. Topics Covered: AI-Powered Recruitment: 24/7 AI interviews eliminate scheduling friction Recruiters now review 80+ interviews daily vs. conducting 7-12 manually Human oversight ensures qu...