Hacking HR

Interview with David Snowden – Dave is the CSO & Founder of Cognitive Edge he has pioneered a science-based approach to organizations drawing on anthropology, neuroscience, and complexity science. Dave is visiting Professor at Hull University. His paper with Boone on Leadership was a cover article for the HBR in 2007 and won the Academy of Management award for the best practitioner paper that...

Interview with Oltea Ceraceanu – Oltea is a well-seasoned HR Leader, with 17 years of experience, out of which 14, have being in the world of HR. She´s highly interested in Strategic Workforce Planning, Culture and Leadership Effectiveness, Building Capabilities and Driving Change.

Interview with Nazli Yenis – Nazli is an Authentic, Resilient, Passionate Global People Leader who has worked in different industries as an influencer who thrives on tough challenges, and translates visions and strategies into action. With a long time, passion for self-development to grow and thrive, she founded “Blink Minds,” where she brings her audience the power of positivity, passion, and pur...

Interview with Michelle Tenzyk – Michelle leverages on her 25 years in business to bring insight, perspective, and experience to all aspects of leadership and people strategy. In her work with CEOs and senior executives, Michelle is known for her no-nonsense, direct approach which gets right to the core of a leader’s issues.

Interview with Michael Brown – Michael is the VP People of Cogo Labs. He is a global talent and people leader with extensive experience in hyper growth technology companies.

Interview with Max Blumberg – Max is founder of the Blumberg Partnership, a Top 50 People Analytics consultancy that delivers global analytics and sales force solutions. Prior to this, Max worked as a management consultant at Accenture after which he founded and successfully exited a technology start-up. He is also a Visiting Professor at the University of Leeds and Researcher at Goldsmiths, Unive...

Interview with Kristin Trecker – Kristin is the Chief Human Resources Officer at Visteon Corporation. She brings more than 20 years of human resources leadership, with significant experience at growth-oriented global companies in software and engineering industries. Kristin is passionate about using technology, and analytics to drive transformation and meaningful talent decisions

Interview with Kenneth Matos – Kenneth is a Ph. D. and Director of People Science at Culture Amp. He leads an international team of psychologists and researchers who provide clients with actionable advice on collecting, understanding, and acting on employee feedback through evidence-based methodologies. Kenneth educates and coaches the Culture Amp community and speaks to mainstream media on the st...

Interview with Diana Wu David – Diana is the author of the book Future Proof: Reinventing Work in the Age of Acceleration, a book and online course about how to adopt more agile mindsets and practices to prepare for success in a fast-changing world.

Interview with Dena Almansoori – At the crossroads of HR and Technology, Dena is a former CHRO and now Founder & CEO of WhiteBoxHR, an HR Tech company committed to helping organizations make data-driven people decisions by leveraging on artificial intelligence, analytics, and people science.

Interview with Chris Galy – As Chief People Officer at Couchbase, Chris is responsible for all aspects of Couchbase’s people strategy and company culture. Prior, Chris was the Founder of NextPlayHR, Chief People Officer at Ten-X and VP of Talent Acquisition at Intuit.

Interview with Tim Toterhi – Tim is not your usualHR guy. He’s passionate about slashing bureaucracy and rethinking old thinking. He is a TEDx speaker, certified coach, and the author of several books including The HR Guide to Getting and Crushing Your Dream Job and The Introvert's Guide to Job Hunting. As a PMP and CHRO with 20 years of management experience in the Americas, Europe, and Asia he c...

Interview with Phillipa Penfold – After 20 years in corporate HR, Philippa brought her passions for HR and Technology together, and today provides HR professionals with education about Industry 4.0 technologies, empowering them to play leading roles in creating a human + technology world of work.

Interview with Soumyasanto Sen – Soumya is an Advisor and Leader in Workforce Transformation, Technologies, Strategy, and Analytics. He has more than 17 years of experience in this aspiring area together with HR implementations, use of new technologies, research, and thought leadership globally. He is also the author of the book Digital HR Strategy: Achieving Sustainable Transformation in the Digi...

Interview with Khurshid Anis – Khurshid is a Global Advisor in HR Strategy, People Analytics & Culture. With over 15 years of global consulting, extensive leadership and corporate work experience in human capital space with a focus on creating collaborative and high performing cultures and powerful employment brands.

Interview with Filip Moriau – Filip is a CEO helping customers around the world to lead their business into the future, focusing on innovation and people centric transformation. Filip is passionate about future skills and how to build capacity. In addition to his role as CEO, he lectures at business schools in innovation management.

Interview with Todd Cherches – Todd is the CEO of BigBlueGumball, a NYC-based consulting firm specializing in leadershipdevelopment, public speaking, and executive coaching. He is also a three-time award-winningAdjunct Professor of leadership in the Human Capital Management master's program at NYU, and aLecturer onleadership at Columbia University. Todd is also a TEDx speaker, and the author of Vi...

Interview with Sarah Jasper – Sarah is the resident "people scientist" of The Talent Lab, providing consulting, advisory, coaching andfractional executive leadership to CEOs and CHROs going through start up, growth ortransformation. Sarah is a former CHRO with 15 years of experience in consulting and senior leadership HR roles. She is passionate about creating ways of working that inspire people,...

Interview with Louis Efron – Louis is a globally recognized thought leader, speaker, writer and Fortune 200 HR Executive. He is the author of five books, a contributing writer for Forbes and the founder of The Voice ofPurpose and World Child Cancer USA. His career credits include VP of Teammate Experience forDaVita, Head of Global Engagement for Tesla, VP of HR for Stryker and currently serves on...

Interview with Emily Esparza – Emily is the Head of People and Culture at Edge Gravity by Ericsson. She leads global People culture incorporating values, diversity & inclusion, performance and talentacquisition narratives aligned to meet business objectives.

Interview with Anoop Chaudhuri – Anoop is an internationallysuccessful HR leader, an award-winning entrepreneur, and developer ofhigh performing leaders. Over the last 30 years he has worked with thousands of people under his wing in multi-billion dollarcompanies around the world solving complex business challenges by harnessing the power oftechnology, combining multiple disciplines, and tapping i...

Interview with Meighan Newhouse – Meighan is the Chief People Officer at Inspirant Group. In that role, she gets to bring on the smartest talent and match them to their client’s needs. She is also the curator and champion of our culture, and she is responsible to each of our people to provide them the resources they need to reach their full potential.

Interview with Selena Rezvani – Selena’s mission is to help more women make bold bets on leadership roles. She also consults to employers on how to make work truly “work” for women-by architecting culture change that improves working women’s experience. She’s the author of 2 leadership books, Pushback and The Next Generation of Women Leaders. She’s been featured in Inc., Oprah.com, HBR, Todayshow....

Interview with Karen Weeks – Karen is a results focused, strategic partner, whose drive is to help companies build and scale their teams and culture. Currently, Karen is the VP of People at Ordergroove and has been asked to speak on several panels and serve as a guest writer sharing her experiences.

Interview with Emma El-Karout – Emma is the founder of One Circle, an online platform connecting companies with freelance HR experts, on-demand. She formed One Circle in response to her own experiences, as an HR Director, of the limitations in the current consulting and employment models, and in anticipation of future work trends. Emma realizes the potential impact that technology brings to the wo...