Hacking HR

Interview with Agnes Sävenstedt– Agnes’ expertise is in how to establish innovation as a habit in the organizations she works with. She is a Co-Founder of Innovation 360 Group, whose mission is to support and strengthen the global innovation capability needed to address humanity’s grand challenges.

Interview with Megan Marie Butler – Mega is a former practitioner turned researcher and subject matter expert in the applications of AI in HR.

Interview with Christian Miran – Christian is passionately curious about how tocreate cultures where people can do their best work. He believes that systems determine performance and that best systems are designed to allow for play, learn and create. He had the pleasure of working and leading HR teams internationally and across Australia. He is currently the Head of People Experience for a leading...

Interview with Rob Ollander-Krane – Rob is an innovator. His passion is performance. He's spent most of his career in Learning & Development and Talent Management. His last six years have been focused on reinventing Gap Inc.’s performance management process, focusing more on performance and lesson management. Rob has made similar innovations to succession planning.

Interview with Kathleen Donohoe – Kathleen is an experienced leader in Education, she´s passionate about preparing learners for an ever-changing future through effective physical, virtual and social learning environments, innovation, lifelong learning and digital literacy. She brings learning experience to the heart of decision making. Her projects include large scale infrastructure, educational r...

Interview with James Engel – It's like riding a horse without a shoe into thedisruptive, chaotic future of learning and peopledevelopment. That's how James feels. Keeping up with the future of learning and taking advantage of thenew normal to help those who have to transform themselves, their companies and how they learn, that is the horse James is riding.

Interview with Wagner Denuzzo – Wagner’s team is responsible for Organizational Design and Capabilities, workforce analytics, AI inference of skills, upskilling/reskilling, and future of careers. Prior to joining Prudential, Wagner was the VP, Leadership Development during IBM’s largest transformation in its history.

Interview with Sunil Puri – Sunil is the APAC head of research at the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL). He has over 23 years of experience in human capital, leadership advisory and research. Prior to joining CCL, he served as head of research at an institute set up by the Singapore government to drive global Asian leadership. Sunil has authored research on Asian Leadership, Next Generation HR,...

Interview with Sarah Johnson – Sarah has 35 years of experience in employee survey and analytics. Prior to joining Perceptyx, Sarah was a Global Survey Practice Leader at CEB. She also led the global organizational survey programs at both Eastman Kodak and IBM. Sarah is the cofounder and first chairperson of the Information Technology Survey Group (ITSG).

Interview with Sebastien Girard – Sebastien is the SVP of Workforce Engagement at Atrium Health. He is strategist, futurist and visionary HR executive leading the Strategic HR Business Partner, Talent Acquisition, Employee Experience, Executive Recruiting and Employee Relations functions.

Interview with Lara Martínez – Lara has held multiple global roles in the areas of Employee Experience, Transformation, Talent Management, and Learning and Development. Currently, she is the Head of Talent Strategy & Design at Alexion Pharmaceuticals. Lara is responsible for leading the design and implementation of global talent programs and processes.

Interview with Mary Cianni – Mary Cianni is a Ph. D. with over 25 years of global consulting experience in corporate transactions, change and culture across a wide range of industries. Her work centers on transformational change through the strategic and inclusive alignment of people and culture. Mary has served as a CHRO for a life science company and was a tenured associate professor management.

Interview with Vidir Ragnarsson – Vidir is an equality advocate that works with data to manifest more equal and better functioning workplaces. As the Head of People Analytics in Reykjavik Energy, Vidir has been supporting leaders in decision making towards creating a more flexible, diverse and healthier workplace.

Interview with Edie Goldberg – Edie Goldberg is a Ph. D. is the President of E.L. Goldberg & Associates in Menlo Park, California. She is a nationally recognized expert in talent management strategy and organizational effectiveness. She is the co-author of the book “The Inside Gig: How Sharing Untapped Talent Across Boundaries Unleashes Organizational Capacity”.

Interview with Mike Vaughn – Mike began his career in HR as a recruiter and quickly transitioned into leadership roles in Talent Management, Recruiting and as an HR Business Partner. He has worked for large, global companies in Engineering, Field Services, Manufacturing, and Oil and Gas industries. Mike brings strong international HR and leadership experiences in global HR organizations while work...

Interview with Deborah Moroz – Deborah is a results-oriented strategic HR executive with extensive experience leading a wide variety of Human Resource functions. She is an expert on HR producing an ROI, employee engagement, workplace culture, visions, missions and values. Deborah has a proven track record of building high-performance Human Resources teams that support employer, departmental and in...

Interview with Tonille Miller – Tonille has spent the past 15 years as an executive, consultant and researcher advising and partnering with leaders to drive the optimal performance of their people and organizations through culture, people strategy, change management, employee experience & engagement, leadership & organizational development and strategic communications.

Interview with Sara Mileson – Sara is the VP of HR at Trelleborg Industrial Solutions. She has over 16 years of experience in various HR roles in both manufacturing, MedTech an everything in between.

Interview with Rob Chestnut – Rob Chesnut was most recently the Chief Ethics Officer and General Counsel of Airbnb. He is the author of “Intentional Integrity: How Smart Companies Can Lead an Ethical Revolution”.

Interview with Manisha Singh – Manisha serves as the Global Director for Digital Transformation in HR and People Analytics at Schneider Electric. She works on enabling the people strategy through actionable insights and digital HR transformation. Manisha has led Employee Experience vision, Open Talent market, Digital leargning, robotics, AI strategy and People Analytics transformation. Working at...

Interview with Dave Millner – Dave has a business background followed by 30 years of consulting inNatWest, PSL, Kenexa and IBM. He has workerd on solutions focused on future proofing businesses. He regularly presents at conferences promoting the need for HR to demonstrate tangible business value. His book ‘Introduction to People Analytics’ on the increasing demand for data insights in HR was recen...

Interview with Keith Keating – Keith is a workforce futurist, design thinking practitioner, and learning and development thought leader. He has worked with Fortune 500 organizations around the globe and currently leads the Global Learning Network at General Motors. Keith also hosts the podcast Ahead of Tomorrow

Interview with Hamsa Suresh – Hamsa is currently the co-founder of a stealth startup centered around sustainable textile innovation in emerging markets. Hamsa’s prior experience spans the areas of Strategic HR, Talent Management, Workforce Reskilling, Organization Development & Transformation across global ecosystems and multiple industries.

Interview with Manuel Arias – Manuel has more than 15 years of experience in HR, he is leading Savvy HR Consulting, helping companies designing strategies to improve their employee experience. He is passionate about technology and its impact on the workplace, the future of work and organizations. He leads Buenos Aires Hacking HR chapter since 2019.

Interview with Duena Blomstrom – Duena has a background in Psychology as well as Business. She is on a crusade to see lasting change in the VUCA world, helping companies bring humanity back to the workplace. Duena is the Co-Founder and CEO of PeopleNotTech- a company designing a revolutionary AI-driven work tool creating the world’s first solution to check and increase Psychological Safety and Emo...