Hacking HR

Interview with Brian Kropp – Brian is the Chief of Research at Gartner. He has been delivering cutting edge insight to HR leaders around the world.

Interview with Ed Pederson – Ed is the VP of Product Development at Kelly. His work has related to the People space by working in Design Thinking, Operational Execution, Product Development, Strategic sourcing, Innovation. He is passionate about connecting all these areas impact the work of HR professionals.

Interview with Merary Soto-Saunders – Merary is the Managing Director and Head of HR at CVC Credits Partners.

Interview with Ian Cook – Ian is the VP of People Analytics at Visier. He is recognized as a thought-leader in people analytics and planning. Ianleadsthe design and development of Visier’s analytic solutions. He focuses on how this area of practicecan be deployed and developed to deliver the maximum business value. For the last 15 years hehas been leading the development of data-driven HR technolo...

Interview with Matt Burns – Matt is the Founder at BentoHR. His nearly20-year journey has been highlighted by transformation. In a previous HR Executiverole, Matt led an HR team that was recognized in 2018 as the ‘Canadian HR Team of the Year-Retail / Hospitality’, on the heels of their 2017 award for the: ‘Most Innovative Use of HRTechnology’.Now with BentoHR, Matt’s advancing his vision that HR...

Interview with Karen Mangia – Karen is the VP of Customer & Market Insights at Salesforce. She has many years of experience helping companies design programs and ideas to assure they serve well to their customers. She published two books in 2020, Listen UP!: How to Tune in to Customers & Turn Down the Noise, and Working From Home: Making the New Normal Work For You.

Interview with Maura Stevenson – Maura is the CHRO at MedVet. She has many years of experience in HR, and now she is working in the intersection of Organizational Design with Data Analytics and People Analytics Strategy.

Interview with Dominic Keogh Peters – Dominic is the Group Director for People Operations at Axiom Telecom. He has worked in Chaos and Change Management in many sectors, such as, Business Transformation, E-commerce Development, Merging and Acquisitions. Business Star-ups and many others.

Interview with Sergey Gorbatov – Sergey is a Professor at IE Business School. He is the co-author of the book Fair Talk: Three Steps to Powerful Feedback.

Interview with Suhrid Chaudhuri – Suhrid is the Lead at the Research Group Head Organization Development and Culture at Al Ghurair Investment Partnerships. He has many years of experience in Performance Management, Culture, Strategy, and Rewards.

Interview with Morgan Smillie – Morgan is the Director of Global Operations at Mogul. She is passionate about topics like Innovation, Inclusion, Talent Acquisition and being on top of the DEI game. She helps companies implement strategies to be more inclusive.

Interview with Kay Nadel – Kay is the Director of Talent Development at Empyrean Benefit Solutions. She is a human-centered leader and believes in the power of Learning, Performing and Growing. Kay has many years of experience developing, implementing, and scaling all things around the People function, and specially around everything related to the world of Learning.

Interview with Andrew Bartlow – Andrew is the Founder and Managing Partner at Series B Consulting. He has more than 25 years of experience helping organizations of all sizes and across many sectors. Andrew is the co-author of the book “Scaling for Success: People Priorities for High Growth Organizations”.

Interview with Noa Gafni – Noa is the Executive Director at Rutgers Institute for Corporate Social Innovation. She has many years of experience working in Social Innovation. Noa is extremely passionate about her work in the intersection of DEI and Social Impact.

Interview with Jessica Segal – Jessica is the Global L&D Manager at Aderant. She is passionate about Innovation and helping people bring their full self to work.

Interview with Richard Claydon – Richard is the Chief Cognitive Director at EQ Lab Limited. He has many years of experience working in the field of Behavior of Leadership. His work has been described as a touchstone for the Future of Management.

Interview with Cecile Alper-Leroux – Cecile is the Group VP of Research & Innovation at UKG. She is an economic anthropologist with more thank 25 years of experience in HR Tech, Research, and Innovation. Cecile is passionate about connecting culture and technology with innovation and workplace transformation.

Interview with Benoit Hardy-Vallee – Benoit is the Associate VP of Talent Experience Strategy at Phenom People. He has more than 10 years of experience as an HR leader and Academia. Benoit is deeply passionate to create the changes needed in the workplace to make it more valuable and better.

Interview with Elliott Nelson – Elliott speaks, researches & consults on Human Experience (HX) projects-since 2016. Hefounded the HX Leaders Network-a platform for HX practitioners to connect, share & learn how touse Design Thinking & Agile frameworks to co-create the new way of working. He alsofoundedHXTransforma to help companies transform around the HX of work. In the past 30 years,...

Interview with Mandy Pham – Mandy is the Head of HR – Canada at PTW. She is very passionate about understanding the connections between Leadership and Managing Teams. Mandy is working towards the Evolution of HR.

Interview with Andi Britt – Andi leads IBM’s European Talent & Transformation practice, providing human capital management, HRand recruitment Outsourcing and organizational change management advisory services for clients. He specializes in HR & Learning, and Enterprise transformation and has worked with IBM’s largestglobal clients in public and private sectors on HR Outsourcing, Cloud SaaS...

Interview with Jim D'Amico – Jim is the Global Talent Acquisition Leader at Celanese. He is also the Board President at the Association of Talent Acquisition Professionals.

Interview with Stella Bida – Stella is an Organizational Change Management Consultant. She has many years of experience helping companies navigating, accepting, and managing change in an effective way. Stella has consulted for companies across many sectors, such as financial, legal, management, and tech. She has a wide range of experience in Change Management and dealing with chaos.

Interview with Roland Deiser – Roland is the Founder and Chairman at Center for the Future Organization in Drucker School of Management. He has worked doing research, creating strategies and tactics about how to create the Future of Work. Also, Roland is the Founder and Executive Chairman at Executive Corporate Learning Forum, a space where 50 organizations come together to discuss the role of lea...

Interview with Tomeka Hill-Thomas – Tomeka is Data Science Lead of Advanced People Analytics at EY. She is one of the most recognized data scientists in the world. Tomeka is passionate, not only about her work, but also about what we can achieve with data.