HR Data Labs

Send us a text Beth White, Founder and CEO of MeBeBot, joins us this episode to discuss lessons learned from working with AI. She also shares concerns regarding the continued widespread integration of AI in organizations as well as hopes for the future of AI.  [0:00] Introduction Welcome, Beth! Today’s Topic: The Evolution of AI in the Workplace [5:21] What has Beth learned over the years working...

Send us a text Ann Kuss, CEO of Outstaff Your Team, joins us this episode to discuss common causes for employee turnover in organizations, the impact it has on remaining team members, and strategies to reduce turnover while managing its stress on the team.  [0:00] Introduction Welcome, Ann! Today’s Topic: Minimizing Turnover’s Financial and Psychological Costs [5:16] What are the most frequent cau...

Send us a text Martha Curioni, People Analytics Consultant at Provisio Data Solutions, joins us this episode to discuss some best practices for responsible AI implementation in organizations. She also explains the importance of integrating AI models into existing processes and allowing users to submit feedback on the AI.  [00:00] Introduction Welcome, Martha! Today’s Topic: How to Responsibly Inte...

Send us a text John Barrand, Chief HR Officer for the State of Utah, joins us this episode to discuss the unique challenge of modernizing performance management in the public sector.  [0:00] Introduction Welcome, John! Today’s Topic: Modernizing Performance Management in the Public Sector [8:18] What are the key differences between public and private sector HR? Comparing HR practices across sector...

Send us a text Chris Taylor, Founder and CEO of Actionable, joins us this episode to discuss why—and more importantly, how—organizations might invest in measuring behavioral change resulting from training and development initiatives.  [0:00] Introduction Welcome, Chris! Today’s Topic: How to Measure Behavioral Changes with Learning Interventions [4:08] What behavioral change should we expect from...

Send us a text Hannah Dannecker, Managing Partner of the Better Together Group, joins us this episode to discuss staffing in the transportation and trucking industry. We explore the growing push over the last decade to bring more women into the historically male-dominated field.  [0:00] Introduction Welcome, Hannah! Today’s Topic: Transforming the Trucking Industry Through Gender Diversity [8:32]...

Send us a text Kasara Weinrich, Director of Sales Technology and AI Solutions Designer at ADP, joins us this week to discuss how organizations weigh generative AI adoption. As a PhD candidate in anthropology and social change, Kasara offers a unique historical perspective on how workers have adapted to technological disruption.  [0:00] Introduction Welcome, Kasara! Today’s Topic: The Anthropology...

Send us a text Siri Chilazi, Senior Researcher for the Women and Public Policy Program at Harvard Kennedy School, joins us this episode to discuss identifying and implementing solutions that make the workplace fair for everyone.  [0:00] Introduction Welcome, Siri! Today’s Topic: Making Workplaces Fair by Design [5:38] The new paradigm of workplace fairness Shifting behavior without shifting mindse...

Send us a text Peter Laughter, speaker and experienced recruiting/staffing entrepreneur, joins us this episode to discuss why he believes recruitment is broken and how he views the future of HR as a result. [0:00] Introduction•Welcome, Peter!•Today’s Topic: Recruitment is Broken—How Can We Fix It?[1:59] Peter journey in recruiting and staffing•Lessons learned from working for a small staffing firm...

Send us a text Chris McAlister, founder of SightShift and renowned leadership coach, explores the crucial difference between leading for validation versus leading for genuine impact. [0:00] Introduction•Welcome, Chris!•Today’s Topic: Leading for Impact, Not Validation[5:13] The problem with leadership today•How the quest for validation undermines effective leadership•Focusing on the organization’s...

Send us a text In this very special episode, we bring together Salary.com’s top compensation experts for a fascinating roundtable discussion. Featuring insights from our senior consultants Courtney LeCompte (Director of Consulting Sales), Eric McMillan (VP of Compensation Consulting), Garry Straker (VP of Compensation Consulting), Angela Bailey (VP of Compensation Consulting), Greg Wolf (Managing...

Send us a text As Season 8 of HR Data Labs comes to a close, David Turetsky and Dwight Brown reflect on the season’s episodes, guests, and key topics. They also revisit their predictions from the Season 7 finale and posit some new predictions for the future of HR. [0:00] Introduction Welcome, David and Dwight! Today’s Topic: Season 8 Recap [6:01] Looking back at Season 8’s major topics and themes...

Send us a text Bennett Sung, Strategic Marketing Advisor at Restworld and Fractional CMO at MeBeBot, joins us in this episode to explore AI’s current and future role in HR. He talks about where AI best fits within existing HR tech stacks and shares exciting prospects for AI implementation, while also considering how pay transparency is transforming recruitment strategies. This conversation took pl...

Send us a text Chris Havrilla, Vice President of HCM Product Management at Oracle, joins us in this episode to discuss the hurdles organizations face (or merely think they face) when looking to integrate new technologies into their workflows. She also explores how organizations can benefit from learning to work with AI.[0:00] Introduction•Welcome, Chris!•Today’s Topic: How to Reduce Technological...

Send us a text Jack Coapman, Chief Strategy Officer at GR8 People, joins us in this episode to discuss the evolution of recruitment and its relationship to compensation. He explores the pros and cons of emerging technologies and emphasizes that successful recruitment still fundamentally depends on people and processes. [0:00] Introduction Welcome, Jack! Today’s Topic: Why People and Process Drive...

Send us a text Sapient Insights Group is the research and advisory firm that organizes the annual HR technology survey which seeks to shed light on HR professionals’ relationships with existing and emerging technologies. In this episode, Stacey Harris (Chief Research Officer & Managing Partner) and Teri Zipper (CEO & Managing Partner) join us to discuss HR’s technical revolution and how it has bee...

Send us a text Kathi Enderes, Senior Vice President of Research and Global Industry Analyst at The Josh Bersin Company, joins us in this episode to explore why compensation practices have stagnated and how organizations can modernize their approach to pay. [0:00] Introduction Welcome, Kathi! Today’s Topic: Breaking Free From Outdated Pay Practices [5:13] How has compensation evolved in recent deca...

Send us a text Noelle London, Founder and CEO of Illoominus, joins us in this episode to discuss the strides people analytics has made over the years, how the intersection of compensation and people analytics gives leaders another tool to better steer their organizations, and what organizations can expect of AI once the hype subsides.  This conversation took place at the HR Tech 2024 conference in...

Send us a text Stacia Garr, Co-founder and Principal Analyst at RedThread Research, joins us this episode to explore the current state of AI in HR technology. Stacia dives into how vendors’ AI expectations often diverge from those of their customers and examines the disconnect in how employers and employees relate to AI in the workplace. This conversation took place at the HR Tech 2024 conference...

Send us a text Jay Polaki is the Founder and CEO of HR Geckos™ and the host of the HR Bytes™ Podcast. In this episode, Jay unpacks HR trends that everyone should be following in 2025, what happens when AI gets assigned the role of administrative assistant, and how AI will realistically contribute to HR once the hype settles.  This conversation took place at the HR Tech 2024 conference in Las Vegas...

Send us a text Susan Richards is the Founder and Managing Partner of Sapient Insights Group. In this episode, Susan discusses the evolution of HR tech over the past year, the role consultants play in helping organizations effectively implement AI into their HR workflows, and how to prepare AI models to assist with administrative tasks. This conversation took place at the HR Tech 2024 conference in...

Send us a text Mark Stelzner is the Founder and Managing Principal of IA, an HR consulting firm. In this episode, Mark discusses what people aren’t talking about when it comes to AI; why organizations should let their employees safely explore AI in the workplace; and how basic AI guidelines and data governance can be transformational.  This conversation took place at the HR Tech 2024 conference in...

Send us a text Danielle Bushen, Global Head of People Analytics Data Governance and Stewardship at Sanofi, joins us to explore how people analytics intersects with compensation. She shares insights on modernizing compensation through data-driven practices, the importance of pay transparency, and the role of well-designed HR processes in the successful integration of AI.This conversation took place...

Send us a text This episode features two conversations that took place at the HR Tech 2024 conference in Las Vegas. Tracie Sponenberg is a Fractional Chief People Officer and Consultant for the distribution industry. In part one of this episode, she talks about why some organizations are slower to adopt new HR tech than others; the importance of adopting new technology with strong ethics and data...

Send us a text Tim Sackett is an HR Technology Analyst, a Top 10 Global HR Influencer, and the President of HRU Technical Resources. In this episode, Tim discusses the state of recruiting and applicant tracking systems, and how he thinks AI could help organizations not just scale their recruiting efforts but also eliminate biases. He also addresses some security concerns organizations have with in...