Josh Bersin

In this podcast I discuss the huge, exciting, and brutally competitive market for HR Technology. With the big conference coming up soon, I wanted to give you a sense of how complex this market can be, and how some vendors thrive and others fail to achieve their potential. I list a lot of vendors here, and in every case these are innovative, creative companies run by amazing entrepreneurs. Some suc...

In this podcast, I discuss our groundbreaking new research on corporate training, Growth in the Flow of Work . After almost a year of research and study of 1000+ companies, we evaluated more than 90 business practices that drive business impact. After a detailed analysis of the findings, the results are clear: it’s time for corporate L&D to focus on growth: career mobility, skills adjace...

It has been a crazy year so far, as inflation and recession worries abound. In this podcast I will try to demystify what’s going on and give you what I believe is your mandate as an HR leader or HR professional in the mess of information coming your way. Additional Information It Doesn’t Look Like A Recession To Me Be Careful With The Layoffs How Do You Build an Irresistible Company?  ...

As I read about the latest Supreme Court decisions, realizing how many people feel “ignored” by our government, I wanted to give you some solace. Despite the often-dysfunctional nature of our public policy systems, companies can be very fair, diverse, and inclusive. In this podcast I discuss the “real secrets” to diversity and inclusion, with a clear distinction about what...

Coming off our Irresistible Conference , I want to highlight the big idea: making your company Irresistible by Design. In this podcast I overview the concept and give you some stories to help you understand this idea. In today’s world of economic change, rapid technology change, war, inflation, and many other uncertainties, there is one business strategy that works: designing your company ar...

Yes, it looks like we’re headed for a slowdown. Not only have high growth stocks and crypto been devastated, but companies are also starting to wonder about growth. While we’re certainly not in an economic slowdown yet, it’s pretty clear it’s coming, so it’s a good time to get ready. Should you continue to raise wages? Hire like crazy? Spend money on tools and systems...

After endless articles about Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter, I wanted to give some perspective. In this podcast I discuss what’s really going on here, and how Elon Musk’s activities are a good lesson for all of us. Yes, business leaders have a responsibility to society, but their #1 mission is to “get good things done.” And, like Ben Franklin years ago, Elon has a...

We have entered a new phase in the economy: one where employees are simply fed-up. Union movements at Starbucks, Amazon, and Apple are just the tip of the iceberg: almost 81% of employees are “burned out.” In this podcast I describe what’s going on, and why you have to totally “rethink” the idea of Employee Engagement or Employee Experience. And I give you the five ne...

Workday is one of the most iconic enterprise software companies, essentially inventing a new breed of enterprise cloud applications. In this podcast, I discuss the history of the company and the newest strategy to “open up” the architecture for growth, adaptability, and scale. It’s pretty important stuff and shows how the company is rapidly adapting to change, with a target to hi...

This podcast details our brand new research on recruiting, and why 74% of companies underperform . I took some time to give you many of the details, including the labor market situation, why companies struggle to recruit, and the big secrets to recruiting with excellence. For more information please look at our new research and the JBA program Talent Acquisition at a Crossroads . Additional Resour...

In this podcast, I explain how HCM systems have changed, and how the center of gravity for HR Tech has shifted. The new center is the Employee Experience and Talent Intelligence platforms, with the core HCM platform in the background. Additional Information HR Technology Disruption: EX Is The New Core The Definitive Guide To Employee Experience Oracle Introduces Employee Journeys: The EX Market Ge...

In this podcast, I discuss one of the most important topics in business: Organization Design. Now that it’s almost impossible to hire people and we’re redesigning everything about work, it’s time to look at perhaps the most important topic of all: how we design jobs, teams, and organizations. After a year studying this topic we’ve unlocked the secrets, and in this podcast,...

We’ve entered a new world of work. Jobs, skills, and organizations are changing faster than ever. And it’s all because of what we call “Industry Reinvention.” If you want to learn all about how jobs, organizations, and skills are changing, join our Global Workforce Intelligence project. In this podcast I explain what’s going on and how our exciting new research will h...

How do we attract, recruit, and retain people in this difficult labor market? Raise wages? Improve career options? Spend money on training? The answer is yes – all these things. But there’s something more. In this podcast I talk about the new Edelman Trust Index and what it tells us about trust, and how you can build trust, the most valued resource of all, in your employees, customers,...

In this podcast, I detail our new research, The Change Agility Playbook, which looks back at what companies have learned over the last two years. Change Agility is a new management manifesto, and it’s replacing “change management” in our arsenal of tools and approaches. How have Ford, Lego, McDonald’s, Rabobank, Sanofi, and Moderna changed so fast? Listen in. Additional Res...

In this podcast I discuss inflation. Why do we have it? How long will it be here? And most importantly of all, what does Inflation do to our wages, recruiting, and pay and benefits programs? As you’ll hear, inflation really does change your perspective on all aspects of talent management: it pushes you to clarify your employment brand, raise wages, and make some serious decisions about where...

In this podcast, I discuss the biggest talent issue of the year: the tremendous need for people. As the unemployment rate plummets and it becomes harder to hire, we have to ask ourselves “why is this happening” and “what can we do differently?” The answer is not just raising wages and improving employee experience: there’s something bigger going on. Listen to this pod...

In this podcast, I discuss the billion dollar+ market for online coaching. It’s an amazingly successful, fast-growing space with four distinct categories. Coaching on-demand, driven by AI matching, Leadership development for all, democratizing coaches for everyone, Wellbeing, mental, and behavioral health – psychologists selected for you, General coaching for training – coaches f...

It’s time for our 2022 Predictions . It’s going to be an exciting and challenging year for business leaders and HR teams. Not only are we entering the most competitive labor market in decades, we’re facing industry convergence in every sector, rapid changes in jobs and skills, and endless new technologies to learn about. In this podcast, I highlight the changes, and point you to...

In this podcast I explain why vendors like Udemy, Articulate, 360 Learning, Fuse Universal, and other “creator tools” are growing at a breathtaking rate in the enormous market for corporate training. I also explain why a marketplace model for L&D content is becoming so powerful, and how you can build your own internal training marketplace inside of your company. Additional Resource...

How do you develop these essential PowerSkills in business? As I describe in this podcast, there are four methods: traditional instructor-led training, 360-degree assessment and coaching, simulation and real-world experiences, and suggestions and nudges. Mark Atkinson , the CEO of Mursion, a fast-growing provider of Avatar-based simulation training, interviewed me on this topic and we talked about...

Recruiting is one of the most difficult challenges in business today, and in this podcast, I talk about what we’ve learned. As you’ll hear in my discussion, the human-centered approach to recruiting is more important than ever, and the role of the recruiter is more important than ever. I also discuss the continued growth of Human-Centered Leadership and why these new found skills in em...

In this podcast I interview Ronni Zehavi , the CEO and co-founder of HiBob . HiBob is one of the fastest-growing HR platforms in the mid-market, known for its gorgeous and very innovative user experience. I asked Ronni to tell us how he came into HR (he is a seasoned tech entrepreneur), why he thinks this is such a fantastic space, and how tricky and difficult it was to build a winning HR platform...

In this podcast I interview Kathi Enderes , our VP of Research and the author of Employee Experience, The Definitive Guide . Kathi discusses the most important elements of employee experience, the role of pay, trust, wellbeing, and development, and ask the question “why are Walmart, Amazon, Target, and Disney investing billions of dollars in employee career pathways?” Today you cannot...

Facebook’s rebrand to Meta is even bigger than you think. Here are my perspectives on this deal, along with some discussion about Nextdoor , DAO s, STRIVR , Mursion , and why I think Facebook is missing a big opportunity. This is a risky move for the company, and it may take them away from the biggest opportunity they have – fixing the existing business we all know. And also, that Face...