NOW of Work

Gerry Crispin returned to speak to his thoughts on the recent DEI executive order. Gerry wrote an article,  Signals Amidst the Noise , that gives some important context for everyone. The weather vane seems to be swinging wildly these days, and offering some thoughtful perspective on where and how this fits into our historical timeline will be helpful for people. One step forward, two steps back, m...

You've been hearing a lot about talent intelligence, or AI-powered insights about your workforce to optimize where and how they're deployed against work for the best business impact. It's more than data analytics, it's about getting more holistic, predictive, and bias-free insights to make the best talent decisions for business. That will change the way we work for good, but how do...

Jess Von Bank has long been a fan of ⁠Mercer⁠'s Global Talent Trends report, even before she worked at Mercer. The research is vast and deep, the insights cut to the chase. That's thanks to ⁠Kate Bravery⁠ and a big, brilliant research team. Kate joins the Digital Meetup to share ⁠Mercer⁠'s 2025 Global Talent Trends, the hottest priorities for HR this year, the real impact of AI on the...

We're a tad obsessed with AI, tech, and tools when it comes to the future of work. All good. But it's good to revisit the human psychology of work once in a while, remember how people learn and communicate, and understand culture and engagement at its foundation. Music and art come in handy as a universal language and concept—ironic, maybe, since we'll throw AI at that to see what happ...

Becoming a skills-based organization is about knowing what skills your people have, need, and want—then tying all of that to the BUSINESS. That’s a lot of intel, and making it relevant and timely is a challenge of its own. But it's worth it: huge business impact and financial gains can be achieved when you get to the heart of skills, and that's exactly why TechWolf has the world's biggest companie...

Every time I think I should throw in the towel on our weekly show, someone comes out of the woodwork and tells me we saved them during Covid. Made them cry when I talked about losing my brother. Shares something important with me. Hugs me at a conference and asks about my feisty kids because they soooooo relate. Introduces their daughter to me for mentorship. Sends me a guest no one knows yet but...

Malcolm Gladwell avoids face-to-face interviews....too "dangerous." Interesting, right? The psychology of meeting strangers was a whole body of research he conducted over a two-year period, and we can't help but think of it when we consider a new HR Tech category that's heating up in the Age of AI: INTERVIEW INTELLIGENCE. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIgm5ap3SPM On this episode we meet  Mark Si...

Are you ready to revolutionize how hiring managers and recruiters collaborate? This episode, we're thrilled to host  David Nason  and  Master Burnett  from  HireBrain , where they share their innovative approach to reimagining how jobs and requirements are both defined and filled. Fresh off a win at HR Tech’s Pitchfest in October 2024, they are ready to break down the pillars of hiring and talk ab...

Have you ever watched a sports team that’s got great players but just can’t seem to pull off a win? There could be a number of factors at play. Perhaps they don’t gel as a team, or the game-time conditions don’t favor their strengths. Maybe there’s a clash between the players and the coaching style. In the end, it’s not that the players are bad, they’re just in the wrong configuration or environme...

No one seems to be slowing down yet before the end of the year -- if anything, organizations are in full blown strategy and execution mode while they sort out investments and priorities for 2025. We had a fun week on the road, including time spent with UKG Labs. What a cool concept: an in-house virtual laboratory and startup ecosystem to identify and nurture early stage technologies helping to adv...

Jess Von Bank is and joined by guest Sarah Reynolds (They/Them) Chief Marketing Officer at HiBob to explore themes of community, emotional well-being, and the importance of inclusivity in the workplace. This important conversations follows the highly charged, much anticipated major US political election during the week of Nov. 5. No, it's not all we have to talk about. It does have us wondering a...

Lance Haun, TSC’s VP of Market Insights, joins Jess and Jason to chat about AI and EX. For more than a decade, Lance has been focused on all things HR, recruiting and talent management technology. So, what’s on his mind lately? Lance wonders if we’ve taken a step back from employee experience. “Is AI the antidote or poison (maybe a bit of both)?”  Let’s get into it! 

We had Mr. New York Times Himself on this Digital Meetup! If you didn't catch it,  Kyle Lagunas  and Hebba Youssef were a NYT feature not so long ago with a pretty blasphemous exposé revealing employees aren't the only ones who hate HR -- HR hates HR. Ahhhh, who doesn't love an irreverent headline.  Kyle explains. HR is over it -- since the pandemic for sure, maybe before. Anyone else feel that? T...

Bradley Schurman, Founder & CEO of Human Change & Founder of New Rules Media, returns to the Now of Work Digital Meetup to continue the conversation on labor demographics and how it's effecting the future of work. Whether we like it or not, change is in store. At Human Change, they anticipate and solve challenges associated with demographic change by providing strategic foresight and strat...

Thrilled to welcome Daniel Crosby, Ph. D. , who writes books with the coolest titles:  Everyone You Love Will Die 😥  You're Not that Great 🤷‍♀️  The Laws of Wealth 💰  The Behavioral Investor 💲  ...and now The Soul of Wealth. 💛  Today he'll chat with our Now of Work community about the impact of financial stress in the workplace, why financial education isn't enough to promote financial wellne...

In this episode, we hear the story of Vertex Pharmaceuticals, and it's a great one. Because their story is a people story. They've undergone tremendous transformation you might call Digital Transformation, but "digital" is a means to an end. At Vertex, transformation serves to amplify their tremendous culture and create talent velocity throughout the organization. Tune in to hear Kimberly Rose, Ex...

Jess Von Bank is joined by guest co-host Tara Cooper, Market Analyst at Mercer. Together the duo tackle themes surrounding AI, HR technology, and community engagement. They share their insights on AI's impact on health and wellbeing, and the role of HR in navigating these changes. The discussion emphasizes the importance of education, inclusivity, and addressing disparities in wellbeing soluti...

Our Now of Work community welcomed Stacey Harris of Sapient Insights Group, Zach Chertok from IDC, and Stacia Garr of RedThread Research to the meetup. This uber smart panel of industry analyst friends joins us at the onset of a busy HR Tech fall conference season to help SUMMARIZE 📌 2024 so far and LOOK AHEAD 👀 to themes and challenges promising to carry us into 2025. So far, 2024 has been full...

We welcome  Madeline Laurano  back to our Meetup! Are we getting a little broad and loose with the term Talent Intelligence? -- YEP. Madeline will explain. She'll also share new capabilities around  #interview  intelligence, hot-off-the-press insights from  Workhuman , and a new research effort with  Torin Ellis  on reducing  #bias  with  #AI .

Jason Averbook and Jess Von Bank share personal and work-related highs and lows, exploring their experiences of success, loss and powerful spelling capabilities. With a twist, Jaycee Grider , Visual Design Consultant and podcast producer at Mercer, joins as a guest to share about her upcoming, first-time trip to Burning Man. Whether you're a word enthusiast, a fan of personal stories, or simpl...

Jason and Jess are joined by Dan Beck, President and Chief Product Officer at SAP SuccessFactors to chat it up about the perfect storm of skills, intelligence, data, AI, and what's on Dan's radar as he completes his first year in his newest role at SAP. Together, they explain the importance of skills and re-skilling in the digital age as well as the need for a cultural shift towards skills...

In this conversation, Jason Averbook is joined by Katie Jenkins, Global Product Portfolio Director - Work Architecture @ Mercer, to discuss the importance of skills in the workplace and how organizations can leverage skills to make talent decisions. They explore the difference between skills and competencies and the challenges and opportunities of implementing a skills-based strategy. They emphasi...

The Digital Meetup welcomes special guest Gerry Crispin . Gerry has a bunch of well-founded data and well-formed suspicions about what education is likely to produce in the next 10 years if we don't intervene as employers. Do we need to further pique interest? Gerry borrows from the 10 principles of Burning Man, including radical inclusion and transparency as a means to demonstrate fairness. M...

You deserve some TLC! Wind down from the work week with Jason and Jess as they catch up on their latest conference experience in Singapore, industry updates like the SHRM DEI announcement and, of course, a much needed Now of Work community check in.

As AI hiring tools have become increasingly more common and accessible, what does that mean for the future of work? Where does AI fit in a people-first recruiting approach? In this conversation, Jason Averbook and Jess Von Bank are joined by Ben Sesser, Co-founder and CEO of BrightHire, to discuss the process of hiring with assistance of AI and technology. BrightHire is an AI copilot for hiring us...