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Phenom is a #HRTech success story: founded in 2011, employing more than 1,500 worldwide, and supporting more than 500 multinational customers. Delivering an exceptional talent experience, Phenom was also one of the early champions of artificial intelligence and its predictive power. In this episode of #TheWork, we chat with Phenom’s CEO, Mahe Bayireddi. He discusses what employers need to consider...

In this episode, we chat with Cristian Grossmann, the CEO and co-founder of Beekeeper, a company that helps solve the disconnect between frontline workers and their managers in the retail, hospitality, manufacturing and construction industries. A former frontline worker himself, Cris understands first-hand the technology that is required to make the frontline workforce more effective. Before takin...

We'd be remiss if we didn't break stride to address the ramifications of NYC Local Law 144 and all things AI. Our own John Sumser is one of the leading experts on artificial intelligence and in this episode of #TheWork he asks (and answers) the tough questions that all of us should be considering as we navigate the nascent world of AI. Thanks for listening to this episode of #TheWork.

Sarah Rodehorst is the CEO of Onwards HR, the leading HR tech provider committed to making separations better for employers and employees. No stranger to the power of technology, Sarah’s expertise includes complex areas including healthcare reform and compliance. After seeing how much organizations struggled with the severance payments and separation regulations intended to ease transitions during...

It’s always fun to learn about new companies that are returning value to their customers from day one! That’s Berlin-based Dado. By applying the principles of product management to HR, Dado becomes the extra team member that supports every stage of the employee experience, consistently and transparently. Arielle Kilroy is Dado’s co-founder, CEO and CPO, who has a fascinating career journey and gam...

This episode features a fascinating conversation with Hung Lee. He curates Recruiting Brainfood, one of the most popular weekly newsletters for the recruiting, HR, and talent industries. His keen expertise and approach to building a vendor-neutral community are respected around the globe. We discuss why some things in the workplace never change such as workers leaving low paying and low flexibilit...

Employment attorney, writer and professor Heather Bussing believes pay equity is the easiest place to start a company’s DEI journey. Straightforward and simple, it’s math and shouldn’t be met with so much resistance. Yet, we all know that we’re years away from true pay equity, especially for women of color. Jeanne was surprised to learn how disparate pay is between men and women in the legal profe...

Blindly copying what successful companies did in the past simply doesn’t work anymore. In this episode of #TheWork podcast, our guest Ben Waber, President and co-founder of Humanyze and one of the world’s leading experts in people analytics, discusses why there is no status quo other than change as the new constant. We discuss how it has exposed the shabbiness of management practices and, of cours...

A pioneering voice in HR tech, William Tincup lives outside the box. In this episode of #TheWork, William punches holes in conventional thinking, shares his envy of Gen Z, and takes us on an unexpected magical mystery tour. John, Jeanne and William used to teach the wildly popular "Master Class in HCM" and by listening to this podcast, you’ll have a front-row seat as to why it was so successful. L...

While speed-to-hire might seem like the all-important recruiting metric, the person stocking the grocery market shelves requires different skills than the trucker who is delivering the merchandise to the store. In this episode of #TheWork, Crosschq CEO Mike Fitzsimmons takes us through an outcome-driven approach to talent acquisition and shares why hiring intelligence – the verified intelligence t...

Leapgen CEO & co-founder Jason Averbook didn't mince words on the latest episode of TheWork. He says that unless HR stops doing what it has been doing for the last 50 years and refocuses within the next five, the function will DIE. Reskilling is part of what will help drive change but even more important is cultivating a mindset of changefulness: the intention and willingness to change. Listen and...

CEO of Socrates, Randy Womack, helps us understand ChatGPT in the context of generative AI and precise AI. Two separate concepts that tend to be erroneously combined, the differences between generative and precise AI should have all of us thinking about how these tools should be used and in which circumstances. Randy shares how ChatGPT’s well written content will influence many aspects of our live...

When it comes to HR technology, Thomas Otter has seen it all. He joined Acadian Ventures from his own advisory firm in March 2022 as a General Partner, advising early-stage technology companies building the future of work. Before that, he led the product management organization at SAP SuccessFactors, Earlier in his career, he was a research vice president at Gartner, responsible for proprietary re...

We kick off the new year with a repeat visit from one of our most popular guests: Meg Bear, President & Chief Product Officer of SAP SuccessFactors. Meg accepted our challenge to discuss ChatGPT - what it means now and what possibilities it holds for the future of work. Her take on how it can be used was refreshing and goes beyond the obvious such as writing marketing content and cover letters. Pl...

George LaRocque holds a special place at the intersection of HR tech funding, M&A, and what's best for customers. In this episode of #TheWork, George muses over how the world is now moving faster than the technology that supports it. We discuss the moniker "Talent Intelligence" and what that means to customers. John questions if we’re still just conquering what hasn't worked before instead of inno...

Why are we making it so difficult to hire? Why are employers expecting candidates to share details of every position ever held and how it ended? Why aren’t hiring managers required to tell candidates how many people they’ve hired in the last five years and where they are now? Restricting information to what can improve decision-making is a big fail for companies in the U.S. says Gerry Crispin, the...

In one of our favorite episodes ever, Ben Waber gives us new ways of thinking by dispelling people decision assumptions and myths. He explores probability and the role of chance, acknowledging how uncertain we are about being certain. If you're responsible for making business decisions - for yourself, your team, your customers and your organization - you'll want to listen to this MIT course in how...

Quiet quitting. The Great Resignation. Low employee engagement. It seems like every headline illuminates how unhappy workers are and what that means to business outcomes. In this episode of #TheWork, Tracey Parsons calls BS. She says we know what employees want and have known for decades. Giving them what they want seems to be the elusive change that employers struggle with and that's why turnover...

Stacey Harris is the keynote speaker on Thursday, September 15 at this year's HR Tech Conference. Why is this so important? Because Stacey conducts the industry's most important buyer decision-making research, which is based on 25+ years of survey data. Stacey observes that HR professionals are stretched to the limit, John jumps in with tough questions about ethics and Jeanne reminds all of us abo...

Cecile Alper-Leroux is GVP of Research and Innovation at UKG. Since 2010, she has focused on fostering a culture of innovation, resulting in the delivery of advanced, people-centric technology solutions and services. Cecile is an economic anthropologist and best-selling author of "From Dissonance to Resonance, Bringing your People and Organization into Sync." In this episode of #TheWork, she quest...

Matt Charney is a legend in the #HRTech category. Known for his ability to see the truth quickly (and call it out), John says Matt is one of the smartest people he knows and Jeanne thinks Matt is a polymath. At HR.com, Matt gets the opportunity to truly shine. In this episode of #TheWork, he talks about HR.com's global community, advisory boards and deep research offerings. Matt also takes us into...

One of the deepest thinkers in the HR tech category, Thomas Otter is our guest on this episode of #TheWork. Thomas helps us understand how disruption at the process level is forcing the evolution of HR systems, especially as work and payments change and organizational models shift. We discuss the innovation happening in the SME, dynamic economic indicators, and how the mobile, aging workforce is d...

Few #HRTech marketers can boast the incredible career of Jess Von Bank. Added to her thoughtful, disciplined approach to people and products, is a deep passion for community: true workforce community, not just "lip service." In this episode, Jess takes us through her ideas for models that truly embrace inclusion and belonging and respect the dynamic nature of the workforce. We enjoyed our chat wit...

In this fascinating episode of #TheWork, we chat with Cornerstone’s Global VP, Strategic Initiatives, Mike Bollinger. He steps us through the resiliency of organizational bias and muses over flat-screen life vs. office hallway conversations. Don’t miss his take on the metaverse and the opportunities it will create for increased innovation through a return to out-of-band conversations with a twist.

Creating pathways back into the workforce for those who've taken a career break is what reacHIRE does and their CEO explains why this is so important to organizations. "A career break is not a career breaker," she says and our co-hosts agree. It was great to learn how skills can be redeployed in new ways, even for jobs that didn't exist previously. Addie also lets listeners know how they can jumps...