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Suzanne Wertheim, PhD - Why Inclusive Language is Strategic and Effective in Business12 Sep 202400:49:25

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Summary:

Suzanne Wertheim, Ph.D. is a researcher, consultant, and educator of strategic and effective language in business. She’s talked at conferences, annual events, and leadership summits about the why’s, the how’s, and the power of adopting inclusive language. She’s also the author of The Inclusive Language Field Guide

In this episode, Suzanne talks about addressing fears surrounding poor communication; how context affects what might be considered acceptable (or offensive) language; and how we can strive for inclusive language without falling victim to politically-motivated narratives. 


Chapters:

[0:00 - 6:01] Introduction

  • Welcome, Suzanne!
  • Today’s Topic: How to Communicate Better by Using Inclusive Language

[6:02 - 17:53] Suzanne’s response to people’s worries about poor communication

  • Why humans feel so compelled to comment on differences even if we know we shouldn’t
  • Communication dos and don’ts may look different for different people

[17:54 - 33:03] How does context influence how you should communicate?

  • Identifying and replacing existing biases
  • The key to replacing insensitive linguistic habits for good

[33:04 - 47:49] How do recent political events affect how we communicate? 

  • The number one rule of inclusive grammar: reflect reality
  • How status affects how we communicate

[47:50 - 49:25] Closing

  • Thanks for listening!


Quotes:

“[One] principle of inclusive language is ‘show respect.’ . . . and showing respect for some people shows up differently than showing respect for other people.”

“Language skills build up slowly over time . . . it just takes time to get to that pattern recognition and get enough data into your brain.”

Resources tab 

The Inclusive Language Field Guide 

Dr. Wertheim’s Newsletter 



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Mark Scherer, PhD - How To Improve Your Emotional Intelligence and Why You Should05 Sep 202400:45:46

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Mark Scherer, PhD had been a life-long entrepreneur until a severe accident motivated him to pivot to coaching. In 2018, Mark founded Encompass Life, a professional training and coaching company, and developed Quantum Leap Technique™ coaching. 

In this episode, Mark talks about the problems we face when we don’t work on our emotional intelligence; the processes we can use to gain control over and improve our emotional intelligence; and how improving our emotional intelligence can positively impact all aspects of life. 


Chapters:

[0:00 - 5:49] Introduction

  • Welcome, Mark!
  • Today’s Topic: Improving Your Emotional Intelligence

[5:50 - 18:23] What is the problem?

  • How poor emotional intelligence stems from childhood woundings
  • The impact of being comfortably miserable in your “familiar zone”

[18:24 - 30:27] How to gain more control over your own emotional intelligence

  • Using the “Quantum Leap” technique
  • Using language to reframe and resolve issues

[30:28 - 42:11] How do improvements to emotional intelligence ripple throughout all aspects of life

  • How healing one aspect of your life will affect all other aspects
  • On managing emotional reactions at work and in life

[42:12 - 45:45] Final Thoughts & Closing

  • A brief comment on woundings in the workplace
  • Thanks for listening!


Quotes:

“To really have the life you love, you gotta find what limits you the most is also what you hate the most about yourself and what you defend the most.”

“What people fear the most is giving up their excuses—they fear giving up their identity. Who would you be if you didn’t have that fear?”

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NYCA Spring Panel - Tackling the New Complexities of Compensation Planning27 Jun 202401:03:28

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This episode is a recording of panel discussion that took place during the recent NYCA event in which Sean Luitjens, General Manager of total rewards analytics at Visier, Jackie Rubin, Associate Director of talent and rewards at Willis Towers Watson, and K.C. Weinraub, VP of total rewards at eHealth, answer questions posed by our very own David Turetsky. 


In this episode, Sean, Jackie, and KC talk about the past, present, and future world of pay and tackling the new complexities of compensation planning.


Chapters:

[0:00 - 9:46] Introduction

  • Welcome, Sean, Jackie, and KC!
  • Today’s Topic: Tackling the New Complexities of Compensation Planning

[9:47 - 17:30] In what surprising ways does pay affect compensation planning?

  • Communication of compensation plans is increasingly becoming HR’s scope
  • Developing a data strategy before rolling out an AI strategy

[17:31 - 36:01] What pay decision issues are we anticipating for the rest of 2024?

  • Developing managers as opposed to “knighting” managers
  • How employees weigh compensation vs. benefits when looking for a jobs

[36:02 - 49:39] Predicting for changes in compensation planning in 2025

  • Why it might make sense to revise compensation plans more frequently
  • How pay increases might change in the future

[49:40 - 62:36] BONUS: What scares you about the future of pay?

  • Legislation regarding exempt vs. non-exempt employees

[62:37 - 63:28] Closing

  • Thanks for listening!


Quotes

“We have to train our managers and our leaders on how to talk about [compensation plans] to the populations within our organizations.”

“I think compensation planning will become more cyclical—three or four times a year. . . . I think that will help with the employee experience and with the manager experience.”

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Jessica Miller-Merrell - SHRM 2022 Series - What CHROs Are Dealing With Today08 Sep 202200:15:47

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Jessica Miller-Merrell is an HR practitioner turned entrepreneur and the founder of Workology, a two-time Forbes recognized human resources, workplace, and recruiting resource established in 2005. Workology reaches 800,000 HR practitioners every single month and strives to help them elevate their businesses. Jessica is also the host of the Workology Podcast, which recently published its CHRO series. 

In this episode, Jessica talks about her new HR Benchmark Survey and how it’s going to help shed some light on what CHROs are dealing with today. 

Chapters:

[0:00 -3:31] Introduction

•Welcome, Jessica!

•Today’s Topic: What are CHROs Dealing with Today?

[3:32 -8:56] Why build a CHRO survey and where would people get this data previously?

•How Jessica’s interviews with CHROs highlighted a need for more data

•How do small and medium sized businesses (SMBs) differ from others?

[8:57 -15:09] What is the goal of the CHRO survey?

•Quarterly updates and information trends

•Pushing wider acceptance and use of data analytics in HR

[15:10 -15:47] Closing

•Thanks for listening!

Quotes:

“I started doing the interviews and to date we've had over 50 interviews with heads of HR, but I was finding that it was just anecdotal [conversations]. . . . So we launched what we called the HR Benchmark Survey.”

“Innovation is everything. The more diversity we have in terms of people we bring into the profession of human resources, I think the better it is for everyone because we're dreaming up new things.”

Contact:

Jessica's LinkedIn
David's LinkedIn
Dwight's LinkedIn

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Lenna Turner and David Turetsky - SHRM 2022 Series - The Plunkett Pay Equity Framework01 Sep 202200:58:33

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This past June, at SHRM22, our very own Lenna Turner, Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Salary.com, and David Turetsky had the opportunity to host a session on pay equity while presenting an overview of the Plunkett Pay Equity Framework. Lenna and David begin by addressing the importance of pay equity today and then lay out the six steps to achieving pay equity in your organization. In this episode, Lenna and David talk about pay equity and how to achieve it. 

Chapters:

[0:00 -4:30] Introduction

•This episode was recorded live at SHRM22!

•A New Perspective: Pay Equity and How to Achieve It

[4:31 -15:56] Why is pay equity important today?

•It’s the right thing to do!

•Pay equity legislation

[15:57 -42:33] What is pay equity and the 6 steps to achieving it

•Mandate pay equity

•Group comparable jobs

•Model internal equity

•Benchmark external competitiveness

•Communicate transparently

•Update continuously

[42:34 -58:33] Final Thoughts & Closing

•Use these 6 steps to get ahead of the pay equity curve

•Thanks for listening!

Quotes:

“The first and critical step [to pay equity]. . . is working with your senior leaders and the board of directors to make sure that it is mandated by them, and it's therefore important.”

“This method . . . sets you up to, first of all, get that mandate because now you have a process that you can translate into an action plan that your CEO and your board can actually support and approve and fund.”

Contact:

Lenna's LinkedIn
David's LinkedIn

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Carlee Wolfe - Change Management: Starting Simply25 Aug 202200:33:10

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Summary:

Carlee Wolfe is an insightful people and culture business partner with deep, rich experience accelerating change, transforming cultures, and elevating performance to achieve business objectives in multiple industries. She has spent her career exploring her passion for inclusion, organizational development, leadership, change, and capability development. Most recently, Carlee served in transformative leadership roles at major brands such as Under Armor and Hyatt Hotels. 

In this episode, Carlee talks about ways that we can simplify change management and how we measure it. 

Chapters:

[0:00 -5:51] Introduction

•Welcome, Carlee!

•Today’s Topic: Simplifying Change Management

[5:52 -12:33] The importance of change management

•Measuring the success of change in simple ways

•Maintaining a focus on the “why” and the “how”

[12:34 -24:55] How has Carlee evolved her changes measures over the years?

•It all comes down to information, support, and encouragement

•Making sure people are still participating in the change

•The role leadership plays in checking in on people going through change

[24:56 -30:59] Carlee’s favorite way of measuring change

•Making a before/after comparison

•Gathering new, relevant insights

[31:00 -33:10] Final Thoughts & Closing

•Recognizing the difference between data and insights

•Thanks for listening!

Quotes:

“Information, support, and encouragement . . . If you're doing these three things as a leader, you're going to have better success in facilitating your transformation than you would have if not thinking about them at all.”

“There's data and there's also insight. And I think we spend a lot of time talking about, ‘how do we get insights that are gonna matter?’ I think those insights can be reported in meaningful ways, right? . . . So I would just encourage folks to continue to find those insights. And when you're stuck, [ask yourself], ‘what's the most simple thing that we can go after today to at least get some of those insights?’”

Contact:

Carlee's LinkedIn
David's LinkedIn
Dwight's LinkedIn

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Podcast Manger: Karissa Harris

To schedule a meeting with us: https://salary.com/hrdlconsulting

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Nadia Clifford - Issues and Pitfalls with Managing Complex Technology Initiatives18 Aug 202200:26:41

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Nadia Clifford is passionate about transforming and reinventing complex technology organizations through efficient processes and collaboration. Her entire career she’s been at the forefront of digital transformations, even before this term existed. Her penchant for taking on new challenges has propelled her into different industries throughout the years (e.g., biotech, HR & payroll, retail, media, financial services, crypto, and banking). She has also worked in a range of roles, like Java software engineer, analyst, Scrum Master, and Product Owner to name a few. It’s that range of experience that makes her an effective technology leader and coach. In this episode, Nadia talks about the biggest pitfalls that people run into when managing complex technology initiatives, including product management in HR technology. 

Chapters:

[0:00 -6:10] Introduction

•Welcome, Nadia!

•Today’s Topic: Issues and pitfalls with managing complex technology initiatives

[6:11 -11:06] Lack of Vision: Creating a solution for an unidentified problem

•Who is running into the problem? Why are you trying to solve it?

•Not delivering on the intended value because resources are stretched too thin

[11:07 -15:39] Everything is a #1 priority

•Learning to say “no” or “not now”

•How deliverables and feedback can inform, or possibly even change, the vision

[15:40 -24:53] Lack of communication and/or buy-in

•Get buy-in by letting people experience the problem you’re trying to solve

•Balancing frequent communication with work-life

•Has remote work has affected how people work together?

[24:54 -26:41] Final Thoughts & Closing

•Getting feedback sooner than later is critical to complex technologies’ success

•Thanks for listening!

Quotes:

“Prioritization is not just saying ‘yes’, . . . it's also saying ‘no’ to everything else. And it takes a lot of guts to say ‘no’.”

“If a product manager really wants their stakeholders or their development teams to hear their message, they need to use every possible communication channel.”

Contact:

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David's LinkedIn
Dwight's LinkedIn

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Podcast Manger: Karissa Harris

To schedule a meeting with us: https://salary.com/hrdlconsulting

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David Turetsky and Dwight Brown - ADP Pro Series 2022 - Lessons for HR from Medical Quality Analytics11 Aug 202200:25:56

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While on the road at the ADP Pro Summit in Dallas, Dwight and David talked about Dwight’s past experience at Mayo Clinic working with quality analytics. This episode is a bit of a case study in process automation and how it can, in some cases, save lives. 

Chapters:

[0:00 -2:23] Introduction

•Today’s Topic: Process Automation

[2:24 -11:31] Examining processes and recognizing what can be automated

•Manual processes can be time consuming and can use up valuable resources

•The importance of investing in change management

[11:32 -18:29] Examples of business processes that could benefit from automation

•How we can improve personnel action forms

•Small changes and incremental improvement

[18:30 -24:45] Tackling small process changes in HR

•Job tables

•Performance management

[24:46 -25:56] Final Thoughts & Closing

•Thanks for listening!

Quotes:

“One of the big barriers that we had to get past was people letting go of their processes.”

“I think if organizations could move [toward automating their performance management processes], their ability to do performance management, both proactive and reactive performance management, is enhanced.”

Contacts:

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Dwight's LinkedIn

Need some help producing your podcast? Reach out to Carl from Affogato Media at info@affogatomedia.com or visit affogatomedia.com to learn more.

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Kevin Campbell - Program Measurement and Evaluation: Lean Times Ahead for HR04 Aug 202200:36:37

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Summary:

Kevin Campbell, employee experience scientist with Qualtrics, is back again for another fascinating discussion with David and Dwight! Kevin creates and implements plans for strategic positioning with company executives and high-level leaders with the goal of improving the employee experience. Prior to his current role at Qualtrics, Kevin served as a Lead People Scientist for Culture Amp where he helped organizations like Airbnb, Palo Alto Networks, and ServiceNow reinvent and optimize their performance management and employee engagement initiatives. In this episode, Kevin talks about program evaluation and program effectiveness. 

Chapters:

[0:00 -4:31] Introduction

•Welcome, Kevin!

•Today’s Topic: Program Evaluation and Program Effectiveness

[4:32 -12:58] How current HR program spending trends came to be 

•The importance of measure outcomes and not only completion

•Recognizing what needs to be accomplished with a program

[12:59 -25:31] How can we improve surveys for better qualitative data? 

•Daily surveys that we take as consumers vs surveys that we take at work

•Lessons that HR can learn from the customer experience department

[25:32 -35:03] How can we harness unstructured data to measure the employee 

experience?

•Employees sharing their experience outside of work and on social media

•The importance of truly randomized, AB testing

[35:04 -36:37] Final Thoughts & Closing

•If you organization needs to make cuts to HR, better it be your program than you

•Thanks for listening!

Quotes:

“A lot of work done in humanitarian aid, as an example, [has] flaws around measuring whether or not the food or supplies was delivered . . . rather than measuring the true outcome, which is whether or not people go to bed hungry. When you fail to measure the true outcome and you only measure the widgets produced or the bags of rice delivered, you could be having things where there's an unequal distribution of those supplies that you're offering, or it ends up benefiting only some families more than others.” 

“One of the problems with the traditional survey is that you're already defining the universe of responses and questions. . . . So those unknown unknowns aren't even in your field of awareness.”

Resources:
Upstream by Dan Heath

Contact:

Kevin's LinkedIn
David's LinkedIn
Dwight's LinkedIn

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Podcast Manger: Karissa Harris

To schedule a meeting with us: https://salary.com/hrdlconsulting

For more HR Data Labs®, enjoy the HR Data Labs Brown Bag Lunch Hours every Friday at 2:00PM-2:30PM EST. Check it out here: https://hrdatalabs.com/brown-bag-lunch/

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David Turetsky and Dwight Brown - ADP Pro Series 2022 - Compensation Benchmarking28 Jul 202200:19:30

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While on the road at the ADP Pro Summit in Dallas, Dwight and David talked about compensation benchmarking in hopes of demystifying it and breaking down how it works. They list some of the beneficial aspects of benchmarking and other areas that present opportunities for improvement. 

Chapters:

[0:00 -3:20] Introduction

•Today’s Topic: Compensation benchmarking

[3:21 -8:48] How companies can use compensation benchmarking to learn more about their workforce

•Large data sets are readily available

•How technology has enabled us to have more confidence in the data we use

[8:49 -17:31] Where are the opportunities to improve compensation benchmarking?

•Training HR employees on the ins and outs of the compensation process

•The importance of understating the surveys that you’re using

•How job descriptions (or the lack thereof) can impact the results of a benchmarking project

[17:32 -19:29] Summary & Closing

•Seek out help from experts for benchmarking projects

•Thanks for listening!

Quotes:

“I can take two different surveys looking at the same industry and I can get vastly different results. . . . I see people come in using one survey and I think they don't necessarily know what the positives and pitfalls of that particular survey are.”

“Anybody who tries to make matching and survey processes into science experiments—they fail. . . . You can know who the participants are, and the person could have done a really good job matching, but they could have excluded a bunch of people because [of whatever reason]. . .. [I’m] not trying to say they did anything nefarious, but it just happens.”

Contacts:

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Need some help producing your podcast? Reach out to Carl from Affogato Media at info@affogatomedia.com or visit affogatomedia.com to learn more.

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Jeremy Feinstein and Kevin Plunkett - WorldatWork 2022 Series - The Past, Present, and Future of Compensation Surveys21 Jul 202200:22:24

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Jeremy Feinstein is the managing director at Empsight International, LLC, a Human Resource consulting firm that specializes in compensation consulting and helps companies make strategic decisions involving their employees. Jeremy primarily focuses on conducting compensation surveys in niche markets, both domestically and internationally. Kevin Plunkett is the VP of Partnership at Salary.com. He has 15+ years of human capital experience in high-growth technical organizations and he specializes in staffing consulting and business development. 

In this episode, David and Kevin talk with Jeremy about the future of surveys. 

Chapters:

[0:00 -2:36] Introduction

•Welcome, Jeremy and Kevin!

•Today’s Topic: What is the future of surveys? 

[2:37 -9:27] Jeremy’s perspective on surveys of the past

•The challenges of surveying companies 

•How new job roles and titles have changed the makeup of compensation

[9:28 -13:14] How today’s surveys are created and used

•Using custom data science software to recognize errors and problems in data

•Why matching as much data as possible yields to more robust results

[13:15 -21:43] The future of compensation surveys and data

•Capturing total compensation in surveys

•Leveraging AI to draw meaningful information from raw data

[21:44 -22:24] Final Thoughts & Closing

•Thanks for listening!

Quotes:

“The AI-modeled data and the crowdsource data are very useful for an individual just to understand what their value is when they're negotiating a compensation package with an employer is very valuable . . . I think there's always gonna be a role for salary surveys and the more they can automate it, the better.”

“We're gonna have to go beyond just compensation and look at the total rewards package. Just drawing intelligence from all the different compensation data and deriving more analytics from it and providing data for decisions, more than just the raw data itself.”

Contact:
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Kevin Plunkett LinkedIn
Jeremy Feinstein LinkedIn

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Marc McBrearty and Kevin Plunkett - WorldatWork 2022 Series - Marc McBrearty and Kevin Plunkett - Compensation Surveys: Past, Present and Future14 Jul 202200:39:20

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Marc McBrearty is the North American Practice Leader, Rewards Data & Software at Willis Towers Watson. His years working in the financial services industry helped him hone his skills in HR consulting, executive pay, broad-based employee compensation, and compensation software. Kevin Plunkett is the VP of Partnership at Salary.com. He has 15+ years of human capital experience in high-growth technical organizations and he specializes in staffing consulting and business development. In this episode, David and Kevin talk with Marc about the past, present, and future of surveys. 

Chapters:
[0:00 -2:56] Introduction

•Welcome, Marc and Kevin!

•Today’s Topic: The Past, Present, and Future of Surveys


[2:57 -9:03] Looking back at surveying of the past

•Why surveys now last only weeks when they used to last months

•HR needs more, good data to be part of the conversations that drive business


[9:04 -30:19] Good data: why it’s needed and how to validate it

•What defines “good data”?

•There’s validity in having multiple data sources

•How pay transparency affects all parties involved in recruitment


[30:20 -39:19] The future of surveying

•The importance of vendor-client partnerships for good, realtime data

•The differences in needs and use cases for realtime data

•Final Thoughts & Closing

•Thanks for listening!


Quotes:

“That's where I see big improvements coming in the next three to five years: artificial intelligence; data science.”

“I wonder: when somebody says, 'I want realtime data,' do they really want realtime data for their entire population, or do they want realtime data for data scientists?”

Contact:
David Turetsky LinkedIn
Kevin Plunkett LinkedIn
Marc McBrearty LinkedIn

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Belinda Roberts - WorldatWork 2022 Series - The Future of Compensation Data30 Jun 202200:25:59

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Belinda Roberts is the North America Survey Products Leader at Mercer. She’s passionate about HR and has some experience-backed insights into compensation data, it’s current state, and where it’s heading. Kevin Plunkett is the VP of Partnership at Salary.com. He has 15+ years of human capital experience in high-growth technical organizations and he specializes in staffing consulting and business development. In this episode, David and Kevin talk with Belinda about the future of compensation data.


Chapters: [0:00 - 2:16] Introduction

• Welcome, Belinda and Kevin!

• Today’s Topic: The Future of Compensation Data

[2:17 - 9:02] Survey data: its history and where is stands currently

• Acquisition of survey data is still a very high friction process

• Why realtime feedback was a significant innovation


[9:03 - 21:05] How should we be blending traditional data sources and new data sources? 

• When certain data sources/sets benefit specific types of companies and employees

• How pay transparency has evolved over the years


[21:06 - 25:18] What’s the future of compensation data?

• Will we see a pivot toward skills-based pay?

• Personalized pay and rewards for employees based on their needs


[25:19 - 25:59] Final Thoughts & Closing

•Thanks for listening!


Quotes:

“We need to question what competitiveness is. I think base salary is kind of table stakes, right? It's all [about] the other stuff that factors into how competitive is your job that you are trying to hire or retain people in.”

“You mentioned pay transparency before— it's that transparency of the philosophy around how organizations pay. I think a lot of employees don't believe that their comp teams really know what they're doing, and I think that's because they just haven't been transparent.”

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David's LinkedIn
Kevin's LinkedIn

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Jonathan Whistman - How to Use AI to Improve Recruitment20 Jun 202400:45:26

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Jonathan Whistman is the author of The Sales Boss and current CEO of WhoHire, an AI-powered talent intelligent platform for the trades. In this episode, Jonathan talks about problems with current recruitment processes, how AI integration can fix those problems, and why leaders and managers may need to reframe how they think of AI in the workplace. 

Chapters:

[0:00 - 6:08] Introduction

  • Welcome, Jonathan!
  • Today’s Topic: How to Use AI to Improve Recruitment

[6:09 - 11:29] What’s wrong with the current recruitment process?

  • People can inadvertently fall into patterns
  • High-value recruiters can spend a lot of time on application review

[11:30 - 23:31] Will HR’s implementation of AI eliminate the need of HR practitioners?

  • Pairing AI with automations for a more active recruitment process
  • AI should not discount the fact that HR processes still affect real people’s livelihoods

[23:32 - 43:47] Do leaders and managers need to reframe how they think about AI nowadays?

  • Technological growth is accelerating at an unforeseen rate
  • How the ever-changing world affects how leaders should view and run their businesses

[43:48 - 45:26] Closing

  • Thanks for listening!


Quotes

“When you’re looking at your hiring process, look at it as a two-sided coin where you really want to give as much control [as possible] to the applicant.”

“I think in the future we’ll have a life concierge that is an AI that knows us more intimately than we know ourselves and can proactively go out and find opportunities that we’re uniquely suited for. ”

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David Turetsky - WorldatWork 2022 Series - Talent Intelligence: The Evolution of People Analytics23 Jun 202201:03:29

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David Turetsky is a  passionate speaker and at this year’s WorldatWork ’22 conference, he gave a presentation titled, Talent Intelligence: The Evolution of People Analytics. For the first time in HR Data Labs history, we’re showcasing a presentation that was given at a major conference! As you’ll hear, the audience thoroughly enjoyed it, and we want to know your thoughts too. Consider giving us some feedback on our website because we would love to hear from you. 

In this episode, David talks about the evolution of people analytics. 


Chapters:

[0:00 - 1:41] Introduction

  • This episode was recorded live at WorldatWork ’22!
  • Talent Intelligence: The Evolution of People Analytics

[1:42 - 15:54] How do we make decisions?

  • Audience poll: “Describe how you make decisions in one word”
  • Showing your work before making decisions

[15:55 - 39:54] What is People Analytics? 

  • People analytics are insights
  • Helping managers understand the data
  • The rise of AI and ML and how we interact with it

[39:55 - 60:36] What is Talent Intelligence?

  • Talent intelligence is knowledge
  • Helping managers make better decisions
  • Working with clean data benefits people analytics

[60:37 - 63:29] Q&A and Closing

  • Q&A
  • Thanks for listening!


Quotes:

“At the end of the day, what do I want to do for my managers? I don't want them to fail, I want them to make better decisions.”

“Ask better questions. You have the data; you have the capability; it's there. You will deliver better insights, and you will hopefully get better decisions made.”

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Garry Straker - WorldatWork 2022 Series - Pay Equity Strategies16 Jun 202200:13:29

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Garry Straker has more than 20 years of experience providing total rewards consulting services to a diverse list of clients from a variety of industries including technology, logistics, higher education, non-profit, healthcare, public sector, and more. Garry’s focuses on helping organizations achieve strategic goals by leveraging technology, data, and labor market insights to design sustainable, market-aligned total compensation plans. His expertise includes developing rewards programs that are appropriately aligned with workplace culture, and business priorities. Garry is an active member of WorldatWork and a board member of the Colonial Total Rewards Association. He is also a certified employee benefits specialist with fellowship status. He has been a presenter on human resources, compensation and benefits topics at national and regional conferences, including the WorldatWork Pay Equity Symposium, SHRM, CBIA, CUPA and SACUBO. In this episode, Garry Straker talks about sourcing and working with good sets of data. 

[0:00 -1:31] Introduction

•Welcome, Garry!

•Today’s Topic: Sourcing and working with good data. 

[1:32 -6:58] What are the biggest issues with getting good data for pay equity analyses

•Data is often incomplete

•Incomplete data should not prevent organizations from doing pay equity analyses

[6:59 -12:51] What are your thoughts on privacy laws concerning an organization’s people data? 

•Why this may be just the beginning

•What to do with an employee that may choose to opt out of HR processes

•Helping employees understand how their data is being used

[12:52 -13:29] Final Thoughts & Closing

•Thanks for listening!

Quotes:
“I think organizations are going to have to develop processes and systems to be able to compile a more complete data. It's not going to happen overnight . . . If they're going to continue to do pay equity analyses credibly, they're going to have to make a commitment to obtaining that data all the time.”

“I think US companies, and I think employers generally, are probably going to have to start helping employees understand how they're using their data.”

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Dino Zincarini - ADP Pro Series 2022 - Compensation Strategies in a Turbulent World09 Jun 202200:17:53

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While on the road at the ADP Pro Summit, David sits down with colleague Dino Zincarini to talk about compensation strategies, how they’re being challenged, and how some companies are navigating the necessary change. 

In this episode, Dino talks about compensation trends and insights from his latest projects.

Chapters: [0:00 -1:41] Introduction

•Welcome, Dino!

•Today’s Topic: Compensation strategy and trends

[1:50 -12:06] Are current compensation strategies working?

•How working from home affects compensation strategies

•Will pay transparency be affected by compensation policy changes?

[12:18 -16:19] Practical first steps for revamping compensation strategies

•Begin by understanding your compensation strategy

•Review your people data

[16:28 -17:53] Final Thoughts & Closing

•Embrace challenges and opportunities

•Thanks for listening!

Quotes:

“In particular, what's been interesting to me, looking for bigger trends, has been that the entire comp strategy is starting to be questioned. And that's a much bigger question that people haven't really been prepared to ask.”

“HR has opportunities everywhere there's challenges. These are also exciting opportunities for us. Data cleansing is an opportunity to elevate the value of the information we curate. Compensation disruption is an opportunity to elevate our value in leading a change in an area that would otherwise hurt a company. These are all opportunities to really show why we're here and the value we provide.”

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David Turetsky and Dwight Brown - Season 3 Recap02 Jun 202200:31:11

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Summary:

As Season 3 of the HR Data Labs Podcast comes to a close, David and Dwight take a look back at its episodes, its guests, and some key lessons. They also throw out some predictions for the future of HR. 


Chapters:

[0:00 - 5:05] Introduction

  • Welcome… David and Dwight!
  • Today’s Topic: Season 3 Recap

[5:06 - 17:09] Looking back at Season 3

  • Revisiting episodes, topics, and common themes
  • Key lessons from Seasons 3

[17:10 - 21:31] Looking forward to Season 4

  • What themes can you expect?
  • Will we be seeing you at HR Tech?

[21:32 - 27:49] Carnac David and Carnac Dwight make predictions for the world of HR data analytics and technology

  • Will we see a lasting focus on integrating and utilizing HR technology?
  • How are inflationary pressures on the government going to affect HR?

[27:50 - 31:11] Final Thoughts & Closing

  • Want to be a guest on the show? Reach out to us!
  • See you next season!


Quotes:

“What is amazing to me is the fact that we're moving from a mindset of HR being company driven to HR and companies being employee-driven.” 

“I do think that even with a softening of the labor market, we're never going to see it flipped back to things not being employee-driven. And we got to keep our eye on the ball of keeping things employee-driven.” 


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Tim Freestone - Finding Data Analytics Talent26 May 202200:29:52

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Tim Freestone starting out initially as a financial analyst in a large smash repairs, believe it or not, but has since spent his career in analytics. He left the world of forecasting balance sheets & income statements to progress into commercial analytics and then eventually into data analytics, where he lead an analytics team in a travel tech company. Through his career Tim has gotten great firsthand experience in being both a candidate and a hiring manager in analytics. It’s this direct exposure to the myriad of issues in analytics hiring that led Tim to found Alooba, a skills assessment platform for data literacy, analytics, and data science.

Alooba’s vision is to create a world where everyone can get the job they deserve. This is a world (we can all agree) far from the one we live in right now.

Today we discuss finding skilled and qualified data analytics resources. Just posting a job, reviewing resumes and interviewing is not enough. How can we ensure the data analytics resources you hire have the skills you need?

Chapters:

[0:00 - 4:13] Introduction

  • Welcome, Tim!
  • Today’s Topic: Fixing the broken aspects of hiring analytics 

[4:14 - 11:15] Resumes and CV’s

  • Why hasn’t the resume changed in over 500 years?
  • Removing all the noise in a CV and collecting better data on candidates

[11:16 - 17:52] Interviews

  • The benefits of giving interview structure
  • How to develop good questions for interviews

[17:53 - 26:34] Sourcing

  • Look at role requirements; each requirement filters the candidate pool down further
  • Sometimes sourcing does not need to be external

[26:35 - 29:52] Final Thoughts & Closing

  • It’s all about selecting the best data at each step
  • Thanks for listening!


Quotes:

“We need to get to a point where we have a much more fair, objective way of making [hiring] decisions. I think in general, that's one of the big issues with hiring is even though it's such an important decision, people rely so much on their gut and intuition and heuristics, whereas really we need to make it a much more rational, objective decision.”

“It's all about collecting the best data at each step—if that's the application step, the interview step, the testing step—and making the decisions based on that data. A rational objective decision, rather than the pure gut-feel intuition approach.”

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Adriana DiNenno - Collaboration in HR Technology for You and Your Network’s Advantage19 May 202200:33:46

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Adriana DiNenno is a product manager for Infor People Solutions and has been with the company for 13 years. Day-to-day, she is a jack of all trades, working on a variety of applications within the HR Talent suite from Core HR to Health & Safety to Employee Relations. 

About a year ago, Adriana founded a group at Infor called the “Infor People Wellbeing”. It’s an employee resource group that focuses on all dimensions of an employee’s wellbeing, from the mental to physical to emotional, etc. The group strives to create a safe environment at work. Adriana is also the co-chair of “Infor People Wellbeing”.  

In this episode, Adriana talks about how collaboration in HR technology can be an advantage for you and your network. 


Chapters:

[0:00 - 4:51] Introduction

  • Welcome, Adriana!
  • Today’s Topic: Advantages of collaboration in HR technology

[4:52 - 18:10] Helping others in the workforce

  • Understanding what’s going on behind the scenes of a recruiting platform
  • The importance of being a mentor for someone who needs help
  • How resume building has changed dramatically over the last few years

[18:11 - 23:04] Behavioral assessments for collaborations

  • Why you need to do a behavioral assessment—even if you don’t think you do!
  • How behavioral assessments yields insights for better coaching

[23:05 - 32:08] How teams and teamwork apply to HR and HR technology

  • Why knowing the strengths of your teammates can help you be a better worker
  • How modern technology has enabled collaboration

[32:09 - 33:46] Final Thoughts & Closing

  • Thanks for listening!


Quotes:

“You may not understand that this recruiter has gotten thousands of applicants and why are you getting screened out so quickly? . . . That's not transparent to someone who doesn't see the behind the scenes in HR technology. Collaboration is really important [because] you can figure out what you can do to better yourself, take training, up-skill, network…”

“I love my direct team, but the BRGs that I'm part of (the business resource groups) . . . specifically have made me so much more collaborative. I called a colleague yesterday and I said, “Hey, I need a favor. This is a strength of yours; can you give your opinion on this for me?” And I would have never known her if it weren't for collaboration.”


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Greg Miller - Socially Responsible Automation: Implementing a People First Strategy for Social Equity12 May 202200:31:08

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Greg Miller’s career has been focused on one of his greatest passions—tackling significant socioeconomic challenges like the digital skills gap. After starting his career at Oracle, Greg worked in senior leadership roles at leading tech companies such as PeopleSoft and, most recently, SAP where he was Chief Operating Officer. After his tenure at SAP, he raised social venture capital to enable youth STEM innovation and grow the next generation of digital skills in Australia. 

In 2017, Greg co-founded Faethm—an AI-powered SaaS platform that provides organizations with information on how automation will impact every job. In September 2021, Faethm was acquired by British workforce education giant, Pearson, and Greg became the SVP Customer, Workforce Skills at Pearson. 

In this episode, Greg talks about socially responsible automation and how implementing a people-first strategy can protect social equity in the age of AI. 


Chapters:

[0:00 - 5:32] Introduction

  • Welcome, Greg!
  • Today’s Topic: socially responsible automation

[5:33 - 8:18] What is socially responsible automation? 

  • Understanding the impact new technologies have on the people in an organization
  • Planning to re-skill and up-skill employees for emerging technologies

[8:19 - 21:09] How do emerging technologies disproportionately impact certain workers and job roles? 

  • Job roles that emerging technologies impact the most 
  • Favoring job augmentation over job displacement

[21:10 - 27:00] How can HR help business leaders make more socially responsible decision when tasked with introducing new technologies?

  • Why socially responsible automation decision should be made by a board 
  • Arming HR with meaningful data 

[27:01 - 31:08] Final Thoughts & Closing

  • Socially responsible automation is a current problem that needs to be addressed now
  • Thanks for listening!


Quotes:

“If I'm going to build a strategy that's socially responsible when it comes to automation . . . I want to understand what the impact on my people will be. And if I know that, then I can organize myself to say, well, over that two or three year horizon of implementing this big digital transformation, rather than firing those people impacted by these technologies, using that as my cost savings, and displacing these workers, I’m gonna actually say, I have a bunch of future jobs that I need to add to my organization.”

“I had the chief caregiver officer, the head of HR for a Cleveland clinic say to me, well, my number one objective is to grow revenues . . . I need to open up more centers. Well to do that, I need more nurses. How do I get more nurses when kids aren't getting their nursing credentials anymore? I need to bring in technology to augment nurses and make nurses to the power of two—then I can grow revenue.”

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Garry Straker - The Pay Equity Landscape05 May 202200:28:59

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Garry Straker has more than 20 years of experience providing total rewards consulting services to a diverse list of clients from a variety of industries including technology, logistics, higher education, non-profit, healthcare, public sector, and more. Garry focuses on helping organizations achieve strategic goals by leveraging technology, data, and labor market insights to design sustainable, market-aligned total compensation plans. His expertise includes developing rewards programs that are appropriately aligned with workplace culture, and business priorities. 

Garry is an active member of World at Work and a board member of the Colonial Total Rewards Association. He is also a certified employee benefits specialist with fellowship status. He has been a presenter on human resources, compensation and benefits topics at national and regional conferences, including the World at Work Pay Equity Symposium, SHRM, CBIA, CUPA and SACUBO.  

In this episode, Garry talks about pay equity, how it’s changed over the years, and how it continues to influence compensation practices across industries. 


Chapters:

[0:00 - 4:11] Introduction

  • Welcome, Garry!
  • Today’s Topic: Pay Equity

[4:12 - 8:29] What is pay equity?

  • How the term pay equity has evolved over the decades
  • Pay equity regulations vs. corporate good practice

[8:30 - 18:50] How has the focus on pay equity changed compensation practices?

  • The increasing level of transparency around pay equity
  • How transparency benefits more than just the employer and employees

[18:51 - 26:33] What trends are you seeing in the workplace that are related to pay equity?

  • Technology’s role in the continuing evolution of pay equity
  • There’s a genuine desire to adopt pay equity practices

[26:44 - 28:59] Final Thoughts & Closing

  • The end goal should be to create the best employee experience
  • Thanks for listening!


Quotes:

“I think pay equity, in terms of how we define, it has evolved and changed particularly in recent years and as a result of many different factors. But today when we talk about pay equity, we're really talking about a general sense of fairness in the workplace.”

“For a lot of organizations, I think it's going to be incremental steps. There's a lot of housekeeping and analysis that needs to be done around pay equity . . . and the integrity of your data is just going to be critical.”

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Kevin Campbell - How We Measure Employee Experience to Drive Customer Outcomes28 Apr 202200:39:09

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Kevin helps organizations acquire, develop, and retain their most valuable asset: their people. He also helps people manage an aspect of their lives that plays a key role in their happiness: their work. He’s spent the last decade of his career building leaders at every level and creating scores of engaged, high-performing, strengths-based teams. Prior to founding Lifted Leadership, Kevin served as a Lead People Scientist for Culture Amp where he helped organizations like Airbnb, Palo Alto Networks, and ServiceNow reinvent and optimize their performance management and employee engagement initiatives. 

In this episode, Kevin talks about how we measure employee experience to drive customer outcomes. 


Chapters:

[0:00 - 6:43] Introduction

  • Welcome, Kevin!
  • Today’s Topic: How measuring employee experience drives customer outcomes. 

[6:44 - 13:23] What is an Employee Experience Scientist? 

  • How early interactions with management affect employee feelings of belonging
  • Finding employee experience gaps and ways of closing them

[13:24 - 27:10] What are the first steps to connecting EX data to business and customer outcomes?

  • Distinguishing causal and correlative data
  • You don’t need to be a scientist to find a story in data

[27:11 - 36:14] What’s been learned form connecting EX data to customers?

  • First, look at your data
  • The benefits of labeling all scale points (and not just the extremes)

[36:15 - 39:09] Final Thoughts & Closing

  • Humans value experiences; experiential data is where the magic happens
  • Thanks for listening!


Quotes:

“A lot of times when we're trying to close experience gaps, we try to do it by improving the experience itself, which is absolutely warranted. But a lot of times the gap comes from the gap between expectations and experiences.”

“The very first thing is looking at your data. And I know that sounds almost too simple, but . . . just look at what the data are telling you before you even analyze the data before you even compare one data point or a set of data points to another.”

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Susan Hunt Stevens - Environmental, Social and Governance in Today's Organizations21 Apr 202200:34:29

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Susan Hunt Stevens is the Founder & CEO of WeSpire, an award-winning, employee experience technology that drives environmental, social, and governance (ESG) outcomes by engaging people in activities that align with their passion and purpose. She founded WeSpire, after her son was diagnosed with serious food allergies, to leverage her digital behavior change expertise to help people embrace healthier and more sustainable lifestyles and create a more equitable and inclusive work culture. Susan was named an EY Entrepreneur of the Year for New England and a Woman of Influence by the Boston Business Journal. She’s also been included in the Environmental Leader 100 list. 

In this episode, Susan talks about environmental, social, and governance (ESG) in today’s organizations. 

Chapters:

[0:00 - 5:34] Introduction

  • Welcome, Susan!
  • Today’s Topic: Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG)

[5:35 - 11:32] What are ESGs and what are companies doing to build ESG into their company framework?

  • Investors are paying much closer attention to ESG nowadays
  • The importance of investing in renewable energy for both businesses and investors alike

[11:33 - 26:37] What are the biggest challenges facing HR leaders on this journey to shift culture and embed ESG?

  • What is a materiality assessment and how can it engage employees?
  • Businesses benefit from embracing and fostering employee-driven movements
  • Employees are deciding whether to interview at a company based on ESG practices

[26:38 - 32:25] What metrics and measurements are organizations using to track and report on these efforts?

  • Looking at other metrics (e.g. DEI statistics and pay equity reporting) to gauge ESG
  • What is psychological safety and why high performing companies value it?

[32:26 - 34:29] Final Thoughts & Closing

  • Engaging employees transforms company culture
  • Thanks for listening!


Quotes:

“I'm a big believer that companies respond to investors, and investors care extraordinarily now about ESG. The largest private and public equity funds in the world, from Blackstone to BlackRock, have told portfolio companies that they need to have very strong ESG strategies and present really good ESG data for them to evaluate their investments.”


“I think you can do things to dramatically improve employee engagement and these [mental health and wellbeing, and inclusive culture] programs are an absolute tool in your toolbox for creating an environment that's the best place to work . . . [and that helps employees] feel included and belong and therefore they're higher performing.”

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Kathy Hammond - Why Data is Critical When Hiring for High-Performance Sales Roles13 Jun 202400:32:03

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Kathy Hammond is a B2B sales recruitment specialist who helps companies recruit and hire high-performing salespeople with the power data analytics. In this episode, Kathy talks about the biggest mistakes that both hiring managers and talent acquisition teams make when hiring for high-performance sales roles and how most of them can be avoided with a little bit of data analysis. 


Chapters:

[0:00 - 5:08] Introduction

  • Welcome, Kathy!
  • Today’s Topic: Why Data is Critical When Hiring High-Performance Sales Professionals

[5:09 - 11:33] The biggest mistakes hiring managers make when hiring for sales positions

  • Not being able to able to identify (or even describe) a high-performing salesperson
  • How hiring managers build bias into their processes

[11:34 - 19:21] Common mistakes recruiters make when hiring for sales positions

  • Not referring to the data surrounding discovery and assessment of prospective hires
  • On the lack of relevant training for those involved in the hiring process

[19:22 - 30:56] How can hiring managers and the talent acquisition team get along?

  • It’s critical for leaders to understand the ins and outs of the sales process
  • How breaking down a job into its core responsibilities paves the path for more productive interviews

[30:57 - 32:03] Closing

  • Thanks for listening!


Quotes:

“There’s so much bias in the hiring process . . . and there are a lot of misconceptions around it.”

“You have to understand what the sales process is. It’s shocking that a lot of sales leaders have no idea—they cannot identify the various stages of their sales process.”

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Kathi Enderes - Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Analytics14 Apr 202200:34:33

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As the Senior Vice President of Research at The Josh Bersin Company, Kathi leads and develops research-based insights for all areas of HR, Learning, Talent, and HR Technology. She has 20+ years of experience in management consulting (with IBM, PwC, and EY) and as a talent leader (with McKesson and Kaiser Permanente). Most recently, Kathi led talent and workforce research at Deloitte. She is a frequent keynote speaker, author, and thought leader. Originally from Austria, Kathi has worked in Vienna, London, and Spain, and now lives in San Francisco. Her passion is to make work better and more meaningful. 

In this episode, Kathi talks about why diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) analytics are important and how companies are working with them today. 


Chapters:

[0:00 - 8:09] Introduction

  • Welcome, Kathi!
  • Today’s Topic: DEI Analytics

[8:10 - 23:22] What are DEI analytics and why are they important?

  • First, let’s define diversity, equity, and inclusion 
  • The benefits of blending DEI into a company’s culture
  • People are “voting with their feet”; how can you make sure they’re walking toward your company?

[23:23 - 30:21] What are companies doing today in DEI analytics?

  • Approaching DEI as a business practice, not an HR program
  • Analyzing people data by diversity groups for meaningful insight

[30:22 - 34:33] Final Thoughts & Closing

  • 3 points to take home
  • Thanks for listening!


Quotes:

“We did a big study on employee experience and we found that of all the things that a company can do to create a great experience, the number one thing that drives the employee experience is trust in the organization.”

“When we did our big DEI study, we actually studied many, many different topics of DEI because DEI is, of course, embedded in many different areas of HR and the business. One thing that we found out was when we interviewed several DEI leaders on what they were doing, one of the DEI leaders told us, ‘You got to approach DEI as a business practice, not as an HR program.’ ”

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Steve Brink - Custom Compensation Packages: How Employees Want to be Paid07 Apr 202200:34:39

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Steve Brink has always had a passion for HR technology and data analytics. Early in his career, he was involved in creating a job evaluation software tool and the first PC-based compensation planning tool, called Compensation Workbench, released in 1987. He then went on to work at Towers Perrin and Mercer where he continue to develop and improve software tools. Most recently, he’s left his role as CEO of AIRINC to become President of uFlexReward.


In this episode, Steve talks about why people want more choice on how they are rewarded and paid. 


Chapters:

[0:00 - 7:05] Introduction

  • Welcome, Steve!
  • Today’s Topic: Personalization of Rewards

[7:06 - 15:12] Why is personalization of reward important?

  • People perceive value in having different ways of receiving reward
  • Understanding the difference between guaranteed comp and variable comp

[15:13 - 21:46] How can you personalize rewards?

  • Could benefits enrollment shift toward total reward enrollment?
  • Employees react very positively to the power of choice
  • How can gig workers benefit for personalized rewards?

[21:47 - 31:56] What are some practical steps for moving toward personalized rewards?

  • Leveraging software to facilitate the shift
  • Moving toward a more transparent method of communicating with employees

[31:57 - 34:39] Final Thoughts & Closing

  • How can we continue to enhance what we deliver to our employees?
  • Thanks for listening!

Contact:

LinkedIn


Quotes:

“When you look at future of work . . . it's how you're doing the work, but it's also when and where you're going to be doing the work. People spend a lot of time talking about future of work, but they don't talk about the implication of what that means for the potential of pay.”


“If you're allowed to provide even more in terms of choice, you start gathering more information. It's actually [your employees] selecting what's important to them. And with that feedback loop, can we actually start making changes to our reward system that are going to better align with the people in the organization? My goodness—isn't that what we all want?”

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Tarush Aggarwal - Using Infrastructure to Drive Value31 Mar 202200:27:24

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Tarush Aggarwal has been at the forefront of HR data analytics since it gained recognition in 2011. He was Salesforce Analytics Team’s first data engineer and, later, got the opportunity to build up an international data team at WeWork that scaled up to over 100 people from its initial 5. He then moved to Shanghai and did it all again for our rapidly growing business in China. Along the way, he’s learned important lessons from personal experience on the best ways to grow a data team.

In this episode, Tarush talks about how HR teams can get more out of their data by leveraging infrastructure. 


Chapters:

[0:00 - 5:29] Introduction

  • Welcome, Tarush!
  • Today’s Topic: Using HR Infrastructure to Drive Value

[5:30 - 10:20] What Prevents Companies From Developing In-house HR Capabilities?

  • Smaller HR data teams have a harder time leveraging the mature technology use by larger teams
  • When HR data needs to become business data

[10:21 - 19:54] Why Doesn’t a One-Size-Fits-All Solution Work For Everyone?

  • When one-size-fits-all misses the mark
  • Why one-size-fits-all might make sense for teams new to HR data

[19:55 - 25:19] Will Mergers and Acquisitions Lead To One-Size-Fits-All Being the Only Solution?

  • How some vendors offer flexibility in a hybrid-style solution
  • How vendors could improve HR infrastructure to fix complicated procedures

[25:20 - 27:24] Final Thoughts & Closing

  • What role will exciting new features play for vendors in the future?
  • Thanks for listening!


Quotes:

“A data team with a hundred people acts very differently from a data team with 3, 4, or 5 people . . . So unfortunately, what we see is that a lot of [smaller] HR analytics team don't really get to leverage the more mature technology of their sister, larger data teams.”

“In reality, [HR analytics solutions of the future] will probably be hybrid, where you get 60-70% of what you want out of the box and [you can customize] the remaining 30-40%.”

Contact:

LinkedIn

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Holger Mueller - Why Has AI Not Arrived in HR?24 Mar 202200:30:09

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While traveling the world (and the online world) as VP and Principal Analyst at Constellation Research, Holger Mueller researches enterprise software trends and focuses on the next generation of applications and the future of work. He’s built his 25 year career in the industry by building, selling, and implementing enterprise software. Outside of his work at Constellation Research, Holger is a cycling, soccer, and volleyball enthusiast. 

In this episode, Holger talks about why we haven’t seen a mass adoption of AI in HR and when that might happen. 


Chapters:

[0:00 - 4:17] Introduction

  • Welcome, Holger Mueller!
  • Today’s Topic: Why has AI not arrived in HR?

[4:18 - 15:45] Where Holger has seen successful uses for AI

  • How AI has been used in recruiting?
  • Using AI to find and train critical skills in a team

[15:46 - 28:33] What HR can learn from business when it comes to integrating AI?

  • How Finance and HR tackle the same problems differently
  • Letting a machine “think” vs paying a person to do the same task

[28:34 - 30:09] Final Thoughts & Closing

  • Work with vendors to see what’s possible
  • Thanks for listening!


Quotes:

“Machines can do a lot of more things, and the big thing that fuels it [is that] a human needs time to get this done. Then it's the question, “How smart is he or she and how much time do they need and how committed are they to find out?” A very different equation to a machine because all it needs is for someone to program it, thinking of possible solutions . . . and then [all you have to do is] compute. So if there's enough compute cycles, ultimately the machine will keep trying, trying, trying and find it—something that a human will never get to.”


“Work with vendors; see what’s possible; get educated; know what can be done; become competent; suggest what should be done. [Or] build something yourself, right? Every company has the data scientists, potentially AI people, who could make something.”

Contact:

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Larry Dunivan - Solving HR Technology for the Mid-Market17 Mar 202200:27:36

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Larry Dunivan is a seasoned software industry executive with a 30+ year career. His experience spans a variety of projects and responsibilities with the greatest emphasis being on executive leadership, sales management, and product management and development. His unique insight into the software industry and its leadership, along with attention to talent development and interpersonal interactions, set him apart from his peers. 

In this episode, Larry talks about HR Technology as it relates to mid-size businesses and how it can help them overcome their unique challenges. 


Chapters:

[0:00 - 3:50] Introduction

  • Welcome, Larry Dunivan!
  • Today’s Topic: Solving HR Technology For the Mid-market

[3:51 - 12:35] How Mid-sized Companies’ Issues Differ From Enterprise And Small Business Issues

  • Facing pressures from enterprises as well as small businesses
  • Growing pains of mid-sized businesses

[12:36 - 17:50] The Challenges HR Technology Faces In Mid-sized Companies

  • The importance of developing great relationships with HR technology vendors
  • What mid-sized companies should look for when outsourcing their HR technology

[17:51 - 26:06] Lessons And Examples for Mid-sized Companies On Their HR Technology Journey

  • Why get a handle on recruiting and onboarding is critical
  • How analytics could help mid-sized companies focus on important issues

[26:07 - 27:36] Final Thoughts & Closing

  • Mid-market requirements and responsibilities are unique yet important
  • Thanks for listening!


Quotes:

“The most important thing [mid-sized businesses] have to do is develop great relationships with their vendors . . . One of the reasons why they get so frustrated with support is because there's often this misalignment between expectations and reality.”


“If you don't have a handle on recruiting and onboarding in this labor market, whether you're growing or not, not much else matters. If you do it Poorly you're at a massive disadvantage. So that's job number one.”

Contact:

LinkedIn

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Jan Johnson - Moving HR Tech from the Personnel Action Form to Employee Engagement10 Mar 202200:28:53

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Jan Johnson loves all things HR Technology. Always immersed in technology, she’s taken her career from setting up learning systems as a program manager to now leading product management for Talent Acquisition and HR at UKG. Jan doesn’t focus on the features, but on the business problems her customers need to solve—or better yet, don't yet know they are going to have!

In this episode, Jan talks about people, their work, and their data. 


Chapters:

[0:00 - 4:37] Introduction

  • Welcome, Jan!
  • Today’s Topic: People, Their Work, and Their Data

[4:38 - 9:21] How has HR technology changed over the years?

  • Newer generations are growing up around technology
  • How evolution in communication technology has affected recruiting

[9:22 - 15:32] How does HR technology change to meet new recruiting needs?

  • How does HR technology get out of its rut and into the 2020’s?
  • Job roles and promotional tracks are more fluid than they once were

[15:33 - 26:27] How has Jan’s thinking changed from when she first jumped into HR technology as a young professional?

  • Having conversations with the younger generations
  • How do we measure employee engagement?
  • Reviewing and revising EX (Employee Experience)

[26:28 - 28:53] Final Thoughts & Closing

  • Businesses need to drive these changes
  • Thanks for listening!


Quotes:

“When you think about companies not being able to find enough applicants—how many people are there in the world? Something like 8 billion, right? And [there are] 330 million in the US. So is the problem that we can't find applicants, or we're not looking in the right place, or we're not in a broad enough spectrum?”

“That’s really one of the most important things in recruiting today: the ability to build rapport and a sense of belonging with the candidates and to help them understand the culture and what it is to work there.”

Contact:

LinkedIn

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Jordan Morrow - Foundationalizing Data Literacy03 Mar 202200:30:29

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Known as the "Godfather of Data Literacy", Jordan Morrow has helped pioneer the field of data literacy by building one of the world's first data literacy programs. He is Head of Data, Design, and Management Skills at Pluralsight, and he served as the Chair of the Advisory Board for The Data Literacy Project. Jordan has spoken at numerous national and international conferences and is an active voice in the data and analytics community. He has also helped companies and organizations around the world, including the United Nations, build and understand data literacy. 


In this episode, Jordan talks about data literacy and the human element of data and analytics. 


Chapters:

[0:00 - 4:58] Introduction

  • Welcome, Jordan Morrow!
  • Today’s Topic: Data Literacy and the Human Side of Data and Analytics

[4:59 - 13:42] What Are the Biggest Roadblocks to Successful Data and Analytics?

  • Why a company’s culture needs to be ready absorb, use, and effectively consume data?
  • People often don’t realize that they’re more data literate than they understand

[13:43 - 20:29] How Can Organizations and Individuals Successfully Learn Data Literacy?

  • Learn to start asking questions
  • What resources are available to start learning about data literacy?

[20:30 - 27:53] What Does It Mean to Be “Data Driven” and How Can Organizations Become Data Driven?

  • Data skepticism vs data cynicism
  • Understanding the nuances of data when presenting it

[27:54 - 30:29] Final Thoughts & Closing

  • You don’t need to be a data scientist to be more confident in your data literacy
  • Thanks for listening!


Quotes:

“The premise of the data lake is a good idea: throw all your data into one spot. But we keep coming back to data literacy. If people don’t know how to get information out of it correctly, you run into problems.”

“I commonly say, ‘I want to create a world of data skeptics, not data cynics.’ The world is doing a good enough job of creating data cynicism. Data skepticism is just asking questions of things. That’s it. To me, the key to data literacy, data analytics, all of that, is curiosity.”

Contact:

LinkedIn

Resources:

Jordan's Ted Talk on Data Literacy
Jordan's Book

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Adriana DiNenno - It's OK Not to Be OK: Employee Wellbeing and Mental Health24 Feb 202200:33:06

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Adriana DiNenno is product manager for Infor People Solutions and has been with the company for 12.5 years. She loves working on a variety of applications like Talent Acquisition systems, Core HR, and Occupational Health to name a few. Her “side job” at Infor is co-chair of the Infor People Wellbeing employee resource group, whose goal is to create a safe work environment by focusing on all dimensions of employee wellbeing. She says, “With a brother who suffered from mental health issues, it meant a lot to me to be one of the co-founders of this group at Infor, so that I can help others in need.” 

In this episode, Adriana talks about employee wellbeing, why it’s OK to not be OK, and what you can do to enhance your employee experience. 


Chapters:

[0:00 - 4:01] Introduction

  • Welcome, Adriana DiNenno!
  • Today’s Topic: It's OK Not to Be OK: Employee Wellbeing and Mental Health

[4:02 - 10:06] Why There Has Been an Increased Demand for Employee Wellbeing

  • The rise and de-stigmatization of business resource groups (BRGs)
  • Technology facilitates communications and community in the modern world

[10:07 - 15:14] Employees Want to Be a Part of a Community

  • Having a reason to belong makes employees less inclined to leave
  • Allowing employees to be themselves and de-stress can lead to them being more productive

[15:15 - 30:09] Wellbeing Coming to Life via Software

  • Leveraging software to enhance the employee experience
  • Time off and how it affects mental health
  • How software can help us navigate the complexities of occupational health and employee safety

[30:10 - 33:06] Final Thoughts & Closing

  • Join your organization’s BRG, if possible
  • Thank you, Adriana!


Quotes:

“I think [when] employees are part of a community, they feel less inclined to leave because they have a reason to belong.” 


“I know all these companies are doing mental health days, and it’s not that I don’t support mental health days, but I support mental health days more often. I think it’s important to know when you’ve reached your limit and when you need some time to yourself.”

Contact:

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Fred Wills - Lead Inclusively to Maximize Innovation and Equity17 Feb 202200:36:43

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Fred Wills is a thought leader on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), organizational development, culture and climate, and its impact on organizational performance, transformation, and change. He’s built a successful career which includes working for Mayo Clinic and Nationwide Children’s Hospital, and he’s since channeled this experience into the foundation of Inclusiastic Consulting. He also brings international experience in organizational performance, community development, and capacity-building through his international development and aid efforts in Malawi, Africa. His current client base includes healthcare, tech, financial services, education, and government and non-profit sectors.


In this episode, Fred talks about leadership and its relationship with DEI. 


Chapters:

[0:00 - 5:56] Introduction

  • Welcome, Fred!
  • Today’s Topic: Leadership through a DEI lens

[5:57 - 22:10] Why Do So Many Organizations Struggle With DEI and What Characteristics Can They Adopt To Become More Equitable and Inclusive?

  • The four foundational attributes that help organizations implement the maturity model
  • How to measure these attributes to measure progress
  • Why HR might not (or might) be the best people to tackle an organization’s DEI issues

[22:11 - 33:53] How Can Leaders Step Up and Start Leading Inclusively?

  • Understanding that leaders set the tone and the accountabilities
  • How transparency leads to new processes
  • The need to have an structure equitable and inclusive system

[33:54 - 36:45] Final Thoughts & Closing

  • Look at how resources are being allocated
  • Thanks for listening!


Quotes:

“Numbers representation—those are outcome things. They’re super important, but they’re not the only thing… If we’re focusing on just the number, solely the number, then we’re missing the point of what we’re trying to do.”

“You get more traction in this space as a leader, whether you're a leader by title or a leader by some other definition… by being authentic. So I would say, tell the story but also articulate where you're trying to get to and give folks space to do that.”

Contact:

LinkedIn


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Lenna Turner - DEI: A Personal Perspective Through a Retrospective Lens10 Feb 202200:36:16

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Lenna Turner is the Director of DEI and a consultant at Salary.com’s CompData Consulting Practice. Lenna’s current role focuses on client engagements involving compensation studies for base and total compensation, pay equity, and building DEI thought leadership and knowledge offerings for clients via white papers, surveys, roundtables, and panel discussions. She has been with Salary.com since 2019 and has 20 years of compensation management, consulting, and HR experience across various industries and companies. 

In this episode, Lenna shares a personal perspective on her personal journey with DEI in  the workplace. 


Chapters:

[0:00 - 6:13] Introduction

  • Welcome, Lenna!
  • Today’s Topic: Lenna’s personal perspective on how DEI can impact employee success

[6:14 - 15:25] When did you becoming interested in DEI, and what led you to your current role?

  • How Lenna’s early career didn’t match her expectations
  • Why celebrating the differences is more important that reporting the numbers

[15:26 - 27:24] How can DEI strategy (or a lack thereof) impact an employee’s career development?

  • Assessing both attraction and recruitment
  • Why being intentional about DEI is key to making a real difference in organizations

[27:25 - 34:33] What are some examples of actions that impact common DEI issues?

  • Why leadership needs to be wholly on board with DEI efforts
  • Celebrate existing diversity

[34:34 - 36:16] Final Thoughts & Closing

  • Intentionality is key
  • Thanks for listening!


Quotes:

“I’ve seen in my career a lot of really great people from marginalized communities, people of color, get recruited into the workplace. And then they get there, there’s no real plan to move them through the organization.”

“You have to be intentional. First of all, you have to be intentional to have a strategy and be intentional about building goals that help you meet that strategy.”

Contact:

LinkedIn

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Kimberly Bowen - Recruiting Talent in Niche Labor Markets06 Jun 202400:35:24

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Kimberly Bowen is the Senior VP of Global Talent & Inclusion at Unum, a global financial protection benefits company. In this episode, Kimberly talks about recruiting talent in niche labor markets, how recruitment has changed since the pandemic, and why recruiting nationally (instead of locally) could benefit your company. 


Chapters:

[0:00 - 7:51] Introduction

  • Welcome, Kimberly!
  • Today’s Topic: Recruiting Talent in Niche Labor Markets

[7:52 - 17:52] What’s the biggest challenge in recruiting and retaining talent in today’s job market?

  • After the pandemic, many workers moved to different parts of the country
  • Back-to-office vs. continuing remote work post-pandemic

[17:53 - 27:06] How do you approach recruiting employees after the pandemic?

  • Consider each employee’s unique situation and meet them in the middle
  • Building in-office expectations into company culture

[27:07 - 32:52] Should you consider recruiting nationally instead of locally?

  • Does your company have other offices where employees can work from?
  • There are more jobs than there are people looking for jobs

[32:53 - 35:24] Closing

  • Thanks for listening!


Quotes:

“[When recruiting for niche roles] companies have to look at what makes sense for their business from a cultural perspective and from a labor market perspective.”

“There’s a cultural component for us working on [projects together and in-person] that is very important for our growth as an organization. It strengthens and deepens our commitment to our values and our purpose.”

Resources:

Real-time Job Postings Salary Data


Contact:
Kimberly's LinkedIn
David's LinkedIn
Dwight's LinkedIn
Podcast Manger: Karissa Harris
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Joseph Ifiegbu - Employee Life Cycle Through the Lens of DEI03 Feb 202200:34:29

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Joseph Ifiegbu is the co-founder and CEO of eqtble. He has an impressive history of leading HR technology and people analytics teams at Snap, WeWork, Toys “R” Us, and Arsenal FC. These days, his passion for diversity, equity, and inclusion drives him to help companies answer questions like “why are top performers leaving” and “why are qualified candidates declining offers”. 

In this episode, Joseph talks about how Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) affects the employee experience. 


Chapters:

[0:00 - 7:04] Introduction

  • Welcome, Joseph!
  • Today’s Topic: The employee lifecycle through the lens of DEI

[7:05 - 14:31] How to Define (DEI)

  • It all comes down to access
  • How Joseph’s college soccer team won nationals (and how it relates better recruiting)

[14:32 - 22:03] Who Responsibility is it to Champion DEI Changes

  • Why company leadership must drive the changes
  • Letting company culture grow from the employees

[22:04 - 31:27] Ensuring a Good Employee Experience Surrounding DEI

  • Where do you start? The hiring process
  • Diversity issues are business issues

[31:36 - 34:29] Final Thoughts & Closing

  • Organizations must continue to pay attention to what their employees are saying
  • Thanks for listening!


Quotes:

“The thing is: a lot of times when it comes to people issues, people always think HR. People issues are company issues, not just HR issues, and company issues come from the top.”


“The issue of diversity isn't divorced from the issue of business. It's the same. It’s one. It goes hand in hand. Because the issue of diversity is the issue of innovation, is the issue of change, is the issue of progress. And those things all contribute to positive culture which contribute to positive business, which contributes to more growth.”

Contact:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/joseph-ifiegbu/

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Ray Goldberg - Reconceptualizing Benefits from the Perspective of DE&I27 Jan 202200:24:56

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Ray Goldberg founded Pier Forward to help employers address DEI challenges in the benefits arena, improving organizational performance and addressing disparities. He has decades of experience in HR, benefits, technology, operations, and transformation, with leadership roles at marquis employers, and experience consulting with corporate clients. He actively leads the BennIE Forum, which brings HR leaders together to explore how DEI and Benefits can strengthen organizations. He also serves on the Advisory Board on Community Relations for his home town of Teaneck, NJ. Ray earned a degree in Computer Science from Columbia University, and is certified in Change Management; DE&I in the Workplace; and Mental Health First Aid. 

In this episode, Ray talks about reconceptualizing benefits— from the perspective of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion— to improve organizational performance and the lives of colleagues and their families. 

Chapters:

[0:00-5:24] Introduction

•Welcome, Ray!

•Today’s Topic: Reconceptualizing Benefits from a DEI Perspective


[5:33 -10:38] What Does It Mean to Reconceptualizing Benefits? 

•Looking at the results of two independent analyses

•Why organizations should be trusted partners to their employees


[10:50 -16:33] Do Organizations Have the Information They Need to Look at Benefits in 

This Way?

•How organizations can use the information they have

•Making sure employees understand how their benefit elections will affect them

•Options for providing individualized support and the challenges they present


[16:42 -20:13] Where Should Organizations Begin?

•Understanding and assessing existing strategies

•Comparing your strategies to your competitors’ strategies


[20:22 -24:56] Final Thoughts & Closing

•Understanding that it’s OK to make mistakes

•Thanks for listening!


References

Nick Noel et. al., “The economic impact of closing the racial wealth gap,” McKinsey and Company, August 2019.

https://www.mckinsey.com/~/media/McKinsey/Industries/Public%20and%20Social%20Sector/Our%20Insights/The%20economic%20impact%20of%20closing%20the%20racial%20wealth%20gap/The-economic-impact-of-closing-the-racial-wealth-gap-final.pdf

 Dana M. Peterson, Catherine L. Mann, “Closing the Racial Inequality Gaps: The Economic Cost of Black Inequality in the U.S.,” Citigroup Global Markets, Sept 2020.

https://ir.citi.com/%2FPRxPvgNWu319AU1ajGf%2BsKbjJjBJSaTOSdw2DF4xynPwFB8a2jV1FaA3Idy7vY59bOtN2lxVQM%3D


Quotes:

“You've got to start by making sure that you actually understand your existing strategies... In terms of the analysis, I'd recommend picking some benefits— just pick a few probably in the financial space or maybe non-financial or non-health— and assessing utilization and impact by race and ethnicity, by gender, by age, and by compensation. That's data that almost every organization has.”

“This is a spot where benefits people, if you will, and DEI people look at things pretty differently. Ben

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Gary Bragar - HR Tech 2021 Series - HR Technology: Past, Present, and Future20 Jan 202200:18:37

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Gary Bragar is the HR Outsourcing Research Director at NelsonHall, a leading BPO research and analysis firm, where he has global responsibility for HRO. In this key role, Gary helps both buyers and vendors assess the opportunities capabilities of HR outsourcing, including: recruitment, learning, payroll, benefits, mid-market HRO, and multi-process HRO. Gary is a member of the No. America Board of Advisors for the HRO Today Services and Technology Association, as well as a member of the HR.com Talent Acquisition Advisory Board. 

In this episode, Gary talks HR technologies of the past and present. He also discusses how to navigate the busy HR technology landscape of today. 

Chapters:

[0:00 - 4:12] Introduction

  • Welcome, Gary!
  • Today’s Topic: HR Technology of the Past, Present, and Future

[4:13 - 12:05] What HR Technology Trends Have You Seen in the Past?

  • Comparing past recruiting technology to present-day, automated systems 
  • The focus on employee engagement

[12:06 - 17:17] Navigating Today’s Myriad HR Tech Options

  • Communication tools being used as employee engagement tools?
  • What to do about an overwhelming amount of HR technology options?

[17:18 - 18:37] Final Thoughts & Closing

  • Final thoughts on the HR Tech conference
  • Thanks for listening!

Quotes:

“Another trend I'm seeing now that's a big focus—on one hand, it’s nothing new, it’s just increased importance—is employee engagement. Once you get those hires on board, you want to keep them happy. You want to communicate with them.”


“Even when I was at AT&T and we use different tools, there were so many you used. You’d try one thing and that would work and you'd use it for a couple years—and maybe it was a performance management software and everybody was gung ho. And then all of a sudden it just died. That's why I think leadership commitment—it has to be top down driven.”

Contact:

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Stacey Harris - HR Tech 2021 Series - HR Technology: Past, Present, and Future13 Jan 202200:39:46

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As the Chief Research Officer, Managing Partner of Sapient Insights Group, Stacey Harris oversees industry research work including the Annual HR Systems Survey and White Paper. She has been a leading member of the HR practices and technology research community since 2007 and has produced groundbreaking research on high-impact HR organizations, enterprise HR technology, and key practices across the talent management spectrum.  

Stacey has had executive-level roles with Sierra-Cedar, Bersin & Associates, and Brandon Hall Group, and she has worked as an industry advisor and HR leader for Fortune 100 organizations around the world. She is frequently included in Human Resource Executive® and the HR Technology Conference’s Top 100 HR Tech Influencers list and sits on the International Human Resource Information Management (IHRIM) Board of Directors, overseeing strategy and education in her role as Vice-Chair. Stacey is also the author of Introduction to HR Technologies: Understand How To Use Technology to Improve Performance and Processes. 

In this episode, Stacey talks about her thoughts on HR Technology of the past, present, and future.

Chapters:

[0:00 - 4:00] Introduction

• Welcome, Stacey!

• Today’s Topic: HR Technology of the Past, Present, and Future

[4:07 - 9:42] Looking at Past Trends in HR Technology

• The dawn of self-service technology

• What HR looked like pre-Internet

[9:53 - 19:30] What’s Significant about HR Technology Today?

• What companies who thrived through COVID had in common

• What companies with higher talent retentions are doing differently


[19:38 - 30:16] What HR Technology does the Future Hold?

• Automating processes that get left behind

• Why workforce planning could be the key to a thriving business


[30:16 - 39:47] Final Thoughts & Closing

• Was HR Tech a success?

• Thanks for listening!


Quotes: 
“Organizations who've got the best user experience and vendor satisfaction score—we track that every year—and those organizations who seemed to come out of the COVID environment in a better place had a couple of things in common. One of the things we saw without a doubt was that if you had invested in workforce planning, or if you had invested in talent management, or if you had ensured that you had an idea of where your organization was sitting, at least from a talent perspective, you just did better in this last two or three years.”

 “The technology of the future—the piece that I think we're all sort of trying to figure out—is taking the really sticky business challenges that we have right now, which are always more of a process than they are a technology, and starting to figure out how to automate those because we have automated, for the most part, everything that is easy to automate in our world.”

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Sapient Insights Group - HR Tech 2021 Series - Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging: Past, Present, and Future06 Jan 202200:43:46

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Summary:

Pam Jeffords is a Senior Partner at Sapient Insights Group who leads the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Practice. She has over 25 years of experience in the industry and is a member of the Global Leadership Council for Colorado State University College of Business, an advisory board member for University of Denver Colorado Women’s College, and a Limited Partner in The JumpFund whose mission is to invest in women-led startups. Pam has also served as Chair of Women United for the Mile-High United Way where she received the prestigious Frances Wisebart Jacobs award for philanthropy. 

We’re also joined by Susan Richards and Danielle White!

Susan Richards is the Founder and CEO of Sapient Insights Group. For more than 25 years, Susan has been consulting in areas of change management, organizational effectiveness, M&A, HR strategy, technology, and operations. Her focus is on helping clients improve business performance by aligning their human capital programs and practices with business strategy. 

Danielle White is Collaborative Solutions’ EVP of Global Business Strategy. She brings over 20 years of HR transformation experience from commercial and public sector industries. She uses her subject matter expertise to lead corporate thought leadership, go-to-market strategy, and engagement strategy. 

In this episode, Pam, Susan, and Danielle talk about how diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging has changed over the years and how it might change in the years to come. 


Chapters:

[0:00 - 3:12] Introduction

  • Welcome, Pam Jeffords!
  • Today’s Topic: Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging

[3:13 - 13:27] How People Approached DE&I in the Past

  • Attempts at devising “tomorrow solutions” and long-term solutions
  • How DE&I outside the workplace affected DE&I in the workplace

[13:28 - 32:16] What does DE&I Look Like Today?

  • How differences in employee feedback creates DE&I gaps
  • Why job architecture informs DE&I successes and pitfalls

[32:17 - 41:52] The Future of DE&I

  • Developing true data-driven strategies
  • The importance of helping HR practitioners become better business people

[41:53 - 43:45] Final Thoughts & Closing

  • Thank you for listening!


Quotes:

"I did an exercise with a group of people who were very angry with their leadership and asking, ‘Where's the diversity?’ I asked, ‘How many of you in this room were hired by way of employee referrals?’ Almost all of them raised their hand. I said, ‘That's why we don't have diversity.’ Because we’re reling heavily on employee referrals and we're referring people that look like us. So, if we want to do this differently, go outside of your network. Seek out people, refer them in, and that's the only way we're going to have diversity.” 


“When you talk about equity and opportunity, it's giving everybody equal access. And what we find is that feedback is probably the number one thing where we see the biggest gaps in who's getting it—[and the same can be said about] career guidance.”

Contact:

Pam Jeffords LinkedIn
Susan Richards LinkedIn
Danielle White Linke

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Jack Coapman - Hiring Process Change - Beyond ATS - Past, Present, & Future 16 Dec 202100:37:45

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Summary:

Jack Coapman is a senior executive at GR8 People, Inc. with strong leadership skills and experience formulating, developing, and implementing revenue generating strategies and policies. He assures continued growth and success through strategically charting business development and new business ventures. Jack has experience aligning client objectives and requirements with a technology platform that drives measurable results.

In this episode, Jack talks about the past, present, and future of the hiring process, beyond ATS. 


Chapters:

[0:00 - 5:06] Introduction

  • Welcome, Jack Coapman!
  • Today’s Topic: The Past, Present, and Future of the Hiring Process (Beyond ATS)

[5:07 - 14:53] Products that Recruiting Teams Used to Rely On

  • How paper requisitions informed the systems we use today
  • The ATS and recruiting automation

[14:54 - 26:36] How People Work Differently than They Used To

  • Seeking out sources of talent instead of waiting for applicants
  • Recruiting technologies and the myths surrounding AI

[26:37 - 35:17] How Recruiters Will Deal with Present Pains in the Recruiting Process

  • Branding opportunities based on the intended audience
  • Eliminating hurdles for both recruiters and applicants

[35:18 - 37:45] Final Thoughts & Closing

  • The world of talent acquisition changes often and perspectives can easily change over the course of a few months.
  • Thank you for listening!


Quotes:

“You can't take old problems and simply lay new technology on top of them and assume that, in the blink of an eye or a wave of a wand, [they’ll be fixed].”

“[The] big theme today is candidate experience because if you're not doing a good job in their eyes, they're going to move on.”

Contact:

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Bennett Sung - The Role of AI in the Recruiting Process09 Dec 202100:36:21

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Summary:

Included in Socialmicole.com’s Most Inclusive HR Influencer List, Bennett Sung has contributed to the success of industry-leading recruiting technology brands, including VirtualEdge, Jobscience, MightyRecruiter, Koru, AllyO, and now Humanly.io.

In this episode, Bennett talks about AI’s current role in the recruiting process and the role it might play in the near future. 


Chapters:

[0:00 - 5:23] Introduction

  • Welcome, Bennett Sung!
  • Today’s Topic: The Role of AI in Recruiting

[5:24 - 18:28] What’s Happening, Working, and Not Working in Recruiting Presently?

  • The recruiting process hasn’t actually changed since the 1950’s
  • Why haven’t we build a platform that aggregates the data points needed for job application?

[18:29 - 25:49] Conversational AI in the World of Recruiting

  • Chat bots and the benefits they introduce to applicants
  • Why aren’t companies using big data to gather information about their applicants?

[25:50 - 32:30] How Is AI Being Used in the Interview Stage?

  • AI can now gather data from inside interviews
  • Regressing data against candidate success

[32:31 - 36:21] Final Thoughts & Closing

  • Start the candidate journey with a conversation
  • Thank you for listening!


Quotes:

“Hiring has never changed. The process itself never changes, right? They talk about disruption … but the actual transformation of the recruiting process really has remained consistent since the 1950s, when the CV was born or the resume was born.”

“[An interview] is a change management tool. This is not your traditional data collection compliance application anymore. So that is the initial purpose of AI, and it's going to continue to build itself out so that it becomes much more effective in decision support.”

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Tim Sackett - HR Tech 2021 Series - Recruiting Metrics and Performance: Past, Present, and Future02 Dec 202100:29:44

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HR Data Labs took the studio mobile and went live at HR Tech 2021 at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, NV, talking to thought leaders in People Analytics and HR Technology.  Join us as we go on this enlightening journey gathering cutting-edge insights from our guests!

Summary:

Tim Sackett is one of the few HR professionals who has been on both sides of the desk. With over 15 years of experience in talent acquisition, Tim has worked as a corporate staffing director for companies like Applebee’s International, ShopKo Stores, Inc. and Sparrow Health System. He has also had two stints with HRU. The first time, for eight year immediately following college; the second, returning à la Prodigal Son to run HRU—and his story is closer to the Biblical reference than you might think! Tim is an active HR blogger, a conference presenter, and an advocate for a Diet Mountain Dew soda fountain in the office. He truly believes that the most important role of HR in any organization is to increase talent. 

In this episode, Tim talks about how recruiting metrics and recruiting performance have changed over the years and where they might go in the years to come. 


Chapters:

[0:00 - 6:03] Introduction

  • Welcome, Tim Sackett!
  • Today’s Topic: Recruiting Metrics & Performance

[6:04 - 16:49] Recruiting Metrics that Yield Usable Data

  • How some metrics fall short of their intended goal
  • Developing a constructive recruiter-hiring manager relationship

[16:50 - 28:35] What Impacts Recruiting Performance?

  • Starting to see the impact of AI on talent acquisition
  • How transparency in data can drive better performance
  • How much does compensation affect a person’s decision to leave an employer?

[28:36 - 29:44] Final Thoughts & Closing

  • Thank you for listening!

Contact:
LinkedIn

Quotes:

“All of our funnels, individually and as a team, are all transparent. And if there's a recruiter that had a bad week, or if there's a recruiter that decided to sluff off or whatever, well it shows. And it's not meant to be like a stressor, it's meant to [communicate], “Hey, understand if someone's being successful, take a look at why.” There's no magic, you know, or secret sauce.” 

“The “great resignation,” I think, is a misnomer. It's really just a great reshuffle, and people aren't leaving to leave. We’ll see stories in media like, “Oh, Mary left and she's going to take a break for a year, blah, blah, blah. You know, cause work's changed.” And I'm like, okay, but the reality is people are resigning from your company because you're not paying them enough. And somebody else is going to pay them more.”

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David Turetsky and Dwight Brown - Season 2 Recap - One Season Closes and Another Opens18 Nov 202100:27:29

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Summary:

As Season 2 of the HR Data Labs Podcast comes to a close, David and Dwight take a look back at its episodes and its guests, and they talk about about what to expect for the fast-approaching Season 3! 


Chapters:

[0:00 - 4:30] Introduction

  • Welcome… David and Dwight!
  • Today’s Topic: A Season 2 Retrospective

[4:31 - 19:15] How Each Guest Brought Something New to the Podcast

  • A recap of each guest and their topic
  • Episodes that stood out to David and Dwight

[19:16 - 25:33] Looking ahead to Season 3

  • A focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion
  • David and Dwight want to hear from you!

[25:34 - 27:29] Final Thoughts & Closing

  • David and Dwight share their closing thoughts
  • How to get in touch with us


Quotes:

“We talked about a lot of different things with a lot of different people—it wasn't the same thing over and over again.” 

“[In Season 3], we're going to explore certain areas of HR and HR analytics that we haven't really talked a lot about in the past.”

Contacts:

David's LinkedIn
Dwight's LinkedIn

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Zack Johnson - HR Tech 2021 Series - People Analytics: Past, Present, and Future11 Nov 202100:25:40

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HR Data Labs took the studio mobile and went live at HR Tech 2021 at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, NV, talking to thought leaders in People Analytics and HR Technology.  Join us as we go on this enlightening journey gathering cutting-edge insights from our guests!

Summary:

As Visier’s General Manager of Strategic Solutions & Partnerships, Zack Johnson helps the world’s leading HCM vendors and service providers build winning people analytics applications businesses that unlock value for their customers through their people data. From schools, to governments, to Fortune 500 companies, Zack’s work over the past 14 years to build the people analytics market has brought people insights to thousands of organizations. Zack has also given lectures on business and people analytics for a variety of institutions, including Northwestern University, NYU, Yale, West Point.


In this episode, Zack talks about past, present, and future of people analytics. 

Chapters:

[0:00 - 2:10] Introduction

  • Welcome, Zack Johnson!
  • Today’s Topic: The Past, Present, and Future of People Analytics

[2:11 - 9:26] Reflecting on Past People Analytics Trends

  • The importance of learning how to sell
  • Every big story needs a big idea

[9:27 - 16:16]  Insight on the Current State of People Analytics

  • Investing in the business intelligence infrastructure to support data science
  • Why smaller people analytics applications are taking off

[16:17 - 24:36] The Future of People Analytics

  • Learning more about how successful teams work together
  • The three “horizontals” of people analytics that will shape its future

[24:37 - 25:40] Final Thoughts & Closing

  • Episode closing


Quotes:

“Whether you're recruiting someone to work with you, raising capital, or getting someone to pay for the thing, you got to get people to believe and see it.” 

“Just with Facebook and Google alone, you have like $3 trillion of value on understanding the consumer, but think about how much money is spent on the employees, right? And every problem is solved by people working together.”

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Scott Greenberg - What Managers Get Wrong About the Hourly Workforce30 May 202400:30:11

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Summary:

Scott Greenberg is a business keynote speaker, a business coach, and the author of Stop the Shift Show and The Wealthy Franchisee

In this episode, Scott talks about the difference between salaried workers’ and hourly workers’ roles, needs, and expectations; what managers can do to genuinely motivate their employees; and why so many managers get company culture wrong. 


Chapters:

[0:00 - 4:15] Introduction

  • Welcome, Scott!
  • Today’s Topic: What Managers Get Wrong About the Hourly Workforce

[4:16 - 12:15] What is the difference between hourly workers and salaried workers?

  • Why many hourly workers are not receiving the management and leadership they need
  • Why so many workers have leaned more on gig work in recent years

[12:16 - 19:52] What managers get wrong about hourly workers vs salaried workers

  • Why it’s important to distinguish hourly workers from salaried workers
  • How to tap into what actually motivates employees

[19:53 - 28:34] What can managers do to better work with hourly workers?

  • Why so many managers misunderstand company culture
  • Why mission statements are critical for workers and how to properly write one

[28:35 - 30:11] Closing

  • Thanks for listening!


Quotes:

“[Hourly workers have] really, really hard jobs and they need great management—they need great leadership. Most [hourly workers] are not getting it.”

“One universal soft need [of employees] is wanting to feel part of something, and that’s where culture comes into play. In my experience, most business owners, most managers, [and] most leaders don’t know what culture is.”

Resources:
Books by Scott Greenberg

Contact:
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Dwight's LinkedIn
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Chris Havrilla - HR Tech 2021 Series - HR Technology: Past, Present, and Future04 Nov 202100:17:55

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HR Data Labs took the studio mobile and went live at HR Tech 2021 at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, NV, talking to thought leaders in People Analytics and HR Technology.  Join us as we go on this enlightening journey gathering cutting-edge insights from our guests!

Summary:

Chris Havrilla leads the HR technology and solution provider strategy and research practice for Deloitte—helping to demystify the ever-changing HR Tech landscape for their corporate and solution provider members. She has worked diligently through her career with business and HR leaders—both as an internal HR & HR technology/strategy practitioner or as a consultant/adviser—on radically improving talent strategy, technology, and leadership—as well as the vendors who serve them. With a unique blend of technical, HR practitioner, business and vendor experience, she laughingly describes herself as a bit of a talent, HR Tech and Future of Work "whisperer”.  In 2019, Chris was selected by Human Resource Executive® and the HR Technology Conference to be included in the inaugural Top 100 HR Tech Influencers list, which recognizes individuals from the HR, technology, and business communities who are impacting the future direction of HR technology.

In this episode, Chris talks about the past, present, and future of HR technology. 


Chapters:

[0:00 - 3:02] Introduction

  • Welcome, Chris Havrilla!
  • Today’s Topic: HR Technologies of the Past, Present, and Future

[3:03 - 12:43] Reflecting on Past and Present Trends in HR Technology

  • Machines had never been part of the “workforce”
  • Why hasn’t anyone cracked the AI “code” yet?
  • Asking the right questions to get a desired outcome

[12:44 - 16:43] The Future of HR Technologies

  • Leveraging data for knowledge management, not just content management
  • Why managers and leaders need to clear the path to unlock human potential

[16:44 - 17:55] Final Thoughts & Closing

  • Episode summary
  • Chris shares her closing thoughts


Quotes:

“We have this opportunity to actually have the tech work for us and really stop working for the tech or [stop] making the tech the work.” 

“We did a really interesting study on the technology in [the digital workplace are], and one of the things that we were finding is … how do we leverage all of this data for true knowledge management, not just content management.”

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Jason Averbook - HR Tech 2021 Series - Observations from HR Tech 202128 Oct 202100:17:00

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HR Data Labs took the studio mobile and went live at HR Tech 2021 at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, NV, talking to thought leaders in People Analytics and HR Technology.  Join us as we go on this enlightening journey gathering cutting-edge insights from our guests!

Summary:

Jason Averbook is an analyst, a thought leader, and a consultant in the field of human resources. He helps executives rethink the design and delivery of employee services to better meet the expectations of their workforce and the needs of their business. He has more than 25 years of experience in the HR and technology industries and has authored two books: HR from Now to Next (June 2014) and The Ultimate Guide to a Digital Workforce Experience (June 2018).

In this episode, Jason talks about his time at and thoughts on HR Analytics & Technology as reflected through HR Tech 2021. 


Chapters:

[0:00 - 0:49] Introduction

  • Welcome, Jason Averbook!
  • Today’s Topic: Observations from HR Tech 2021


[0:50 - 10:33] Interesting Notes from the Conference

  • How HR is reacting to a changing world
  • The importance of listening to your employees


[10:34 - 13:09] Can Strategic Partnerships Solve Our problems?

  • Mindset over technology


[13:10 - 15:36] The Future of HR Tech in 2022 and Beyond

  • Let’s talk less about HR and more about people


[15:37 - 17:00] Final Thoughts & Closing

  • Episode summary
  • Jason shares his closing thoughts


Quotes:

“If managers and leaders don't like doing performance management, you can have the best tools in the world and it's not going to matter.” 

“The great resignation is what's happening; the awakening is that we have to think differently about people. We have to figure out: how do we stop just counting people, and [how do we start] making people count.”

Links:

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Book Link

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Mark Hanson - HR Tech 2021 Series - How the Equation Changes for Organizations When They Have Good Job and Skill Taxonomies21 Oct 202100:39:32

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Summary:

Mark Hanson is a Product Owner for Emsi Burning Glass Talent Analytics team, and he leads the development of skills products, guides initiatives and partnerships related to Emsi Burning Glass Open Skills, and both conducts and presents skills research. He was previously the Director of Talent Analytics at UnitedHealth Group, where he led the People Analytics teams focused on reporting for talent intelligence, talent acquisition, human capital, HR systems, diversity and inclusion (DEIB), learning and development, real estate strategy, and site selection. 

In this episode, Mark discusses job and skill taxonomies, and how the equation changes for organizations when good job and skill taxonomies are integrated into their systems and processes. 


Chapters:

[0:00 - 3:49] Introduction

  • Welcome, Mark Hanson!
  • Today’s Topic: 

[3:50 - 9:48] Past Skills and Job Taxonomies

  • How technology has influenced the skill required to do a job

[9:49 - 28:41] Present Skills and Job Taxonomies

  • Understanding the skills needed inside an organization
  • The importance of mapping career paths within an organization

[28:42 - 35:49] Future Skills and Job Taxonomies

  • Using AI to analyze old data
  • Tailoring learning to your employees

[35:50 - 39:32] Final Thoughts & Closing

  • Episode summary
  • Mark shares his closing thoughts


Quotes:

“The future is integration. How do we get all of the systems, because not one large system can do this end-to-end employee experience with all of the insights and data the you need.” 

“The point is: how do we properly identify the skills need to do a role?”

Contact:

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Emsi Burning Glass

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