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AI Arrives In Corporate Learning: Welcome to Arist

This week I interview CEO of Arist Michael Ioffe, one of the most innovative entrepreneurs I’ve met. Michael and his team have built an astounding message-based learning platform that uses AI to build content, distribute content, and even do needs analysis.

For those of you who are L&D or learning geeks, you really need to ... Read more»

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CHRO Insights: Arne-Christian Van Der Tang, HR Leader at TomTom

“The moment your HR organization can be ‘replicated’ into another company, you’ve failed as a CHRO.”

In this podcast Arne-Christian explains why the CHRO is no longer an HR leader, but now a business transformation executive.

Arne-Christian describes his career path to becoming a CHRO, identifies the key behaviors and characteristics that helped him become ... Read more»

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Secrets Of The High-Performing CHRO: It’s Harder Than It Looks

In this week’s podcast I introduce our new research on the important and fast-changing role of CHRO, or Chief People Officer.

Over the last decade this role has exploded in scope and importance, leaving many CEOs and CHROs working to keep up. After a year of research studying the career history and performance of more ... Read more»

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Welcome to Enterprise AI: Multi-Functional Agents Change Everything

This week I discuss the rapid evolution of AI Agents in the Enterprise, and how they’re starting to replace billions of dollars of legacy enterprise software. It won’t happen overnight, but using our four-stage model, companies are rapidly looking at ways to use AI platforms to assist, automate, and integrate business workflows in ways that ... Read more»

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Lloyds Banking Group Describes Its $3B Business and Talent Transformation

Lloyds Banking Group, the largest bank in the UK, is undergoing a £3 Billion business transformation focused on enhancing customer experiences, integrating products and services, and leveraging technology to improve service delivery.

Holly Quincey, Chief Talent Officer, describes the company’s accompanying talent transformation, particularly its skills-based hiring strategy.

Talent Acquisition: This includes bringing executive ... Read more»

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How Booz Allen Creates Validated Skills With Scale And Precision

Jim Hemgen, Director of Talent Development at Booz Allen Hamilton, talks with Kathi Enderes about how the company creates validated skills across hundreds of domains, including AI.

This success story defines the journey for every company. Using skills validation provided by Workera, and content from Udemy and HackerRank, Booz Allen has created ... Read more»

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DEI Firestorm and Alarming Decline In Trust Defines Our 2025 Mandate

In this conversation, I discuss the DEI firestorm, the evolution and current state of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives in the corporate world, the alarming decline in trust towards businesses, and the necessity for companies to reinvent themselves in the face of changing market dynamics and the rise of the ‘super worker’. I also ... Read more»

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PayPal Builds New Manager Capabilities with Precision Development

How do you build precision leadership skills at scale? Kendra Goldbas, Global Head of Learning & Development at PayPal, describes the world-class new manager development program at PayPal, MAPS (Managing at PayPal Successfully).

During the pandemic PayPal grew rapidly and needed a world-class leadership development program for remote leaders. The MAPS program, which is ... Read more»

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Welcome to HR in 2025: The Five Big Challenges Ahead

Welcome to 2025, where I discuss the five big challenges ahead. These include (1) economic uncertainties, bifurcated labor market, (2) the impact of AI on the workforce and the Rise of Superworkers, (3) the new “soup” of issues in employee experience, which lands in HR’s lap, (4) the changing nature of leadership and leadership development, ... Read more»