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Microsoft Launches People Skills In Copilot, Altering The HR Tech Market

Today Microsoft announced a wide range of Copilot features, many focused on Agents (research agent and analyst agent, agent development and management tools, and personal productivity features).

But one feature set that is significant to HR is Microsoft’s new skills infrastructure: a skills-inference agent (and a skills management agent) that lets companies identify ... Read more»

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What Does AI-Native Mean? How “AI-First” Apps Change HR.

This week I discuss this massive shift toward “AI-Native” applications and systems which are radically different from traditional HR Tech, with a particular focus on L&D.  I also explain how new AI architectures are so completely different from our traditional types of HR platforms, and how vendors have to be more expansive with their thinking.  ... Read more»

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Transforming The Talent Acquisition Function at NHS, UK

Alfredo Thompson, Chief People Officer at Royal United Hospitals Bath, NHS Foundation Trust, talks with Kathi Enderes about how he is leading an end-to-end transformation of talent acquisition and onboarding for the Trust.

Built on principles of customer orientation and systemic HR®, the organization shifted recruitment from a compliance-oriented fulfillment center to a business ... Read more»

Degreed Plots A Comeback With Major AI Announcements

Degreed is one of the most interesting business stories in the HR tech space. Founded in 2012, the company pioneered the idea of a Learning Experience Platform (LXP) to let anyone find and consume any form of learning. The original vision, which was well ahead of its time, was to democratize content beyond the clunky ... Read more»

The Mercury Release of Galileo™ Signals a New Era for Intelligent Agents

Introducing the Mercury release of Galileo™, the world’s most powerful AI agent for HR. This upgrade adds reasoning power and new data to Galileo, increasing its power by an order of magnitude. Galileo is more than an AI assistant: it has become a consultant, now delivering world-class benchmarking and talent intelligence at your fingertips.... Read more»

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The Impact Of “Tariff Liberation Day” on Human Resources

This week the economic environment changed, with new US reciprocal tariffs launched on 180 countries. The net impact, which is hard to predict, is lots of strategy discussions about manufacturing, redeployment of resources, price increases, and possible economic slowdown. In today’s podcast I explain what this means to you, as an HR leader or HR ... Read more»

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Are You An Innovative HR Officer? Hear From Jörg Dersch of XPAY

Jörg Dersch, CHRO at XPAY, joins Kathi Enderes to discusses innovation in HR and how CHRO’s can stay ahead. He also shares advice to CEOs about their role in HR issues.

He shares his journey into HR leadership and how HR leaders can become true strategic partners in their organizations. From navigating digital transformation to ... Read more»

The White Collar Recession Is Real: What Should We Do About It?

Over the last six months we’ve seen much evidence of a white-collar recession. Employees have stopped changing jobs, wage growth is slowing, and research shows that workers with college degrees are the least “in-demand” in the market.

Note this new research by ADP which shows that jobs requiring advanced degrees (“extensive preparation”) are ... Read more»

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U.S. Tariffs Force CHROs to Rethink Talent Strategy—Are You Ready?

Today I wanted to briefly discuss the impact of US Tariffs on manufacturing talent. As many of you know, decisions about where to locate manufacturing are very big and very important. As you’ll hear, much of your company’s response may come down to talent and skills issues, since manufacturing skills are in short supply. I ... Read more»

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How Draup Is Expanding The World Of Talent Intelligence

Today I talk with Vijay Swaminathan, the CEO and co-founder of Draup, one of the most amazing data and insights providers in HR.

Vijay and his partner Vamsee Tirukkala were the original founders of Talent Neuron, a pioneer in talent planning. Now, with Draup, they’ve gone an order of magnitude beyond to build a ... Read more»