Deel’s Hyper-Scale, Game-Changing Approach to Globalization
How has Deel grown from zero to 4,500 employees in 100 countries in less than five years? It’s an amazing story of hyperscale growth and passionate customer focus. In today’s podcast Alex Bouaziz, CEO...
Workday Rising, Precision Talent Acquisition, The Future Role of the CHRO E206
In this conversation I share insights from my recent trip to Europe, focusing on the Workday Rising event, the current state of talent acquisition, and the evolving role of CHROs in strategic workforce planning....
How AI Will Revolutionize The HR Department, In Detail. E205
I know most of you have used ChatGPT, Galileo™, or other AI tools in your job, but you haven’t seen anything yet. In this podcast I walk through a complete end-to-end scenario to show...
The End Of The American Dream? How Automation Works To Your Advantage (or Not). E204
What do we do about the American Dream? This week I discuss the explosion of employee and citizen activation (NYC UHG CEO, for example) and how the US economy has not been delivering for...
WhatWorks: Sanford Health Develops Mission-Driven Leaders at All Levels. E203
Linda Kirchhevel, Director, Talent & Leadership Development at Sanford Health talks with Kathi Enderes about their leadership development program. Linda discusses how the organization’s frequent mergers caused them to prioritize creating a unique leadership...
How To Accelerate The Productivity Benefits of AI? Four Stages of AI Adoption. E202
AI tools are rapidly sweeping across our companies in every job function, and most of us see them as “productivity tools.” Well, that’s a very limited view of the future. While AI may make...
People Analytics: The Next Big Step Has Arrived. Get Ready. E201
Companies have been investing in People Analytics and Industrial Psychology since the late 1800s, going back to Fredrick Taylor (time and motion studies) and Carl Jung (psychological types). The original idea was to scientifically...
Can One AI Agent Do Everything? How To Redesign Jobs for AI? HR Expertise And A Big Future for L&D. E200
This week I summarize my meetings and discussions with clients in NYC and you can see we covered many topics. Here’s the AI summary, which is pretty good. In this conversation, Josh Bersin discusses...
How AI Changes Organizations, Institutions, and Society. E199
In today’s podcast I discuss the organizational, institutional, and societal impacts of AI. And I’m not predicting what “could happen” but rather sharing “what is happening now.” As you’ll hear, AI plays a role...
What’s Holding Back People Analytics? Discussion with Paul Rubenstein from Visier. E198
After decades of effort and growth, only around 10% of People Analytics teams deliver strategic business value. Many are still focused on traditional analysis of engagement, retention, leadership pipelines, and other HR measures. In...
Diversity, Inclusion, DEI, and Wellbeing In The Trump Era E197
This week I discuss the issue of DEI (must it DIE?), inclusion, and corporate culture in the Trump Era. We just completed a 1.5 hour discussion with 30+ companies on the impact of the...
The History of Franklin Covey And The Enduring Model Of Leadership E196
In this episode of the WhatWorks podcast, Paul Walker, CEO of FranklinCovey, talks with Kathi Enderes about FranklinCovey’s history, his own journey of 25 years with the company from frontline employee to CEO, and...
AI Can Do Even More Than You Thought. Why Every Employee Will Have A Digital Assistant. E195
This week I discuss how major new AI use-cases have emerged. Imagine if every employee had a personal AI assistant? It’s going to happen. I also discuss LinkedIn Hiring Assistant, Galileo™, SuccessFactors Joule, AI...
Job Task Re-Engineering With AI: A Massive Opportunity Ahead – E194
In this week’s podcast I discuss the trend (and need) for job task re-engineering: breaking down our jobs into tasks, so we can effectively use AI and Agents to speed things up. As more...
WhatWorks: Mastercard Evolves To Systemic HR™ – E193
In this episode of the WhatWorks podcast series, Nick Benaquista, SVP, People and Capability Partner, Chief Administration Office and Strategic Growth at Mastercard, shares how Mastercard has transformed HR from a static, siloed, overlapping...