Why are some organizations able to respond and adapt to disruption while others aren’t? How can social networks and teams influence leaders and help an organization become more agile? Learn about the challenges and benefits of social networks within an organization for both leaders and the workforce. In this episode, we welcome Michael Arena, former chief talent officer for General Motors, and now VP of talent for Amazon. Michael will talk about his book, Adaptive Space, including what he calls the four D's—discovery, development, diffusion, and disruption. He’ll also discuss the research that informs his thoughts on how social networks within an organization can create micro-movements to influence an organization’s macro strategies.

When you think about collaboration you probably think about teams. But teamwork may not be a natural thing for individuals. And a successful team-based organization may be easier said than done. Learn how restructuring your approach to collaboration can make teamwork more effective. Joining us for this episode of HC Trends podcast is Dominic Price, Work Futurist and “Team Doctor” at Atlassian. Listen in as Dominic shares his thoughts on building a team that creates value, including: Understanding what it means to be agile, achieving cognitive diversity, navigating failure and course correction, harnessing the benefits of friction and respectful dissent, evaluating success—along with his secret sauce for transformation.

From exhaustive and lengthy to simple and nimble. There’s a paradigm shift underfoot in Leadership development models. Why? Today’s digital, social enterprises need leaders who are agile, engaged, and connected. Our guest for this episode, Joe Moscola, chief people officer at Northwell will discuss his experience defining and rolling out a new leadership strategy—from strategy and framework to C-suite collaboration and succession planning. Joe will also share his top three "things to get right" when executing a new leadership philosophy.

What is “rebel talent?” Do workers who break the rules make good employees? Do companies that encourage non-conformity perform well? Host Jim Guszcza, Chief Data Scientist for Deloitte Consulting in the US, welcomes Harvard professor Francesca Gino to discuss these questions and her new book, Rebel Talent. Following the interview, join us for a roundtable discussion with Deloitte human capital leaders on such topics as accessing workers with the right capabilities, investing to get internal talent mobility right, and how to begin reinventing the talent acquisition process.

Mergers and acquisitions come with their fair share of challenges—especially during the integration phase. The promise of new talent pools may seem crystal clear during negotiations, but creating a cohesive organizational culture is not so straightforward in practice. How can leaders of merged companies architect reward programs that engage and retain employees? Our guest for this episode is Ben Jackson, the assistant vice president of Health & Welfare Benefits Operations for AT&T.

One bread-and-butter HR function—Talent Acquisition—has seen an explosion in tech tools designed to help source, recruit, and hire the right people faster. But too often, either the human factor gets in the way of sound decision-making or the technology itself lets biases creep in. Join us as our guest, Kate Glazebook, CEO and Co-Founder at Applied, discusses the many, often surprising, ways bias keeps organizations from making the best hiring decisions and how behavioral science is helping them battle back.

Your workforce probably looks very different today than it did 10 years ago. The monolith of full-time, long-term employees is morphing into a dynamic ecosystem of freelancers, contractors, gig workers, and flex-time employees. And this new reality is challenging traditional methods of performance management. Our guest, Jennifer Beihl, senior manager, Performance Development and Culture for GE, helps us explore this new landscape, discussing how GE is strengthening their employer–employee relationship through a performance management transformation.

Leading as a social enterprise is not only about an organization’s role in society but also about how it operates within its own walls, with its own people. Work is an inherently human endeavor, and cultivating this human focus is front and center in social enterprises. This includes things like giving people a sense of purpose and meaning at work, operating ethically, fairly, and transparently, and building teams that foster personal relationships and human connections.

Welcome back to Capital H. In Season 2, we’ll be focusing on a key business imperative from our 2019 Global Human Capital Trends research, which is the need for organizations to reinvent themselves with a human focus. We’ll hear from business and industry leaders of organizations that are navigating the challenges and opportunities – all while focusing on the human element at work.

What does it take to attract, retain, and develop top talent in today’s highly competitive job market? This episode explores how organizations are going above and beyond traditional employee engagement programs to create “simply irresistible” employee experiences. Our guest, Craig Mundy, Vice President of Human Resources, Strategic Business Units for Ingersoll Rand, shares how Ingersoll Rand transformed its employee experience by introducing an integrated career management and rewards system. Get valuable insights from Craig and our Deloitte Human Capital leaders about how to build, align, and evolve your own simply irresistible employee experience.