Michelle Dawkins sat down with Joel Hellermark to explore why simply putting an AI assistant on every desk won't deliver true transformation, and how organizations can escape the "copy-paste economy" that currently drains over seven hours of employee productivity every week.

Are you deploying powerful new AI agents, only to realize your employees are spending all their time trying to make them work together? In this episode, Laila Almounaier, Vice President of Connected Experiences at Workday, unpacks the hidden friction of the AI era. While specialized agents are excellent at individual tasks, true enterprise value requires an open architecture where technology naturally collaborates.

While AI tools are helping teams get work done faster, many leaders are noticing a new challenge emerge: as productivity goes up, human connection sometimes takes a backseat. Workday’s Chief Impact Officer Carrie Varoquiers and CEO Aneel Bhusri unpacked new global research from Workday that explores how technology is changing the way we connect with each other at work, and how leaders can leverage AI's speed without losing the human connection that keeps cultures from becoming transactional. 

You can check out the full report here.

As agentic AI accelerates software development to the speed of thought, how can tech leaders balance rapid innovation with absolute security for their core business engines? Workday CTO Gabe Monroy and CIO Rani Johnson sat down to discuss why forward-thinking organizations are dismantling traditional Agile workflows for "AI pods," and how native platform architecture allows trusted automation to run at full throttle.

As global AI regulation shifts from abstract theory to enforceable law, organizations face a critical choice: wait for the final rules or lead with proactive integrity. Hear from Workday’s Chief Responsible AI Officer Kelly Trindel and Chief Legal Officer Rich Sauer on how to navigate the complexities of an evolving global policy landscape while keeping cultural values at the center of it all.

As AI adoption accelerates, many HR teams are discovering that productivity gains alone don’t guarantee better business outcomes. In this episode of the Future of Work podcast, Workday’s David Wachtel and industry analyst Kyle Lagunas explore why AI literacy, trust, and human-centered leadership are becoming essential for the future of work.

In this candid conversation, Workday HR leaders Adam Godson and Allison Joyce go behind the scenes of their own AI transformation. They share the friction of changing long-held habits, and the mindset shift required to move from reactive administration to true talent orchestration.

At this year's Innovation Summit, Workday leaders laid out why this moment is bigger than the cloud, and what they're building to define it. We're giving you a front-row seat to what the world's top industry analysts heard firsthand: co-founder & CEO Aneel Bhusri on why AI is Workday's biggest growth opportunity yet, President of Product & Technology Gerrit Kazmaier on why enterprise AI demands a different standard, and GM of Sana Joel Hellermark on the AI operating system that could replace every interface your employees use today.

In this episode, we revisit a standout conversation from our series that has only become more relevant as the AI landscape evolves. Kasia Chmielinski, co-founder of the Data Nutrition Project, sat down with AI expert and Harvard Fellow Kathy Pham to discuss the transformative potential of AI in the workplace and the importance of ethical AI practices.

Workday CTO Gabe Monroy and Head of Developer Relations Nick Moores discuss the shift from "black box" enterprise software to the next era of enterprise technology defined by openness, interoperability, and AI-driven automation.

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