In this episode of the Human Experience at Work Podcast, we had the pleasure of connecting with Khaled Bin Braik (Director of PwC’s ME Government & Public Sector Consulting Practice) and Boudy Kassis (Manager with PwC’s ME Government & Public Sector Consulting Practice) on the digital maturity research that PwC conducted in the Middle East in collaboration with SAP: Insights into the major trends, challenges and opportunities of HR digitization in the region as well as barriers and enablers of change and the key take-aways for HR leaders.

In this episode of the Human Experience at Work podcast, Nelly had a discussion with Samer Samman, Chief Human Resources Officer of King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), about how KAUST as a research institute was actively involved in addressing the challenges of the pandemic, how they managed the transition of both educational staff and students to virtual environments and the importance of the human experience at KAUST.

In this episode of the Human Experience at Work podcast, Nelly had a discussion with Haithem Al-Balawi, Chief Human Resources Officer at Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare about the major role of healthcare providers in this pandemic and how employee experience is crucial to delivering a great patient experience during this crisis. The healthcare industry had to undergo a lot of change and major challenges and Haithem highlights the role of HR and technology in leading those changes.

In this episode, Nelly discusses with Chris Shennan and Husain Jabir from Korn Ferry, the results of KF’s recent total rewards survey and the short and long term impacts of the pandemic on the world of total rewards. What are shifts in talent management and rewards practices that companies should adopt to ensure fit-for-purpose, increase agility, and maintain competitiveness while focusing on improving employee experience at work.

In this episode, Nelly discusses with Golnaz Bahmanyar, ME Consumer Practice Lead and CHRO Group Lead at Egon Zehnder, about the impact of the pandemic on the world of executive search on macro and micro levels, the redefined search criteria, and how companies and HR leaders in the retail consumer market are responding and realigning their priorities for the next 12 months.

In this episode, Nelly discusses with John Hinchliffe, Learning Professional of the Year Silver award, about the evolution of digital learning, how to build memorable learning experiences, and the importance of data driven learning.

In this episode, we discussed with Jia Gay, the group Chief HR Officer of Aramex, about the lessons learned during COVID-19, how it impacted the business, HR priorities and practices, the role of technology enabling the delivery of HR strategy in a remote setting and what the future work environment at Aramex will look like.

Our guest is Margaret Chen, SAP’s VP HR in Greater China region. In this episode, Margaret shares her journey being the first region to navigate through the turbulent times of COVID-19 and preparing for a stronger comeback.

In this podcast series, the Director EMEA South, HXM Value Advisory, Nelly Boustany meets with experts and thought leaders from inside and outside the SAP ecosystem to discuss latest HR topics and trends including the future outlook and opportunities. Listen to interviews, insights and discussions about best practices, relevant topics from the Human Experience universe available to all SAP customers from all industries and lines of business, as well as partners and SAP employees, and all further members of the SAP ecosystem. Please follow, share and subscribe! To share your views or topics of interest, connect with us by clicking visiting this link https://events.sap.com/human-experience-at-work/en/home