The Talent Blueprint

Do you know why HR leaders need to be more like the Italian grandmother who got really good at making ristrettos…? 

Guillermo Miranda, Talent Management expert, Digital Adoption & AI Transformation Leader, and a partner and advisor to several companies, speaks to Sultan Saidov about why AI, talent agility, human-centricity, non-traditional perspectives, and being able to learn (and unlearn) are all organizational advantages in 2023 and beyond. 

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The Talent Blueprint podcast is for business and HR leaders who want to build talent-first, skills-based organizations. In each episode, Beamery co-founder Sultan Saidov chats with an industry expert who shares their insights and experience around using talent to create a competitive business advantage.

Subscribe today and receive episodes every two weeks to guide you to become a talent-first organization, on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Captivate. 

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Listen as host Sultan Saidov speaks to Adam Artar, Director of Global Talent Acquisition at Edwards Lifesciences, about the real impact TA can have on people – patients as well as candidates and employees – and how his company is growing the skills they need to succeed as a business, and improve lives.  

Sultan and Adam discuss the unique attributes of the medical devices industry, finding (and developing) niche skills with a distinct employer brand proposition, embracing a new model for TA, and creating your own talent market for the future. 

In this episode, learn more about how Adam and Edwards Life Sciences: 

“It is rather fascinating to see the number of skills that we have a need for, not just today, but three, five years down the road… and understanding that it’s going to impact patients’ lives, it's going to impact families' lives long-term, because of the skills and because of the devices and products that we’re building.” – Adam Artar 

The Talent Blueprint podcast is for business and HR leaders who want to build talent-first, skills-based organizations. In each episode, Beamery co-founder Sultan Saidov chats with an industry expert who shares their insights and experience around using talent to create a competitive business advantage.

Subscribe today and receive episodes every two weeks to guide you to become a talent-first organization, on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Captivate. 

Discover more episodes of The Talent Blueprint podcast here.

Listen as host Sultan Saidov speaks to Stefan Begall, Group Head of Talent, Telia Company, about leading from a distance, the new role of Talent Acquisition, extending employee tenure, the importance of dedicated career coaches, the results of the ‘war for talent’, and increasing internal hires. 

In this episode, learn why Stefan believes: 

The Talent Blueprint podcast is for business and HR leaders who want to build talent-first, skills-based organizations. In each episode, Beamery co-founder Sultan Saidov chats with an industry expert who shares their insights and experience around using talent to create a competitive business advantage.

Subscribe today and receive episodes every two weeks to guide you to become a talent-first organization, on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Captivate. 

Discover more episodes of The Talent Blueprint podcast here.

Host Sultan Saidov speaks to Darren Peiris, VP & Group Head of Recruitment at National Grid, about building a best-in-class recruitment function, hiring for skills to deliver diversity as well as longevity, and why learning agility matters so much.   

Darren discusses working proactively with hiring managers, owning your own career path, and the importance of great leaders. 

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“Where I want to be able to head as an organisation is that we’re bringing people in with depth and breadth, which means that these are the individuals who can do five to six, seven different roles. Something that I'm a huge fan of is learning agility.” – Darren Peiris

The Talent Blueprint podcast is for business and HR leaders who want to build talent-first, skills-based organizations. In each episode, Beamery co-founder Sultan Saidov chats with an industry expert who shares their insights and experience around using talent to create a competitive business advantage.

Subscribe today and receive episodes every two weeks to guide you to become a talent-first organization, on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Captivate. 

Discover more episodes of The Talent Blueprint podcast here.

Listen as host Sultan Saidov speaks to Ashley Walvoord, Head of Talent Management at Verizon, about her career so far, the HR team and strategy at Verizon, and the challenges she has faced – and overcome – when rolling out employee-focused initiatives.  

Sultan and Ash talked all things internal mobility, employee engagement, and AI in HR…  as well as how her team at Verizon constitutes a “Swiss army knife” for the company’s talent needs. 

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“Our goal is not to have the most perfect Job Architecture to brag about, but rather to have the Job Architecture that unlocks possibilities and opens the door for all sorts of downstream opportunities and benefits.” – Ash Walvoord

The Talent Blueprint podcast is for business and HR leaders who want to build talent-first, skills-based organizations. In each episode, Beamery co-founder Sultan Saidov chats with an industry expert who shares their insights and experience around using talent to create a competitive business advantage.

In the first episode of season three of the Talent Blueprint podcast, host Sultan Saidov speaks to David Brammer, the former Global Head of Talent Acquisition at Ocado and founder of Bondu, which aims to make it easier for organizations to understand and rehire their former employees.  

Sultan and David talked all things boomerang hiring, integrating HR tech products with tools like Teams and Slack, getting the most out of a Talent CRM and building meaningful talent communities, and aligning recruiters to hire for skills. 

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“Not enough companies face into workforce planning; not enough companies have a decent narrative with their TA teams about the future.” – David Brammer

The Talent Blueprint podcast is for business and HR leaders who want to build talent-first, skills-based organizations. In each episode, Beamery co-founder Sultan Saidov chats with an industry expert who shares their insights and experience around using talent to create a competitive business advantage.

This episode features an interview with Kevin Stapp, SVP and  Global Head of Talent Management at Conde Nast, and your host, Sultan Saidov, Co-Founder and President at Beamery. Kevin is a Human Resources executive with global experience in leading people strategies and delivering results in diverse environments. A passionate and energetic team player with the proven ability to deliver bespoke people solutions to suit specific business needs.

Kevin discusses how Conde Nast uses their inclusion index, how “lateral agility” is improving leadership, and how they have helped navigate their employees through significant change within a now globally integrated organization. 

About Conde Nast:

Condé Nast is a global media company, home to iconic brands including Vogue, The New Yorker, GQ, Glamour, AD, Vanity Fair and Wired, among many others. The company's award-winning content reaches 88 million consumers in print, 419 million in digital and 432 million across social platforms, and generates more than 1 billion video views each month. 

The company is headquartered in New York and London, and operates in 32 markets worldwide including China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico and Latin America, Russia, Spain and Taiwan. Launched in 2011, Condé Nast Entertainment is an award-winning production and distribution studio that creates programming across film, television, social and digital video and virtual reality. 

Key Takeaways:

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“One of the big focus areas is what we’re calling “lateral agility”. 

Because what we found is we've certainly moved the needle in terms of the improvement of leadership and management in terms of what would be called vertical leadership in terms of the leadership of their teams and really focusing on elements such as the quality of feedback and career development and how they're supporting their teams.

And we've seen major improvement in that regard. But the area where we see the opportunity is that the most successful leaders are spending just as much time collaborating in a highly effective manner with their cross-functional peers.” - Kevin Stap

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This episode features an interview with Tami Wolownik, Head of People & Organization at Siemens Mobility, and your host, Sultan Saidov, Co-Founder and President at Beamery. Tami has over 15 years of experience with the company, having started as an HR principal in 2004. Since then, she has assumed progressive responsibility, working with many different Siemens entities before landing with Siemens Mobility in 2017. Before joining Siemens, Tami worked as a Director of Human Resources and Customer Service in the printing industry.

Tami discusses Siemens Mobilitiy’s focus on mental health, becoming attractive to talent by making a sustainable global impact, and how upskilling internally can prevent future talent gaps. 

About Siemens Mobility:

Siemens Mobility has been a leader in seamless, sustainable, reliable, and secure transport solutions for more than 160 years.

“As a leader in transport solutions, we shape connected mobility. The mobility environment is being shaped by three megatrends: climate change, population growth, and digitalization.

These trends demand seamless, sustainable, reliable, and secure mobility solutions to ensure a high quality of life for 9.6 billion people worldwide by 2050. And those people will aspire for seamless transportation from the first to the last mile. 

Digitalization is helping us to master these trends and continuously transform the way we travel. Therefore, we are constantly innovating our portfolio in our core areas: rolling stock, rail automation and electrification, intelligent traffic systems, related services, and turnkey projects – to shape the future of mobility.”

Key Takeaways:

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“We truly do believe that resilience and relevance for the future is critical, because I honestly believe that the roles we have now are not the roles we're going to have in the future. And as more automation comes into our manufacturing processes, the employees who are administering or facilitating or making that process happen are going to have to have more skills to do that as well. So again, let's build the expectation now that you're required to learn and that it's going to be good and it's going to be beneficial, and hopefully that'll catch, but we're on that journey like others as well.” - Tami Wolownik

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The Talent Blueprint is brought to you by Beamery. Beamery's Talent Lifecycle Management Platform makes it possible for companies to deliver more human talent experiences and unlock the skills and potential of their global workforce using industry-leading AI. Learn more at beamery.com.

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This episode features an interview with Bettina Deynes, Global Chief Human Resources Officer at Carnival Corporation and your host, Sultan Saidov, Co-Founder and President at Beamery.  

Bettina brings a background of business leadership and strategic planning to Carnival. As Global CHRO, she is responsible for attracting, retaining, and rewarding talent; leading more collaborative approaches with the operating companies to optimize our HR functions and further leverage best practices; as well as enhancing the company culture and leading the organization’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion efforts.

Bettina discusses how she steered through pandemic challenges within the cruise industry, the culture of trust and diversity at Carnival, and how she is using her position of influence to provide opportunities to the disenfranchised. 

About Carnival Corporation:

Carnival Corporation & plc is a global cruise company and one of the largest vacation companies in the world. Our portfolio of leading cruise brands includes Carnival Cruise Lines, Holland America Line, Princess Cruises and Seabourn in North America; P&O Cruises (UK), and Cunard in the United Kingdom; AIDA Cruises in Germany; Costa Cruises in Southern Europe; Iberocruceros in Spain; and P&O Cruises (Australia) in Australia.

These brands, which comprise the most recognized cruise brands in North America, the United Kingdom, Germany and Italy, offer a wide range of holiday and vacation products to a customer base that is broadly varied in terms of cultures, languages and leisure-time preferences. We also own a tour company that complements our cruise operations: Holland America Princess Alaska Tours in Alaska and the Canadian Yukon. Combined, our vacation companies attract 10 million guests annually.

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“I remember in the early days when it was very gloomy and we didn't know what was gonna happen, and I remember I said, we can use this time just to feel bad for ourselves and or we can use this time to our benefit and to come back stronger than ever. And how about really focusing on our culture. Understanding that DE&I is at the foundation of that culture. This is the time that we have to really listen, listen to, understand, and to learn about the experience of being on board.” – Bettina Deynes

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The Talent Blueprint is brought to you by Beamery. Beamery's Talent Lifecycle Management Platform makes it possible for companies to deliver more human talent experiences and unlock the skills and potential of their global workforce using industry-leading AI. Learn more at beamery.com.

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This episode features an interview with Lori Mix, SVP Talent Acquisition at ibex, and your host, Sultan Saidov, Co-Founder and President at Beamery.  Lori is a self motivated, adaptable, and high-energy professional who leads recruiting through change and challenge. She is a strategic problem-solver who envisions smart solutions and executes with urgency across all levels of her organization. 

Lori discusses how she measures success, the three pillars of the talent lifecycle,  and how her team is working to create positive experiences for both their employees and their clients. 

About ibex:

ibex delivers innovative business process outsourcing (BPO), smart digital marketing, online acquisition technology, and end-to-end customer engagement solutions to help companies acquire, engage, and retain valuable customers. Today, ibex operates a global CX delivery center model consisting of 34 operations facilities around the world, while deploying next-generation technology to drive superior customer experiences for many of the world’s leading companies across retail, e-commerce, healthcare, fintech, utilities, and logistics. ibex leverages its diverse global team of over 30,000 employees together with industry-leading technology, including its Wave X platform, to manage nearly 200 million critical customer interactions, adding over $2.2B in lifetime customer revenue each year and driving a truly differentiated customer experience. To learn more, visit our website at ibex.co and connect with us on LinkedIn.

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“We incorporate our tools and technology and AI to create an experience that allows us to be nimble and flexible, so that we can bring people in quickly and give them a good experience. And at the same time, deliver to our clients and be nimble and flexible for them, but also give them a good experience as well.” - Lori Mix 

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**(03:51) - Innovating talent acquisition 

**(08:50) - Setting candidates up for success

**(13:56) - Lori’s priorities for the future of hiring 

**(17:38) - What has changed in the talent experience?

**(18:30) - Advice from Lori 

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The Talent Blueprint is brought to you by Beamery. Beamery's Talent Lifecycle Management Platform makes it possible for companies to deliver more human talent experiences and unlock the skills and potential of their global workforce using industry-leading AI. Learn more at beamery.com.

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