Up Next @ Work

In this episode of #TheWork, we have the good fortune of speaking with Dr. Charles Handler. Charles is a highly visible futurist and evangelist for the talent assessment space. Throughout his career, he has been on the forefront of innovation in the talent assessment space, applying his sound foundation in psychometrics to helping drive innovation in assessments through the use of gaming, social media, big data, and other advanced technologies.

Katrina Kibben creates impact on people. They know that job post strategies haven't changed in the last 100+ years, resulting in 100-year-old biases. As the world’s leading expert in writing better job postings, they teach companies how to remove bias, why adding pronouns matter, and about creating more inclusive candidate experiences. And, in this episode, Kat talks about being a ninja and John Sumser tells us about his short-lived career as a door-to-door Santa Claus. You’ll have to listen to hear more.

Randy Womack has 30+ years of SaaS/healthcare/operations expertise and three IPOs among his many accomplishments. It's no wonder that he understands what makes people feel connected, valued and so much more significant than their employee ID. In this episode of #TheWork, he talks about bridging the gap between our jobs and our lives and the roles that artificial intelligence, content management and good old-fashioned common sense play.

Turns out, working in the Metaverse is closer than you think. In this episode of #TheWork, we chat with Kyle Jackson, co-founder and CEO of Talespin. His company leverages immersive technology to rethink how people learn new skills and measure skill competencies, and in turn, puts a new foundation in place for professional development that helps people and organizations keep up with business transformation. It was a fascinating discussion and one you won’t want to miss.

CEO of Logical Design Solutions (LDS), Mimi Brooks, helps organizations think through organizational design and worker experience. A brilliant strategist, she drives opportunities for bridging across the enterprise and prioritizes high-value initiatives. Listen to this episode of #TheWork to think out of the box about competing in a digital world.

Having started his career as a research chemist, Michael Kannisto applies a similarly disciplined and science-based approach to the fields of Recruiting and Talent Management. He’s also the Founder and Scenario Director at Mindemic Lab, a think tank dedicated to exploring the future of social constructs such as art, relationships, mental wellness, and disability. In this episode of #TheWork, Michael challenges us to consider the unthinkable, especially as we attempt to use today's thinking to define the future of work.

There’s no dispute that workforce decisions are being made every day based on data. How can we be sure that this data is accurate? What about circumstances where there’s no data to support the decisions we need to make? Our guest Shon Burton discusses talent intelligence and the business improvements that can be made when staffing agencies and HR professionals – and HR technology tools – move data beyond transactional to predictive.

Using interviewing data to make better recruiting decisions seems so logical. Leaving the process to chance - dismissing structured interviews as navel-gazing instead of science - sends a negative message to job candidates plus wastes precious time and resources. Our guest Jon Stross shares how structured interviews can result in a better organization and why process changes can be an important part of HR technology buying decisions.

In this heartfelt episode of #TheWork, Jenn Ravalli, VP of Marketing at PandoLogic, shares the best and worst of her personal journey through infertility and a high-powered career. She shares the range of emotions, including guilt, sorrow, frustration and elation while giving listeners the encouragement to give yourself grace and expect support. We shouldn't have to set our careers back to become parents. We agree, Jenn!

Kicking off the inaugural episode of TheWork, co-hosts John Sumser and Jeanne Achille welcome SAP’s Chief Product Officer, Meg Bear. Together, they unpack how work is changing and how the resulting discomfort is creating learning and impacting product design. Oh, and Meg also lets us know why her colleagues consider her to be the Roy Kent of SAP SuccessFactors. We hope you’ll enjoy listening as much as we enjoyed recording this one.