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In this episode, we chat with Cristian Grossmann, the CEO and co-founder of Beekeeper, a company that helps solve the disconnect between frontline workers and their managers in the retail, hospitality, manufacturing and construction industries. A former frontline worker himself, Cris understands first-hand the technology that is required to make the frontline workforce more effective. Before taking a turn into the world of #HRTech, Cris studied Chemical Engineering and got his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, both at ETH Zurich. Leveraging these disciplines to create Beekeeper’s mobile-first Frontline Success System, Cris gave us a peek into the company’s AI plans and – of course – John had a few thoughts to share on what that means to deskless workers.

We'd be remiss if we didn't break stride to address the ramifications of NYC Local Law 144 and all things AI. Our own John Sumser is one of the leading experts on artificial intelligence and in this episode of #TheWork he asks (and answers) the tough questions that all of us should be considering as we navigate the nascent world of AI. Thanks for listening to this episode of #TheWork.

Sarah Rodehorst is the CEO of Onwards HR, the leading HR tech provider committed to making separations better for employers and employees. No stranger to the power of technology, Sarah’s expertise includes complex areas including healthcare reform and compliance. After seeing how much organizations struggled with the severance payments and separation regulations intended to ease transitions during workforce reductions, she started Onwards HR. In this episode of #TheWork, Sarah helps us understand who else is involved in a reduction in force (guess what – it’s not only HR) and how messy state WARN acts can be for enterprises laying off employees across different locations. We learned so much from Sarah and we’re sure you will too – please listen to learn more about this timely topic that is fraught with emotion and challenges for employers and employee alike.

It’s always fun to learn about new companies that are returning value to their customers from day one! That’s Berlin-based Dado. By applying the principles of product management to HR, Dado becomes the extra team member that supports every stage of the employee experience, consistently and transparently. Arielle Kilroy is Dado’s co-founder, CEO and CPO, who has a fascinating career journey and game-changing technology. Thanks for listening to and liking this episode of #TheWork #podcast.

This episode features a fascinating conversation with Hung Lee. He curates Recruiting Brainfood, one of the most popular weekly newsletters for the recruiting, HR, and talent industries. His keen expertise and approach to building a vendor-neutral community are respected around the globe. We discuss why some things in the workplace never change such as workers leaving low paying and low flexibility jobs, the impact of the aging workforce, and “elite overproduction” of highly educated people with elevated expectations without suitable jobs to match. No one has the final answer and we agreed we’re not going to solve it anytime soon. It’s why recruiting remains broken, and regardless of economic pressures, vacancies will always persist. Thanks for listening to #TheWork podcast.

Employment attorney, writer and professor Heather Bussing believes pay equity is the easiest place to start a company’s DEI journey. Straightforward and simple, it’s math and shouldn’t be met with so much resistance. Yet, we all know that we’re years away from true pay equity, especially for women of color. Jeanne was surprised to learn how disparate pay is between men and women in the legal profession and we all bemoaned how uncomfortable and non-inclusive mandatory golf outings are. Join us for this episode of #TheWork podcast to learn from one of the HR industry’s most knowledgeable – and authentic – employment law experts.

Blindly copying what successful companies did in the past simply doesn’t work anymore. In this episode of #TheWork podcast, our guest Ben Waber, President and co-founder of Humanyze and one of the world’s leading experts in people analytics, discusses why there is no status quo other than change as the new constant. We discuss how it has exposed the shabbiness of management practices and, of course, we also delve into #ChatGPT, preconceived notions of what data does or does not tell us, and why the truth matters. Having presented at high profile organizations including the U.N. and World Economic Forum, Ben’s thought leadership has been featured in Wired, CNN, HBR, and The New York Times. There’s no doubt you’ll understand why his work was selected for the Harvard Business Review's List of Breakthrough Ideas and the Technology Review's Top 10 Emerging Technologies.

A pioneering voice in HR tech, William Tincup lives outside the box. In this episode of #TheWork, William punches holes in conventional thinking, shares his envy of Gen Z, and takes us on an unexpected magical mystery tour. John, Jeanne and William used to teach the wildly popular "Master Class in HCM" and by listening to this podcast, you’ll have a front-row seat as to why it was so successful. Learn from one of the best strategists in the #HRtech category: William Tincup.

While speed-to-hire might seem like the all-important recruiting metric, the person stocking the grocery market shelves requires different skills than the trucker who is delivering the merchandise to the store. In this episode of #TheWork, Crosschq CEO Mike Fitzsimmons takes us through an outcome-driven approach to talent acquisition and shares why hiring intelligence – the verified intelligence that informs quality of hire – is the future of relevant data. By leading with outcomes, Fitzsimmons says we can truly get to a predictive state in recruiting. Learn more by listening to the latest from #TheWork.

Leapgen CEO & co-founder Jason Averbook didn't mince words on the latest episode of TheWork. He says that unless HR stops doing what it has been doing for the last 50 years and refocuses within the next five, the function will DIE. Reskilling is part of what will help drive change but even more important is cultivating a mindset of changefulness: the intention and willingness to change. Listen and learn from one of the HR industry's leading experts as he muses over what HR investments are needed now to create a path forward.