Workplace Stories by RedThread Research
By Stacia Garr & Dani Johnson
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Workplace Stories is a podcast for HR and people leaders who are tired of noise and need clarity that actually holds up. It is hosted by Stacia Garr and Dani Johnson of RedThread Research.
Each episode features candid conversations with practitioners, thinkers, and executives who are navigating real decisions inside complex organizations. Not hypotheticals. Not vendor promises. Real tradeoffs, real experiments, and real lessons learned along the way.
You’ll hear how leaders are making sense of skills, AI, organizational design, and culture when there’s no clear playbook and pressure to show progress is high. The focus is always the same: what’s actually working, what isn’t, and what leaders are doing next.
Workplace Stories helps you make sense of complexity, build credibility with evidence, and move from ideas to action with more confidence.
Want to be part of the conversation? Join our community for free and connect with others shaping the future of work.
Learn more about RedThread Research here: https://redthreadresearch.com/home
Each episode features candid conversations with practitioners, thinkers, and executives who are navigating real decisions inside complex organizations. Not hypotheticals. Not vendor promises. Real tradeoffs, real experiments, and real lessons learned along the way.
You’ll hear how leaders are making sense of skills, AI, organizational design, and culture when there’s no clear playbook and pressure to show progress is high. The focus is always the same: what’s actually working, what isn’t, and what leaders are doing next.
Workplace Stories helps you make sense of complexity, build credibility with evidence, and move from ideas to action with more confidence.
Want to be part of the conversation? Join our community for free and connect with others shaping the future of work.
Learn more about RedThread Research here: https://redthreadresearch.com/home
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Designing Future Narratives in a Changing Workplace: Lisa Kay Solomon and Jeffrey Rogers
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Apr 15, 2026 |
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How Workplace Culture Shapes Business Success: Ron Storn
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Apr 01, 2026 |
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A Culture of Development at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York: Jenna Filipkowski
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Mar 18, 2026 |
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Strategic Workforce Planning: David Edwards
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Mar 04, 2026 |
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Authentic AI Adoption and Cultural Impact: Dessalen Wood
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Feb 17, 2026 |
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Five Levels of Becoming AI Native: Melissa Reeve
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Feb 04, 2026 |
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Reimagining Work at Scale: Manuel Smukalla on Skills, Dynamic Shared Ownership, and the Future of Bayer
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Jan 21, 2026 |
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Centralizing for Strategy: Christine Crouch on L&D Transformation at General Mills
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Dec 17, 2025 |
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Building a Skills-Based Organization with Koreen Pagano
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Dec 03, 2025 |
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HR in the Age of AI: Cole Napper on People Analytics, Generative AI, and Redefining Value
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Nov 19, 2025 |
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Eight Levers for the Future: Lori Niles-Hoffman on Reimagining EdTech Transformation
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Nov 05, 2025 |
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Three Futures for Learning: How AI Is Rewriting L&D with Donald H. Taylor and Eglė Vinauskaitė
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Oct 22, 2025 |
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Believability: The Secret to AI Adoption in Learning
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Oct 15, 2025 |
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Moving HR from Support to Strategic Driver with Nadia Uberoi
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Sep 24, 2025 |
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Making Skills the Currency of Opportunity with Haley Glover
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Aug 27, 2025 |
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Doing More With Less: Serena Gonsalves-Fersch on Lean Talent Teams and Big Impact
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Aug 13, 2025 |
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Building Trust Through Vulnerability: How Zane Zumbahlen Leads Transformational Change
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Jul 23, 2025 |
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Beyond Training: How to Prove L&D Isn’t Just Overhead: Dr. Keith Keating
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Jul 02, 2025 |
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Stop Guessing: How J&J Gets Precise About Skills w/ Bas Debbink
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Jun 11, 2025 |
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Leadership as a System, Not a Trait, with Cher Murphy
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Jun 04, 2025 |
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Why Your Strategic Plan Might Be Trapping You, with Lisa Kay Solomon and Jeffrey Rogers
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May 20, 2025 |
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"Wait, You Still Make People Fill Out HR Forms?" with Josh Novelle
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May 14, 2025 |
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AI’s Not the Problem - It’s How You Use It, with Jeremy Broome of VISA
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Apr 30, 2025 |
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“Wait, We’re Still Guessing?” Why HR Needs Better Data - NOW
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Apr 17, 2025 |
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L&D’s Identity Crisis: Why Supporting the Business Isn’t Enough Anymore, with Al Dea
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Apr 02, 2025 |
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AI, Learning & Partnerships: How Bertelsmann is Future-Proofing Its Workforce with Steven Moran
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Mar 19, 2025 |
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Brenda Kowske: Strategic Workforce Planning in the Age of AI
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Mar 05, 2025 |
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Navigating Trump’s DE&I Executive Orders: Clarity with Heather Bussing
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Feb 19, 2025 |
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Simplifying Leadership: Coca-Cola’s Approach to Manager Effectiveness with Tapaswee Chandele
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Feb 05, 2025 |
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The Future of HR: Stacey Harris Shares the 2025 Trends You Can’t Ignore
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Jan 22, 2025 |
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L&D Tech: What’s In and Out through an Investor’s Lens
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Jan 08, 2025 |
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The Art of Finding and Growing Niche Skills with Cari Bohley
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Dec 27, 2024 |
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The Existential Crisis of L&D with Albertsons’ Michelle Kay
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Dec 23, 2024 |
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AI And Data Governance with Nick Hudgell
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Dec 18, 2024 |
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From Efficiency to Impact: Don Taylor and Eglė Vinauskaitė on AI in L&D
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Dec 04, 2024 |
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The Biggest Mistakes Companies are Making with AI with Christopher Lind
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Nov 20, 2024 |
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People Analytics & AI’s Real-World Impact at FedEx with Cole Napper
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Nov 06, 2024 |
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Why Social Network Perspective Matters with Greg Pryor
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Oct 23, 2024 |
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Redefining Learning and Development at McKinsey: Lisa Christensen
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Oct 09, 2024 |
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Mitchel MacNair: Crown Castle - Making Employee Development Strategic
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Sep 25, 2024 |
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HR, Workforce Automation, and GenAI at Merck: Jeremy Shapiro & Chris Shultz
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Sep 11, 2024 |
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The Critical Role Data Plays in Skills Development: MetLife’s Emily Hacker and Dan Weiss
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Aug 28, 2024 |
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Operationalizing AI Experimentation: Harvard Business Publishing’s Angela Cheng-Cimini
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Aug 14, 2024 |
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Debunking the Proposed Half-Life of a Skill: Guild Education’s Matthew Daniel
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Jul 31, 2024 |
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The Problem with Change: Author Ashley Goodall
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Jul 17, 2024 |
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Using a Skills Framework to Empower Employees: Microsoft’s Shweta Srivastava and John Mighell
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May 29, 2024 |
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Why Skills are like Oxygen: Ericsson’s Vidya Krishnan + Peter Sheppard
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May 08, 2024 |
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Skills Management: What is the Secret Sauce? GP Strategies’ Matt Donovan
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Apr 03, 2024 |
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Generating Value from People Data: GSK’s Angela Le Mathon
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Mar 20, 2024 |
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Skills: Yes, the Juice Is Worth the Squeeze: EPAM’s Sandra Loughlin
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Mar 06, 2024 |
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When Digital Transformation Drives Skills Transformation: Booking.com’s Oliver Drury
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Feb 21, 2024 |
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Company Culture is the Foundation for Skills Readiness: Executive Networks’ Gina Jeneroux
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Feb 07, 2024 |
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The Skills Odyssey IV: Opening Arguments
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Feb 06, 2024 |
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A Skills Approach for the Present and Future: IEEE’s Jennifer Rogers
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Dec 06, 2023 |
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Leveraging Generative AI to Efficiently Utilize Skills Data: McKinsey & Company’s Yelena Mammadova, Ed.D
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Nov 22, 2023 |
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Narrowing Scope & Purpose to Ease the Transition to a Skills-Based Organization: HPE's Kaye Slay and Vandana Bhagtani
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Nov 08, 2023 |
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Partnerships Focused on Learning Equity: Ingka Group’s Shannon Custard
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Oct 25, 2023 |
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Creating a Job Architecture from Scratch: Megan Bickle
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Oct 11, 2023 |
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Developing Skills to Reach Business Outcomes: Learning Forum’s Brian Hackett and Richardson Consulting’s Brian Richardson
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Sep 27, 2023 |
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The Skills Odyssey III: Opening Arguments
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Sep 27, 2023 |
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Transitioning from a Training Culture to a Learning Culture: Sobeys’ Peter Tulumello
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Aug 23, 2023 |
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Developing the Frontline: General Mills’ Valerie Digman
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Aug 09, 2023 |
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Listening to Frontliners Through Business and Cultural Change: Acuity Brands John Brothers
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Jul 26, 2023 |
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Improving the Employee Experience with Different Types of Frontline Workers: Rotana’s Andrew Wolhuter
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Jul 12, 2023 |
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Gaining Insightful Feedback from Frontline Workers: Cargill’s Tabatha Cronin
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Jun 28, 2023 |
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The Frontline: Opening Arguments
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Jun 14, 2023 |
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Creating Purposeful, Collaborative, Tactical Work on the Frontline: SAP’s Steve Hunt
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Jun 14, 2023 |
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Creating Intentional Leadership: AAFP’s Paula Matthews
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Apr 11, 2023 |
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Questioning Convention in the Workplace: Moderna’s Noah Rabinowitz and Nkiruka Ogbuchiekwe
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Mar 28, 2023 |
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How Organizations Can Make Data-Driven Changes that Benefit Everyone: Affirm’s Kaitlyn Mathews
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Mar 14, 2023 |
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Building Connection and Community Through Leadership: WGU’s Sara Reed
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Feb 28, 2023 |
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How to Build Systems to Enhance the Manager Experience: Morningstar’s Mary Slaughter
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Feb 14, 2023 |
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Making Managing Manageable: Opening Arguments
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Jan 31, 2023 |
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Innovative Ways to Support Managers So They Can Lead Effectively: NVA's Clint Kofford
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Jan 31, 2023 |
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If You Don’t Have The Data, You Can’t Do The EX: Workday’s Phil Willburn
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Dec 27, 2022 |
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Yes, Even EX Has To Be Systematized: Marriott International's Jessica Lee
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Dec 13, 2022 |
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Why We Need to Rip Out and Replace the Employee Experience: Meta’s Kelly Monahan
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Nov 29, 2022 |
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Why Both Little ‘E’ and Big ‘E’ Employee Experience Count: Eskalera’s Dane Holmes
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Nov 15, 2022 |
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Why Learning Is the Engine of Employee Experience: Walmart’s Brandon Carson
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Nov 01, 2022 |
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You Can't Change EX Without Understanding People: Author Ashley Goodall
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Oct 18, 2022 |
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The Employee Experience (R)evolution: Opening Arguments
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Oct 18, 2022 |
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If We Don’t Connect, The Work Will Get Done—But It'll Never Be Great: Pretaa's Michael Madon
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Sep 27, 2022 |
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Using Connection To Build Successful Cultures: Udemy’s Melissa Daimler
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Sep 27, 2022 |
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The Power of Connection: Thinker, Professor Dave Ulrich
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Sep 13, 2022 |
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Firing Up Connection From Pre-Hire: Service Express's Gretchen Murphy
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Aug 30, 2022 |
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Unsucking The Workplace Through Connection: Airtable’s Jessica Amortegui
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Aug 16, 2022 |
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Reconnecting Via Purpose And Continual Career Conversations: UCHealth’s Matt Gosney
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Aug 02, 2022 |
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Reconnecting Without Being Bad-Bossy: HR Thinker Liz Wiseman
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Jul 19, 2022 |
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Forget Balanced Work-Life And Think More Integrated: Panasonic's Lydia Wu
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Jun 28, 2022 |
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Is Mentoring The Key To Hybrid? WM’s Phil Rhodes
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Jun 14, 2022 |
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From Human To Social Capital: formerly AWS & GM's Michael Arena
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May 31, 2022 |
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Doubling Down On Trust: Uber's RJ Milnor
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May 17, 2022 |
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Restoring Work-Life Balance Through Hybrid: Microsoft's Dawn Klinghoffer
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May 03, 2022 |
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Adventures in Hybrid Work: Opening Arguments
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Apr 19, 2022 |
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A New Work Operating System: Thinker John Boudreau
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Apr 19, 2022 |
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SPECIAL BONUS EPISODE: GE Healthcare's David Sperl
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Apr 05, 2022 |
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Delivering a Skills Marketplace: Deutsche Post DHL's Meredith Wellard
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Mar 29, 2022 |
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Precision Development At Scale: Deloitte's Eric Dingler
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Mar 15, 2022 |
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Designing A Future That Loves Us All: AstraZeneka's Manisha Singh
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Mar 01, 2022 |
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Building Planes with Cake Decorators: Boeing's Guillermo Miranda
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Feb 15, 2022 |
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Paying for Skills and Much More with "Trustworthy AI," IBM's Anshul Sheopuri
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Feb 01, 2022 |
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The Skills Odyssey II: Opening Arguments
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Jan 18, 2022 |
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How Do You Build Things That Are Reversible? Sun Life's Robert Carlyle
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Jan 18, 2022 |
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A Peek Inside a Skills Transformation: Novartis's Tim Dickinson
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Dec 14, 2021 |
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The Soup Cube Skills Methodology: ABN AMRO’s Patrick Coolen
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Nov 30, 2021 |
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Building the Skills Plane While Flying: Citi's Christopher Funk
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Nov 16, 2021 |
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Exploring the build vs buy conundrum: Fidelity's Mike Groesser
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Nov 02, 2021 |
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The Skills Odyssey: Opening Arguments
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Oct 19, 2021 |
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Bringing Skills to life in the workplace: People Data Enthusiast Heather Whiteman
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Oct 19, 2021 |
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Using Skills to Create a Learning Culture: Ericsson's Vidya Krishnan
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Oct 19, 2021 |
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Data AND Stories: Workday’s Phil Willburn
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Oct 05, 2021 |
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What Belonging really needs to take hold: Airbnb’s Kate Shaw
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Sep 21, 2021 |
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Collaboration and DEIB — What Should Change? Babson College's Rob Cross
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Sep 07, 2021 |
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Creating light, not heat: JPMorgan Chase's Jesse Jackson
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Sep 02, 2021 |
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Creating space for courageous conversations: S&P Global's Rachel Fichter
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Aug 10, 2021 |
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Use both the data AND the story: PTC's Hallie Bregman
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Jul 27, 2021 |
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Integrating Inclusion: Opening Arguments
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Jul 13, 2021 |
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What a Mindset of Enablement Actually Looks Like: Microsoft’s Karen Kocher
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Jun 15, 2021 |
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Why skills inventory is a nut worth cracking: former McDonald’s CLO Rob Lauber
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Jun 01, 2021 |
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A 'Third Age' of Human Capital Management: Workday's Greg Pryor
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May 18, 2021 |
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Why L&D Needs to Lose The ‘Men In Black’ Mindset: British Red Cross's Satnam Sagoo
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May 04, 2021 |
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Learning The Many Languages of Skills: Mars's Nuno Gonçalves
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Apr 20, 2021 |
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The Realities of Building a Tech-Enabled Skills Framework: Sygenta's Madhura Chakrabarti
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Apr 06, 2021 |
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The Price of Skills Debt: Guild Education's Matthew Daniel
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Mar 23, 2021 |
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Designing the Skills Future: the d.school's Lisa Kay Solomon
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Mar 09, 2021 |
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The Skills Obsession: Opening Arguments
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Feb 22, 2021 |