Workday Podcasts

Hilti on Using Workday Extend to Adapt to Change

Managing a global workforce was a challenge for businesses, even before the pandemic. As new business requirements and challenges emerge, tools and systems require new flexibility to meet the needs of the organization. How do you get this new functionality while maintaining the same technology, security, and infrastructure? Zuzana Rozkošná, HR global project manager and Charlotte Okosun, head of HR project management office at Hilti join Greg Thomas to share how an organization with 32,000 employees in over 120 countries has used Workday Extend to deliver new capabilities.

Accenture on the Future of Work and Unlocking the Potential of Your People

As businesses continue to navigate uncertainty, unlocking the potential of people remains a major priority. Understanding the future of work, how to support employees in the new hybrid world, and unlocking the right skills to support future growth are just three things on the priority list of HR leaders. Tim Good, senior managing director of European talent & organization and human potential lead at Accenture joins Greg Thomas to share his thoughts on how HR leaders are tackling some of their most pressing challenges today.

Diversity, Belonging and Inclusion: Closing the Strategy Gap

Companies around the world are facing major challenges such as the "Great Resignation" or the profound transformation of the world of work. D&I initiatives that promote diversity, belonging and inclusion are a solution strategy for these challenges. A study by Workday and Sapio shows that companies in Germany are investing in D&I initiatives, but not learning enough from the programs and adapting them accordingly. https://blog.workday.com/en-us/2023/podcast-diversity-belonging-and-inclusion-closing-the-strategy-gap.html
In this episode of the Workday Podcast, Daniela Porr, Solutions Marketing Lead at Workday, talks about strategic planning and adaptation of D&I initiatives. Listen in now and learn how to close this strategy gap! Here you can find the study discussed in the podcast: https://forms.workday.com/en-us/reports/global-blueprint-for-belonging-and-diversity/form.html

The ROI of Doing the Right Thing with Belonging and Diversity

Improving diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) within an organization is the right thing to do. But it is also the smart thing to do. We talked with Scott McMillion of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Workday’s Carin Taylor to learn more about building a successful DEIA strategy that improves an entire organization. https://blog.workday.com/en-us/2023/workday-podcast-roi-doing-right-thing-belonging-diversity.html

DevTalk: Sun Life Enables Digital Resiliency

Chris Bledsoe, head of developer relations at Workday, chats with Eric Chung, director of HR systems at Sun Life, about best practices for enabling agility and building business value with Workday. https://blog.workday.com/en-us/2023/workday-podcast-sun-life-enables-digital-resiliency.html

David Green’s Expert Insights on Trends in People Analytics

Any organisation is only as strong as its most valuable asset - its people. And as macro trends including hybrid working and skills continue to dominate the HR agenda, making data-driven decisions with real-time data becomes all the more important. Making sense of all the data can be overwhelming for HR teams and business leaders. It’s not enough to simply gather data—leaders need actionable insights. But where should businesses start?
In this episode of the Workday Podcast, David Green, host of the Digital HR leaders podcast, director of Insight 222 and author of Excellence in People Analytics, joined Greg Thomas to discuss the role people analytics can play in helping to shape the future of work.

Driving the University of Pennsylvania’s Big Transformation

Moving to Workday’s modern cloud-based solution empowered the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) to be more strategic and support its mission of academics and research. We talked with UPenn’s Chris Blickley to learn how they enacted large-scale change across its 30,000 employees. https://blog.workday.com/en-us/2023/workday-podcast-driving-university-pennsylvanias-big-transformation.html

Finance Transformation and the Digital Vision for Not-for-Profit Hyde Group

It has been a challenging time for the UK property market. For Hyde Group, a not-for-profit provider of homes, the responsibility to step up for its 95,000 customers across London and the South East has intensified in the post-pandemic world.
On this episode of the Workday Podcast, Anna Brennan, finance system implementation director of Hyde Group, joined Patrick Evenden to talk about how technology is helping the business to navigate economic uncertainty, the importance of data when it comes to meeting ESG requirements, and her advice for other organizations embarking on financial transformation.

Bolt’s Head of People Technology on the Power of Data and How to Engage the Honey Badgers

Urban mobility, the way that we travel around towns and cities, is undergoing a significant transformation. At the forefront of that change is Bolt, which is helping people move around more than 500 cities around the world and, in doing so, helping to reshape urban spaces for people not cars.
In this episode of the Workday Podcast, Andy Turnbull, head of people technology at Bolt joined Patrick Evenden to talk about the challenges of working for one of the fastest-growing companies in the world and how Bolt’s technology helps it to stay flexible and agile.

Monex CFO on Becoming a Finance Value Creator

Finance has often been seen as the department of “yes” or “no,” the financial steward keeping the books balanced. And, while much of this traditional role remains, the business needs more from CFOs and their teams in today’s uncertain world. From ESG to continuous planning and delivering real-time data to empower fast decisions, finance’s role is shifting.
In this episode, Magda Gonzalez, CFO at Monex, joined Steve Dunne to discuss the changing nature of the finance leader, and how the function is moving towards the role of business partners to one of value creator.