Making the right business (and personal) decisions heading into 2022 can be freaking terrifying! We want certainty and predictability. We’re experiencing “VUCA-fatigue” from all the Volatility-Uncertainty-Complexity-Ambiguity). We’re hungry for facts and answers. Unfortunately facts these days get lost in the noise, misinformation, and abundance of bulls***. That’s why in one of our most favorite Geeks Geezers Googlization episodes each year, we’re excited to welcome the experts from ITR Economi...
Dec 16, 2021•45 min•Season 4Ep. 48
If you’re thinking that the first place to start a career change is your resume, think again. On this week's episode of the GGG Show, we're thrilled to welcome expert career transition coach, Amy Sanchez , of Swim Against The Current . And she has a tip for you: if the first thing you do before changing jobs is to get your resume ready, history will likely repeat itself! With the Great Awakening in full swing, many folks are seeking out greener pastures in their professional lives. The movement ...
Dec 09, 2021•46 min•Season 4Ep. 47
Schools are opening back up but education will never be the same. Let’s start with a record number of teacher vacancies, alarming quit rates, and 1 out of 9 high schools that produce more dropouts than graduates. What changes are needed? Like teachers, answers are in short supply. But our guest today Dr. Kevin Berkopes of Crossroads Education and his team are tackling this issue head-on by researching, testing, and incubating disruptive concepts in education to prepare students for the future of...
Dec 01, 2021•47 min•Season 4Ep. 46
The much anticipated post-pandemic return to work has gotten off to a very rocky start. Getting hybrid work to work it seems is definitely tougher than going all-in on in-person or all-remote. A recent survey conducted by BambooHR revealed that one in three (37%) office workers actually said they feel worse being in the office than they did at their lowest point during remote work—and we can all remember some pretty low lows from the past year. Making all-or-none decisions as well as the wrong h...
Nov 24, 2021•48 min•Season 4Ep. 45
It’s your choice. What will it be in 2022? There is no get-out-of-jail-free card to escape uncertainty. Change is accelerating and there is no pause button. Our Geeks Geezers Googlization Show guest this week is no stranger to the show. Keith Campagna , long-term listeners might remember, was the 1st GGG co-host, before leaving to pursue his 2 life passions - sales and life-work integration. Keith shares why work-life balance just isn’t enough anymore and why we need to cancel our "default facto...
Nov 17, 2021•47 min•Season 4Ep. 44
On the Geeks, Geezers, & Googlization Show as we welcome Gil Cohen , Founder of Employee Experience Design , to discuss the changing demand conditions from employees. R-E-S-P-E-C-T, find out what it means to me! Employees may not be singing this classic hit to their employers, but they're certainly telling them what they want and need in many other ways. Forty percent of the American workforce is expected to quit their current jobs by the end of the year even without another offer in hand (M...
Nov 11, 2021•49 min•Season 4Ep. 43
The Great Resignation is in full bloom. Quitting your job is no longer a black mark on your resume but a badge of honor on social media. No one should be surprised because complicated relationships rarely last very long. And yet up until just recently, most employers barely heard or intently ignored the shrill cries of employees: "Why don't my bosses care about me?" or "Why is it so hard for my company to listen to what I really need?" A quick fix is elusive but immediate change is essential if ...
Nov 07, 2021•49 min•Season 4Ep. 42
Leadership expectations are being transformed every second of every day. What has become painfully clear is that the leadership skills of yesterday won't solve or even manage the problems of tomorrow. To find the skills and mindsets that leaders will need to successfully navigate a never-normal VUCA world, Jacob Morgan interviewed the top CEO's around the world (140 +) for his latest best-selling book, The Future Leader. Geeks Geezers Googlization is excited to welcome Jacob on this episode of T...
Oct 27, 2021•49 min•Season 4Ep. 41
We all have dreams. But the fact is that 7.5 out of 10 people have experienced loss, trauma, or betrayal and if people don’t transform that energy, they transmit it. Many of these people become leaders of organizations! Over the last 18 pandemic months, there has been a lifetime supply of loss, trauma, and betrayal. The choice all of us need to make is whether we become victims or spur a transformation. This is a defining moment for employers. The employer-employee relationship is on trial. Will...
Oct 21, 2021•44 min•Season 4Ep. 40
With labor markets in freefall, there is no other business function that requires as much reimagination as recruitment and hiring. Can design thinking solve your organizations’ hiring woes and help companies fill their talent pipeline? Jodi Brandstetter, an ardent and passionate fan of design thinking, thinks so. In this week’s episode, you’ll learn what design thinking is and why Jodi feels it might just be the catalyst to transform your talent acquisition strategies. Before starting her own co...
Oct 06, 2021•48 min•Season 4Ep. 39
Can your company culture survive when your workforce works remotely? Is it possible to create that spur-of-the-moment water-cooler or passing-in-the-hallway moments on Zoom? “Where do you work” took on a whole new meaning and importance beginning March 2020. Prior to that, people went to work and the hybrid work model was almost taboo. Today where, when, and how people work is evolving on an hour-to-hour basis. Organizations and businesses of all types and sizes are being forced to create the po...
Sep 29, 2021•48 min•Season 4Ep. 38
Trust is deteriorating all around us. We have lost trust in our government, military, police, public health officials, business leaders, and even neighbors and family members. And who hasn’t done something to break trust? To make sense of what’s happened to trust, we’re excited to welcome Dr. Yoram Solomon to this episode of Geeks Geezers Googlization. Yoram will explain why trust is not what most of us think it is and shares a few of his 8 laws of trust. You don’t want to miss his tips on how t...
Sep 22, 2021•49 min•Season 4Ep. 37
No job candidate should be left behind. In a labor market when overall jobs are up 96% compared to pre-pandemic norms and job openings significantly exceed available workers, no company can afford to lose a candidate due to a friction-filled FCDD*up candidate experience. But in just a few weeks (October 2021) Google in its Google for Jobs search engine is going to throw another wrench into your recruitment and hiring efforts when it shines its massive spotlight on the job seeker apply experience...
Sep 15, 2021•49 min•Season 4Ep. 36
Recruiting and retention woes are wreaking havoc on businesses as a result of the collision of the Perfect Labor Storm and the Great Resignation. One reason why may be due to the “largest unheard conversation in history!” For starters, 68 million conversations happened in the last year around the candidate experience. To put that in perspective, that’s 2.5 X more than the 2020 Olympics! So why aren't employers listening? What do you need to do to pump the brakes on unfilled jobs and quit rates g...
Sep 09, 2021•49 min•Season 4Ep. 35
This episode is a masterclass on what your company must do to recruit and retain Gen Z in a Tik-Tok World. Gen Z is the newest cohort to join the working ranks. Knowing how to attract Generation Z employees starts with understanding who they are and their job search habits. Meeting them on their own terms could be the difference between filling open jobs quickly and prolonged vacancies and high quit rates. What must your company do to recruit and retain Gen Z? That is the question we asked two i...
Sep 01, 2021•47 min•Season 4Ep. 34
Early in May, the Workforce Investment Disclosure Act was introduced in Congress. Also referred to as Human Capital Management Disclosure, it will require public companies to disclose information about their workforce management policies. If the act is passed, these companies will need to include specific HR metrics in their public filing. What does this mean for your business? Many claim this act will be a game-changer and finally make companies to walk-the-talk when it comes to touting “people...
Aug 18, 2021•48 min•Season 4Ep. 32
Engagedly recently announced the “Top 100 HR Influencers of 2021” and Geeks Geezers Googlization host Ira S Wolfe was one of them! During the show, Wolfe interviews Engagedly’s President and Co-Founder, Srikant Chellappa , to discuss the origins of the the Top 100 Influencers List, how the honorees are selected, trends over the last 5 years, and how the 2021 list differed from prior years. This annual list recognizes Human Resources and People Services disruptors and leaders from across all doma...
Aug 11, 2021•45 min•Season 4Ep. 31
The quit rate of U.S. employees is at a record-breaking pace. In June 2021 alone, nearly 1 million workers left their jobs. This couldn’t come at a worse time with job openings reaching record highs and labor participation rates falling to WWII levels. Employee Turnover expert Dick Finnegan sums up this new work reality in two words: doom loop. The HR doom loop occurs when new employees don’t show up, ghost the employer, or quickly quit restarting the repeating churn of recruit, hire, quit, recr...
Aug 04, 2021•44 min•Season 4Ep. 30
In March 2020, the physical workplace went dark for millions of businesses including a company called Puzzle Break. The multi-million dollar business went to $0 in one day. His entire business depended on teams of people going to his physical locations. So he asked “how can we create a similar experience when people can’t leave their house?” Millions of workers and employers were scrambling to figure out the same thing: how to make remote work work! Zoom just wasn’t cutting it for many organizat...
Jul 28, 2021•45 min•Season 4Ep. 29
Where have all the workers gone? That is the question nearly every employer is asking. So I invited Futurist David Houle to tell us! Houle believes the 2020s will be the most disruptive and transformative decade in history. Never-normal will be the norm and our perception of reality will be challenged. Making sense of life’s unpredictable, fast-changing, and often incompatible events will make keeping up with the “shift” difficult. Millions of people are at risk of being left behind in what Houl...
Jul 21, 2021•46 min•Season 4Ep. 28
When it comes to filling open jobs these days, almost nothing should be off the table...and it's about time. The current labor shortage has finally forced companies to reimagine recruitment and think about HR in new and innovative ways. Elisa Garn , who calls herself a Human Experience Evangelist, came up with what she calls a crazy idea - Monetize HR. She says "the craziest thing, it worked" and she has the proof. Elisa is this week’s Geeks Geezers and Googlization Show guest and she shares how...
Jul 14, 2021•46 min•Season 4Ep. 27
For years, virtual reality (VR) has been synonymous with gaming. Matt Burns , founder of Bento HR and Global HR Summit, is betting VR will be the technology that helps HR transform the way businesses recruit, train, and develop their workforce. Confronted with historic HR challenges from recruitment and retention to reskilling and upskilling, conventional and traditional HR approaches just aren’t working. The problem is that many HR professionals don’t have a clue how VR can be used and the powe...
Jul 07, 2021•49 min•Season 4Ep. 26
Microaggressions are a workplace reality. Nearly 50 percent of Americans have experienced some type of microaggression at work. Over time, microaggressions, even unintentional, can accumulate and build into out-and-out discrimination. What can leaders do to recognize microaggressions? How can leaders make sure their employees feel safe, included, and comfortable? Heather R Younger , founder of employee engagement and leadership development firm Employee Fanatix , will share 5 steps leaders can t...
Jun 30, 2021•46 min•Season 4Ep. 25
Rishon Blumberg isn't just any other game-changer in the world of talent acquisition and talent management. Rishon sources "rockstar" quality talent on demand, or what he calls 10X. His recent book is appropriately titled Game Changer: How To Be 10x in the Talent Economy which reveals the strategies companies and individuals can take to become 10X. What’s 10X and what does it take to acquire 10X talent? (You’ll have to listen for that tip!) Rishon is, first and foremost, an entrepreneur. It’s wh...
Jun 23, 2021•49 min•Season 4Ep. 25
Before February 2020, recruiting college students and recent graduates was a recurring annual tradition. Employers camped out on campus to secure the best and brightest for internships and jobs. Then COVID-19 hit and college campus activity came to a screeching halt. Now that the pandemic is basically behind us, how will college recruiting change? How did the pandemic impact internships? What is Amazon’s impact on recruitment and the labor market? Where are wages headed? For answers, Steven Roth...
Jun 16, 2021•47 min•Season 4Ep. 24
Struggling to attract great candidates fast? Open positions suffocating your company’s growth plans? What trends are shaping the future of recruitment and talent acquisition? There is definitely no one size fits all and making the best choices can be confusing. From job postings to virtual career fairs, video is part of any effective solution. Why video? Because according to this week’s guest Lindsay Stanton , President of Digi-Me, video attracts more talent to your job postings, engages them lo...
Jun 09, 2021•43 min•Season 4Ep. 23
Nine out of 10 companies will be embracing the hybrid workplace model according to a new McKinsey report. But 68 percent of them have no detailed plan. A recent Wall Street Journal described the emerging era of hybrid work “might be even more messy” than the work from home transition millions of workers experienced in 2020. What does the future of hybrid work mean for employees, talent acquisition, employee engagement, diversity & inclusion, and productivity? What must managers and leaders d...
Jun 02, 2021•48 min•Season 4Ep. 22
With job openings at an all-time high, it’s crunch time for companies to get diversity hiring right. Women dropped out of the workforce in droves during the pandemic (almost twice the rate of men) but many won’t be coming back unless companies start treating them fairly, equitably, and as equals. The change goes beyond policies. According to the FairyGodBoss survey on diversity recruiting, 98 percent of organizations say it's a priority, but only a fraction have made significant changes. Only 1 ...
May 26, 2021•47 min•Season 4Ep. 21
Can you imagine leading an organization where employees from all generations respond to “What’s it like to work here?” with “I love it here!” Instead of making Millennials and Gen Z scapegoats and labeling 100 Million people as lazy, disloyal, and work-ethic deficient, treat them as people. That's what Clint Pulver, as the Undercover Millennial , discovered after interviewing 10,000+ employees - that loyalty and engagement aren’t innate to different generations, but dependent on how managers and...
May 20, 2021•50 min•Season 4Ep. 20
Companies have promoted very proudly that “people are their most important asset.” But behind closed doors, they managed human capital as an expense. Recent changes, however, at The Securities and Exchange Commission now say “put up or be shut up!” Public companies are now required to disclose information about “human capital resources.” The lines between old-school workforce management and bottom-line growth are merging. While this new requirement currently only applies to public companies, it ...
May 12, 2021•51 min•Season 4Ep. 19
