Send us a text Summary: Gary Bragar is the HR Outsourcing Research Director at NelsonHall, a leading BPO research and analysis firm, where he has global responsibility for HRO. In this key role, Gary helps both buyers and vendors assess the opportunities capabilities of HR outsourcing, including: recruitment, learning, payroll, benefits, mid-market HRO, and multi-process HRO. Gary is a member of the No. America Board of Advisors for the HRO Today Services and Technology Association, as well as a...
Jan 20, 2022•20 min•Season 3Ep. 6
Send us a text As the Chief Research Officer, Managing Partner of Sapient Insights Group, Stacey Harris oversees industry research work including the Annual HR Systems Survey and White Paper. She has been a leading member of the HR practices and technology research community since 2007 and has produced groundbreaking research on high-impact HR organizations, enterprise HR technology, and key practices across the talent management spectrum. Stacey has had executive-level roles with Sierra-Cedar, ...
Jan 13, 2022•41 min•Season 3Ep. 5
Send us a text Summary: Pam Jeffords is a Senior Partner at Sapient Insights Group who leads the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Practice. She has over 25 years of experience in the industry and is a member of the Global Leadership Council for Colorado State University College of Business, an advisory board member for University of Denver Colorado Women’s College, and a Limited Partner in The JumpFund whose mission is to invest in women-led startups. Pam has also served as Chair of Women United...
Jan 06, 2022•45 min•Season 3Ep. 4
Send us a text Summary: Jack Coapman is a senior executive at GR8 People, Inc. with strong leadership skills and experience formulating, developing, and implementing revenue generating strategies and policies. He assures continued growth and success through strategically charting business development and new business ventures. Jack has experience aligning client objectives and requirements with a technology platform that drives measurable results. In this episode, Jack talks about the past, pres...
Dec 16, 2021•39 min•Season 3Ep. 3
Send us a text Summary: Included in Socialmicole.com’s Most Inclusive HR Influencer List , Bennett Sung has contributed to the success of industry-leading recruiting technology brands, including VirtualEdge, Jobscience, MightyRecruiter, Koru, AllyO, and now Humanly.io. In this episode, Bennett talks about AI’s current role in the recruiting process and the role it might play in the near future. Chapters: [0:00 - 5:23] Introduction Welcome, Bennett Sung! Today’s Topic: The Role of AI in Recruitin...
Dec 09, 2021•37 min•Season 3Ep. 2
Send us a text HR Data Labs took the studio mobile and went live at HR Tech 2021 at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, NV, talking to thought leaders in People Analytics and HR Technology. Join us as we go on this enlightening journey gathering cutting-edge insights from our guests! Summary: Tim Sackett is one of the few HR professionals who has been on both sides of the desk. With over 15 years of experience in talent acquisition, Tim has worked as a corporate staffing director for companies like Apple...
Dec 02, 2021•31 min•Season 3Ep. 1
Send us a text Summary: As Season 2 of the HR Data Labs Podcast comes to a close, David and Dwight take a look back at its episodes and its guests, and they talk about about what to expect for the fast-approaching Season 3! Chapters: [0:00 - 4:30] Introduction Welcome… David and Dwight! Today’s Topic: A Season 2 Retrospective [4:31 - 19:15] How Each Guest Brought Something New to the Podcast A recap of each guest and their topic Episodes that stood out to David and Dwight [19:16 - 25:33] Looking...
Nov 18, 2021•28 min•Season 2Ep. 25
Send us a text HR Data Labs took the studio mobile and went live at HR Tech 2021 at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, NV, talking to thought leaders in People Analytics and HR Technology. Join us as we go on this enlightening journey gathering cutting-edge insights from our guests! Summary: As Visier’s General Manager of Strategic Solutions & Partnerships, Zack Johnson helps the world’s leading HCM vendors and service providers build winning people analytics applications businesses that unlock valu...
Nov 11, 2021•27 min•Season 2Ep. 24
Send us a text HR Data Labs took the studio mobile and went live at HR Tech 2021 at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, NV, talking to thought leaders in People Analytics and HR Technology. Join us as we go on this enlightening journey gathering cutting-edge insights from our guests! Summary: Chris Havrilla leads the HR technology and solution provider strategy and research practice for Deloitte—helping to demystify the ever-changing HR Tech landscape for their corporate and solution provider members. Sh...
Nov 04, 2021•19 min•Season 2Ep. 23
Send us a text HR Data Labs took the studio mobile and went live at HR Tech 2021 at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, NV, talking to thought leaders in People Analytics and HR Technology. Join us as we go on this enlightening journey gathering cutting-edge insights from our guests! Summary: Jason Averbook is an analyst, a thought leader, and a consultant in the field of human resources. He helps executives rethink the design and delivery of employee services to better meet the expectations of their wor...
Oct 28, 2021•18 min•Season 2Ep. 22
Send us a text Summary: Mark Hanson is a Product Owner for Emsi Burning Glass Talent Analytics team, and he leads the development of skills products, guides initiatives and partnerships related to Emsi Burning Glass Open Skills, and both conducts and presents skills research. He was previously the Director of Talent Analytics at UnitedHealth Group, where he led the People Analytics teams focused on reporting for talent intelligence, talent acquisition, human capital, HR systems, diversity and in...
Oct 21, 2021•41 min•Season 2Ep. 21
Send us a text Summary: Ian Cook is an advocate for the crucial role that people play in helping companies thrive. His career has focused on enabling people, teams and companies to perform at their best. For the last 15 years, Ian has been helping leaders elevate their HR strategies and programs through the effective use of People Analytics. At Visier, Ian led the development of their market-leading solution and now leads the overall strategy for the People Analytics business. In this episode, I...
Oct 14, 2021•29 min•Season 2Ep. 20
Send us a text HR Data Labs took the studio mobile and went live at HR Tech 2021 at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, NV, talking to thought leaders in People Analytics and HR Technology. Join us as we go on this enlightening journey gathering cutting-edge insights from our guests! Summary: Al Adamsen is the founder and CEO of PAFOW (People Analytics and Future of Work), a company that organizes in-person events focusing on the world of people analytics and produces a podcast, a YouTube channel, a blog...
Oct 07, 2021•45 min•Season 2Ep. 19
Send us a text Summary: Ryan Allen is a Senior Principal Data Scientist in the Office of the Chief Data Scientist at UnitedHealth Group. His day-to-day consists of making transformational technologies, creating AI systems that revolutionize healthcare operations, and, of course, evangelizing machine learning. He’s part of a team that’s setting the vision for artificial intelligence in healthcare. In this episode, Ryan talks about how machine learning is helping bring people alive! Chapters: [0:0...
Sep 23, 2021•29 min•Season 2Ep. 18
Send us a text Summary: Turetsky Consulting is comprised of an amazing team of consultants and experts and each of them is part of today’s very special episode! They discuss some of the latest trends trends and topics that have come up in the world of HR and people analytics. In this episode, David and the rest of the Turetsky Consulting team talk about people analytics topics that have been top-of-mind. Chapters: [0:00 - 1:37] Introduction Welcome, Turetsky Consulting team! Today’s Topic: Trend...
Sep 16, 2021•32 min•Season 2Ep. 17
Send us a text Summary: Caitlin MacGregor is the CEO and Co-founder of Plum, a robust talent assessment platform that is revolutionizing how organizations manage talent. Caitlin is passionate about helping people realize their full potential and about helping companies see beyond resumes to understand what their employees are truly capable of achieving. In this episode, Caitlin talks about psychometric data, what it is, and how it can be a game-changer for companies looking to add innovative tal...
Sep 02, 2021•33 min•Season 2Ep. 16
Send us a text Zoe Switzer has been working with Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams for over five years. Jeni founded her company with an amazing amount of bravery and entrepreneurial spirit, and now that it’s grown and spread across the nation, Zoe’s helped ensure that Jeni’s original values and vision continue to inspire each and every employee. In this episode, Zoe talks about her role and Jeni’s and how she’s been able to approach HR with a creative and community-driven mindset. Chapters: [0:00 - 4:...
Aug 26, 2021•43 min•Season 2Ep. 15
Send us a text A passionate advocate for cybersecurity, Evan Francen has been helping people learn about the importance of cybersecurity through his writing, his podcast, his YouTube channel, his public speaking engagements, and more! Cybersecurity has become a massively important aspect of running a business and yet, it’s still an afterthought of many CEOs in the world today. In this episode, Evan talks about what you can do to strengthen your own cybersecurity at home, and why your smart devic...
Aug 19, 2021•40 min•Season 2Ep. 14
Send us a text Are we in the middle of The Great Resignation? When crises hit workers tend to stay in their jobs. A report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics has tracked job openings, leaves, and turnover (JOLT) for the past 30 years. When the pandemic hit we saw a historical drop in employees leaving. Now, as the country opens we’re seeing a historically large spike in workers leaving jobs to move to other companies and careers. Dave Weisbeck shares his views on what is happening and why compa...
Aug 12, 2021•39 min•Season 2Ep. 13
Send us a text Summary: With people data and people analytics tools becoming more readily available, there’s a trend toward wanting a single solution that handles “all the data”. Unfortunately, this isn’t our reality quite yet. A holistic approach to people analytics can only be found when technology vendors and services players openly collaborate. This kind of synergy is what improves the lives of employees and fuels improved performance for businesses. Chapters: [0:00 - 3:28] Introduction Welc...
Aug 05, 2021•39 min•Season 2Ep. 12
Send us a text “When done right, the collection, analysis, and disclosure of DEI data holds the promise of being a powerful lever for progress.” This is the belief of Siri Chilazi, a Research Fellow at the Women and Public Policy Program at Harvard Kennedy School. Her life’s work is to advance gender equality in the workplace through research translation. In other words, she does research on how companies can promote diversity, equity, and inclusion, and she brings those research insights to pra...
Jul 29, 2021•36 min•Season 2Ep. 11
Send us a text As we touched on in the last episode, it may be a higher value to build your analytic software solution than it is to buy from an enterprise software vendor. Dhruv has been designing and building software for over fifteen years, and has worked with a variety of organizations across the public and private sectors (B.C. Government, Yukon Government, Change.org, Apple). In 2016, he founded Real Folk to help build the next generation of digital services across government and industry ...
Jul 22, 2021•39 min•Season 2Ep. 10
Send us a text Let’s go technical! It may be a higher value to build your analytic software solution than it is to buy from an enterprise software vendor. Dhruv has been designing and building software for over fifteen years, and has worked with a variety of organizations across the public and private sectors (B.C. Government, Yukon Government, Change.org, Apple). In 2016, he founded Real Folk to help build the next generation of digital services across government and industry in North America. ...
Jul 15, 2021•16 min•Season 2Ep. 9
Send us a text It’s time to challenge our concept of teams within organizations! In this episode you’ll hear from Mark Stelzner, the leader of IA HR Consulting. Mark started IA because he had worked with , and for , consulting firms and thought, “there has got to be a better way.” Mark amplifies the voices of the clients he supports, as he believes it’s about finding the right solution to help the organization thrive. IA really focuses on self-sufficiency. Through his work, Mark has been feature...
Jul 08, 2021•41 min•Season 2Ep. 8
Send us a text Have you ever worked with people who are scared of numbers but still want them? Steve McDonell jumped into the world of People Analytics after being a CIO for several years. As CIO, his role was to help clients understand the need for people analytics and how to adopt them as a part of their business strategy. In his work he found that there was one common thing amongst the clients, people want people analytics, but they really have no idea what it is or what it means, and in some...
Jul 01, 2021•34 min•Season 2Ep. 7
Send us a text Is what you’re doing in HR impacting your bottom line? If not, why are you doing it? Pat Acheampong is the founder of Ahumka Digital. He is a self-proclaimed Tech Junkie, a Would be Philanthropist, an Entrepreneur, Bon Vivant, and Aspiring World Changer. With over 15 years of experience working in global businesses in the UK, North America, Australia, and Asia, he is currently head of Employee Experience and Service Delivery at Zurich Insurance in Hong Kong. Any tech-geek is a fri...
Jun 24, 2021•33 min•Season 2Ep. 6
Send us a text Analytics is not just a one time thing, it has to be treated as something you will use in a continuous cycle that will improve your business processes and performance. Let’s dig deeper. Vikas Saini is a Technology Product Leader at Willis Towers Watson with specific expertise in HR Technology, Analytics and Big Data platforms. His core expertise is in delivering consumer grade analytics and big data products with a career that spans across startups to fortune 500 organizations. Le...
Jun 17, 2021•32 min•Season 2Ep. 5
Send us a text Sometimes in analytics we can get so absorbed in the numbers that we forget about the value they should be upholding. John Tardy is a leader and an expert in business analytics. John sets himself apart by focusing on delivering BIG value through technology, data analytics, and business intelligence, as well as building trust and confidence among stakeholders and guiding cross-functional teams and leaders to business insights and clarity amidst ambiguity and complexity. I can’t wai...
Jun 10, 2021•32 min•Season 2Ep. 4
Send us a text What separates basic from advanced analytics usage? How can an organization go from using analytics as a glorified version of reporting to an indispensable asset that drives an organization towards its goal? In this episode, Jon Burton and I discuss lessons learned from seeing and helping 100 implementations of people analytics Jon Burton is the Senior People Analytics Consultant at Visier Inc. With 20 years of experience under his belt partnering with senior leadership to convert...
Jun 03, 2021•32 min•Season 2Ep. 3
Send us a text Every employer has health care data. This data allows you to put programs together for cost management, stratify risks, or create well-being programs that are pertinent to your population. But how do you take data that for the most part goes unutilized, and take it to the next level? My guest and good friend, Mike Smith and I discuss the potential that data has to keep employees healthy, lower cost management, and equip people to lead healthier lives by releasing data into their h...
May 27, 2021•32 min•Season 2Ep. 2
