HR Happy Hour Network

HR Happy Hour 380 - Modern Approaches to Learning and Finding Knowledge   Hosts: Steve Boese, Trish McFarlane Guest: Sam Crumley, VP of Employee Experience, Panopto Sponsored by Panopto, or businesses and universities, Panopto is everything YouTube isn’t. With enterprise-grade security, built-in recording and live streaming, and a unique search engine that finds any word spoken in any video, Panopto is how professionals share knowledge. This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, Steve and Trish welcomed Sam Crumley, of Panopto to talk about what it is like leading the people function at a company that actually provides tools to other organizations and HR and people functions. Sam also shared how HR leaders and organizations have to respond to the new ways employees are seeking knowledge and how they want to learn new skills. It is no surprise, video has emerged as the primary media of choice for the modern workplace, and Sam shared some of the benefits and  added analytical value that modern technology Panopto can provide. Additionally Trish shared some of her observations from her role as Chairwoman of the recent HR Tech China in Shanghai. This was a fun and interesting conversation, thanks to Sam for joining us. Remember to subscribe to the HR Happy Hour Show wherever you get your podcasts

HR Happy Hour 379: Making the Most of Benchmarking and Best Practices Host: Trish McFarlane Guest: Harry Osle, Principal and Global Human Resources Practice Leader at The Hackett Group This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, Trish was joined by returning guest, Harry Osle, from The Hackett Group.  He shared data from their recent report, the HR Agenda for 2019.  The discussion revolved around how business requirements are changing and the pace and need for agility is increasing.  Harry gave tips on how HR leaders can stay current with those demands.  They also talked about digital transformation and what is important for HR pros to know.   As part of ADP's new service program, ADP Advantage, the tools you need to keep these implementation worries at bay are now standard for ADP's customers.  This will drive greater success through the implementation process, "Go Live", and beyond. Thank you for listening and we hope you enjoy this episode.  Remember to subscribe to the HR Happy Hour Show wherever you get your podcasts - just search for 'HR Happy Hour'.

HR Happy Hour 378 - The HR Tech Systems Landscape - Live from HR Tech China Host: Steve Boese Guest: Stacey Harris, Sierra-Cedar Sponsored by Panopto - For businesses and universities, Panopto is everything YouTube isn’t. With enterprise-grade security, built-in recording and live streaming, and a unique search engine that finds any word spoken in any video, Panopto is how professionals share knowledge. On the last of a three show series recorded LIVE at the recent HR Tech China Conference in Shanghai, Steve is joined by Stacey Harris of Sierra-Cedar for a conversation about the big themes, trends, and findings from the most recent HR Systems Survey from Sierra-Cedar. Stacey talked about some of the important ideas for HR leaders to think about when creatings their HR Tech strategies, the nees to concentrate on change management, and some of the more specific results and key findings for the Asia Pacific region. This was a fun and interesting conversation - thanks so much to Stacey for joining us. And also thanks to LRP and DLG China for having the HR Happy Hour Show in Shanghai.  For more information and to participate in the 2020 HR Systems Survey please visit Sierra-Cedar's survey home page. Remember to subscribe to the HR Happy Hour Show wherever you get your podcasts.

HR Happy Hour 377 - Building a Resonant Organization - Live from HR Tech China Host: Steve Boese Guest: Cecile Alper-Leroux, VP, HCM Innovation, Ultimate Software Sponsored by Panopto - For businesses and universities, Panopto is everything YouTube isn’t. With enterprise-grade security, built-in recording and live streaming, and a unique search engine that finds any word spoken in any video, Panopto is how professionals share knowledge. On the second episode of a special three show series recorded LIVE at the recent HR Tech China Conference in Shanghai, Steve is joined by the most frequent guest in HR Happy Hour Show history, Cecile Alper-Leroux who joined us live in China to talk about her new book titled 'From Dissonance to Resonance: Bringing your people and organization into sync.' Learn more and pre-order the book HERE. On the show, Cecile shared her perspectives on the modern organization and workplace, the challenge and opportunity for HR professionals to help create truly resonant workplaces, and how new and innovative technologies play a key supporting role in helping drive these transformations. There can be a lot of disillusion and doubt in HR and in workplaces - with an increase in automation and many organizations still operating in a transaction based mindset. Resonance means finding a place where things feel 'right' and where people, and HR, and organizations amplify each other. This was a fun and interesting show, thanks Cecile for joining us.  Subscribe to the HR Happy Hour wherever you get your podcasts.

HR Happy Hour 376 - HR and Digital Transformation - Live from HR Tech China Host: Steve Boese Guest: Jason Averbook, CEO and Founder, LeapGen Sponsored by Panopto - For businesses and universities, Panopto is everything YouTube isn’t. With enterprise-grade security, built-in recording and live streaming, and a unique search engine that finds any word spoken in any video, Panopto is how professionals share knowledge. On the first of a special three show series recorded LIVE at the recent HR Tech China Conference in Shanghai, Steve is joined by Jason Averbook, CEO and Founder of LeapGen and intrernational speaker, advisor, and HR Tech though leader. On the show, Jason shared some of the key highlights and themes of his recent presentations in China as well as at the HR Festival in Singapore all about HR Transformation, Digital Transformation, and the way forward for HR and HR tech professionals. Jason talked about the importance of employee-centered approached to HR tech design and deployment, how 'technology' does not equal 'digital' and offered some advice as to how to best prepare HR and the organization overall for change and for digital transformation. This was a fun and interesting conversation - thanks so much to Jason for joining us. And also thanks to LRP and DLG China for having the HR Happy Hour Show in Shanghai.  Remember to subscribe to the HR Happy Hour Show wherever you get your podcasts.

HR Happy Hour 375-  Developing the Talent You Already Have Host: Trish McFarlane Guest: Sunita Navile, Global Offering Go-to-Market Strategy Leader, Watson Talent at IBM and Tara O'Sullivan, CMO at Skillsoft Sponsored by Panopto - For businesses and universities, Panopto is everything YouTube isn’t. With enterprise-grade security, built-in recording, live streaming, and a unique search engine that finds any word spoken in any video, Panopto is how professionals share knowledge. Today on the HR Happy Hour Show, Trish and was joined by Sunita Navile, Global Offering Go-to-Market Strategy Leader, Watson Talent at IBM and Tara O'Sullivan, CMO at Skillsoft. On the show, Sunita shared how using Watson AI works with your data in Skillsoft to tag the content with skills, then make learning recommendations.  Using technology in this way promotes internal mobility though a highly personalized experience.  She shared several tips and tricks to better manage the talent you already have.  Tara shared ideas on job adjacency and how understanding skills and learning can open your employees up to roles they may not be aware of.  It shows many paths to have opportunities in an organization.  These are just a few topics we covered.   This was a fun and interesting show, thanks so much Sunita and Tara for joining us. Remember to subscribe to the HR Happy Hour Show wherever you get your podcasts. And add the HR Happy Hour Show to your Amazon Echo device's Daily Flash Briefing - just search for the HR Happy Hour skill on your Alexa app.

HR Happy Hour 374 - The Future of Employee Communications Hosts: Trish McFarlane, Steve Boese Guest: Alan Burger, InfoSlips Sponsored by Panopto - For businesses and universities, Panopto is everything YouTube isn’t. With enterprise-grade security, built-in recording and live streaming, and a unique search engine that finds any word spoken in any video, Panopto is how professionals share knowledge. Today on the HR Happy Hour Show, Trish and Steve were joined by Alan Burger of InfoSlips, an innovative HR tech company that is trying to reinvent the digital document - an endeavor that has numerous applications and implications for HR leaders. On the show Alan shared how the original idea for InfoSlips was developed (it was from receiving old, paper based paystubs), his thoughts on how to improve the way we communicate with employees via modern technology approaches, and the power of digitizing documents and employer/employee interactions. Additionally, Alan talked about how with AI and other technologies, the capability exists to 'talk' with our documents - a really innovative idea and one that I bet you have not heard about before. And since it was a 'tech' and HR show, we also discussed the HR issues surrounding the increased automation of work, and what that means for HR and workplaces. This was a fun and interesting show, thanks so much Alan for joining us. Remember to subscribe to the HR Happy Hour Show wherever you get your podcasts. And add the HR Happy Hour Show to your Amazon Echo device's Daily Flash Briefing - just search for the HR Happy Hour skill on your Alexa app.

HR Happy Hour 373 - HR Technology Supporting the Organization's Mission Hosts: Steve Boese, Trish McFarlane Guest: Emmanuel Vouvakis, CIO, Industries for the Blind and Visually Impaired (IBVI) Sponsored by Panopto - For businesses and universities, Panopto is everything YouTube isn’t. With enterprise-grade security, built-in recording and live streaming, and a unique search engine that finds any word spoken in any video, Panopto is how professionals share knowledge. Recorded LIVE at the Oracle Modern Business Experience event, March 2019 Today on the HR Happy Hour Show, Trish and Steve were joined by Emmanuel Vouvakis, CIO, IBVI, who shared the important work that IBVI is doing to employ blind and seriously visually impaired workers, how their culture has developed to support their workforce, and the importance of having the right technology solutions and partners to help them realize their mission. In the US, blind and visually impaired workers see as high as 70% unemployment rates, IBVI, with the support of their people and partners, is showing that not only is it possible to engage these workers with meaningful work, that a successful and proud organization can be the result. This was a really interesting and inspirational show, thanks Emmanuel for joining us. Learn more about IBVI here. Learn more about Oracle HCM at www.oracle.com/HCM. Remember to subscribe to the HR Happy Hour Show wherever you get your podcasts

HR Happy Hour 372- The Real Benefits of Technology Training Host: Trish McFarlane Guests: Traci Zablocki, Professional Services Consultant at ADP and Eileen Ekey, Sr. HCM Consultant in Professional Services at ADP This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, Trish was joined by Traci Zablocki and Eileen Ekey, professional services leaders at ADP, to talk about the importance of training when you buy a new technology solution. While some people think training is not necessary if the solution is intuitive, we talked about why that is not true.  Training is an important part of having a successful implementation and strong user adoption. We also covered ways HR leaders can find the most appropriate and effective types of training for their workforce.  We also talked through one specific tactic for success, the Ulitization Scorecard. As part of ADP's new service program, ADP Advantage, the tools you need to make the best training available to your company is included for ADP's customers.  This will drive greater success through the implementation process, "Go Live", and beyond. Remember to subscribe to the HR Happy Hour Show wherever you get your podcasts - just search for 'HR Happy Hour'.

HR Happy Hour 371 - Modern Approaches to Candidate Experience Host: Steve Boese Guest: Paul Wolfe, SVP of Human Resources, Indeed Sponsosed by Panopto - For businesses and universities, Panopto is everything YouTube isn’t. With enterprise-grade security, built-in recording and live streaming, and a unique search engine that finds any word spoken in any video, Panopto is how professionals share knowledge. Today on the HR Happy Hour Show, Steve was joined by Paul Wolfe, SVP of HR from Indeed to talk about modern approaches to the candidate experience and how organizations can provide better overall experiences to their job candidates. On the show, Paul shared how he views the candidate experience, how the balance of information has changed and made providing a great experience to candidates has become more important for organizations, and some of the most important strategies and practices for creating better candidate experiences in 2019. Additionally, Paul shared some insights from a recent research study Indeed conducted about what are the key drivers or reasons for positive candidate experience, as well as the most common factors that create negative candidate experiences.  This was a fun and informative show with some key and new insights for HR and talent acquisition leaders around what is driving the candidate experience conversation in 2019. Thanks so much Paul for joining us. Remember to subscribe to the HR Happy Hour Show wherever you get your podcasts.