HR Happy Hour Network

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.

HR Happy Hour 370 - Elevating the Employee Experience with HR Technology Hosts: Steve Boese, Trish McFarlane Guests: Cecile Alper-Leroux, Johnathan Benhamou, Ultimate Software Recorded Live at Ultimate Connections 2019 Today on the HR Happy Hour Show, Steve and Trish were joined by frequent HR Happy Hour Show guest Cecile Alper-Leroux and first time guest Jonathan Benhamou from Ultimate Software to get an Ultimate update, learn more about the PeopleDoc technology and company that Ultimate acquired in 2018, and to talk about the importance of the employee experience and the role of HR technology has to play to help elevate that experience. On the show, Cecile and John shared their thoughts on the important role of HR and HR technologies to help develop people, allow them to achieve their goals and aspirations, and ultimately, (no pun intended), to help the organization succeed. By creating person-centric and 'people first' technologies that better understand people, streamline and enhance the way work and transactions are performed, and enable them to connect to each other in powerful ways - Ultimate is helping people and organizations of all kinds meet their individual and organization-wide challenges. We also learned a new term - "Ambient HR" - that is a really powerful idea about where HR is heading. This was a really fun and interesting conversation - thanks to Cecile and John for joining us and thanks to everyone at Ultimate for having the HR Happy Hour at Ultimate Connections. Remember to subscribe to the HR Happy Hour Show wherever you get your podcasts - just search for 'HR Happy Hour'.

HR Happy Hour 369 - Driving Improvements with Cloud Technology in Higher Ed Hosts: Steve Boese, Trish McFarlane Guest: Jennifer Martindale, Office of Continuous Improvement, Boise State University Recorded Live at Oracle Modern Business Experience Today on the HR Happy Hour Show recorded live at the Oracle Modern Business Experience event, Steve and Trish were joined by Jennifer Martindale of Boise State University to talk about their journey to the cloud for their administrative systems like ERP, Finance, and now with HCM systems. On the show, Jennifer shared some of their experiences along their path, the challenge of building consensus, managing change at the University, and how they are driving continuous improvement enabled by the shift to modern, cloud-based technologies. This was a really interesting and fun conversation with one of the leaders from a large, complex higher ed environment and has relevant lessons and takeaways for any organization who are also making HR and HR system transformation efforts. 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 368 - Conversational Technology: The Evolution of HR Tech Hosts: Steve Boese, Trish McFarlane Guest: Emly He, SVP, Oracle HCM Cloud, Oracle Recorded LIVE at the Oracle Modern Business Experience event, March 2019. Today on the HR Happy Hour Show, in a special episode recorded live at Oracle Modern Business Experience, Steve and Trish were joined by Emily HE, SVP, Oracle HCM Cloud at Oracle. On the show Emily talked about how the team at Oracle has reimagined the employee experience, and how that has informed how their products and services have evolved, and what that means for HR and for business users. Additionally, Emily shared how Oracle's innovative Digital Assistant solution - a conversational UI technology that lets employees interact with their HR technology solution in a modern, intuitive, and fun way is making an impact in areas like Recruiting and for the HR Help Desk. Finally, we introduced a new HR Happy Hour segment called 'The Best Thing I Ate This Week'. This was a fun and interesting show, thanks so much Emily for joining us and thanks to Oracle for having the HR Happy Hour Show at the Modern Business Experience event. Learn more about Oracle HCM and the Digital Assistant at www.oracle.com/HCM. Remember to subscribe to the HR Happy Hour Show wherever you get your podcasts - just search for 'HR Happy Hour'.

HR Happy Hour 367- Busting Technology Implementation Myths Host: Trish McFarlane Guests: Craig John Spendiff, Senior Vice President, Field Operations Major Accounts Services at ADP and Ed Davis, VP Professional Services at ADP This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, Trish was joined by Craig John Spendiff and Ed Davis, executives at ADP, to talk about a topic that can strike fear into technology buyers...implementation.  While there are many myths can can scare even the most steely HR pro, Craig and Ed shared their expertise and knowledge of how to bust through the myths and have a successful technology implementation.   They talked through what you need to know when you're starting the journey with a new technology partner, whether or not you need an implementation plan, who to involve in the implementation, change managent and user adoption. They may have even created a soccer (Futbol!) challenge for the future! 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. Remember to subscribe to the HR Happy Hour Show wherever you get your podcasts - just search for 'HR Happy Hour'.

HR Happy Hour 366 - The Future of HR in 2019 Host: Steve Boese Guest: Mike DiClaudio, Principal, Advisory, KPMG This week on  the HR Happy Hour Show, Steve was joined by Mike DiClaudio, Principal, Advisory at KPMG to talk about some of the findings from KPMG's recent 'Future of HR 2019' survey and report. On the show, Mike talked about some of key findings of the research, particularly in the areas of HR and organizational digital transformation intention and efforts. From Intelligent Automation, from both a business and HR perspective, which has emerged as an increased focus area for the CHRO, to better understanding the disconnect between the CEO and the CHRO as to the value of automation, to the segmentation of employees and groups for the purposes of creating different and personalized experiences in the workplace, the research offers plenty for HR leaders to consider and introduce in their organizations. This was a fun and interesting conversation, thanks very much to Mike for joining us. Access the entire KPMG Future of HR 2019 report HERE. Remember to subscribe to the HR Happy Hour Show wherever you get your podcasts.