Workplace Stories by RedThread Research
Stacia Garr & Dani Johnson
At RedThread, we love data—but we know stories are what stick. That’s why we bring together thinkers, writers, leaders, and practitioners to share real-world insights about what works in the workplace, what they’ve learned, and where the future of work is headed. We keep it insightful, thought-provoking, and maybe even a little irreverent.But we don’t stop at conversations. Our research, events, and community turn insights into action, helping organizations and individuals navigate the changing world of work.Want to be part of the conversation? Join our community for free and connect with others shaping the future of work.Learn more about RedThread Research here: https://redthreadresearch.com/home
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Dec 27, 2022 • 59min
If You Don’t Have The Data, You Can’t Do The EX: Workday’s Phil Willburn
Phil Willburn—our Season Sponsor Workday’s Vice President, People Analytics—makes a very welcome second appearance on ‘Workplace Stories,’ where he shares genuinely useful EX best practice. Does he have the definitive answer to our question, Evolution or Revolution? Listen to decide.
Dec 13, 2022 • 1h 5min
Yes, Even EX Has To Be Systematized: Marriott International's Jessica Lee
Jessica Lee, SVP of Global Talent Development at Marriott International & The Ritz-Carlton Leadership Center, shares her insights into how to create a consistent and supportive EX across the hotel giant’s 30-plus brands.
Nov 29, 2022 • 53min
Why We Need to Rip Out and Replace the Employee Experience: Meta’s Kelly Monahan
If Meta wants us all to work at least some of the time in a Metaverse, it probably wants to figure out what the right Employee Experience is to get there. Kelly Monahan's making sure that happens.
Nov 15, 2022 • 53min
Why Both Little ‘E’ and Big ‘E’ Employee Experience Count: Eskalera’s Dane Holmes
Former Goldman CPO Dane Holmes wants to remind us all of a huge truth: processes may end—but people don’t (you don’t stop learning once you’ve completed your module). So why don’t we look at Employee Experience that way?
Nov 1, 2022 • 43min
Why Learning Is the Engine of Employee Experience: Walmart’s Brandon Carson
For Vice President of Learning and Leadership at Walmart Brandon Carson, the systems we put in place ARE the employee experience. And if we want to change that, we need to help not just the cognitive worker, but that often-neglected other constituency in the EX debate—their physical worker equivalents.
Oct 18, 2022 • 55min
You Can't Change EX Without Understanding People: Author Ashley Goodall
For leadership expert and author Ashley Goodall, we get the employee experience consistently wrong because we just don’t want to look at the way humans really are out-of-the-box. Is he right?
Oct 18, 2022 • 15min
The Employee Experience (R)evolution: Opening Arguments
A scene-setter for our latest set of Workplace Stories—a deep dive into where we really are with EX right now.
Sep 27, 2022 • 51min
If We Don’t Connect, The Work Will Get Done—But It'll Never Be Great: Pretaa's Michael Madon
With a unique combination of experience across the worlds of the military, non-profit, government and commercial sector, mobile health entrepreneur Michael Madon shares what years of trying to make connection happen in organizations has taught him.
Sep 27, 2022 • 54min
Using Connection To Build Successful Cultures: Udemy’s Melissa Daimler
In this episode, CLO at online education leader Udemy Melissa Daimler—who recently published a new book on making workplace reconnection work, ‘ReCulturing’—sits down with Chris and Stacia to detail practical steps on making our new complex workplaces human once again.
Sep 13, 2022 • 59min
The Power of Connection: Thinker, Professor Dave Ulrich
It’s our special pleasure to share a conversation with renowned HR strategist Dave Ulrich around the importance of Connection and the practical steps leaders need to be making now to make it happen.
