We're Only Human

"I think as HR leaders, one of the biggest things that we have to do is never lose sight of the people."

Erika Lance, SVP of People Operations at KnowBe4

We're Only Human -- Episode 110

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"It's about understanding that workforce isn't a recruiting job. It isn't a leadership job. It's everybody's job. If you have needs in the workforce, you must communicate them. And the vehicle to do …

"We are what we call a conversational AI platform, the main product being our AI assistant, which was built with a really simple kind of mission to create magical experiences for candidates." 

Josh Zy…

"What different actions can we take going forward? So whether it was an implementation to our benefits plan or whether it was rolling out a new piece to our onboarding process, let's do an analysis a…

"The way work is getting done is increasingly flexible and it gives the worker the power of choice. That choice serves both the worker and the end enterprise." 

Dan Beck, COO of Utmost

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"Be gentle with yourself. I think we can all afford a little compassion and we're often able to give that to others easier than we're able to give it to ourselves. Give yourself time for introspectio…

"You can reconcile accounting, but you can't always reconcile people."

Jeremy Stickling, Chief Administrative Officer at Nussbaum Transportation

We're Only Human -- Episode 104

Turnover in some trucki…

I really do believe this is a moment for learning and training that could see a transformation that benefits learners. 

Simon Greany, Elucidat

We're Only Human -- Episode 103

How many times have we in…

"We can't forget about being human."

Tom Moran, Chief Strategy Officer, Prodoscore

We're Only Human -- Episode 102

When workers gathered to work on assembly lines, productivity was easy: you counted t…

"We allow business leaders to dictate things based on who they like, who they golfed with the last weekend, and things like that when it should be: 'Who is doing the work and who is a benefit to our …

"We map the employee journey and experiences that an employee has. We do things where we can really hear, learn, and better understand the employee sentiment, directly from employees. We have feedbac…

"So you're about to go into a meeting physically or remotely, you click on the team on the calendar invite and it'll pull up the culture of that meeting. Imagine EQ everywhere, and you're delivering …

"Human resources is ripe for innovation right now. Innovation is definitely a place of great opportunity within human capital. We should be constantly looking out for how we can leverage what others …

"My company is going remote because of COVID. How do I transition our culture over?" 

We're Only Human -- Episode 97

In today's episode, Ben takes three audience questions: 

• How do we move to a remote w…

"I think you can't make the mistake of designing an optimal, or academically perfect HR operating model in a vacuum. It really must be aligned with your fundamental business strategy and the overall …

"And to me, just hands down learning is the future of work. Let's just put a period on that. That's how I feel about this.  We've entered this era of where there's continuous, rapid change. It just k…

"One of the things that I find most fascinating about using neuroscience in the [change management] work that I do is that there's a lot of really common misconceptions about neuroscience." Travis Ha…

"What we're telling customers is that we can help make work more human. First is really putting empathy at the forefront of the employee experience. It's up to HR to work with leadership and create t…

"At the beginning of my career, HR was looked at as a necessary evil. Now it's completely flipped to where HR is the driving force for how companies grow and expand." Eric Storm, Starmind

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"We as an industry are driving toward the cliff and the HCM [technology] vendors are competing over who offers better tire pressure." Dror Gurevich, Velocity Network Foundation

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