Workday Podcasts

Companies around the world are facing major challenges such as the "Great Resignation" or the profound transformation of the world of work. D&I initiatives that promote diversity, belonging and inclusion are a solution strategy for these challenges. A study by Workday and Sapio shows that companies in Germany are investing in D&I initiatives, but not learning enough from the programs and adapting them accordingly. https://blog.workday.com/en-us/2023/podcast-diversity-belonging-and-inclusion-closing-the-strategy-gap.html In this episode of the Workday Podcast, Daniela Porr, Solutions Marketing Lead at Workday, talks about strategic planning and adaptation of D&I initiatives. Listen in now and learn how to close this strategy gap! Here you can find the study discussed in the podcast: https://forms.workday.com/en-us/reports/global-blueprint-for-belonging-and-diversity/form.html

Improving diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) within an organization is the right thing to do. But it is also the smart thing to do. We talked with Scott McMillion of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Workday’s Carin Taylor to learn more about building a successful DEIA strategy that improves an entire organization. https://blog.workday.com/en-us/2023/workday-podcast-roi-doing-right-thing-belonging-diversity.html

Chris Bledsoe, head of developer relations at Workday, chats with Eric Chung, director of HR systems at Sun Life, about best practices for enabling agility and building business value with Workday. https://blog.workday.com/en-us/2023/workday-podcast-sun-life-enables-digital-resiliency.html

Any organisation is only as strong as its most valuable asset - its people. And as macro trends including hybrid working and skills continue to dominate the HR agenda, making data-driven decisions with real-time data becomes all the more important. Making sense of all the data can be overwhelming for HR teams and business leaders. It’s not enough to simply gather data—leaders need actionable insights. But where should businesses start? In this episode of the Workday Podcast, David Green, host of the Digital HR leaders podcast, director of Insight 222 and author of Excellence in People Analytics, joined Greg Thomas to discuss the role people analytics can play in helping to shape the future of work.

Moving to Workday’s modern cloud-based solution empowered the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) to be more strategic and support its mission of academics and research. We talked with UPenn’s Chris Blickley to learn how they enacted large-scale change across its 30,000 employees. https://blog.workday.com/en-us/2023/workday-podcast-driving-university-pennsylvanias-big-transformation.html

It has been a challenging time for the UK property market. For Hyde Group, a not-for-profit provider of homes, the responsibility to step up for its 95,000 customers across London and the South East has intensified in the post-pandemic world. On this episode of the Workday Podcast, Anna Brennan, finance system implementation director of Hyde Group, joined Patrick Evenden to talk about how technology is helping the business to navigate economic uncertainty, the importance of data when it comes to meeting ESG requirements, and her advice for other organizations embarking on financial transformation.

Urban mobility, the way that we travel around towns and cities, is undergoing a significant transformation. At the forefront of that change is Bolt, which is helping people move around more than 500 cities around the world and, in doing so, helping to reshape urban spaces for people not cars. In this episode of the Workday Podcast, Andy Turnbull, head of people technology at Bolt joined Patrick Evenden to talk about the challenges of working for one of the fastest-growing companies in the world and how Bolt’s technology helps it to stay flexible and agile.

Finance has often been seen as the department of “yes” or “no,” the financial steward keeping the books balanced. And, while much of this traditional role remains, the business needs more from CFOs and their teams in today’s uncertain world. From ESG to continuous planning and delivering real-time data to empower fast decisions, finance’s role is shifting. In this episode, Magda Gonzalez, CFO at Monex, joined Steve Dunne to discuss the changing nature of the finance leader, and how the function is moving towards the role of business partners to one of value creator.

Nole Walkingshaw, chief innovation officer at Salt Lake City, discusses how the city’s innovation team approaches digital transformation, and why updating and modernizing decades-old technology needs a people-first strategy for lasting change. https://blog.workday.com/en-us/2023/workday-podcast-taking-people-first-approach-digital-transformation-government.html

Healthcare companies must provide the infrastructure, technology, and equipment their medical teams need so that staff can keep their focus on patient care. We spoke to Danielle Sullivan, manager of revenue analytics at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, about how technology has helped her organization better manage its capital projects. https://blog.workday.com/en-us/2023/workday-podcast-healthcare-organizations-technology-capital-projects.html