News and Opinion for HR, Talent and Leaders
Over the past 25 years, HR has undergone a pretty extraordinary transformation. Personnel departments have become People teams, administrative functions have become strategic partners, and a profession once dominated by policies, contracts and processes is increasingly expected to provide leadership on culture, wellbeing, organisational performance, workforce data and, more recently, AI. But beneath all that […]
In addition to covering large-scale global events such as SHRM, ATD, and HR Tech Conference, I’ve been involved in building business communities and producing events for HR professionals and business leaders for nearly 20 years. From my early career at Haymarket and Ultima Media, through to co-founding the InnovateWork series in Toronto and across Canada, […]
Psychometric assessments have become a familiar part of the employee lifecycle. Employers use them to help select candidates, identify leadership potential, support development, inform internal mobility and, increasingly, assess skills. But familiarity shouldn’t automatically equal trust. As HR teams gain access to an ever-growing number of assessment platforms, and as artificial intelligence makes it easier […]
Why Alignment, Agility and AI Matter More Than Ever The future of work has been a favourite conference topic for years. But increasingly, it feels less like something we’re preparing for and more like something we’re already trying to navigate. AI is changing how work gets done. Hybrid working has fundamentally altered expectations around where […]
For too long, we’ve accepted the idea that careers follow a predictable path: build momentum in your twenties and thirties, peak in your forties, and gradually slow down from there. Fortunately, reality tells a very different story. In episode 901 of the HRchat Podcast, I had the privilege of speaking with three remarkable professionals whose […]
AI Can’t Fix Bad HR Data: What HRchat Episode 900 Reveals About the Future of HR Reaching 900 episodes of the HRchat Podcast gave me an opportunity to reflect on how much the HR profession has changed over the past decade—and, perhaps more importantly, how much hasn’t. Since launching the show almost ten years ago, […]
For years, HR has been obsessed with dashboards. Every new platform promised another colourful visualisation. Every board meeting demanded another report. Every quarterly review seemed to generate another metric to monitor. But what if we’ve been optimising the wrong thing? That was the central message from Ankita Poddar, speaker, blogger, mentor and Senior Human Resources […]
For years, employee benefits followed a familiar formula. Health coverage, pensions, perhaps an employee assistance programme, and a handful of additional perks. The assumption was that one benefits package could broadly meet the needs of most employees. That assumption no longer holds. In a recent conversation with Chris Locke, Executive Director for Work + Family […]
When organizations talk about HR transformation, the conversation often starts with technology. New platforms promise greater efficiency, better data, streamlined workflows, and improved employee experiences. But as anyone who has lived through a major implementation knows, the technology is rarely the hardest part. The real challenge lies in changing the habits, assumptions, and informal practices […]
Business leaders today are navigating a perfect storm of margin pressures. Rising tariffs, increasing retail media costs, markdown pressures, and the growing complexity of e-commerce operations are forcing organizations to rethink how they operate. But while these challenges often begin as financial concerns, their impact extends far beyond the balance sheet. In episode 896 of […]