HRchat: Building Organizational Capacity and InnovateWork Toronto with Christine Miners [podcast]

HR consulting

In this episode of the HRchat show, Bill Banham is joined by Christine Miners, Managing Director of Talent at Verity International, a Canadian Human Resource consulting firm, focused on providing service across three areas of specialty: Career Management & Transition, Leadership Coaching, and Talent & Organizational Development. With over 18 years of progressive and diverse […]

DisruptHR San Francisco Interview with Andrea Robb

Ahead of DisruptHR San Francisco on Oct 17, we interviewed speaker Andrea Robb, Talent Design Director at Airbnb. Andrea is a designer, researcher, leader, and coach in her role as Talent Design Director at Airbnb, and in her prior roles at Lucasfilm and Levi Strauss & Co. She also started an independent practice in organizational […]

DisruptHR San Francisco Interview with Nancy Hauge

Ahead of DisruptHR San Francisco on Oct 17, we interviewed one of the event’s awesome speakers, Nancy Hauge. A former stand-up comedian, Nancy Hauge failed her way to Silicon Valley where she found that an improvisation background and being unencumbered by any skills, knowledge or ability was the perfect recipe for success in human resources. Nancy […]

Event Review: Diversity By Design

#NextGenTA Ji-A

Last week, I was a panelist at the Diversity By Design event produced by Kim Benedict, CEO and Co-founder of TalentMinded. Hosted at MaRS, it was a meeting of more than 100 talent acquisition, HR, and other professionals interested in the issues around workplace diversity and inclusion. My fellow panelists were Johnathan Nightingale, Founder & […]

InnovateWorkTO Set to Rock HR and Tech

innovateworkTO

The #iwTORONTO series of meet-ups starts with a bang this evening as HR, Talent, Tech and C-Level pros come together in downtown Toronto for an evening of learning and networking. The theme for the first meetup is Innovative ways companies are recruiting and engaging talent. As an HR and Tech community, we are always looking for […]

Interview with #CLOCANADA’s Speaker: Fran Hansen, VP of Talent & Culture at Loblaw

Fran Hansen will be at CLO Exchange Canada

Recently, we got the chance to interview one of the incredible speakers of the Chief Learning Officer Exchange Canada, happening this July 23-25, in Toronto. In her role as the VP of Talent & Culture of Loblaw, Fran Hansen is responsible for the design, development and implementation of all strategies, programs and policies relating to […]

#HRUSeattle Recap: Talking Tech and Innovation

#HRUSeattle

On March 9, #HRUSeattle delved into the changing world of HR and Recruitment technologies and how they are being adopted by the workforce. The event brought together a group of around 45 HR pros who were looking to engage and discuss topics related to sourcing, recruiting, and staffing. People may not realize that when HR professionals […]