News and Opinion for HR, Talent and Leaders
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 […]
Why Culture and “Friction by Design” Are Reshaping Hiring in the AI Era Hiring has always been competitive. But in 2026, it’s no longer just competitive; it’s distorted. Thanks to AI, every candidate can now submit a near-perfect resume. Polished language, optimized keywords, tailored experience—it’s all table stakes. The result? A hiring landscape flooded with […]
The ground is shifting under every team, and the biggest winners are the ones treating learning not as a checkbox, but as a performance system that fuels growth, agility, and innovation. In this episode of the HRchat Podcast, I sit down with Rob Rosenthal, President of Udemy Business, to explore how learning and development is […]
Why the Smartest Companies Are Getting Clearer, Not Quieter Amid political tension, legal shifts, and loud headlines about “DEI rollbacks” in 2025, many organizations are wondering what’s truly changing and what still matters in the year ahead. In this episode of the HRchat Podcast, we tackle that question head-on as I welcome back global inclusion […]
Uncertainty has become one of the defining features of modern workforce planning: hiring freezes one quarter, urgent ramp-up requests the next, new technologies transforming skills requirements overnight, budget scrutiny rising, and candidate expectations shifting just as quickly. As internal teams struggle to keep pace, HR leaders are rethinking whether their existing recruitment structures are built […]
When the ground beneath work is shifting as fast as it is today, panic is a natural reaction but not a productive one. In a HRchat episode 861, I sat down with Karla Eidem, North American Regional Managing Director at the Project Management Institute (PMI), to explore a better path: grounding change in strategy, skills, […]
In a world where AI screening tools, automated scheduling, and video interviews dominate the hiring landscape, one thing remains constant: hiring success still hinges on human attitude. That’s the message from Mark Murphy, New York Times best-selling author and founder of Leadership IQ, in HRchat episode 857. Mark’s decades of research show that most hires […]
Between April and June 2025, 948,000 young people aged 16 to 24 in the UK were classified as NEET, meaning they were not in education, employment, or training. That’s 12.5% of the youth population, and it’s on the rise. Beneath the statistics lies a deeper story about how social infrastructure, education, and the workplace are […]
Starting a business has always been both exciting and challenging in equal measure, but in 2025, the rules of engagement have definitely changed. Technology is evolving at such an incredible pace, new markets and opportunities almost evolve overnight, and customer expectations are higher than ever before. Today’s entrepreneurs need more than just a great idea, […]
When you scale through 80+ acquisitions in six years, you don’t just need a hiring plan, you need a talent operating system. That’s what Walter Sabrin, Chief Talent Officer at Vensure Employer Solutions, has been building as the company evolved from modest beginnings into the world’s largest private HR outsourcing firm. In HRchat episode 853, […]