Friday Coffee Talk from Planet Fair
Episodes
#74 — Live from Total Rewards 2025
02 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The latest trends in AI and its growing impact in HR processes is one of the key points that Margret talks about with Henrike in this coffee talk live...
#73 — Driving Fairness and Equity in Talent Management: Starring Michelle Sequeira
18 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join Henrike von Platen, CEO of FPI and Michelle Sequeira, CEO of Included, in this engaging coffee talk as they discuss the importance of embedding f...
#72 — Unpacking Fairness: Tariff Systems and Google's Pay Equity Case
04 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today, we had an engaging coffee talk at Planet Fair. We delved into the intricacies of the Austrian tariff system and compared it with the German sys...
#71 — The first steps towards pay transparency
06 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Margret Bjarnadottir discusses the first steps towards pay transparency with the founder of Fair Pay Partners Vicky Peakman. Vicky has...
#70 — Uncovering AI Bias and Fairness - Starring Sue Black
14 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Henrike von Platen sits down with Dr Sue Black OBE, a professor of computer science and technology evangelist at Durham University. T...
#69 — The Power of Mindset in Achieving Fair Pay - starring Michael Elling
31 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Henrike sits down with Michael Elling a leadership and HR expert to discuss the importance of leadership, HR strategies, and the mind...
#68 — Breaking Barriers: Insights from the last EPIC Meeting
17 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Margret attended the EPIC (Equal Pay International Coalition) technical meeting and gives an update. During the two day meeting the discussion focused...
#67 — Tackling Employee Benefits, Health Insurance, and Fair Compensation Strategies
03 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What about benefits? Mastering Pay Equity: Tackling Employee Benefits, Health Insurance, and Fair Compensation Strategies. Are your benefits truly fa...
#66 - We are back!
27 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
After three years of intense coffee talks, Margret and Henrike took a well-deserved summer break that stretched into the fall, and now they're bac...
#65 - Nadja Sirotkina on Global Fair Pay Analysis at Breitling
31 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Breitling is known for its expertly engineered timepieces. And in the last few years, the renowned watchmaker has also been applying its eye for preci...
#64 - Job Architecture, AI, and Pay Transparency at Total Rewards 24
24 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This year's WorldatWork Total Rewards conference is over, and before flying out, Margrét fills Henrike in on all the exciting insights she gained...
#63 — Salma Houerbi on the UN Target Gender Equality Accelerator
17 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The need for workplace gender equality is global—but business environments and local requirements vary tremendously from one country to another. Thi...
#62 — “Mindset change challenge:” Pay bands, pay philosophy, and closing the gap
19 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Henrike brings a challenging case to the table for this week’s coffee talk. She’s been deeply involved in helping companies prepare for the EU pay...
#61 — Dietmar Knoess on PUMA’s Fair Pay Leadership
05 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this coffee talk with Henrike von Platen and Dietmar Knoess of the PUMA group, we hear about both the pleasant surprise and the challenges in PUMA’...
#60 - Sana Zafar on the surprising effects of pay gaps
22 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It’s intuitive that a gender pay gap would leave women feeling less than satisfied in the workplace. But according to Sana Zafar, our coffee talk gu...
#59 – Iceland’s CEO Gender Gap with Thora Christiansen
08 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
University of Iceland Researcher Thora Christiansen has been looking into why, despite Iceland’s intensive work on pay equity, there are still so fe...
#58 - Introducing Structured Pay Equity Analysis
23 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The pay gap is a well-known problem—but Margrét and her research collaborators are always looking for better ways to solve it. This week, Margrét ...
#57 — The EU Pay Transparency Directive
09 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Coffee Talk team is back with renewed energy to discuss the piece of legislation that all European companies are talking about: The EU Pay Transpa...
#56 – How do Employers Account for Location in Pay Equity Analysis?
15 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
To achieve and maintain pay equity, you need to ensure that compensation across countries, provinces and states, and cities is fair and equitable. But...
#55 – Reykjavik Global Forum: How Does the Rising Cost of Living Impact Gender Equality?
01 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Lightning round. In this week’s Coffee Talk, Henrike von Platen and Margrét Bjarnadóttir talk about the Reykjavik Global Forum – Women Leaders, ...
#54 - Dispatches from the Executive Compensation Conference: How Executive Pay and Rewards are Evolving
17 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In our latest installment of Coffee Talks with Planet Fair, Margrét has just returned from a visit to the Conference Board’s Executive Compensation...
#53 – How Novartis is Renewing (and Keeping) Their Fair Pay Pledge
03 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Henrike caught up with Marcus Priest, Head of U.S. and R&D Rewards at Novartis, to learn about Novartis’ public pledge with the Equal...
#52 – Tips to Write a Good Pay Equity Statement
20 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join Margrét and Henrike on an insightful conversation about pay equity statements and discover what to include in those reports when communicating, ...
#51 - How to Communicate Pay Equity Goals with Special Guest Marcus Priest from Novartis
06 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s Coffee Talk, Henrike von Platen of Fair Pay Innovation Lab speaks with Marcus Priest, Head of Global R&D Rewards at Novartis, abo...
#50 – Why Are Certifications Important?
22 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Margrét and Henrike talk about certifications and their benefits. Tune in for an insightful conversation!
#49 –Which Pay Equity KPIs Should Companies Report on?
08 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this Coffee Talk, Margrét and Henrike answer your pressing questions about which pay equity KPIs to report on and how to communicate your journey....
#48 - Are U.S. Pay Transparency Laws Working?
25 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Pay Transparency: Employer Compliance Statistics Vary State-by-State. Why?For our first Coffee Talk after a summer respite in the sun, PayAnalytics co...
#47 - Proactively Monitoring Bias in HR Tools
14 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's coffee talk, Henrike and Margrét followup on questions raised in Episode 46 about the applications of AI in HR. AI can make us fas...
#46 - Getting the most out of ChatGPT for HR
30 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s coffee talk, Margrét and Henrike chat ChatGPT and its applications for HR. They coach us in best practices for posing questions to t...
#45 - How companies use analytics to support DEI initiatives
16 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Margrét speaks to Henrike von Platen from San Diego, where World at Work’s Total Rewards ‘23 conference has just wrapped up. So the to...
#44 – Stereotyping in hiring and promoting: Can bias training help?
02 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Diversity will drop into place if your system is objective and stereotype-free. But what if it isn’t?
#43 - How are multinational companies addressing the pay gap?
19 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In ensuring pay equity, global companies contend with the need to account for cultural values across countries. Read on to find out how to address cul...
#42 - Would joint leadership work for you?
21 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Among the practices that helped earn BMW its gold medal for universal fair pay leadership, the company allows joint leadership for some leadersh...
#41 - Variables that determine pay
14 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Margrét and Henrike talk about the variables that determine pay. Should older employees be paid more than young ones doing the same job? Are there al...
#40 - A mayor’s pay discrimination case: Astrid Siemes-Knoblich
24 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s Coffee Talk, Henrike speaks with Astrid Siemes-Knoblich. Astrid served as mayor of her town in southwestern Germany. After her term w...
#39 - A Good Week for Pay Equity: International Women’s Day and Fair Pay Certification
10 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Margrét and Henrike talk about good news for pay equity: International Women’s Day and a major Universal Fair Pay Check win from BMW. The duo discu...
#38 - A landmark pay transparency case - Gabriele Gamroth-Günther
24 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
New pay transparency laws in many countries allow employees to ask for a salary comparison. But what happens when pay discrimination is revealed? In t...
#37 - “Potential” and the Promotion Gap with Alan Benson
10 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this coffee talk, Prof. Alan Benson discusses his research with Margrét. He found a gender gap in employee evaluations: female employees are 50% m...
#36 - Gender Bias in Online Reviews - Starring Julia Barnett
27 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Coffee Talk Episode 35 focuses on some illuminating research on gender bias. Margrét is joined by Julia Barnett, a PhD candidate at Northwestern Univ...
#35 - Let's talk DEI - Starring Salomé Germain Trigano
13 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 35, the first Coffee Talk session of 2023, Margret Bjarnadottir speaks with Salomé Germain Trigano. Salomé is an expert in Diversity, Equ...
#34 - Two big questions about the Equal Pay Gap
30 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Where does the Equal Pay Gap come from? Are there any patterns? Like with all good questions, it depends!
#33 - Defensive versus offensive strategy to close the pay gap - Starring David Anderson
09 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Not all companies have the same motivations for closing their equal pay gaps. In this week’s Coffee Talk, Margret speaks with PayAnalytics co-founde...
#32 – Insights from the Workplace Equity Forum
25 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s Coffee Talk, Margrét comes to us from a hotel atrium in Austin, Texas with highlights from the WorldatWork Workplace Equity Forum.
#31 - Focus on DEI - Starring Rena Nigam
18 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s Coffee Talk, Margrét is joined by Rena Nigam, the CEO and founder of Meytier. an AI-enabled, diversity-focused job platform that aim...
#30 - Geographic Pay Policies
22 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The topic of this episode is Geographic Pay Policies. What is changing? Should there be geographical pay differences? Has the pandemic changed this?
#29 - Transparency News from New York
29 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Margret and Henrike discuss how to prepare comply with requirements from new pay transparency legislation across the globe. For example, how to define...
#28 - Women in tech - Starring Karen Holtzblatt
15 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode 28 of Coffee Talk, Margrét speaks with Karen Holtzblatt who has studied how to retain women in tech for decades.
#27 - News from Brussels
01 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Margret and Henrike talk about the binding pay-transparency measures in the new EU directive: 2021/0050(COD) Equal pay for equal work between men and ...
#26 - Home office - blessing or curse?
18 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Margret and Henrike discuss the exciting question of whether the opportunity to work in a home office, which is increasingly offered and used due to t...
#25 - How to decouple time and money?
04 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Margret and Henrike chat about time and money over their coffees. And breaking time and money in work and compensation practices questions the underly...
#24 - The Friday Coffee Talk is back - tackling the big questions on the new normal
18 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
After a break, Henrike von Platen and Dr. Margret Vilborg Bjarnadóttir are back - drinking their coffee and chatting about how to reach fair pay fast...
#23 - What is work of equal value?
19 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In episode 23, Margret explains the reasoning behind analyzing the value of work and presents a new tool developed by PayAnalytics that enables the as...
#22 - What is happening in Iceland? Starring Vidir Ragnarsson
05 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Henrike is joined by a very special guest in a very special place: Vidir Ragnarsson from PayAnalytics - who is visiting Berlin. They discuss the very ...
#21 - What are oppressive pay practices? Starring Rashmi Dixit & Kate Dixon from Rakarising
29 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Margret is joined by has two guests: Rashmi Dixit and Kate Dixon, the partners and co-founders of Rakarising. Together they are on a mission to not on...
#20 - How important are reporting and regulation? Starring Raafi-Karim Alidina
15 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Margret and Henrike are joined by Raafi-Karim Alidina, Consultant, Data & Product Lead at Included.
#19 - How can the system in the US be changed?
08 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Margret and Henrike discuss this year's World at Work conference. One of the big topics at the conference is that many companies have great diffic...
#18 - How much of an equality role model is France?
01 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Margret and Henrike discuss what the real state of equality is for French women. What laws are in place? How is pay equity measured? Is everything as ...
#17 - What impact can a German TV editor's lawsuit have? Starring Katinka Brose
24 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Margret is the host of this episode and is joined by Katinka Brose from the Fair Pay Innovation Lab. They discuss a fair pay lawsuit filed by a German...
#16 - 10 Benefits of Fair Pay (+1 Bonus)
17 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
From increased employee satisfaction (and, in turn, motivation) to a dip in turnover and more control over compensation decisions, the benefits of pay...
#15 - Why wouldn’t we want equal pay? (starring Stephen Frost)
10 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Margret and Henrike are joined by the Diversity & Inclusion expert, Stephen Frost, who is not only an old college friend of Margret’s, he was th...
#14 - How not to be afraid of analyzing?
03 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Margret and Henrike discuss why companies always become unsure after the first attempt - because they are afraid of the results of the pay analysis. O...
#13 - How to build unbiased models for the future using data of the past?
27 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
After a crazy week, Margrét and Henrike talk about a white paper that our amazing data addict from Iceland has been working on with her colleagues. T...
#12 - What has working time to do with fair pay?
20 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Margret and Henrike discuss how the diversity in workforces is reflected in working time arrangements and what effects this has on fair pay. Working t...
#11 - How do we benchmark fair pay?
13 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Margret and Henrike discuss benchmarking. But how is fair pay compared? Does a company benchmark itself to other companies, or should it measure succe...
#10 - The European Union and its way to pay transparency
06 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Margret and Henrike are joined by the strategy and policy expert Katinka Brose working at FPI with Henrike, and discuss many insights into the latest ...
#9 - What are the 6 major steps to fair pay?
30 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Margret and Henrike discuss the International Pay Transparency Conference that took place on July 28, 2021. Margret and Henrike talk about major insig...
#8 - What does transparency mean to you?
23 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Margret and Henrike discuss the International Fair Pay Conference, in which Margret will participate (via videocall) as an expert. The focus of the co...
#7 - Why do we need transparency to be diverse?
16 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Margret and Henrike discuss buying power, and the fact that so many women of minorities in post-Covid context are considering leaving their jobs in pa...
#6 - What can Sweden teach us for the future?
09 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Margret and Henrike discuss Sweden, where a completely different course was set in terms of equality back in the 1970s. Our two pay gap experts take t...
#5 - Does everything have to be perfect from the start?
02 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Margret and Henrike discuss the process needed to value activities for a non-discriminatory pay system. How can work be valued? What is the best way t...
#4 - How expensive is it to close your pay gaps?
25 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Margret and Henrike discuss the question of all questions: What is the actual cost of closing the pay gaps? They also try to understand an astonishing...
#3 - Reducing Italy's pay gap by 7% by 2026
18 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Italy, the country with the lowest participation of women in the labor market is finally making progress. In 2021, then-Prime Minister Draghi set ambi...
#2 - What have unions to do with points?
11 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Margret and Henrike continue their last week's discussion about job evaluation systems but this time focused on unions. They talk about the import...
#1 - What's going on in Spain?
04 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Margret and Henrike discuss legislation changes in Spain in 2021.
#0 - The preview episode: Who are Margrét and Henrike?
31 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We are pleased to introduce The Friday Coffee Talk from Planet Fair, a business discussion hosted by Margrét and Henrike. During this 8-minute chat,...