The TechWolf Podcast
Episodes
"Skills are just a lazy proxy for work." | A transparent debate with FM’s Mike Manning & Preethi Gowda on why business problems must dictate talent data.
23 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
It is rare to hear two leaders from the same organization move past the corporate script and into a "healthy debate" about the very foundati...
"Stop pushing skills validation on everyone." | Why ServiceNow uses 'pull' talent strategies to find critical engineers.
09 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Most HR leaders are obsessed with "skilling" their workforce, but they’re ignoring the tasks that actually make up the work. Josh Newman, ...
"Stop benchmarking your peers..." | The CHRO & People Analytics Duo who Rebuilt HR at ABN AMRO
24 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Most organizations are pouring millions into AI tools while their actual workforce strategy remains stuck in 2010. We talk about "efficiency,&quo...
“The 'All-Access Pass' to CEO Strategy.” | Former Corning CHRO on the New Boardroom Mandate
10 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Most organizations are "dabbling" with AI while the technology's capability doubles every four months. Jordana Kammerud (Former CHRO, Co...
“AI goals are now mandatory.” | How Genesys hit 75% skill adoption in 60 Days with Lisa Brockman (Part 2)
02 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Lisa Brockman, Talent Director at Genesys, returns to prove that skills-based transformation isn't a multi-year "maybe"—it’s a 60-da...
“People don’t care about skills.” | Genesys’ Lisa Brockman on the Internal-First Mobility Playbook (Part 1)
20 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Most organizations spend 18 months building manual skill taxonomies only to realize the data was stale before it was even finished. Lisa Brockman (Tal...
"You're business case isn't big enough. The best ones have these two elements" | SAP SuccessFactors' CRO on the revenue-first skills strategy
12 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Most companies are using AI to do the same boring work faster. They’re chasing "efficiency" while completely ignoring the fact that the wo...
“Skills tech is useless without this” | Advent Health’s culture-first playbook for skills transformation
05 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Most organizations buy the software and hope the culture follows. Advent Health did the exact opposite. Marquita and Mary Beth spent two years buildin...
"If We Do Nothing, We Lose." | HSBC’s Blueprint for Future Competitive Advantage
28 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Is your workforce plan looking in the rear-view mirror, or is it predicting your next market win? Rob Etheridge, Group Head of Workforce Strategy at H...
“AI Could Turn White-Collar Work Into the New Assembly Line.” | Former IBM CHRO Diane Gherson on the Future of HR (LIVE from Workday Rising)
25 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the TechWolf Podcast, Julius Schelstraete sits down with Diane Gherson, former CHRO of IBM and current independent director at Tech...
“Skills-based hiring isn’t broken. Your interviews are.” | The Business Case for Skills-Based Hiring at Workday With Marianne Herrmann
23 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the TechWolf Podcast, recorded live at Workday Rising in San Francisco, Marianne Herrmann (Principal, Skills-Based Hiring Strategy ...
Special Episode | “The Skeleton of the Skills-Based Org” | A Deep Dive on Job Architecture with Richard Hanson (WTW)
29 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This special edition of the TechWolf Podcast puts the spotlight on a topic that’s often misunderstood, frequently overlooked, but absolutely foundat...
"HR Problems Became Business Problems. For the first time" | TechWolf Founder & President Mikael Wornoo on Task Data, Workforce Planning & the New HR Mandate
12 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The TechWolf Podcast, host Julius Schelstraete speaks with Mikael Wornoo, co-founder of TechWolf and the leader of its US expansion...
“Excel Didn’t Help in a Crisis” | How the Belgian Government Built a National Skills System from Scratch
11 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The TechWolf Podcast, Carolien Sonck, Director of Support Services at the Belgian Government, joins Julius Schelstraete in Ghent to...
“We Built Competency Models. They Weren’t Enough.” | Sanofi’s Guillaume Lavoix on Building a Workforce for the AI-Driven Pharma Era
30 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Guillaume Lavoix, Global Skills Intelligence Lead at Sanofi, shares how one of the world’s largest pharma companies is embedding sk...
One Common Language of Skills In a Decentralized and Global Group | How Atlas Copco Group Is Using AI to Rethink Talent Strategy
30 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the TechWolf Podcast, we travel to Stockholm to meet Cecilia Sandberg, Chief HR Officer, and Dorna Shafiei, VP Talent Management at...
Why Skills-Based HR Is Still Stuck | Harvard Prof. Joseph Fuller on Cracking the People-Productivity Code
22 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Why do so many companies say they’re going skills-based, but still hire like it’s 2005? In this episode of The TechWolf Podcast, Julius sits down ...
“We Needed More Skilled Talent to Save Lives” | How Bristol Myers Squibb Used Skills Data to Solve a Life-or-Death Talent Shortage
17 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this in-person episode of The TechWolf Podcast, we sit down with Ben Wein, Director of Workforce Skills Enablement at Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS), l...
You Can’t Nail Skills Without Tasks | Marc Ramos & Jeroen Van Hautte (TechWolf) on Redefining Work With Task Intelligence
10 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The TechWolf Podcast, Marc Ramos, industry learning leader with Google, Novartis, Microsoft, Cornerstone, and EdTech advisor to lea...
"You Don’t Have a Skills Problem—You Have a Data Opportunity" | Learnings On Skills Governance, Buy-In, and Momentum from Kason Morris @Merck
26 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this face-to-face episode of The TechWolf Podcast, Kason Morris, Global Director of the Future of Work and Skills-Based Organization Strategy at Me...
“We Did the Skills Work. Nothing Happened.” | PayPal’s Sarah Gretczko on The Truth About Skills Strategy
04 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this in-person episode of The TechWolf Podcast, recorded live in New York City, we sit down with Sarah Gretczko, Head of Talent & Belonging at ...
Why Skills Still Feel Theoretical—And How CCEP Is Making It Real | Nico Orie
01 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The TechWolf Podcast, Nico Orie, VP of People and Culture at Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP), shares why technology investmen...
Fixing Skills Data with AI | Creating Insights from Skills | Lessons from Data Science with Robert Gibby
19 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Robert Gibby, current Data Science Director at Cox Enterprises, former Director of People Analytics at Meta, and Chief Talent Scienti...
DHL’s Talent Tinder & The Future of Skills: How They Built a Winning Strategy with Meredith Wellard.
13 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Meredith Wellard is the former VP of Group Talent Acquisition, Learning, and Growth at DHL, where she spent nearly five years laying the foundation fo...
Sandra Loughlin — Inside a True, Skills-Based Organization
07 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sandra is the chief learning scientist at Epam Systems, a global provider of software engineering, digital platform engineering, and product developme...
Gina Jeneroux — Building a 'Coalition of Belief' for Skills
25 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Gina Jeneroux is the former Chief Learning Officer at BMO Financial Group, where she gained years of experience in enterprise learning and skills stra...
Josh Tarr — Workday's Skills-Based Organization: When Hype Meets Reality
14 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Josh Tarr is the Director of Skills-Based Organizations (SBOs) at Workday. He and his team are fully committed to the concept of skills-driven organiz...