We're Only Human
Episodes
20 Hiring Strategies, Ideas, and Tips for a Tight Talent Market on We‘re Only Human
25 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Thousands of people have been our dataset this year that we've been talking to and analyzing and understanding what's happening. There'...
Openness to Failure as a Critical HR Skill on We're Only Human
17 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"I think openness to failure is as important as openness to success, because if you're not open to failure, you're not open to trying n...
Digital, Secure Document Management for HR Teams on We’re Only Human
17 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"An HR manager can do whatever they need to do. We do have a vision, and the vision is that all administrative tasks should be done in less tha...
What's Your Culture of Health? Featuring Mobile Health on We're Only Human
02 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"You need to have a competitive pay and benefits offering. When you go to do that, the employer ends up paying for a lot of things that go unused...
SMB Employers, Complexity, and Compliance with Jordan Conley on We're Only Human
27 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"I had a client that in February of last year had 72 employees, all in Boulder, Colorado. By September of last year, they eliminated their office...
Personalizing Talent Practices at an Individual Level with Juan Betancourt on We're Only Human
08 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"Companies can now optimize things like rewards and training and development. HR and the way companies communicate with employees is going to be ...
How to Bring the HR Community Together with Bill Banham on We're Only Human
28 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"It all has to link back to practical insights and practical takeaways about how best we can come through the current crisis together."Bill ...
Work Has Changed at DHL - Here's How The Company is Prioritizing Talent
10 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"Listening without solving... Is really important, because the tendency for a lot of people is when somebody comes to you with an issue, the imme...
Don't Judge for Feelings, Judge for Actions - Featuring Faye Ekong on We're Only Human
01 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"There's a lot of blame going around. Rumors, gossip, people are on their guard. So this kind of hidden anger and passive aggressiveness t...
Workplace Performance is 90 Percent Mental with Roger Kitchen on We're Only Human
14 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"So the nerdy neuroscience about the brain is that your brain can't distinguish between a real-time event or if you visualized it. But whe...
Human Benefits for a Human Workforce with Maribeth Bearfield on We're Only Human
06 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"What I see is that we're no longer working from home. We're living at work. And so how do we help employees work differently?"Mar...
Stop Anonymizing Employee Feedback--Insights from Joyous on We're Only Human
26 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"If this week a leader acknowledges [employee feedback], next week, the person is eight times more likely to participate again than if the leader...
Introversion-The HR Super Power with Tim Gardner on We're Only Human
15 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
My preference in work was not towards optimizing machinery, but helping optimize work processes for people.Tim Gardner, Former Organizational Developm...
Hire Internal Employees to Drive Engagement and Career Ownership with Jerome Ternynck on We're Only Human
30 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"The platform was up and running literally weeks after the pandemic hit. And through this platform they saved 2,000 jobs, so it's also about...
Owning HR's Cybersecurity Responsibilities with Erika Lance on We're Only Human
18 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"I think as HR leaders, one of the biggest things that we have to do is never lose sight of the people."Erika Lance, SVP of People Operation...
Connecting Healthcare Operations and Recruiting at Mercy on We're Only Human
08 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"It's about understanding that workforce isn't a recruiting job. It isn't a leadership job. It's everybody's job. If you...
Making Magic for Candidates with Paradox.ai on We're Only Human
02 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"We are what we call a conversational AI platform, the main product being our AI assistant, which was built with a really simple kind of mission ...
3 Keys to Creating and Becoming a Best Place to Work: Angie Redmon on We're Only Human
19 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"What different actions can we take going forward? So whether it was an implementation to our benefits plan or whether it was rolling out a new p...
What is the Extended Workforce? Insights from Utmost on We're Only Human
12 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"The way work is getting done is increasingly flexible and it gives the worker the power of choice. That choice serves both the worker and the en...
HR Analyst Day *Podcast Takeover* Featuring Engagedly on We're Only Human
05 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"Be gentle with yourself. I think we can all afford a little compassion and we're often able to give that to others easier than we're a...
Engaging a Field-Based Workforce-Lessons from Nussbaum Transportation on We're Only Human
02 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"You can reconcile accounting, but you can't always reconcile people."Jeremy Stickling, Chief Administrative Officer at Nussbaum Transp...
Empowering Your Internal Experts for Better Learning Outcomes on We're Only Human
22 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
I really do believe this is a moment for learning and training that could see a transformation that benefits learners. Simon Greany, Elucidat We&apo...
Measuring Productivity in the Modern Workplace: Prodoscore on We're Only Human
15 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"We can't forget about being human."Tom Moran, Chief Strategy Officer, Prodoscore We're Only Human -- Episode 102 When workers g...
Mediocrity, Clarity, and Personal Brand with Carla Patton on We're Only Human
07 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"We allow business leaders to dictate things based on who they like, who they golfed with the last weekend, and things like that when it should b...
How Paypal Maps and Creates Employee Journeys on We're Only Human
10 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"We map the employee journey and experiences that an employee has. We do things where we can really hear, learn, and better understand the employ...
Ashley Furniture Saved ~$5 Million with Employee Retention: Featuring Humantelligence on We're Only Human
27 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"So you're about to go into a meeting physically or remotely, you click on the team on the calendar invite and it'll pull up the cultur...
How to Drive Business Innovation from Within HR on We're Only Human
12 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"Human resources is ripe for innovation right now. Innovation is definitely a place of great opportunity within human capital. We should be const...
How Do I Support a Remote Work Culture? A Q&A Episode on We're Only Human
22 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"My company is going remote because of COVID. How do I transition our culture over?" We're Only Human -- Episode 97In today's epi...
How Takeda Radically Transformed Its HR Operating Model on We're Only Human
15 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"I think you can't make the mistake of designing an optimal, or academically perfect HR operating model in a vacuum. It really must be align...
Why Learning is the Superpower We All Need: The Upskilling Imperative on We're Only Human
30 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"And to me, just hands down learning is the future of work. Let's just put a period on that. That's how I feel about this. We've...
Your Brain on Change Management-Google's Travis Hahler on We're Only Human
23 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"One of the things that I find most fascinating about using neuroscience in the [change management] work that I do is that there's a lot of ...
Groundbreaking Research on Organizational Agility with Oracle on We're Only Human
17 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"What we're telling customers is that we can help make work more human. First is really putting empathy at the forefront of the employee exp...
Identifying the Skills of Enterprise Organizations with Starmind on We're Only Human
10 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"At the beginning of my career, HR was looked at as a necessary evil. Now it's completely flipped to where HR is the driving force for how c...
Blockchain, Skills, and the Future of Work with the Velocity Network Foundation on We're Only Human
03 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"We as an industry are driving toward the cliff and the HCM [technology] vendors are competing over who offers better tire pressure." Dror ...
Virtual Open Enrollment and Benefits Communication Strategies on We're Only Human
28 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"We need help communicating the benefits we pour our hearts and souls into and making them successful for our employees."Jesse Albro, Flimp ...
Combining Learning, Technology, and Culture with Christopher Lind on We're Only Human
18 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"For me it's always been about focusing on how we can use technology to transform the way we develop, grow, and care for our employees."...
Compassion and Connection: Keys to a Better 2020 on We're Only Human
06 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"This year has really redefined what compassion means to me. The need to have compassion for others, whether it's wearing a mask for those a...
We're Only Human 87: This Company Screens Thousands of Candidates to Improve Inclusive Hiring Outcomes
22 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"That hiring maanger still has a view of the candidate's abilities and skills without being exposed to their race, gender, or ethnicity.&quo...
We're Only Human 86: Working on the HR Tasks that Matter with Amit Parmar
15 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"What really excites someone to join a company? Why do they stay at the company? Every person you talk to has a different story." Amit Pama...
WOH 85: Stop Apologizing for Being in HR
08 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"We need to own what we do. We've been apologizing and apologetic for being in HR instead of owning what we do. Every other profession says,...
We're Only Human 84: Job Seeker Nation Report Shows Anxiety and Opportunity
01 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"And then the other piece of it was just the fear of losing a job increased dramatically... So the top line headline was one of anxiety in the ma...
WOH 83: Balancing Candidate Experience and Objective Hiring with AI
19 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"The assessment traditionally has seemed a bit disconnected from the job role. This can come across as friction. You've worked hard to find ...
WOH 82: Hiring for Neurodiversity - A Case Study
10 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"We are wasting talent. We can't afford as a nation, as a society, to waste talent." Brenda Weitzberg, Founder and Executive Directo...
81: Rethinking Work, Productivity, and Engagement in the Modern Workplace
21 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"People don't want flexibility. they want complete control over their time."Today, we keep hearing that flexible work is the way to go....
WOH 80: 11+ Ideas to Engage and Support Your Remote Teams
13 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In recent weeks the podcast has covered critical topics like the Families First Coronavirus Response Act and how HR technology providers are supportin...
WOH 79: How Employers Are Responding to Shutdowns, Quarantines, and Coronavirus
06 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"As the head of HR, I'm now suddenly expected to be a doctor, virologist, and epidemiologist." That quote came from a discussion with ...
WOH 78: Families First Coronavirus Response Act - What Employers Need to Know
30 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"Here's my general advice for businesses--don't be afraid to get help."In recent weeks a flurry of legislative activity has led to...
WOH 77: Implementing the Agile Talent Acquisition Methodology at BBVA
12 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Agile talent acquisition? What's that? Many of the talent leaders we encounter have heard of agile as it pertains to the software development in...
WOH 76: What a Study of 1,000 SMB Companies Tells Us about HR
04 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"HR is representing the people at your organization that deliver the results of whatever mission you have... There is no greater voice for the pe...
WOH 75: What if Your Employees Could Use PTO For Anything They Want
26 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Employee paid leave is often overlooked because it has been around for what seems like forever. It's fairly standard, and the biggest advancement...