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Digital HR Leaders with David Green

In this series, David Green will be speaking to a range of senior HR leaders who are pushing a data-driven and digital HR agenda. There is an increasing need for HR professionals to become more digitally and numerically literate – to acquire the skills necessary to process, produce and leverage digi

New episodes: Weekly
Typical length: 51 min
Latest: 13 Oct 2026
Language: English

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13 Oct 2026 · 52 minNew

How Roblox Is Rethinking People, Systems and Workforce Strategy

What changes when the people function is designed not as a collection of separate HR processes, but as part of the operating system of the company? In this episode of the Digital HR Leaders podcast, David Green is joined by Jack Buckley, Chief People and Systems Officer at Roblox, to explore how measurement, people analytics, technology and workforce strategy come together inside one of the world’s best-known technology companies. Jack’s career spans the US Navy, academia, applied statistics, large-scale assessment and game-based hiring before leading people and systems at Roblox. That…

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S57 · 6 Oct 2026 · 54 min
How Bank of America and Cornerstone Are Building an AI-Ready Workforce
Your organisation has committed to an AI strategy. But what does that commitment mean for the people who have to work differently because of it? AI adoption is moving into a more demanding phase. The challenge for HR and learning leaders is translating technology investment into new capabilities, different ways of working and measurable business outcomes. In this special episode of the Digital HR Leaders podcast, David Green is joined by Mike Wynn , SVP, Academy Executive for AI Capabilities & Enterprise Learning Products at Bank of America, and Himanshu Palsule , CEO of Cornerstone.…
S57 · E287 · 29 Sep 2026 · 1 hr 3 min
How to Build an AI-Enabled HR Operating Model
What if the thing slowing down AI in HR isn't the technology at all, but the way the function is set up to deliver it? Most HR organisations already have access to AI. The bigger challenge is whether the way HR is structured, governed and measured is ready to turn that technology into sustainable business value. In this episode of the Digital HR Leaders podcast, David Green is joined by Michael Rochelle , Chief Strategy Officer, principal analyst and co-founder of Brandon Hall Group, to explore new research identifying six structural moves for building an AI-enabled HR operating model. Join…
S57 · E286 · 22 Sep 2026 · 55 min
How Snowflake Is Using People Analytics to Lead AI Transformation
As AI reshapes work, the people function has an opportunity to play a much bigger role in how organisations navigate the transformation. At Snowflake, that starts with trusted data, strong people analytics and a clear view of what technology should automate, where it should augment human capability, and what should remain human. In this episode, David Green is joined by Arnnon Geshuri , Chief People Officer at Snowflake. Drawing on a career that includes senior roles at Google, Tesla and Teladoc Health, Arnnon explains why data has become a common language between HR and the business, and…
S57 · E285 · 15 Sep 2026 · 45 min
Inside Salesforce’s $166M Bet on HiBob’s Organisational Intelligence
A year ago, the challenge was getting people to use AI. Now, the harder task is turning widespread experimentation into redesigned work, stronger productivity and measurable business impact. In this episode, David Green is joined by Ronni Zehavi , Co-Founder and CEO of HiBob, to explore what the company has learned from its own award-winning AI transformation. Ronni also shares an early, inside perspective on Salesforce’s $166 million investment in HiBob and why it represents an important next chapter in the company’s evolution towards an Organisational Intelligence platform, built on…
S57 · E284 · 8 Sep 2026 · 55 min
How People Intelligence Is Helping Shape Cisco’s AI Workforce Transformation
Your AI adoption numbers might be climbing. But what do they tell you about your people? Kelly Jones , Chief People Officer at Cisco, and her team set out to answer that question, and the findings are reshaping how Cisco thinks about engagement, performance, leadership, and the future of HR itself. In this conversation, David and Kelly discuss: What prompted Cisco's People Intelligence team to ask a bigger question about AI than most organisations are asking The connection between AI use, employee engagement, and career growth at Cisco Why leaders who use AI themselves are so critical to…
S57 · E283 · 1 Sep 2026 · 56 min
The 100-Year Life: Rethinking Careers for a Longer Working Life
If you knew you might live to 100, how differently would you think about the career you are building today? Lynda Gratton is Professor of Management Practice in Organisational Behaviour at London Business School, where she's taught for more than thirty years and leads the world's number one ranked programme in human resources. Lynda is also the bestselling co-author of the million selling The 100-Year Life. Ahead of the publication of her new book, Living the 100-Year Life: How to build a career that lasts and a life you love , Lynda joins David to explore why longer lives are stretching the…
S56 · 25 Aug 2026 · 57 min
How Allianz Is Building a Workforce Ready for Constant Change
Should workforce transformation belong to HR? Bettina Dietsche, Group Chief People and Culture Officer at Allianz, doesn't think so. Bettina leads the people agenda for around 156,000 employees at Allianz. She came to HR after 25 years in IT and digital transformation, picking up the people function while serving as COO of Allianz Commercial during a company turnaround. That background shapes her view that HR's job is to challenge and push transformation onto the business agenda - not to own it. In this episode, David and Bettina discuss: Why she believes HR should challenge and nudge…
S56 · E281 · 4 Aug 2026 · 49 min
Your Team's AI Instincts: Why AI Adoption Succeeds or Fails on How You're Wired
Do you know which of your people are wired to thrive in chaos, and which ones need certainty to do their best work? In this episode, David is joined by Mike Flannagan , Corporate Vice President, Customer & Commercial Success at Microsoft, and Paul Burgess , founder of Instinctive Drives, to explore Microsoft's recent partnership with Instinctive Drives and what it reveals about the human side of AI transformation. Together they unpack why the biggest barrier to AI adoption isn't the technology itself, but the mismatch between people's natural instincts and the roles they're being asked to…
S56 · E282 · 4 Aug 2026 · 49 min
Your Team's AI Instincts: Why AI Adoption Succeeds or Fails on How You're Wired
Do you know which of your people are wired to thrive in chaos, and which ones need certainty to do their best work? In this episode, David is joined by Mike Flannagan , Corporate Vice President, Customer & Commercial Success at Microsoft, and Paul Burgess , founder of Instinctive Drives, to explore Microsoft's recent partnership with Instinctive Drives and what it reveals about the human side of AI transformation. Together they unpack why the biggest barrier to AI adoption isn't the technology itself, but the mismatch between people's natural instincts and the roles they're being asked to…
S56 · E280 · 28 Jul 2026 · 46 min
How HR Can Lead AI and Workforce Transformation Across the Enterprise
How do you bring AI into an organisation without losing what's made it work for 150 years? In this episode of the Digital HR Leaders podcast, David Green is joined by Eric Dozier, Executive Vice President and Chief People Officer at Eli Lilly, to explore what it takes for HR to lead AI and workforce transformation at enterprise scale. Join them, as they discuss: Why HR has to transform twice over in the AI era, first as a function, then as an organisation What prompted Lilly's AI journey, and how the friction points that came up shaped the approach going forward How the role of the manager…
S56 · E279 · 21 Jul 2026 · 51 min
What Neuroscience Reveals About Making Change Stick
What if the resistance you're seeing from your team isn't opposition at all? David Green is joined by Travis Hahler , who leads global strategy and transformation at Salesforce and is also the founder of Neurological Nomad, where he applies neuroscience and neuropsychology to how leaders manage change. Travis is the author of the new book Rethink Resistance, and his central argument reframes almost everything: resistance isn't personal, it's protective. Why resistance to change should be read as information, not opposition: The six neurological barriers to change, and why leaders need to…
S56 · E278 · 14 Jul 2026 · 38 min
From HR Silos to One Connected People System
Is your HR function organised the way employees actually experience it, or just the way it's always been done? In this episode of the Digital HR Leaders podcast, David Green is joined by Tony Truong , VP of People Strategy, Operations, Technology and Analytics at Chime, to unpack why most HR functions are still organised in silos, by specialty, while employees experience work as a series of moments: getting hired, being onboarded, going for a promotion. Tony has spent the last two years closing that gap, rebuilding Chime's people function from the ground up as the company has scaled into a…
S56 · E277 · 7 Jul 2026 · 57 min
How AI Coaching is Changing Talent Management and Workforce Transformation
How do you tell the difference between AI that's genuinely transforming HR and AI that's just a slide in a vendor deck? In this episode of the Digital HR Leaders podcast, David Green is joined by Parker Mitchell , Founder and CEO of Valence, the team behind the AI coaching platform Nadia, to discuss what it really takes for HR to prove value in an increasingly crowded AI market. Join them, as they discuss: How to separate genuine AI capability from marketing claims in an increasingly crowded market Why AI budgets are increasingly coming from the C-suite rather than HR, and what that means…
S56 · E276 · 30 Jun 2026 · 51 min
The Octopus Organisation: How HR Can Make Transformation Stick
What would your organisation look like if it worked more like an octopus — distributed, adaptive, and capable of sensing and reacting without waiting for instructions from the centre? In this episode of the Digital HR Leaders podcast, David Green is joined by Phil Lebrun and Jana Werner , Executives in Residence at Amazon Web Services and authors of The Octopus Organization , to explore why so many transformations fail to stick — and what a more adaptive, human approach to change actually looks like. Join them as they discuss: What the octopus organisation metaphor is, and why it offers a…
S55 · 23 Jun 2026 · 51 min
What the Research Really Tells Us About Purpose at Work
Is purpose at work as straightforward as we've made it out to be? In this episode of the Digital HR Leaders podcast, David Green is joined by Jessica Zwaan , VP People Strategy and Operations at Leapsome and author of Built for People and Purpose and Work , to explore what the research actually tells us about purpose at work — and what that means for how HR shows up for people. Join them as they discuss: Why treating HR like a product function changes the questions you ask What the research on purpose at work really reveals, and why the reality is more nuanced than the narrative What purpose…
S55 · E275 · 16 Jun 2026 · 43 min
How GSK Built a Skills-Based Organisation in 18 Months
How do you rebuild a company's entire capability infrastructure — and fund the transformation through the savings it generates? Zaka Farhat is Global SVP for Talent, Learning, Organisation and Capability Development at GSK, where she leads the company's enterprise-wide skills, learning and capability agenda. In this episode, Zaka shares the full story of how GSK rebuilt its capability infrastructure in 18 months - retiring more than 20 legacy systems, building a single skills and learning ecosystem, and funding the transformation through the savings it generated. Join them as David and Zaka…
S55 · E274 · 9 Jun 2026 · 45 min
Work Intelligence Playbook for CHROs in the AI Era
How do the world's most forward-thinking organisations use skills intelligence, market intelligence and work intelligence together to stay ahead? In this episode of the Digital HR Leaders podcast, host David Green is joined by Mik Wornoo, co-founder and President of US at TechWolf, to explore how organisations are using three signals together to build a strategic workforce planning strategy that can keep pace with AI, and what that looks like in practice. In this conversation, David and Mik discuss: What skills intelligence, work intelligence and market intelligence each bring to strategic…
S55 · E273 · 2 Jun 2026 · 51 min
Inside Lloyds Banking Group’s People Transformation
What does it take to turn a 300-year-old bank into the UK's biggest fintech? Sharon Doherty is Chief People and Places Officer at Lloyds Banking Group, and over the last four years she's been leading one of the most ambitious organisational transformations in British financial services - 300-year-old institution reinventing itself as the UK's biggest fintech. In this episode, David and Sharon get into what transformation at that scale actually looks like from the inside - the governance, the culture work, the AI strategy, and the tough calls that only leadership can make. How Sharon thinks…
S55 · E272 · 26 May 2026 · 56 min
Why Meetings Are a System Design Problem
Are your meetings actually working? Or has your calendar just become a system nobody knows how to switch off? In this episode, David Green is joined by Rebecca Hinds , Stanford-trained organisational researcher, Head of the Work AI Institute at Glean, and author of Your Best Meeting Ever: 7 Principles for Designing Meetings That Get Things Done . In this conversation, David and Rebecca discuss: Why organisations should treat meetings as a product, and what that actually means in practice The concept of meeting debt, and why calendars accumulate bloat in the same way codebases accumulate…
S54 · E271 · 19 May 2026 · 55 min
The Case for a Four-Day Week: What the Research Shows
Most organisations are asking how to get more from their people. But what if the real question is how to get more from the time they spend at work? In this episode of the Digital HR Leaders podcast, David Green is joined by Joe O'Connor , founder of Worktime Revolution, and Jared Lindzon , future-of-work journalist and author, to explore the research-backed case for the four-day working week, and what it means for how HR leaders design, lead and transform work. Join them as they discuss: Why the five-day working week is a relic of the industrial age What the evidence from global pilots shows…
S54 · 12 May 2026 · 53 min
The Hidden Economic Value of Employee Experience
What’s the value of employee experience if you can’t tie it to business performance results? In this special bonus episode of the Digital HR Leaders podcast, host David Green is joined Katarina Coppé and Jake Mealy, respectively Senior Partner and Chief Data Solutions Officer at Welliba. Drawing on new research analysing over 25 million data points across the S&P 500, they unpack the direct link between employee experience and financial performance, showing why companies with stronger employee sentiment consistently outperform the market. Join them to learn more about: Why traditional…
S54 · E270 · 5 May 2026 · 44 min
Leading People Analytics Through Business Transformation
When your business is transforming, how do you make sure your people strategy is part of leading that change? In this episode of the Digital HR Leaders podcast, David Green is joined by Mattijs Mol , VP of HR Technology, Strategy and Insights at Wärtsilä, to explore what it really takes to run a people analytics function inside a business undergoing fundamental change. Join them, as they discuss: Why transformation creates new demands on people analytics and how to meet them What capabilities matter most when bringing workforce data sources together How to make wellbeing land with the…
S54 · E269 · 28 Apr 2026 · 54 min
A Smarter Framework for Human Centered Decisions in HR
AI, layoffs, reskilling - everyone’s reacting to the same headlines. The question is: are they making the right decisions because of them? In this episode of the Digital HR Leaders podcast, David Green is joined by Kate O’Neill, Tech Humanist, keynote speaker, and author of What Matters Next , to explore how leaders can make more deliberate, context-aware decisions in a landscape shaped by constant change. Join them, as they discuss: Why reacting to headlines can lead to poor decision-making How to take a more structured, long-term view of change The ultimate approach to prioritising in…
S54 · E268 · 21 Apr 2026 · 49 min
The CHRO Framework for AI: Culture Determines AI Outcomes Not Spend
What if HR is still thinking too small about AI? In this episode of the Digital HR Leaders podcast, David Green is joined by Paul, Chief Evangelist and Talent Strategist at Visier, to explore why traditional transformation approaches may no longer be fit for purpose, and what HR needs to do differently to keep pace. Join them, as they tackle some of the biggest questions facing the function today: Is the current framing of AI in HR too narrow? Does HR need to operate more like finance to remain relevant? What does it take to move from pilots to real, enterprise-wide impact? And as AI becomes…
S54 · E267 · 14 Apr 2026 · 47 min
Beyond Insight: People Analytics as Work Orchestration
What does the next evolution of people analytics actually look like? As AI reshapes how organisations operate, people analytics is increasingly being drawn into more consultative, business-facing work - helping leaders think through decisions, guide adoption, and play a more active role in how work actually gets done. In this episode of the Digital HR Leaders podcast, host David Green is joined by Jamie Nevshehir , VP of HR Operations and People Analytics at NBCUniversal, to explore what that looks like in practice. So, hit play to learn more about: How to build a people analytics function…
S54 · E266 · 7 Apr 2026 · 52 min
From CHRO to Chief Work Officer: The Next Evolution of HR Leadership
Are organisations overlooking one of the most important drivers of employee experience and performance? For many, the workplace is still treated as a fixed asset - something to manage for cost and capacity, rather than something to actively design around how work actually happens. In this episode of the Digital HR Leaders podcast, host David Green is joined by Phil Kirschner , Workforce Experience Consultant and author of the famous newsletter, The Workline , to explore why workplace strategy continues to sit outside of core HR and people analytics conversations - and why that needs to…
S53 · 31 Mar 2026 · 47 min
Rethinking L&D for an AI-Driven World
Are we finally at a point where the way we’ve approached workplace learning no longer works? For years, organisations have invested heavily in learning platforms, content libraries and structured programmes. But if we’re honest, much of it still feels disconnected from how people actually learn today - especially in a world where employees can pick up new skills instantly using AI tools. So what does effective learning look like now? And how do organisations build an AI-ready workforce without falling back on outdated models? In this episode of the Digital HR Leaders podcast, host David…
S53 · E265 · 24 Mar 2026 · 45 min
Work Redesign In The Age of Age: What HR Leaders Must Know
If parts of a role can be automated or augmented overnight, what does that mean for job design, career development, and the way organisations build the next generation of talent? In this episode of the Digital HR Leaders podcast, host David Green is joined by Hebba Youssef , Chief People Officer at Workweek and the Founder and creator of the widely followed newsletter I Hate It Here. Drawing on her experience building and leading HR teams, Hebba shares how she is approaching AI adoption inside her own organisation and what the rise of AI-powered teams means for the future of work. So, tune…
S53 · E264 · 17 Mar 2026 · 54 min
AI, Loneliness and the Future of Connection at Work
Are we overlooking one of the biggest human consequences of AI at work? As organisations race to adopt AI, much of the conversation has focused on productivity, efficiency, and redesigning work. But far less attention has been given to how these technologies may reshape something just as important: the relationships people rely on at work. To unpack this, in this episode of the Digital HR Leaders podcast, host David Green speaks with Connie Noonan Hadley, organisational psychologist, Thinkers50 Radar thinker, and Research Associate Professor at Boston University’s Questrom School of…

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