Future of Work - A Workday Podcast
The world of work hasn’t just changed; it’s being radically redefined. Between the surge of AI, shifting workforce expectations, and the dawn of human-machine collaboration, the old leadership playbooks are obsolete. The Future of Work Podcast moves beyond the buzzwords to deliver insights from the architects of the new work day. Each episode, we sit down with C-suite executives, AI innovators, and industry pioneers to expose the friction between legacy thinking and the future of business. We ignore the tech specs to focus on what matters: the industry trends, cultural shifts, and leadership opportunities required to thrive in an unpredictable landscape. This isn't a conversation about tools—it's a conversation about the future of your organization. Stop guessing and start leading.
Episodes
Workplace psychologist Liz Pavese, Ph.D. and economist Aaron Terrazas break down the structural mechanics shaping today’s global workforce. Unpacking the "Loyalty Illusion" inside a low-hire, low-fire, low-move economy, this discussion pairs Workday’s proprietary global workforce data with psychological frameworks and market forces to explore the shifting worker dynamics brought on by AI adoption. Dive into the report ...
The walled garden model built double-digit-billion-dollar software companies, but it won't survive the shift from human users to AI agents. Rogerio Almeida and Tod Sacerdoti explain why traditional walled gardens fall short in an agentic world and how open standards like MCP redefine the future of enterprise ERP platforms.
Workday Chief Responsible AI Officer Kelly Trindel and SAS VP of AI Ethics, Governance, and Social Impact Reggie Townsend explore how the choices organizations make about AI today will shape how people work tomorrow. From preserving human judgment and developing future leaders to translating organizational values into practice, they discuss why responsible AI governance requires looking beyond what technology can do—or regula...
AI usage is up across the enterprise—but according to Workday's Global Research, 82% of employees say their AI tools still feel disconnected from their actual, day-to-day work, creating the very friction AI was supposed to remove.
In this episode of Future of Work, Nancy Weitl, VP of HCM Products at Workday, is joined by Stacey Harris, HR Industry Analyst and Chief Research Officer at Sapient Insights, to unpack why "bu...
Most companies leave HR out of AI strategy until the big decisions are made, and then wonder why their tech investments yield minimal enterprise returns. Atlassian’s Avani Prabhakar joins Workday’s Ashley Goldsmith to explain why traditional HR models are becoming obsolete, and how human-first leadership is the only way to unlock AI value.
Most enterprise AI strategies chase the newest frontier model. Author and analyst Jon Reed says that's backwards. In this episode, Reed sits down with Workday's Jon Lexa to deconstruct why 90% of AI's real value comes from the system you build around the model, not the model itself, and what it takes to ground that system in real-time organizational truth.
In this episode, Workday leaders Dean Arnold and Jay Wieczorkowski reveal how a new era of agentic AI allows anyone to build custom, production-ready enterprise workflows using simple, natural-language prompts. Discover how open standards finally eliminate the trade-off between lightning-fast AI innovation and ironclad enterprise trust.
Paradigm CEO Joelle Emerson joins Workday SVP of Product Max Wessel to explain why treating AI as a budget-cutting tool is a mistake, and how governing AI intent turns adoption into real growth instead of headcount reduction.
Are you deploying new enterprise technology, only to realize the teams you intended to help are left drowning in bureaucracy? Join Adam Godson, General Manager of Talent Acquisition at Workday, to dismantle the friction of legacy workflows. While standard tools focus purely on volume efficiency, true enterprise value requires building from real user behavior, not boardroom assumptions.
In this episode, Workday Chief Learning Officer Chris Ernst and Censia Executive Intelligence President Monica Bua discuss how AI has democratized information, shifting the corporate premium from data management to human judgment. They argue that organizations must pivot from legacy workforce planning to capability planning to effectively redesign work for an AI-native future.
AI regulation is moving at breakneck speed, and for many organizations, the default response has been to wait, watch, and react. But in an era where trust is the ultimate currency, standing on the sidelines isn’t just passive—it’s a competitive disadvantage.
In this episode, Workday’s Chief Corporate Affairs Officer, Chandler Morse, and Aine Lyons, SVP & Deputy General Counsel cut through the regulatory ...
Evisort Co-Founder Jerry Ting and Constellation Research Chairman Ray Wang unpack the hidden chaos of the "copy and paste economy" stealing time from modern teams. Learn why adding more tools isn't the answer and how to map processes, fix data silos, and achieve AI ROI.
Workday’s Chief Responsible AI Officer Kelly Trindel and Data Nutrition Project founder Kasia Chmielinski explore how to design and deploy AI in ways that protect human dignity rather than erode it. They dig into practical questions leaders face right now: how to keep humans truly “in the loop,” avoid blindly trusting AI, set meaningful guardrails, and use data responsibly while we shift from managing teams of peo...
Workday’s Josh Secrest and Chad Moutray, Head of Research at the National Restaurant Association, dive into a new report uncovering the real financial impact of understaffing, and how technology empowers frontline managers. Together, they explore game-changing frontline metrics and explain how empowering managers with automated technology drives true operational growth.
Workday's Aine Lyons sits down with legal ops pioneer Mary O'Carroll to dive into the balance of innovation and risk in the legal profession. Together, they tackle what's really holding legal teams back, why bad data is the biggest barrier to ROI, and how the most forward-thinking legal leaders are building their competitive edge right now.
Michelle Dawkins sat down with Joel Hellermark to explore why simply putting an AI assistant on every desk won't deliver true transformation, and how organizations can escape the "copy-paste economy" that currently drains over seven hours of employee productivity every week.
Are you deploying powerful new AI agents, only to realize your employees are spending all their time trying to make them work together? In this episode, Laila Almounaier, Vice President of Connected Experiences at Workday, unpacks the hidden friction of the AI era. While specialized agents are excellent at individual tasks, true enterprise value requires an open architecture where technology naturally collaborates.
As agentic AI accelerates software development to the speed of thought, how can tech leaders balance rapid innovation with absolute security for their core business engines? Workday CTO Gabe Monroy and CIO Rani Johnson sat down to discuss why forward-thinking organizations are dismantling traditional Agile workflows for "AI pods," and how native platform architecture allows trusted automation to run at full throttle.
As global AI regulation shifts from abstract theory to enforceable law, organizations face a critical choice: wait for the final rules or lead with proactive integrity. Hear from Workday’s Chief Responsible AI Officer Kelly Trindel and Chief Legal Officer Rich Sauer on how to navigate the complexities of an evolving global policy landscape while keeping cultural values at the center of it all.
As AI adoption accelerates, many HR teams are discovering that productivity gains alone don’t guarantee better business outcomes. In this episode of the Future of Work podcast, Workday’s David Wachtel and industry analyst Kyle Lagunas explore why AI literacy, trust, and human-centered leadership are becoming essential for the future of work.
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