Digital HR Leaders with David Green

“Be yourself.” “Bring your whole self to work.” It sounds empowering -  but what if it’s actually bad advice? 

That’s exactly what our host David Green explores in this episode of the Digital HR Leaders podcast, with returning guest Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic - Professor of Business Psychology at UCL and Columbia, and author of Don’t Be Yourself: Why Authenticity is Overrated (and What to Do Instead). 

Together, t...

The HR technology market is booming - but with so much innovation (and noise), how can HR leaders and investors tell what’s truly transformative from what’s just trendy? 

In this episode of the Digital HR Leaders Podcast, host David Green sits down with Thomas Otter, General Partner and Venture Capitalist at Acadian Ventures - a firm dedicated to investing in groundbreaking companies that make work better. 

With dec...

The future of work won’t wait - and neither can your people analytics strategy. 

On today’s episode of the Digital HR Leaders Podcast, Rob Etheridge, Global Head of Workforce Strategy and Insights at HSBC, joins the Digital HR Leaders podcast with host David Green to reveal how the bank is building a forward-looking people analytics function - grounded in skills, AI, and trust. 

Join them, as they explore: 

In this episode of the Digital HR Leaders Podcast, host David Green is joined once again by Mikael Wornoo, Co-Founder of TechWolf - a company at the forefront of skills intelligence. 

Bringing fresh insights from the frontlines of AI and workforce strategy, together they explore where leading companies are heading, and what HR needs to do to stay ahead of the curve. From adoption challenges to ethical concerns, in this epis...

What if the most valuable business strategy starts with workforce planning? 

In this episode of the Digital HR Leaders podcast, David Green is joined by one of the world’s most respected voices on strategic workforce planning, Ross Sparkman, Global Head of Workforce Planning at Nutrien and author of the recently released second edition of Strategic Workforce Planning. 

With a career leading workforce strategy at com...

What if the reason HR isn’t influencing strategy… is because it’s looking in the wrong direction? 

That’s the powerful idea Jenny Dearborn - Chief People Strategy Officer at BTS and co-author of The Insight-Driven Leader - unpacks with host David Green in this episode of the Digital HR Leaders podcast. 

Drawing on her experience as a senior HR leader in some of the world’s biggest companies, Jenny makes the case for...

How do you reconnect learning with business outcomes in a world where skills are evolving faster than ever? 

That’s what Vincent-Pierre Giroux, Global Learning & Talent Development Director at Alstom, explores in this episode of the Digital HR Leaders podcast. 

Host David Green speaks with Vincent-Pierre about the lessons he’s learned from leading resets across industries, his perspective on why skills volatilit...

What if the star performers you celebrated yesterday are the very people holding your organisation back today? 

That’s what Toby Hough, HR Director for Europe at HiBob, unpacks with host David Green in this episode of the Digital HR Leaders podcast - a must-listen for anyone rethinking how to build performance cultures that last. 

Join them, as they explore: 

• Why definitions of high performance need to e...

What defines leadership in a modern organisation? And how do you find and support the people driving culture, clarity, and change?  

That’s what Olena Bondareva, Global HR Director at airSlate, unpacks in this episode of Digital HR Leaders – a must-listen for anyone rethinking how we define and measure leadership. 

Host David Green speaks with Olena about how she built a people strategy from scratch during a ti...

Last week, Microsoft announced an update to its flexible work guidelines.  As Amy Coleman, Chief People Officer at Microsoft, explained: “We’ve looked at how our teams work best, and the data is clear: when people work together in person more often, they thrive – they are more energized, empowered, and they deliver stronger results.” 

As such, I’m delighted that my guest on this week’s episode of the Digital HR...

HR is standing at a defining inflection point. AI is transforming how work gets done, stakeholder capitalism is reshaping expectations, and the pressure to deliver tangible business value with less has never been higher. 

So what does HR need to do now - not just to stay relevant, but to lead? 

In this episode of the Digital HR Leaders podcast, host David Green sits down with three of the profession’s most respected...

bp is undergoing one of the most complex transformations in its more than 100-year history — powered by a focused strategy reset, a leaner operating model, and a global scale-up of digital and AI capabilities. But behind all of this is a fundamental reset of how people experience work - and what it means to lead through change.

In this episode of the Digital HR Leaders podcast, host David Green sits down with the person lea...

The future of HR isn’t about collecting more data - it’s about knowing exactly what to do with it. 

In this special bonus episode of the Digital HR Leaders podcast, host David Green is joined by David Barrett (CEO) and Katarina Coppé (Chief Commercial Officer) from Welliba for a conversation about changing the way we listen to and understand employees. 

Join them to learn more about:  

• Why tradition...

What can your digital footprint reveal about how work really gets done? 

In this episode of the Digital HR Leaders podcast, David Green sits down with Brydie Lear, VP of People Analytics & Insights at Expedia Group, to explore how her team is harnessing people data at scale to understand performance, influence, and organisational effectiveness in real time. 

Tune in as they discuss: 

• The key differen...

If people really are our greatest asset, why is wellbeing still treated like a perk instead of a priority? 

In this episode of the Digital HR Leaders podcast, host David Green explores this very question with Jan-Emmanuel De Neve, Professor of Economics and Director of the Wellbeing Research Centre at University of Oxford, co-editor of the World Happiness Report, and co-author of Why Workplace Wellbeing Matters. 

If you're looking for honest lessons from the frontline of skills transformation, this episode is for you. 

Picking up from last week’s strategic deep-dive with Ravin Jesuthasan and Brian Fisher at Mercer, this episode of the Digital HR Leaders podcast takes a practical turn, exploring what it really looks like to bring a skills-powered strategy to life inside a global organisation. 

Joining host David Green is Amy ...

Is your workforce strategy stuck in the past? 

As AI accelerates and traditional job structures show their age, more companies are asking a fundamental question: Are we organising work the right way? Which is why, in this episode of the Digital HR Leaders podcast, David and his guests explore why skills-based workforce planning has surged to the top of the HR agenda - and what leading companies are doing to turn intent into...

What if the chaos around us isn’t a threat, but your organisation’s greatest advantage? 

In this thought-provoking episode, futurist and innovation expert Peter Hinssen returns to the Digital HR Leaders podcast to join host David Green in an exploration of why uncertainty is no longer the exception but the new normal, and how HR can lead the way in turning disruption into momentum. 

Based on insights from his new bo...

What does it take to move people analytics from the margins to the core of business strategy? 

In this episode of the Digital HR Leaders podcast, host David Green is joined by Anshul Sheopuri, Executive Vice President of People Operations & Insights at Mastercard, to explore how people analytics is transforming from a support function into a business-critical capability. 

More than three years since his last app...