Digital HR Leaders with David Green

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 digital information to create business value. You'll hear from people leaders who are driving transformation in their organisations on how HR can prepare for the future and what HR leaders need to do to prepare for the Future of Work. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episodes

July 28, 2025 45 mins

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. 

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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 ...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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What happens when you stop looking outside for talent and start unlocking the full potential of the people already on your team? 


That is exactly what host David Green and his guests explore in this episode of the Digital HR Leaders Podcast. 


Joining David are Patricia Frost, Chief People and Places Officer at Seagate Technology, and Ruslan Tovbulatov, Chief Marketing Officer at Gloat, the platform partner behind S...

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Have you ever downplayed a part of who you are just to feel accepted at work? 


Maybe it was your background, your beliefs, or even just your personality. That quiet act of self-editing - called covering - is more common than many realise, and it comes at a high cost to individuals and organisations alike. 


In this episode of the Digital HR Leaders podcast, host David Green is joined by Rami Tzafrir, Senior Director ...

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Is your HR tech stack fixing real business problems, or just fuelling the shiny object hype? 


With new HR technologies arriving faster than ever, many organisations are quick to jump on the next big thing. But in the rush to modernise, are we losing sight of the real business problems we’re meant to be solving? 


In this episode of the Digital HR Leaders podcast, host David Green is joined by Matthew Brown, Director ...

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What does it really take to build an HR function that’s agile, data-driven, and truly influential at the top table? 


In this episode of the Digital HR Leaders podcast, host David Green speaks with Janine Vos, Chief Human Resources Officer and Managing Board Member at Rabobank to explore how she has led her team through a significant transformation - shaping an HR function that not only keeps pace with business change, but h...

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How is AI redefining the HR operating model we’ve known for decades? 


With AI redefining how work gets done, the pressure is mounting to move beyond legacy structures and rethink HR from the ground up. The traditional three-pillar model is being pushed to its limits, and a new, work-centric, product-driven approach is emerging. 


To discuss this in more detail, in this episode of the Digital HR Leaders podcast, host ...

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Is HR leading the business, or just keeping up with it? 


As complexity increases and resources tighten, the role of HR is under more pressure than ever. But within this challenge lies a powerful opportunity - for HR to become a driving force in delivering value to all stakeholders: employees, customers and investors.  


In this episode of the Digital HR Leaders podcast, David Green is joined once again by Dave U...

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HR is at a tipping point: lead with data or risk being led by others. 


As organisations face growing complexity - from AI disruption to shifting stakeholder expectations - the role of HR is changing fast. Today’s Chief People Officers are expected to do more than care for culture - they’re expected to influence strategy, shape business outcomes, and back it all up with data. 


In this episode of the Digital HR Leader...

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With AI tools becoming more common across HR and people functions, HR leaders across the globe are asking the same question: how do we use AI without compromising on empathy, ethics, and culture. 


So, in this special bonus episode of the Digital HR Leaders podcast, host David Green welcomes Kevin Heinzelman, SVP of Product at Workhuman to discuss this very critical topic.  

 

David and Kevin share a core belief...

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At Insight222, we’re seeing more and more leading companies approach workforce planning with the same discipline and structure as financial planning - treating it as a core part of how they run the business, not just an HR process. 


And one company that is doing this exceptionally well is S&P.  


So, in this episode of the Digital HR Leaders podcast, David Green sits down with Vice-President and Global Head ...

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Rolling out AI tools is easy. Making them deliver real value for people and performance? That’s the challenge. 


In this episode of the Digital HR Leaders podcast, host David Green is joined by Erik Schultink, CTO and Co-Founder of Worklytics, to explore how organisations can move beyond the hype and start measuring the real impact of AI in the workplace. 


Join them as they uncover: 


  • Why most companies ar...
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What does it take to scale talent acquisition at one of the world’s largest companies? 


When hiring spans hundreds of thousands of roles - from warehouses to tech hubs - the answer isn’t just more recruiters. It’s smarter systems, better data, and deep analytics. 


In this episode, David Green is joined by Ashish Parulekar, Director of Data Science and Global Head of Talent Acquisition Analytics at Amazon, to explore...

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What does it really take to make flexible work succeed - at scale and over time? 


In this episode of the Digital HR Leaders podcast, host David Green sits down with Annie Dean, Vice President of Workplace and Future of Work Transformation at Atlassian, to explore how one of the world’s leading tech firms is boldly reimagining work for the long term. 


Sharing insights from Atlassian’s five-year journey as a fully dis...

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How can HR build agility in a BANI World? 


In a world that feels increasingly brittle, anxious, nonlinear and incomprehensible (BANI), how can HR leaders design talent strategies that keep pace with constant disruption? 


Three years since his last appearance, Loïc Michel, Co-Founder and CEO of 365Talents, returns to the Digital HR Leaders podcast to sit down with David Green and discuss how HR can shift from reactiv...

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For a long time, coaching was an exclusive privilege—mainly reserved for senior leaders. But thanks to AI and digital platforms, that is changing. Coaching is now accessible at every level of an organisation, transforming how employees learn, grow and develop. However, this shift also raises important questions: 


Is digital coaching as effective as traditional methods? How can organisations balance human and AI-driven coach...

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Digital and AI transformation is reshaping workplaces across the globe, but why do some organisations succeed while others struggle? What sets the leaders apart in navigating change effectively? 


In this episode of the Digital HR Leaders podcast, host David Green is joined by Lucy Adams, CEO of Disruptive HR and former CHRO at the BBC and Eversheds. With years of experience modernising HR practices, Lucy has helped thousand...

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