HR People Pod – Ep 60: Commercial confidence, productivity and AI – with Neil Carberry
What opportunities does building commercial acumen as a skillset bring for the profession? Does quality of management matter more than any p...
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Podcast 235: Can AI governance drive innovation?
AI governance, the framework that ensures AI is deployed ethically, transparently and with proper accountability, is no longer a secondary c...
HR People Pod – Ep 59: Strategic workforce planning | Skills forecasting and productivity | The iced coffee debate
The CIPD’s latest Resourcing and talent planning 2026 report , supported by Omni, reveals that an increasing number of organisations are ext...
HR People Pod – Ep 58: Rapid reculturing - with Alex Bailey and Kerri O’Neill
What does it really mean for an organisation to know its culture, and is it possible to borrow the best bits of someone else’s? Who should h...
Podcast 234: Recruiting and supporting refugee talent in the workplace
According to UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), there are approximately 548,400 refugees in the UK – yet many highly qualified, experienced people r...
HR People Pod – Ep 57: Innovation | Is ‘resilience’ a tainted word? | Dealing with AI grievances
When it comes to AI-generated grievances, is this really a new problem for the profession, or a familiar one that AI has simply thrown into...
HR People Pod – Ep 56: L&D – Proving impact and preparing for what's next - with David James
Why does the question of L&D's return on investment refuse to go away, decade after decade? What does it really mean to measure success as a...
Podcast 233: Courageous conversations
How often do we shy away from tough conversations, or avoid workplaces issues in the hope they’ll simply resolve themselves? It’s human inst...
HR People Pod – Ep 55: L&D – From order-taker to strategic partner - with David James
How can L&D build the infrastructure, capabilities and credibility needed to become a true growth engine within organisations? What role sho...
HR People Pod – Ep 54: Future planning as a discipline - with Tom Cheesewright
Curate, create, communicate – why are these three Cs so pivotal to future-proofing your career? What's the risk of dehumanising work through...
Podcast 232: The journey towards a skills-based organisation - The role of L&D
As business priorities shift, skills shortages intensify and technology changes the nature of work, organisations need a clearer view of the...
HR People Pod – Ep 53: Progression conversations | ERA 2025: Probation | Relationship building
HR People Pod – Ep 53: Progression conversations | ERA 2025: Probation | Relationship building What's the real cost when organisations avoid...
HR People Pod – Ep 52: Courageous leadership, clarity and organisational falafel - with Diana Osagie
What does courageous leadership really look like when the pressure is on? How can leaders move beyond assumptions and opaque messaging to cr...
Podcast 231: The journey towards a skills-based organisation
For decades, jobs have helped organisations structure work, allocate responsibilities and make decisions about people. But as business prior...
HR People Pod – Ep 51: Agentic AI | Entry-level careers | Defining moments in HR
As agentic AI moves beyond being a tool and starts to act with greater autonomy, how should organisations think about trust, oversight and a...
HR People Pod – Ep 50: National Volunteers’ Week | The line manager conundrum | Controlling costs while planning for growth
It’s National Volunteers’ Week from the 1st to the 7th of June. The impact of volunteering on creating pathways and enhancing career opportu...
Podcast 230: Why financial wellbeing is a business performance issue
Financial wellbeing is often treated as a personal challenge, but money worries can have a direct impact on performance, absence, engagement...
HR People Pod – Ep 49: Business impact | Employee empowerment | Change readiness in an AI world
As organisations face growing pressure to perform, how can HR move beyond operational excellence to become a true driver of business perform...
HR People Pod – Ep 48: Leadership reflections | Skills visibility | Workload creep
What do senior HR leaders wish they had known before stepping into a CPO or HRD role? How can organisations move beyond vague talk of “futur...
Podcast 229: From AI experimentation to AI maturity
As use of artificial intelligence moves beyond experimentation, are organisations starting to see real value – or struggling to turn promise...