The Hidden Cost of Fragmented HR and Finance Data

The Hidden Cost of Fragmented HR and Finance Data

March 9, 2026 · 52 min · Season 53 · Episode 263

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This episode explores the challenges of fragmented HR and finance data in decision-making for managers.

Have we made the manager’s role more complex without making it easier to make good decisions?   Over the past decade, expectations on managers have grown significantly. They’re expected to make decisions that are fair, data-informed, and financially responsible - often in real time and under increasing scrutiny. Yet in many organisations, the systems designed to support those decisions haven’t evolved at the same pace.   So, in this episode of the Digital HR Leaders podcast, host David Green speaks with Kenneth Matos, Director of Market Insights at HiBob, to explore what it takes to design better decision environments for modern organisations.  Drawing on new global research involving 4,700 people managers, Ken shares why the time spent stitching together data and the lack of a unified HR–Finance view are undermining decision quality - and what leaders must do to enable managers to balance people fairness with financial discipline.  Tune in to learn more about:  Why decision friction is emerging as a hidden barrier to organisational agility  How fragmented data undermines fairness, consistency, and trust in people…

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