The New Work: An HRPA Podcast

Technology has made it easier than ever to stay connected, and harder than ever to truly connect, but we can’t just throw away our phones and stop monitoring our inboxes. So how might leaders hone the craft of helping their teams connect with purpose? In the final episode of this season, Sachi speaks with workplace strategist Erica Keswin, author of the bestselling Human Workplace Trilogy. Sachi and Erica explore the thinking behind Bring Your Human to Work, The Retention Revolution, and Rituals Roadmap, as we uncover ways to be truly present in an increasingly distracting workplace.

​​Figuring out what our coworkers want from their working lives can sometimes feel impossible. Wants and needs are always shifting across career stages and generations and as the economy and politics drive change around us. Jodi speaks with Zabeen Hirji, who is redefining retirement with her Purposeful Third Act movement, and Claudette McGowan, CEO and founder of the cybersecurity company, Protexxa. They both have had impactful careers in big banks before starting their own companies, and have hired, developed and coached coworkers at every stage in their career – so who better to answer the question, “what do employees really want?”

Over the last 20 years, Helen Davies has held HR leadership roles at some of the world’s largest financial institutions. Today, as Senior Vice President, Head of Talent at TD Bank, she manages one of Canada’s largest workforces, hiring everyone from in-store bank tellers to investment bankers. Jodi and Sachi speak with Helen about what it’s like to be on the receiving end of over one million applications a year, how she’s seen the hiring landscape change amid high unemployment and how her team is preparing to replace record numbers of retiring employees.

In the first episode of The New Work: An HRPA Podcast, co-hosts Jodi and Sachi explore how to elevate the human in HR with KeyAnna Schmiedl, Chief Human Experience Officer at Workhuman. KeyAnna shares how shifting the focus from human resources to human experience has impacted her workforce, how she measures success as a CHXO and how people leaders can design the future of work through the lens of human experience.