In this week’s episode, co-host Naomi Titleman Colla gets to spend tine with HR consultant and author Lori-Ann Duguay who shares her insights about creating a people powered culture. A culture where people feel seen, heard and valued. Lori shares insights from her book The Happiness Factor about how to create workplaces where you attract and retain…

Having spent 25 years as a global executive recruiter, Peter Grech of August Leadership shares his perspective on how the world of work has changed. He provides guidance for companies looking to compete in a competitive talent market and how candiates should position themselves so they stand out. To learn more about August Leadership, this is their…

In this week’s episode of foHRsight from future foHRward, co-host Mark Edgar has the opportunity to connect with Beth Corcoran. Beth is a former HR executive, coach, consultant and lifetime learner. They share insights on the importance of taking an evidence based approach to HR based on collecting data. You can follow Beth on LinkedIn here: https:…

In this week’s episode of foHRsight from future foHRward, co-host Mark Edgar has the opportunity to connect with Brian Slomka a Partner at Odgers Berndtson. Brian shares his story about getting in to the recruitment industry and shares his insights on the world of work. As a lead in Odger’s interim practice he also explains more about fractional wo…

In this week’s episode of foHRsight from future foHRward, co-host Mark Edgar has the opportunity to connect with Leandra Harris, Managing Director of employer brand and recruitment marketing agency Blu Ivy Group. To learn more about Leandra’s work at Blu Ivy Group, this is their website: https://bluivygroup.com/ Join our community If you’re interes…

In this week’s episode of foHRsight, co-host Mark Edgar connects with Kareen Proudian, Managing Partner of Faculty of Change. Kareen is a career strategist who spends her time exploring the far reaching elements of society with her anthropologist business partner to identify the trends impacting work. She shares more insight on their craft of strat…

In this week’s episode of foHRsight from future foHRward, hosts Mark Edgar and Naomi Titleman Colla debate an article from the Academcy to Innovate HR (AIHR) on the challenges facing HR. You can access the article here: https://www.aihr.com/blog/state-of-hr/ They review the challenges and provide their own unique perspective on how much these chall…

In this week’s episode of foHRsight from future foHRward, co-host Mark Edgar has the opportunity to connect with fellow Brit, think partner and community builder Garry Turner. Mark and Garry had the opportunity to meet in person for the first time at a recent Freedom at Work conference event in Miami and that sparked a conversation exploring the in…

In this week’s episode of foHRsight from future foHRward, hosts Mark Edgar and Naomi Titleman Colla have the opportunity to connect and share insights from 3 stories that have been hitting the news waves in their community foHRsight+. The first article from Business Insider article from middle of February picks up the theme that the power balance i…

In Part 2 of Naomi's conversation with Josh Bersin, they talk about the impact of GenAI on HR, and specifically about: The Josh Bersin Company's new AI Assistant, Galileo How HR is positioned to be a key partner in the development and use of responsible AI How HR can upskill themselves to be more comfortable using AI The biggest opportunities for H…

It's still us - We have a shiny new look! In this week’s episode of foHRsight Naomi Titleman is joined by Josh Bersin who has just returned from the transform conference in Las Vegas. They talk about: A year since irresistible released – what’s shifted / what new trends are Josh following? An update on skills organizations Talent Density – what doe…

In this week’s episode of foHRsight Naomi Titleman is joined by Jaime Klein – Founder & CEO of Inspire Human Resources. In the episode Jaime shares the inspiration behind her organizaiton providing fractional HR support to a range of businesses. They explore the value of having fractional support both for the individual who is part of the worker ec…

In this week’s episode of foHRsight Naomi Titleman is joined by Dave Cairns who shares his story as a Digital Homad (not nomad!) who moved to Prince Edward Island and has maximized the life in the distributed work world! Link to Flex Index report (correction - it’s 93% of companies founded in 21-23 and 85% excluding tech that offer work location fl…

In this week’s episode co-host Mark Edgar had the pleasure of connecting with Hive Learning to explore the opportunities and challenges facing learning teams as they explore using GenAI. If used in the right way, GenAI ultimately can ensure you create relevant, quality content at speed, but it requires organizations having clarity around the proble…

In this week’s episode, co-host Naomi Titleman has the opportunity to connect with long-time family friend, consultant, board advisor and coach Ralph Shedletsky. Ralph shares valuable insights based on a long career in talent assessment. This includes the do’s and don’t of succession planning, the partnership between the CEO and the CHRO, how to ma…

In this week’s episode, co-host Naomi Titleman has the opportunity to connect with 5x author, thought leader, keynote speaker and futurist Jacob Morgan. They have a far reaching conversation exploring the opportunities for the future of work including the impact of technology, changing expectations from emplpyees and their concerns around social me…

In this week’s episode, co-host Naomi Titleman had a fantastic conversation with Stanford Professor and speaker on work from home, Nick Bloom. Any HR professional who has been wrestling with hybrid over the last 3 years will have come across Nick’s research. The cover a range of topics including how hybrid work has evolved over the last few years a…

Old friend of future foHRward and Chief Engagement Officer at WorkTango, Rob Catalano is one of the top thought leaders on employee engagement. In this episode with co-host Naomi Titleman, he shares his journey getting into the area of engagement and his passion of improving lives at work. Rob talks about how the best companies are increasingly mea…

Stephanie Woodward is an author, coach and consultant who specializes in helping individuals and team find the perfect combination of personal well-being and fulfillment. In this week’s episode with co-host Mark Edgar, Stephanie shares the inspiration to write her first book The Big Scale Back that provides a framework for people to explore their r…

Welcome to foHRsight – a podcast about making work better brought to you by future foHRward. Erica Keswin is a workplace strategist (something she realizes people don’t decide to become at school!), an author and a LinkedIn Learning facilitator. In this episode she joins host Naomi Titleman to explore insights from her recent book The Retention Rev…

In this week’s episode, podcast co-hosts Mark Edgar and Naomi Titleman get together to review the top 6 macro trends impacting work in 2024. Technology, changing expectations, demographics, safety & security, the economic environment and globalization have all been trends that we have been monitoring at future foHRward for a while and our conversat…

Welcome to foHRsight – a podcast about making work better brought to you by future foHRward. This week Naomi Titleman is joined by Rob Sadow who is a LinkedIn top voice on flexible work, founder and CEO of Scoop, inventor of the Flex Index and host of his very own podcast. Naomi has a chance to speak to Rob about one of her favourite topics – hybri…

Welcome to foHRsight – a podcast about making work better brought to you by future foHRward. In this week’s episode, Naomi Titleman has the privilege to nerd out with co-host of podcast Brave New Work and partner at The Ready Rodney Evans. You can learn more about her work here: https://www.bravenewwork.com/podcast https://www.theready.com/ Rodney …

Welcome to foHRsight – a podcast about making work better brought to you by future foHRward. In this final episode of 2023, hosts Naomi Titleman and Mark Edgar review their insights form 2023. Wishing all of our listeners a healthy and fulfilling 2024 filled with plenty of foHRsight! Quick reminder Don't forget to sign up for our weekly newsletter …

Welcome to foHRsight – a podcast about making work better brought to you by future foHRward. Hosts of foHRsight Mark Edgar and Naomi Titleman managed to co-ordinate their diaries and connect to talk about AI’s influence on the HR function. They share their experience from recent conversations within the HR community about the areas that appear to b…

Welcome to foHRsight – a podcast about making work better brought to you by future foHRward. In this week’s episode of foHRsight, host Naomi Titleman is joined by leadership strategist, culture change expert and award-winning author Dan Pontefract. Dan shares insights from his fifth book Work-Life Bloom that aims to change the narrative we have abo…

Welcome to foHRsight – a podcast about making work better brought to you by future foHRward. David Pullara is a marketing expert and fractional Chief Marketing Officer. He is also the author of Tom Talent and the Terrible, Horrible, No-Good, Very Bad Recruitment Process. In this episode, David and Naomi Titleman talk about the often broken hiring p…

Welcome to foHRsight – a podcast about making work better brought to you by future foHRward. In this week’s episode, Naomi Titleman has the privilege to nerd out with co-host of podcast Brave New Work and partner at The Ready Rodney Evans. You can learn more about her work here: https://www.bravenewwork.com/podcast https://www.theready.com/ Rodney …

Welcome to foHRsight – a podcast about making work better brought to you by future foHRward. In this week’s episode, Mark Edgar is joined by guest Susan Conrad who is part of the Chapman & Co Leadership Institute – an organization that supports companies create a people-first culture. She is also a serial entrepreneur and sees her purpose as servin…

Welcome to foHRsight – a podcast about making work better brought to you by future foHRward. This week Naomi Titleman is joined by Rob Sadow who is a LinkedIn top voice on flexible work, founder and CEO of Scoop, inventor of the Flex Index and host of his very own podcast. Naomi has a chance to speak to Rob about one of her favourite topics – hybri…

In this week’s episode, Naomi Titleman has a chance to connect with Stephen Friedman who, amongst other interesting things, is a Professor of Organizational Studies at Schulich School of Business. It’s the start of a new term, and Stephen shares his early insights from engaging with 650 students – and his tricks to remember their names! Once they c…

Welcome to foHRsight – a podcast about making work better brought to you by future foHRward. In this week’s episode, hosts Mark Edgar and Naomi Titleman introduce listeners to The Burnout-Growth Curve. According to research from Gartner, over 50% of HR leaders are struggling with too much to do making the risk of burnout for the profession a real p…

Welcome to foHRsight – a podcast about making work better brought to you by future foHRward. In this week’s episode, Naomi Titleman has a cross-over podcast guest with Josh Levine. Josh Levine is on a mission to help organizations harness its power. His book, Great Mondays: How to Design a Company Culture Employees Love, presents the tools business…

Welcome to foHRsight – a podcast about making work better brought to you by future foHRward. In this week’s episode, Naomi Titleman meets with Deb Mashek is a business advisor, professor and collaboration consultant who wrote the book Collaborhate. You can find out more here about Debs here –https://www.debmashek.com/ In the conversation, Deb share…

Welcome to foHRsight – a podcast about making work better brought to you by future foHRward. In this week’s episode, Naomi Titleman is joined by special guest Minette Norman who is an author, consultant and former Silicon Valley executive. Minette recently launched her second book, The Boldly Inclusive Leader. In the podcast she reflects on her car…

Welcome to foHRsight – a podcast about making work better brought to you by future foHRward. In this episode Naomi Titleman shares her experiences with fellow-Peleton lover Erica Anderson Rooney. Erica is Chief People Officer of Blue Acorn and a coach and consultant who is passionate about creating the best people experience. They talk about creati…

Welcome to foHRsight – a podcast about making work better brought to you by future foHRward. In our third episode of season two, Naomi Titleman connects with Rachel Cooke, a former colleague from her time at American Express. Rachel now runs her own consulting practice ‘Lead Above Noise’ and is host of podcast ‘The Modern Mentor’. Rachel is passion…

Welcome to foHRsight – a podcast about making work better brought to you by future foHRward. In this episode co-host Naomi Titleman had the opportunity to take a trip down memory lane with one of her early mentors from Deloitte – senior partner and author Chuck Saia. You can learn more about Chuck and his work here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chuc…

Welcome back to Season 2 of foHRsight where co-hosts Mark Edgar and Naomi TItleman share some of their highlights from both their summer break and the HR press. In addition to tales of Mark’s cross-country tour and Naomi’s attendance at the final tour of Grateful Dead offshoot Dead & Company, they share some of the news that has jumped out to them …

Remote Not Distant Welcome to foHRsight – a podcast about making work better brought to you by future foHRward. We’re excited to have our first guest on this week’s episode of the foHRsight podcast – Gustavo Razzetti. Gustavo is on a mission “to help people to do the best work of their lives” and in this episode Naomi had the opportunity to chat wi…

Welcome to foHRsight – a podcast about making work better brought to you by future foHRward. This is the second part of our recent conversation with Josh Bersin. In this episode, Naomi explores with Josh more of the secrets to enduring employee-focused organizations including growth not promotion. They also explore the organizations that are doing …

Welcome to foHRsight – a podcast about making work better brought to you by future foHRward. In this week’s episode we bring things a bit closer to home as Mark shares some of the background to his “corporate comeback” having recently transitioned back in to a Chief People Officer role. We explore some of the differences between consulting and the …

Welcome to foHRsight – a podcast about making work better brought to you by future foHRward. Today’s episode we get to chat with Liane Davey who is bold mission to radically change how people communicate, connect and contribute so they can achieve amazing things together! They have an energizing conversation (filled with some fantastic metaphors) a…

Welcome to foHRsight – a podcast about making work better brought to you by future foHRward. In this last episode of season one of foHRsight, Mark and Naomi talk about the full stack HR professional – a concept credited to future foHRward friend Josh Bersin that represents the broad and deep set of capabilities the modern HR professional needs to a…

Welcome to foHRsight – a podcast about making work better brought to you by future foHRward. Our last guest of this season is Russell Raath who is the Founder of The Ambition Company. Russ has exceptional experience as a consultant and has developed an interest in ambition. He unpacks what we mean by ambition and why it is different to vision and t…

Welcome to foHRsight – a podcast about making work better brought to you by future foHRward. In this week’s episode of foHRsight, Mark connected with Heather Colquhoun to talk about her career in HR. Having spent time working in consulting and within organizations across a range of the talent management disciplines in addition to working on boards …

Welcome to foHRsight – a podcast about making work better brought to you by future foHRward. In this week’s episode of foHRsight, Naomi had the opportunity to meet with Mita Mallick – Head of Inclusion, Equity & Impact at Carta. She is a corporate change maker with a track record of transforming business and the author of Reimagine Inclusion – Debu…

Welcome to foHRsight – a podcast about making work better brought to you by future foHRward. This week, Mark gets a chance to connect with Actionable founder and President Chris Taylor. Actionable is a technology company that helps corporate trainers to improve their impact by creating sustainable behaviour change. Chris shares his story of creatin…

Welcome to foHRsight – a podcast about making work better brought to you by future foHRward. This was our first ever crossover episode where Naomi had a chance to connect with Learning Motherhood founder and podcast host Kimberly Didrikson to talk about the importance of having a parent friendly culture and programs. As two working parents, they bo…

Welcome to foHRsight – a podcast about making work better brought to you by future foHRward. It’s International HR Day on May 20 (who knew) so in this week’s pod Naomi and Mark chat about their first HR roles, what they love about HR and touch on their projections for the future of the function. You can learn more about International HR Day here - …