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On the Digital HR Leaders podcast, David Green sits down with the senior HR leaders shaping the future of work through HR, data, analytics and digital innovation.

November 11, 2025

Episode 250: AI in HR Tech: What Investors and Leaders Need to Know (with Thomas Otter)

The HR technology market is booming - but with so much innovation (and noise), how can HR leaders and investors tell what’s truly transformative from what’s just trendy? In this episode of the Digital HR Leaders Podcast, host David Green sits down with Thomas Otter, General Partner and Venture Capitalist at Acadian Ventures - a firm dedicated to investing in groundbreaking companies that make work better. With decades of experience spanning SAP, Gartner, and now venture capital, Thomas brings a rare 360-degree view of the HR tech ecosystem - from building and leading product teams to backing the next generation of innovators.

November 4, 2025

Episode 249: How HSBC is Scaling People Analytics, Skills, and AI to Drive Workforce Transformation (with Rob Etheridge)

The future of work won’t wait - and neither can your people analytics strategy. On today’s episode of the Digital HR Leaders Podcast, Rob Etheridge, Global Head of Workforce Strategy and Insights at HSBC, joins the Digital HR Leaders podcast with host David Green to reveal how the bank is building a forward-looking people analytics function - grounded in skills, AI, and trust.

October 28, 2025

Episode 248: How AI Is Changing the Way We Plan for Skills (with Mikael Wornoo)

Is AI accelerating a skills revolution, or deepening the divide in knowledge work? In this episode of the Digital HR Leaders Podcast, host David Green is joined once again by Mikael Wornoo, Co-Founder of TechWolf - a company at the forefront of skills intelligence. Bringing fresh insights from the frontlines of AI and workforce strategy, together they explore where leading companies are heading, and what HR needs to do to stay ahead of the curve.

October 21, 2025

Episode 247: How to Influence Business Strategy Through Workforce Planning (with Ross Sparkman)

What if the most valuable business strategy starts with workforce planning? In this episode of the Digital HR Leaders podcast, David Green is joined by one of the world’s most respected voices on strategic workforce planning, Ross Sparkman, Global Head of Workforce Planning at Nutrien and author of the recently released second edition of Strategic Workforce Planning.

October 13, 2025

Episode 246: How to Transform HR Into an Insight-Driven Function (with Jenny Dearborn)

What if the reason HR isn’t influencing strategy… is because it’s looking in the wrong direction? That’s the powerful idea Jenny Dearborn - Chief People Strategy Officer at BTS and co-author of The Insight-Driven Leader - unpacks with host David Green in this episode of the Digital HR Leaders podcast. Drawing on her experience as a senior HR leader in some of the world’s biggest companies, Jenny makes the case for a bold shift: from reactive, rear-view reporting to forward-looking, insight-driven action.

October 7, 2025

Bonus Episode: How to reconnect learning to business outcomes with skills (with Vincent-Pierre Giroux)

How do you reconnect learning with business outcomes in a world where skills are evolving faster than ever? In this episode, host David Green speaks with Vincent-Pierre, Global Learning & Talent Development Director, about the lessons he’s learned from leading resets across industries, his perspective on why skills volatility is reshaping mobility and retention, and the leadership qualities that matter most in today’s environment of constant change.

September 30, 2025

Episode 245: How to Redefine Culture and Performance as Your Company Scales (with Toby Hough)

What if the star performers you celebrated yesterday are the very people holding your organisation back today? That’s what Toby Hough, HR Director for Europe at HiBob, unpacks, with host David Green, in this episode of the Digital HR Leaders Podcast - a must-listen for anyone rethinking how to build performance cultures that last.

September 23, 2025

Episode 244: Scaling Organisations Through Strategic HR (with Olena Bondareva)

What defines leadership in a modern organisation? And how do you find and support the people driving culture, clarity, and change? Olena Bondareva, Global HR Director at airSlate joins the DHRL podcast to discuss how she built a people strategy from scratch during a time of extraordinary uncertainty - navigating the pandemic, the war in Ukraine, and rapid global scale. Olena shares how she prioritised the right systems, embedded people analytics into decision-making, and uncovered the hidden influencers shaping culture and performance.

September 16, 2025

Episode 243: How Microsoft Uses People Data to Shape Flexible Working That Helps Teams Thrive (with Dawn Klinghoffer)

Microsoft announced an update to its flexible work guidelines. As Amy Coleman, Chief People Officer at Microsoft, explained: “We’ve looked at how our teams work best, and the data is clear: when people work together in person more often, they thrive – they are more energised, empowered, and they deliver stronger results.” As such, we’re delighted to have Dawn Klinghoffer, Global Head of People Analytics at Microsoft, as our guest on this week’s episode of the Digital HR Leaders podcast. As she explains in this conversation, Dawn and her team conducted the analysis that informed this decision, revealing a causal link between office presence and employee thriving.