Episodes

Abstract: Contemporary discourse on workplace automation predominantly examines job displacement and wage effects, yet overlooks a more subtle but consequential impact: the degradation of work's psychological value prior to workforce replacement. This analysis synthesizes emerging economic theory on...

EPISODE DESCRIPTION This episode follows one guest through the full process of tracing an uncommon name back to its origins and figuring out what, if anything, it says about her. If you have ever looked up your own name and found three or four conflicting definitions, or wondered why a name that no ...

Abstract: Organizations frequently recruit external change agents with explicit mandates to drive transformation, yet these individuals often experience rapid neutralization of their reform capacity within months of arrival. This phenomenon—termed institutional absorption—operates not through overt ...

Every enterprise transformation starts the same way. Leadership tasks HR with fixing how work gets done. Then procurement. Then a consultancy. Nothing moves. The people who actually do the work are the last ones in the room, and usually they are not in it at all. John Healy ran the experiment in rev...

In this episode of the EVOLVE Talent & HR Show, Anna Morgan sits down with HR leader, talent executive, recruiter, and comedian Peter Phelan to explore why humor, trust, community, and human connection matter more than ever in the world of work. With more than 20 years of in-house HR experience and ...

Abstract: Knowledge-intensive organizations face a persistent challenge: retaining talent in an era of digital transformation and hybrid work environments. This article examines how knowledge-sharing networks influence employee retention through the mediating mechanism of psychological safety, while...

Every AI conversation in our industry sounds the same right now. Someone shows a demo, everyone nods, and then Monday happens and nothing changes. So we asked a narrower question: what are you actually doing with this on a Tuesday afternoon? Brandon Toombs answered with five things he built himself ...

How strategic human capital education transforms transactional recruiting into strategic talent advisory. Executive recruiting used to be purely transactional, focusing only on base salaries and signing bonuses. Today, top-tier candidates demand deep insight into company culture, work flexibility, a...

Bob sits down with Olivier Vidal, founder of Sightline and a longtime HR tech product leader, for an overdue conversation on AI readiness. They explore why enterprise ambitions for AI so often outpace the underlying data and organizational maturity needed to support them, and how the workforce datas...