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WorkTech Podcast
Future Insights, Strategy, Innovation
The WorkTech Podcast explores the critical trends shaping the future of work and HR tech. George LaRocque of WorkTech, drawing from years of advising top innovators, investors, and enterprises, guides you through market deals, issues, opportunities, and trends—all through a strategic, actionable lens. Subscribe to the WorkTech Substack here.
From Pitchfest Winner to Fortune 50 Partner: Inside Spirence’s Scaling Journey
In this episode of the *WorkTech Podcast*, host George LaRocque sits down with Laura Kunz, President and Co-Founder of Spirence, for an insightful check-in following her victory at last year's HR Tech Pitchfest. Grounded in seventeen years of clinical and residential behavioral healthcare experience...
The Reality of HCM M&A: Valuations, Capabilities, and the 33,000 Portco Flush
In this episode of the WorkTech Podcast, host George LaRocque sits down with David Hain, Founder and CEO of Gotham Growth, for a masterclass on the state of M&A, valuations, and investment across the Human Capital Management (HCM) ecosystem. As the head of the largest M&A advisory firm exclusively s...
From Stealth to a $12.7M Seed Round: How BoomerangHR Is Automating Offboarding and Alumni Sourcing
In this episode of the WorkTech Podcast, host George LaRocque sits down with serial entrepreneur Jeff Wald, Founder and CEO of BoomerangHR, for an exclusive look behind the company’s recent $12.7 million Seed funding announcement. Wald, whose previous ventures include Spinback (acquired by Salesforc...
Full-Funnel Talent Acquisition: Harver Acquires Symphony Talent to Reengineer Hiring
In this episode of the WorkTech Podcast, host George LaRocque sits down with Sean Barry, CEO of Harver, to explore major M&A news transforming talent acquisition: Harver’s strategic acquisition of Symphony Talent. Backed by Rubicon Technology Partners, Harver is bringing together nearly a century of...
Stadium Acquires Confetti: Eliminating HR Vendor Fragmentation to Unify Employee Recognition and Experiences
In this episode of the WorkTech Podcast, host George LaRocque digs into major M&A news shaping the human resources and talent management ecosystem: Stadium’s acquisition of Confetti. Joining the conversation are Shaunak Amin, co-founder and CEO of Stadium (the platform behind Swag Magic and Snack Ma...
The End of the "Sentiment" Era: How Big Data Kills Pay-to-Play Employer Badges
In this episode of the WorkTech Podcast, host George LaRocque sits down with Rajiv Chandrasekaran, Founder and Managing Director of Where You Work Matters and Managing Director at the Schultz Family Foundation, for an unvarnished look at a fundamental paradigm shift in human resources: the death of ...
hackajob Launches Agentic Recruiting Solution with Out-of-the-Box Compliance and Verified First-Party Profiles, Minimizing Enterprise Legal and InfoSec Friction
hackajob CEO Mark Chaffey joins George LaRocque to reveal how a pre-apply AI recruitment agent delivers verified, GDPR-compliant candidates directly into enterprise ATS workflows without triggering automated hiring liabilities. In this episode of the WorkTech Podcast, host George LaRocque sits...
Voice AI, Platform Gravity, and Governed Workflows: Reimagining the Modern ATS Ecosystem
Voice AI, Platform Gravity, and Governed Workflows: Reimagining the Modern ATS Ecosystem Greenhouse CPO Meredith Johnson unpacks how cross-industry insights, the Ezra acquisition, and the new Model Context Protocol are moving enterprise talent acquisition away from passive record-keeping into a secu...
Maximizing High-Volume Recruitment Velocity with Free AI Auditing Tools
Cadient CEO Bill Mastin discusses the rise of AI-generated resumes, deep-fake interviews, and the new modular tools designed to protect recruiters. In this episode of the WorkTech Podcast, host George LaRocque is joined by Bill Mastin, the CEO of Cadient, a highly seasoned operator with a care...
When AI Systems, Startups, and Public Policies Collide
In this high-velocity edition of Up Next @ WorkTech, George LaRocque (WorkTech) and Kate Achille (The Devon Group) reunite for a comprehensive cross-pod. Together, they break down the critical intersection of legal friction, evolving corporate staffing strategies, multi-million-dollar government tec...