Workplace Stories by RedThread Research

Oct 22 2024 89 ep. 48 mins 13

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At RedThread, we love our data, but we know that what you remember is stories. So we spend time listening to thinkers, writers, leaders, and practitioners as they tell their stories about what works in the workplace, what they’ve learned, and what they hope to see in the future. We hope you find it inspirational, motivational, and a touch irreverent.

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Why Social Network Perspective Matters with Greg Pryor

Oct 22 2024 47 mins

Could your network be the key to your career success and organizational growth? In this episode of Workplace Stories, we chat with Greg Pryor, author of the upcoming book, “The Social Capital Imperative.” Greg explains how social capital—our connections and relationships—drives business outcomes, sparks innovation, and boosts career growth. With the pandemic reshaping work,

Redefining Learning and Development at McKinsey: Lisa Christensen

Oct 08 2024 46 mins

What if your L&D team could shift from merely delivering training to truly driving your company’s strategic goals? In this conversation, we talk with Lisa Christensen, McKinsey’s Director of Learning and Innovation. Lisa takes a refreshingly strategic approach, asking not just how L&D can support learning but “To what end?” She shares how her focus on outcomes over

Mitchel MacNair: Crown Castle - Making Employee Development Strategic

Sep 24 2024 44 mins

How do you turn a skeptical organization into a believer in the power of Learning & Development? We interviewed Mitchel MacNair, Director of Talent Development and Learning at Crown Castle to find out. Mitchel takes us on a journey from his unconventional background in nuclear engineering and the Navy to leading transformational change in L&D. He tells us how he reshaped Cr

HR, Workforce Automation, and GenAI at Merck: Jeremy Shapiro & Chris Shultz

Sep 10 2024 42 mins

Jeremy Shapiro, AVP of Human Resources and Workforce Analytics, and Chris Shultz, Director of HR Intelligent Automation and Gen AI at Merck join us in this forward-thinking conversation. Learn how (and why) Merck is embracing AI to streamline HR processes, support innovation, and maintain ethical considerations. This was hugely educational for us and we hope you get a glimpse into

The Critical Role Data Plays in Skills Development: MetLife’s Emily Hacker and Dan Weiss

Aug 27 2024 46 mins

Skills data can be used to raise the bar in talent acquisition, implement data-driven learning, make strategic workforce planning decisions, help employees reach career aspirations, and much more. Too many organizations are so glued to the idea of perfection that they won’t implement imperfect programs to gather skills data. Dan Weiss and Emily Hacker believe that this mindset is

Operationalizing AI Experimentation: Harvard Business Publishing’s Angela Cheng-Cimini

Aug 13 2024 43 mins

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Debunking the Proposed Half-Life of a Skill: Guild Education’s Matthew Daniel

Jul 30 2024 45 mins

Matthew Daniel—the Senior Principal for Talent Strategy and Mobility at Guild Education—believes that, in a workplace context, skills are the things we know, can do, and the ways of thinking that help us deliver on business strategy. They are rich, deep, complex, and meaningful.Matthew believes that the “Half-life” statistic that’s been perpetuated about workplace skills

The Problem with Change: Author Ashley Goodall

Jul 16 2024 55 mins

Ashley Goodall has spent 20 years in various roles in HR, covering everything from performance management to leadership. He spent six years at Cisco as the SVP of HR. He left Cisco to write his book, “The Problem with Change,” which was just released. In it, he addresses the problems that accompany change. To write his book, Ashley interviewed people around the world, asking th

Using a Skills Framework to Empower Employees: Microsoft’s Shweta Srivastava and John Mighell

May 28 2024 52 mins

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May 07 2024 65 mins

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