Digital HR Leaders with David Green

Are we overlooking one of the biggest human consequences of AI at work?

As organisations race to adopt AI, much of the conversation has focused on productivity, efficiency, and redesigning work. But far less attention has been given to how these technologies may reshape something just as important: the relationships people rely on at work.

To unpack this, in this episode of the Digital HR Leaders podcast, host David Green speaks with Connie Noonan Hadley, organisational psychologist, Thinkers50 Radar thinker, and Research Associate Professor at Boston University’s Questrom School of Business.

Connie has spent decades studying the social experience of work, including the growing challenge of loneliness in organisations. And drawing on her latest research and conversations with senior HR leaders, Connie shares insights on how AI is beginning to influence not just how work gets done, but how people connect, collaborate, and seek support at work.

So, tune in to learn:

Why loneliness at work remains such a persistent challenge - even in organisations investing heavily in culture
What CHROs are prioritising right now as they navigate AI adoption, organisational redesign, and a rapidly shifting external environment
How employees are already using AI for things they once relied on colleagues for - from career advice to coaching and problem-solving
Why return-to-office mandates may not solve loneliness in the way many leaders expect
Practical ways HR leaders can protect human connection while embracing AI-driven transformation

This episode is sponsored by Hibob.

HiBob brings HR, Payroll, and Finance together into a single platform that employees actually use. With AI throughout, you move faster, work smarter, and empower your people to power your business.

Sapient Insights recognizes HiBob’s AI vision, citing the Bob AI Companion for making everyday work faster and easier. Fosway Group also names HiBob a 2025 9-Grid™ Core Leader, recognizing the strongest AI vision among Core Leaders.

HiBob. All-in-one HCM for HR, Payroll, and Finance.

​​​Learn all about HiBob’s modern HR platform here

Resources:

We’re Still Lonely at Work

The Surprising Power of Team Rituals

Institute for Leadership & Work at Boston University Questrom School of Business
Institute for Life at Work, research think tank and laboratory
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Have we made the manager’s role more complex without making it easier to make good decisions?

Over the past decade, expectations on managers have grown significantly. They’re expected to make decisions that are fair, data-informed, and financially responsible - often in real time and under increasing scrutiny. Yet in many organisations, the systems designed to support those decisions haven’t evolved at the same pace.

So, in this episode of the Digital HR Leaders podcast, host David Green speaks with Kenneth Matos, Director of Market Insights at HiBob, to explore what it takes to design better decision environments for modern organisations.

Drawing on new global research involving 4,700 people managers, Ken shares why the time spent stitching together data and the lack of a unified HR–Finance view are undermining decision quality - and what leaders must do to enable managers to balance people fairness with financial discipline.

Tune in to learn more about:

Why decision friction is emerging as a hidden barrier to organisational agility
How fragmented data undermines fairness, consistency, and trust in people decisions
What changes when HR and Finance operate from a shared context
Why defensibility is becoming critical in an era of pay transparency and scrutiny
How AI can reduce decision friction when implemented with the right guardrails
Why designing better decision environments is becoming a core leadership priority

This episode is sponsored by Hibob.

HiBob brings HR, Payroll, and Finance together into a single platform that employees actually use. With AI throughout, you move faster, work smarter, and empower your people to power your business.

Sapient Insights recognises HiBob’s AI vision, citing the Bob AI Companion for making everyday work faster and easier. Fosway Group also names HiBob a 2025 9-Grid™ Core Leader, recognising the strongest AI vision among Core Leaders.

HiBob. All-in-one HCM for HR, Payroll, and Finance.

​​Learn all about HiBob’s modern HR platform here

Resources:

Better Together: Budget-Smart People-Fair How Managers Decide with Data Report
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Is employee experience due for a reset?

For much of the past decade, employee experience has been framed as a competitive advantage - a way to attract talent, boost engagement, and strengthen culture. Yet in today’s environment, shaped by economic pressure, evolving workforce expectations, and the rapid rise of AI, many organisations are re-examining whether their approach is still sustainable - or whether, in trying to improve employee experience, they may have inadvertently diluted it.

So, in this episode of the Digital HR Leaders podcast, host David Green speaks with Jacob Morgan - author, keynote speaker, and Founder of The Future of Work Leaders - to explore what an employee experience reset looks like in 2026 and beyond.

Drawing on insights from interviews with 100 CHROs, Jacob shares why this moment may mark a turning point for accountability at work, and what leaders must do to balance empathy with performance without undermining either.

Tune in to learn more about:

Why 2026 may be a turning point for accountability in employee experience
Whether wellbeing programmes have diluted performance expectations
How leaders can balance empathy and high performance standards without appearing anti-employee
What the evolving power dynamic between employers and employees means in practice
How AI is redefining how work is measured, managed, and valued
Why HR must lead - not just manage - the responsible and ethical adoption of AI

This episode is sponsored by Hibob.

HiBob brings HR, Payroll, and Finance together into a single platform that employees actually use. With AI throughout, you move faster, work smarter, and empower your people to power your business.

Sapient Insights recognises HiBob’s AI vision, citing the Bob AI Companion for making everyday work faster and easier. Fosway Group also names HiBob a 2025 9-Grid™ Core Leader, recognising the strongest AI vision among Core Leaders.

HiBob. All-in-one HCM for HR, Payroll, and Finance.

​​​Learn all about HiBob’s modern HR platform here

Resources:

The Eight Laws of Employee Experience
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What can HR learn from private equity, where talent, culture, and leadership are part of the deal thesis from day one?

In many organisations, the connection between people strategy and business outcomes is still taking shape. In private equity, however, that connection is immediate and unmistakable, with leadership quality, organisational design, workforce capability, and culture being central to the value-creation plan, with clear timelines, defined expectations, and measurable results.

So, in this episode of the Digital HR Leaders podcast, host David Green speaks with Angela Geffre, Head of Human Capital at GrowthCurve Capital, to discuss what this looks like on the ground.

Together, they explore what it really means to run HR in a private equity environment, and what the broader HR profession can learn from it. So tune in, and learn more about:

The key people questions to ask when assessing a new portfolio company
How HR contributes to value creation during a 3–5 year investment horizon
What truly drives performance and retention across industries and organisation sizes
How HR must adapt when moving from large enterprises to fast-moving portfolio businesses
How AI is reshaping products, operating models, and early-career pathways
Why HR must lead the responsible and ethical adoption of AI, not just manage its impact

This episode is sponsored by HiBob.

HiBob brings HR, Payroll, and Finance together into a single platform that employees actually use. With AI throughout, you move faster, work smarter, and empower your people to power your business.

Sapient Insights recognises HiBob’s AI vision, citing the Bob AI Companion for making everyday work faster and easier. Fosway Group also names HiBob a 2025 9-Grid™ Core Leader, recognising the strongest AI vision among Core Leaders.

HiBob. All-in-one HCM for HR, Payroll, and Finance.

​​​Learn all about HiBob’s modern HR platform here
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Most organisations say Strategic Workforce Planning is a priority. Far fewer are prepared for what that actually requires.

Because the challenge isn’t just predicting how many people you’ll need. It’s understanding how work itself is changing, how skills are shifting beneath stable job titles, and how today’s hiring, reskilling, and entry-level decisions are quietly shaping capability and leadership risk years into the future.

In this episode of the Digital HR Leaders podcast, David Green is joined by Vincent Barat, Founder and CEO of Albert, to explore whether organisations are thinking about Strategic Workforce Planning at the right level - and what it really means to make workforce planning truly strategic in today’s environment.

Drawing on Vincent’s experience working at the intersection of business strategy, skills, and workforce dynamics, this conversation explores:

Why SWP is shifting from a planning exercise to a capability and risk discipline
What truly puts the “strategic” in Strategic Workforce Planning beyond headcount and budgeting
Where organisations most often struggle when trying to move from SWP theory to execution
How AI is reshaping skills and tasks beneath job titles, and the implications for reskilling and redeployment
Why reduced entry-level hiring today could create leadership and succession challenges tomorrow
The practical priorities HR and people analytics leaders should focus on right now

This episode is sponsored by Albert.

Albert is your strategic workforce planning co-pilot, built for global HR leaders who are done with Excel, chaos, and finance-led headcount cuts.
Albert helps you decode complex people data, anticipate change, and make confident, cost-saving decisions on skills and hiring without hiring a single analyst.

Discover how to handle the people side of your long-range plan with zero guesswork at albertapp.com/davidgreen

Links to resources:
The SWP Cookbook
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