Small Talk Window

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  • "Small Talk Window" is where host Brent Skinner and his guest have a small window of time to dispense with the small talk as quickly as possible and settle into a meaningful conversation related to the world of work.
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  • "Centering the Pendulum" with isolved

    "Centering the Pendulum" with isolved
    Oct 29 2024
    The bulk of the HCM technology conference season for 2024 has come to a close, and the holiday season is nearly upon us. But let's turn the clock back about one month's worth. This is the second in a two-part series of "Small Talk Window" podcasts recorded with isolved from the floor of the HR Technology Conference & Expo -- the last week of September, millennia ago in HCM technology time.... Host Brent Skinner spoke with Jaylene Owen, PHR, MAIOP, director of HR and payroll at Sitka, Alaska-based Hames Corporation, where the HR technology installed is -- you guessed it -- isolved. Fittingly, it was HR Professional Appreciation Day. Joining Jaylene were isolved Vice President of Corporate Marketing Amberly Dressler (a content pro) and Amberly's former colleague there, Geoff Webb, an author, speaker and, yes, master storyteller. The topic was the book that Amberly and Geoff wrote together, "Center the Pendulum: HR Tales of Transformation for Better Business Outcomes." Their book highlights the challenges that People Heroes, as isolved calls them, face in simultaneously operationalizing HR and improving the employee experience. When it comes to improving the employee experience, you don't have to boil the ocean -- you just have to take your next best step. It was an intriguing conversation against the backdrop of a teeming expo floor, with Jaylene providing valuable context from an HR leader's perspective. By the way, isolved Connect 2024 is a virtual event taking place today and tomorrow (Oct. 29-30). If you're there, expect to hear plenty about the book's theme. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    16 mins
  • Coffee Breaks and Other Minutia of Employer Culture with Yutaka Takagi, Principal Product Evangelist at isolved

    Coffee Breaks and Other Minutia of Employer Culture with Yutaka Takagi, Principal Product Evangelist at isolved
    Oct 17 2024
    The HCM technology conference season for 2024 is coming to a close. Think of this episode of "Small Talk Window" as a redux. From isolved's snazzy, very pink exhibitor booth last month, at HR Technology Conference & Expo, host Brent Skinner spoke with Yutaka Takagi, their principal product evangelist -- amidst a bustling expo floor on HR Professional Appreciation Day, to boot. Every organization has an employer culture. Many work hard to define it. Many work hard, too, to embody it as leaders. But how many organizations give thought to whether an employee knows it's OK, on a whim, to mosey on down to the breakroom for a midafternoon coffee? "You can take a lot for granted," Yutaka says, and HR has an opportunity to lead in communicating the granular details of the employer culture. Who knows? You might even ward off quiet vacationing and other things your employees could otherwise be tempted to do behind the organization's back. Listen in to hear Yutaka's thoughts around this. The timing couldn't be better. At isolved Connect 2024, a virtual event taking place later this month, Oct. 29-30, the nit-and-gritty of employer culture will be among the central themes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    17 mins
  • You’ll Never Reach a Frontline Worker at Hotmail with Sean Behr, CEO of Fountain

    You’ll Never Reach a Frontline Worker at Hotmail with Sean Behr, CEO of Fountain
    Sep 26 2024
    Sean Behr, CEO of Fountain and the guest for this episode of “Small Talk Window,” had a laugh with Brent Skinner, the host, over the headline here. You probably won’t reach anybody anymore on Hotmail, of course. But you probably won’t reach any of your frontline workers through email, period. Did you know? The vast majority of them, 84 percent, lack a computer, according to a 2023 survey by MarketSplash. And, according to SHRM, 60 percent of them will abandon an online job application process if it’s too lengthy or complicated. You’re losing frontline workers before you even get them. Making a frontline workforce’s experience as frictionless as possible is not easy, and yet it’s critical. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    19 mins

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