If parts of a role can be automated or augmented overnight, what does that mean for job design, career development, and the way organisations build the next generation of talent?

In this episode of the Digital HR Leaders podcast, host David Green is joined by Hebba Youssef, Chief People Officer at Workweek and the Founder and creator of the widely followed newsletter I Hate It Here.

Drawing on her experience building and leading HR teams, Hebba shares how she is approaching AI adoption inside her own organisation and what the rise of AI-powered teams means for the future of work.

So, tune in to learn:

• Why the traditional job description model may no longer reflect how work actually gets done
• How AI-powered teams are beginning to reshape HR operating models
• What the rise of AI means for managers, entry-level talent and early career development
• How HR leaders can evaluate and prioritise AI investments
• Where HR teams can begin automating parts of their function
• Why governance and organisational design must evolve alongside AI adoption

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:

I Hate it Here Newsletter

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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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