Customers and Community

Customers and Community Finance

Workday Podcast: Inside a Global Fintech Company’s Digital Transformation

Alfa’s head of information systems shares what it’s like leading IT for a global fintech company. As a full suite Workday customer, he also shares how the company is using our solutions to guide its digital transformation journey.

Mary Hayes Weier June 01, 2020

Customers and Community Planning

Message Is Clear at Adaptive Live 2020: You’re Essential—and So Is Modern Planning

More than 2,500 attendees joined us for our virtual Adaptive Live conference. Read on for the highlights, including how our customers are using Workday Adaptive Planning to adapt to a rapidly changing world, and where we’re investing to ensure our planning platform keeps pace with the demands of your business.

Kshitij Dayal May 29, 2020

Customers and Community

Crisis Management and Recovery Tips for Professional Services Firms

Three professional services executives in the Asia-Pacific region share their strategies for remote workforce deployment, risk and scenario planning, and staying agile in the face of ambiguity.

Workday Staff Writers May 28, 2020

Customers and Community Workday News and Culture

The Safety of Our Community: Precautions We’re Taking at Workday

During the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Workday is taking precautions to ensure the safety of the Workday community, including our employees and their families, customers and prospective customers, partners, and visitors. You'll find regular updates on the steps we're taking here.

Workday Staff Writers May 27, 2020

Customers and Community Human Resources

Remote Workforce Management: How to Adapt and Succeed

The increased shift to remote work that we thought would happen over time has instead happened almost overnight. As companies grapple with the resulting challenges, we share ideas for navigating this new territory.

Julie Jares May 11, 2020

Customers and Community

CTO Tips for Navigating Business Continuity Through Unpredictability

As businesses continue to navigate through the pandemic, CTOs are trying to maintain balance between business continuity and digital innovation. Ivan Ng, CTO at City Developments Limited in Singapore, shares best practices and lessons learned from his own experience.

Ghadeer Redler May 07, 2020

Customers and Community Human Resources

Navigating Process and Policy Changes Related to COVID-19

HR professionals must consider policies for scenarios that weren’t fathomable a year ago. Here’s how our customers are navigating the evolving regulatory environment during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Jillian Ogawa May 05, 2020

Customers and Community

How Customers Are Using Workday to Respond to COVID-19

Chief Customer Officer Emily McEvilly shares how customers are using Workday to help them maintain business continuity and solve challenges created by the pandemic. Emily also discusses how customers have influenced new product configurations we’ve created to help them manage their businesses and workforces.

Leighanne Levensaler May 04, 2020

Customers and Community Human Resources

How Online Learning Helps Companies Adapt to Rapid Changes and Challenges

The pandemic has highlighted why you must be able to quickly share information with your workforce, adapt learning programs and delivery, and establish and expand virtual learning. Greg Pryor explains how Workday Learning is helping our customers during challenging times.

Workday Staff Writers May 01, 2020

Customers and Community

Focus Through Disruption: How Alight Solutions Delivers Client Services Remotely

In today’s new world of remote work, professional services firms need to quickly pivot their service models to meet their customers’ changing needs. Read Alight Solutions’ best practices for delivering client services remotely.

Patrice Cappello April 29, 2020

Customers and Community Finance

Aon’s Controller on Delivering a Fully Remote Financial Close

In the midst of a global pandemic, Aon plc delivered its first-ever remote financial close. We spoke with Mike Neller, Aon’s controller, to learn more.

Workday Staff Writers April 22, 2020

Customers and Community Workday News and Culture

What We Learned on Our Journey to Net-Zero Carbon Emissions at Workday

One year before our target date, we’ve achieved net-zero carbon emissions and are powering our business with 100 percent renewable electricity. Here are four powerful lessons we learned in the process.

Erik Hansen April 21, 2020

Customers and Community Workday News and Culture

Workday Rising Moves to One Global, Digital Experience for 2020

To prioritize the safety and wellbeing of our community, while still delivering a special experience where we celebrate, share, and inspire each other, we're making Workday Rising and Workday Rising Europe one global, digital experience in October.

Leighanne Levensaler April 16, 2020

Customers and Community Finance

Workday Partner Tips: Business Continuity During the COVID-19 Pandemic

We're sharing guidance from two of our strategic partners, Deloitte and KPMG, on important steps business and technology leaders should take during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Mary Hayes Weier April 07, 2020

Customers and Community Workday News and Culture

Joining Forces to Fight Coronavirus

In an effort to do our part, Workday has made donations to causes on the front lines of the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis and to communities that need our help. We’ve also started our own initiatives for our workforce and are encouraging employees to do what they can to help.

Carrie Varoquiers March 23, 2020

Customers and Community Human Resources

How Upskilling Is Critical to the Changing World of Work

Businesses must adopt new skills within their workforces to keep up with frequent advances in technology. Three HR leaders share how companies can stay ahead of emerging tech developments through upskilling and reskilling.

Workday Staff Writers March 12, 2020

Customers and Community

Making a Good Thing Better: Our New Customer Experience Organization

Workday Chief Customer Officer Emily McEvilly shares how some internal changes we’ve made and our new Workday Success Plans help drive our relentless goal of an incredible customer experience.

Emily McEvilly March 03, 2020

Customers and Community Human Resources

Workday Podcast: Future-Proofing the Professional Services Workforce

How can professional service firms prepare for the jobs of tomorrow? By upskilling and reskilling their current workforce to meet changing market needs.

Julie Jares March 02, 2020

Customers and Community Technology Innovation

The Evolving Role of Tech Leaders in Healthcare, Part Two

In part two of this article, learn more about innovative tools and technologies in healthcare, best practices for deploying new tools, and how culture contributes to innovation.

Sarah Richardson February 28, 2020

Customers and Community

Organizational Agility: Business Leaders Share Best Practices

A recent Workday study revealed that leaders in digital transformation exhibit high levels of performance across five key characteristics. Three executives share how companies can embed these behaviors into their businesses.

Workday Staff Writers February 27, 2020

Customers and Community Technology Innovation

The Evolving Role of Tech Leaders in Healthcare, Part One

The role of healthcare tech leaders must evolve for their organizations to remain competitive and meet changing needs in their communities. Guest blogger Sarah Richardson discusses two key issues facing healthcare IT leaders: reskilling their workforce and building strategic partnerships.

Sarah Richardson February 25, 2020

Customers and Community Finance

CFO Perspective: How Employee Engagement Influences the Bottom Line

Your workforce is your biggest expense—are you investing back into it? MATRIX Resources' CFO shares how building a culture of high employee engagement can influence a company’s bottom line.

Ghadeer Redler February 24, 2020

Customers and Community

‘Guilty Feminist’ Podcast Host on the Power of Including Yourself

A big part of nurturing an inclusive environment at work is knowing how to include yourself. Deborah Frances-White, stand-up comedian and host of “The Guilty Feminist” podcast, explains how.

Mary Hayes Weier February 19, 2020

Customers and Community

Workday Earns Top Healthcare Recognition for Third Year Running

We’re honored to be recognized by KLAS Research as Best in KLAS in enterprise resource planning for Workday Financial Management, Workday Human Capital Management, and Workday Supply Chain Management solutions for healthcare, and as a Category Leader in Talent Management. Learn more about our focus on healthcare customers’ needs and how they’re gaining value with Workday.

Keith Lohkamp January 31, 2020

Customers and Community Finance

Customer Tips for a Successful Government Agency Cloud Deployment

Fresh off a successful go-live of Workday Financial Management and Workday Human Capital Management, the ERP project manager for Port Orange, Florida, shares deployment tips and explains how “digital transformation” is really “people transformation.”

Workday Staff Writers January 29, 2020

Customers and Community Workday News and Culture

Top 10 Workday Podcasts of 2019

Here's a look at some of our favorite Workday Podcasts of the year. Topics include building a collaborative culture, managing risk, charting the future of artificial intelligence, and much more.

Workday Staff Writers December 30, 2019

Customers and Community Workday News and Culture

‘Tis the Season: How Companies Can Change Lives Through Opportunity Onramps

Carrie Varoquiers reflects on Workday's impact in 2019 in creating economic opportunity for all, and shares three ways business leaders can diversify their workforces and join the Opportunity Onramps movement in the year ahead.

Carrie Varoquiers December 18, 2019

Customers and Community Workday News and Culture

Celebrating Innovation Across the Healthcare Community at Workday Rising

Learn the advice healthcare executives shared with their peers, and which customer organizations were named healthcare innovation award winners, at this year's Workday Rising.

Ellen Murphy December 10, 2019

Customers and Community

Q&A with Emily McEvilly, Workday’s First Chief Customer Officer

Emily McEvilly discusses the new Workday Customer Experience organization and how it’s going to help our customers achieve even greater success with Workday.

Workday Staff Writers November 26, 2019

Customers and Community Workday News and Culture

Workday Rising Europe Daily: Building on Inspiration

As Workday Rising Europe comes to an end in Milan, check out session recaps and great photos from the event that we’ve shared in the Workday Rising Europe Daily.

Workday Staff Writers November 13, 2019

Customers and Community Workday News and Culture

Workday Rising Europe Daily: Innovation at Work

Read about the Innovation Keynote, featuring our Co-Founder and CEO Aneel Bhusri, and some of the highlights from our Executive Programme that took place on Wednesday at Workday Rising Europe in Milan.

Workday Staff Writers November 12, 2019

Customers and Community Workday News and Culture

Workday Rising Europe Daily: Gathering as a Community in Milan

Welcome Workday community to Milan! Here’s a look at what’s already underway at the conference, including recaps from our Retail and Hospitality and our Financial Services and Insurance Summits on Tuesday at Workday Rising Europe.

Workday Staff Writers November 11, 2019

Customers and Community Human Resources

How Siemens Healthineers Is Embracing Disruption in Healthcare

Andre Heinz, global head of human resources at Siemens Healthineers, talks about the changing face of the healthcare industry, the role of technology and people in transforming it, and the importance of a strong culture.

Steve Dunne November 06, 2019

Customers and Community

Reskilling Your Workforce for the Changing World of Retail

The ability to redefine and upskill the retail workforce separates retailers who will succeed from the ones who eventually become a distant memory. Ferguson Enterprises shares insights into their approach to training and retaining their employees during a time of disruptive change.

Ghadeer Redler October 29, 2019

Customers and Community

Workday Rising Daily: Inspiration, Opportunity, Strategy

In today’s edition of the Workday Rising Daily, executives from BP, Target, and Ameriprise share their thoughts on organizational agility, and we share details about a new Opportunity Onramps program.

Workday Staff Writers October 16, 2019

Customers and Community

Getting the Most Out of Workday: Vision, Empowerment, and Support

To help our customers make sure you're getting the most out of Workday and adopting all those capabilities and features you've already invested in, we're introducing role-based dashboards and Workday Success Plans.

Emily McEvilly October 16, 2019

Customers and Community Technology Innovation

Workday Cloud Platform: How Customers Are Creating Measurable Business Value

The usefulness of Workday Cloud Platform stems from the innovation, evolving business needs, and creativity of the Workday ecosystem—the growing community of users and developers across customers and services and software partners.

Erin Yang October 15, 2019

Customers and Community Workday News and Culture

Workday Rising Daily: Inspiration Keynote and More

In today’s edition of the Workday Rising Daily, we recap a discussion with DeRetta Rhodes, senior vice president and head of human resources for the Atlanta Braves and provide highlights from Thursday morning’s Workday Inspiration Keynote.

Workday Staff Writers October 15, 2019

Customers and Community Workday News and Culture

Video: The Most Important News From Workday Rising in 2019

Interested in learning about all the new solutions we announced for our customers at Workday Rising? We've consolidated the Workday Innovation Keynote into a 15-minute video.

Workday Staff Writers October 14, 2019

Customers and Community Technology Innovation

Machine Learning Across Workday Products: Delivering Business Value to Customers

Here's how our customers are using machine learning that's been integrated throughout all of Workday's infrastructure to make better business decisions.

Sayan Chakraborty October 14, 2019

Customers and Community Workday News and Culture

Workday Rising Daily: Workday Innovation Keynote and More

In today's edition of the Workday Rising Daily, we reveal all the news announced in Tuesday morning’s Workday Innovation Keynote and also provide recaps from several sessions.

Workday Staff Writers October 14, 2019

Customers and Community Workday News and Culture

Announcing the Workday and Year Up Internship Training Program

At Workday Rising, we're unveiling the Workday and Year Up Internship Training Program. This new Opportunity Onramps program marries our customers’ desire to make a positive social impact with their talent needs.

Carrie Varoquiers October 13, 2019

Customers and Community Workday News and Culture

Workday Rising Daily: Welcome to Workday Rising

Welcome to the Workday Rising Daily! Every day this week, we’ll deliver stories and photos that showcase what’s happening this year at Workday Rising in Orlando. See what happened on Monday.

Workday Staff Writers October 13, 2019

Customers and Community Technology Innovation

Workday’s Sayan Chakraborty: Why Machine Learning Will Change the Way We Work

Sayan Chakraborty says machine learning’s impact will be much like electricity—world-changing—and ultimately taken for granted. Learn how he and his team are weaving ML into the fabric of Workday to deliver compelling experiences and outcomes.

Josh Krist October 09, 2019

Customers and Community Human Resources

How 7-Eleven Is Driving Digital Innovation

As the world’s first convenience store, 7‑Eleven continues to find innovative ways to cater to a new generation of digitally-savvy shoppers. As technology evolves, the company has a vested interest in ensuring it stays two steps ahead of its customer’s needs.

Ghadeer Redler October 08, 2019

Customers and Community Human Resources

Workday Podcast: Opening Doors to Opportunity at Walmart

Walmart's Gayatri Agnew discusses how one of the world's largest companies is driving change through its Walmart.org philanthropic organization, by opening up opportunities for its associates to grow their careers.

Carrie Varoquiers October 02, 2019

Customers and Community

Share Your Experiences and Stay Informed at Workday Rising

Sharing is what transforms a group of individuals into a thriving community. Here's how you can share your Workday Rising experiences in social media, and keep informed of Workday news throughout the week.

Mary Hayes Weier September 30, 2019

Customers and Community Workday News and Culture

Workday Changes Product Release Naming Convention and Schedule

Workday is changing the naming convention and schedule of product releases to make it easier for everyone to understand the timing of Workday’s planned releases, and to better accommodate business timelines.

Workday Staff Writers September 30, 2019

Customers and Community

How 3 Higher-Education Institutions Joined Forces to Innovate with Workday Student

These colleges took a novel approach: they collaborated while simultaneously deploying Workday Student. Learn what they gained through this collaboration, and how Workday Student is preparing their organizations for a changing world.

Liz Dietz September 26, 2019

Customers and Community

Alfa’s head of information systems shares what it’s like leading IT for a global fintech company. As a full suite Workday customer, he also shares how the company is using our solutions to guide its digital transformation journey.

Three professional services executives in the Asia-Pacific region share their strategies for remote workforce deployment, risk and scenario planning, and staying agile in the face of ambiguity.

During the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Workday is taking precautions to ensure the safety of the Workday community, including our employees and their families, customers and prospective customers, partners, and visitors. You'll find regular updates on the steps we're taking here.

The increased shift to remote work that we thought would happen over time has instead happened almost overnight. As companies grapple with the resulting challenges, we share ideas for navigating this new territory.

As businesses continue to navigate through the pandemic, CTOs are trying to maintain balance between business continuity and digital innovation. Ivan Ng, CTO at City Developments Limited in Singapore, shares best practices and lessons learned from his own experience.

HR professionals must consider policies for scenarios that weren’t fathomable a year ago. Here’s how our customers are navigating the evolving regulatory environment during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The pandemic has highlighted why you must be able to quickly share information with your workforce, adapt learning programs and delivery, and establish and expand virtual learning. Greg Pryor explains how Workday Learning is helping our customers during challenging times.

In today’s new world of remote work, professional services firms need to quickly pivot their service models to meet their customers’ changing needs. Read Alight Solutions’ best practices for delivering client services remotely.

In the midst of a global pandemic, Aon plc delivered its first-ever remote financial close. We spoke with Mike Neller, Aon’s controller, to learn more.

One year before our target date, we’ve achieved net-zero carbon emissions and are powering our business with 100 percent renewable electricity. Here are four powerful lessons we learned in the process.

To prioritize the safety and wellbeing of our community, while still delivering a special experience where we celebrate, share, and inspire each other, we're making Workday Rising and Workday Rising Europe one global, digital experience in October.

We're sharing guidance from two of our strategic partners, Deloitte and KPMG, on important steps business and technology leaders should take during the COVID-19 pandemic.

In an effort to do our part, Workday has made donations to causes on the front lines of the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis and to communities that need our help. We’ve also started our own initiatives for our workforce and are encouraging employees to do what they can to help.

Businesses must adopt new skills within their workforces to keep up with frequent advances in technology. Three HR leaders share how companies can stay ahead of emerging tech developments through upskilling and reskilling.

Workday Chief Customer Officer Emily McEvilly shares how some internal changes we’ve made and our new Workday Success Plans help drive our relentless goal of an incredible customer experience.

How can professional service firms prepare for the jobs of tomorrow? By upskilling and reskilling their current workforce to meet changing market needs.

In part two of this article, learn more about innovative tools and technologies in healthcare, best practices for deploying new tools, and how culture contributes to innovation.

A recent Workday study revealed that leaders in digital transformation exhibit high levels of performance across five key characteristics. Three executives share how companies can embed these behaviors into their businesses.

The role of healthcare tech leaders must evolve for their organizations to remain competitive and meet changing needs in their communities. Guest blogger Sarah Richardson discusses two key issues facing healthcare IT leaders: reskilling their workforce and building strategic partnerships.

Your workforce is your biggest expense—are you investing back into it? MATRIX Resources' CFO shares how building a culture of high employee engagement can influence a company’s bottom line.

A big part of nurturing an inclusive environment at work is knowing how to include yourself. Deborah Frances-White, stand-up comedian and host of “The Guilty Feminist” podcast, explains how.

Fresh off a successful go-live of Workday Financial Management and Workday Human Capital Management, the ERP project manager for Port Orange, Florida, shares deployment tips and explains how “digital transformation” is really “people transformation.”

Here's a look at some of our favorite Workday Podcasts of the year. Topics include building a collaborative culture, managing risk, charting the future of artificial intelligence, and much more.

We have the privilege of providing a place for members of our community to share their experiences and expertise here on the Workday Blog. Here are some of our favorite and most popular stories of the year.

Carrie Varoquiers reflects on Workday's impact in 2019 in creating economic opportunity for all, and shares three ways business leaders can diversify their workforces and join the Opportunity Onramps movement in the year ahead.

Learn the advice healthcare executives shared with their peers, and which customer organizations were named healthcare innovation award winners, at this year's Workday Rising.

Emily McEvilly discusses the new Workday Customer Experience organization and how it’s going to help our customers achieve even greater success with Workday.

As Workday Rising Europe comes to an end in Milan, check out session recaps and great photos from the event that we’ve shared in the Workday Rising Europe Daily.

Read about the Innovation Keynote, featuring our Co-Founder and CEO Aneel Bhusri, and some of the highlights from our Executive Programme that took place on Wednesday at Workday Rising Europe in Milan.

Welcome Workday community to Milan! Here’s a look at what’s already underway at the conference, including recaps from our Retail and Hospitality and our Financial Services and Insurance Summits on Tuesday at Workday Rising Europe.

Andre Heinz, global head of human resources at Siemens Healthineers, talks about the changing face of the healthcare industry, the role of technology and people in transforming it, and the importance of a strong culture.

The ability to redefine and upskill the retail workforce separates retailers who will succeed from the ones who eventually become a distant memory. Ferguson Enterprises shares insights into their approach to training and retaining their employees during a time of disruptive change.

In today’s edition of the Workday Rising Daily, executives from BP, Target, and Ameriprise share their thoughts on organizational agility, and we share details about a new Opportunity Onramps program.

To help our customers make sure you're getting the most out of Workday and adopting all those capabilities and features you've already invested in, we're introducing role-based dashboards and Workday Success Plans.

The usefulness of Workday Cloud Platform stems from the innovation, evolving business needs, and creativity of the Workday ecosystem—the growing community of users and developers across customers and services and software partners.

In today’s edition of the Workday Rising Daily, we recap a discussion with DeRetta Rhodes, senior vice president and head of human resources for the Atlanta Braves and provide highlights from Thursday morning’s Workday Inspiration Keynote.

Interested in learning about all the new solutions we announced for our customers at Workday Rising? We've consolidated the Workday Innovation Keynote into a 15-minute video.

Here's how our customers are using machine learning that's been integrated throughout all of Workday's infrastructure to make better business decisions.

In today's edition of the Workday Rising Daily, we reveal all the news announced in Tuesday morning’s Workday Innovation Keynote and also provide recaps from several sessions.

At Workday Rising, we're unveiling the Workday and Year Up Internship Training Program. This new Opportunity Onramps program marries our customers’ desire to make a positive social impact with their talent needs.

Welcome to the Workday Rising Daily! Every day this week, we’ll deliver stories and photos that showcase what’s happening this year at Workday Rising in Orlando. See what happened on Monday.

Sayan Chakraborty says machine learning’s impact will be much like electricity—world-changing—and ultimately taken for granted. Learn how he and his team are weaving ML into the fabric of Workday to deliver compelling experiences and outcomes.

As the world’s first convenience store, 7‑Eleven continues to find innovative ways to cater to a new generation of digitally-savvy shoppers. As technology evolves, the company has a vested interest in ensuring it stays two steps ahead of its customer’s needs.

Walmart's Gayatri Agnew discusses how one of the world's largest companies is driving change through its Walmart.org philanthropic organization, by opening up opportunities for its associates to grow their careers.

Sharing is what transforms a group of individuals into a thriving community. Here's how you can share your Workday Rising experiences in social media, and keep informed of Workday news throughout the week.

Workday is changing the naming convention and schedule of product releases to make it easier for everyone to understand the timing of Workday’s planned releases, and to better accommodate business timelines.

These colleges took a novel approach: they collaborated while simultaneously deploying Workday Student. Learn what they gained through this collaboration, and how Workday Student is preparing their organizations for a changing world.