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A Workforce Reimagined: How AI Agents Are Reshaping Work, Roles, and Strategy
AI agents are here, and they are reshaping how work gets done. However, scaling them isn’t just a technical challenge, it’s an organizational one. In this Future of Work episode, Workday’s David Somers sits down with Dan Priest, chief AI officer at PwC, to explore how forward-thinking enterprises are integrating agentic AI across business functions.
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Work Enters a New Era: AI Takes Center Stage at Innovation Summit
Artificial intelligence took the spotlight at the Workday Innovation Summit, where the company outlined its vision for the future.
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5 Leadership Lessons on Culture, Change, and the Future of Work from Jerry Ting
Workday's Jerry Ting shares five hard-earned lessons from founding Evisort, the AI-powered document intelligence company. Learn his practical takeaways for building in the age of AI, from those early unscalable days to navigating acquisition with clarity and care.
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Workday AI Masterclass: How to Unlock AI for Document Intelligence
Workday’s Vice President of Evisort Jerry Ting breaks down how AI-powered document intelligence, when built with real data and domain expertise, can transform enterprise workflows at scale.
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The AI Adoption Playbook: A CIO's Guide to AI Implementation
Workday CIO Rani Johnson shares a practical, people-centered approach to AI adoption that focuses on access, experimentation, and trust. By embedding AI into everyday workflows and empowering employees to explore it hands-on, she shares how to turn curiosity into real enterprise impact.
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Workday Podcast | The Data Equation: Solving for Speed, Scale, and Accuracy in Business Transformation
To thrive in today’s rapidly evolving business landscape, financial services organizations must harness the power of their data. Join us on Workday Shift: Moving Financial Services Forward for a conversation with Lee Vanderpool, chief accounting officer at General Atlantic. Vanderpool reveals how extracting key insights from data fuels competitive advantage and enables agility in decision-making.
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Beyond Automation: How AI Agents Are Revolutionizing the Enterprise
Join Workday’s VP of AI, Kathy Pham, in uncovering how agentic AI is moving beyond reactive responses to drive efficiency and innovation in the enterprise.
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The Future of Work Podcast: Expert Insights & Predictions on the Agentic Wave
Relive the excitement of Workday's Agentic AI event where we shared the latest advancements in Agentic AI and how Workday is empowering the future of work.
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Workday Podcast: The Rise of the CIO, from the Cloud to AI
From cloud adoption to AI integration, how are CIOs navigating and making decisions during this ever-evolving tech landscape? Rogerio Almeida, Workday group vice president of partner sales, discusses these ideas with seasoned executive Dave Smoley, winner of the Workday Customer Lifetime Achievement Award at our most recent Workday Rising.
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Workday Podcast: Tailgating and Talking Tech with LSU and Texas A&M
Both Texas A&M and LSU faced challenges with their legacy systems, including limitations in data accessibility and reporting capabilities. In a recent Workday podcast, representatives from the universities discussed their experiences transitioning to Workday.
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Workday Podcast | Make Your Move: The Future for FSI with Forrester
In an era of constant change, staying ahead of the curve is crucial. In this installment of the podcast series Shift: Moving Financial Services Forward, we talk with Oliwia Berdak, financial technology research director at Forrester Research. We caught up with Berdak to talk about Forrester’s predictions for 2025 and beyond
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Workday Podcast: Integrity’s People-First Approach to Large-Scale Growth
Dallas-based broker Integrity maintains a positive employee culture by focusing on its people—and employee-friendly technology is a big component of that. Integrity’s Chief People and Culture Officer Rachelle McReynolds shares insights.
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Workday Podcast: How a Culture of Innovation Creates an Agile Organization
How can leaders keep their organizations agile via digital transformation? Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Laura Bagus, chief technology officer, and Chuck Thresher, Workday ERP coordination director, discuss their approach.
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Workday Podcast: How Washington University Evolved Into a Data-Driven Organization
Washington University’s Jason Burg discusses how the prestigious St. Louis institution empowered its people with data-driven insights, setting the stage for strategic change and transforming the student experience.
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HR Happy Hour Podcast: Revolutionizing HR Tech With AI
How does AI technology help foster a more human-centric future of work? Workday leaders Dave Wachtel and Kathy Pham join Steve Boese and Trish Steed to discuss AI’s impact on HR on a special episode of the HR Happy Hour podcast series, recorded on the Workday Forever Forward bus.
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Workday Podcast: The Tech Talent War and the Secret Weapon
In an era of constant change, staying ahead of the curve is crucial. In this installment of the podcast series Shift: Moving Financial Services Forward, we talk with Circle’s chief people officer about the talent management challenges shaking up the financial services industry.
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Workday Podcast: How Vertex Modernized Its ERP System to Fuel Rapid Growth
Digital transformation gave the global tax and compliance provider unprecedented insight into its data. In the process, the organization also leveled up its finance and accounting teams to provide greater value for the business.
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Workday Podcast: WSU’s Journey from “The Oregon Trail” to AI
Washington State University (WSU) wanted to better forecast grants to support its groundbreaking research. We talked with WSU’s Gerik Kimble and Christine Galbreath about how their modernization project helped streamline inefficient processes to project future expenses and remaining balances on grants.
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Workday Podcast: How AI Supercharges the Future of People and Skills
How can HR leaders ensure their people have the right skills for the future? In this episode, Sharon Wingfelder, CHRO at First American Financial, joined Emma Chalwin, CMO at Workday, to talk trends in HR, getting the most out of AI, and cultivating a positive workplace culture.
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Workday Podcast: Chevron's Approach to Employee Experience
Chevron is leveraging technology and a people-centric approach to create a supportive and engaging workplace. In this episode of the Workday Podcast, we explore how that’s ultimately driving both employee satisfaction and organizational growth across Chevron’s global workforce.
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Workday Podcast: Embracing Skills-Based Hiring in the Public Sector
Chandler Morse, vice president of public policy at Workday, chats with a leader at Opportunity@Work on the progress being made toward skills-based hiring in governments and agencies.
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Workday Podcast: How Bill Gosling Outsourcing Set Itself Up for AI-Powered Growth
In the process of digital transformation at Bill Gosling Outsourcing, Joe Fanutti went from the company’s CFO to its chief integration officer—while embracing technology that provided better insights, helped improve efficiency, and enabled future growth.
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Workday DevTalk: Redefining Innovation in Development with Generative AI
Workday’s Chris Bledsoe and PwC’s Chris Cameron discuss the transformative potential of generative AI at Workday DevCon, highlighting its impact on gaming, application development, and ethical considerations. In this Workday DevTalk episode, they explore how AI-driven innovations are reshaping business processes and enhancing user experiences.
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Workday Podcast: What CIO Really Stands For
The CIO role is no longer just about information. It’s also about interoperability. The ability of your systems to talk to each other is at the heart of all enterprise ambition—particularly in financial services. In this installment of our podcast series Shift: Moving Financial Services Forward, Stout CIO Stacy Carron discusses why interoperability is at the heart of CIO success.
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Workday Podcast: How Werner Enterprises Keeps America Moving With Workday
The transportation industry keeps shelves stocked and homes filled with the goods necessary for everyday life. In this episode, Daragh Mahon, EVP and CIO at Werner Enterprises, sits down with Kalan Comba, Workday CTO of Americas, to talk trends in the transportation industry and how Workday helps Werner move confidently into the future while keeping its employees at the forefront.
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Workday Podcast: How Allstate Created a Consumer-Grade Employee Experience
Embracing technology to adapt and grow is essential for insurance companies, but how can they prepare for the big change that comes with it? Bob Toohey, EVP & CHRO at Allstate, shares how AI can help build a better employee experience—and how leaders can help their organizations and people transform.
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Workday Podcast: The Benefits of Skills-Based Hiring for Businesses and Employees
How is skills-based hiring reshaping the way we think about talent? Carrie Varoquiers, chief philanthropy officer at Workday, chatted about this with the founder of Grads of Life and a Workday program manager who is also an alum from Year Up.
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Workday Podcast: Why Generative AI Is a Make-or-Break Moment for CIOs
Two technology executives explore how generative AI can enhance organizational efficiency and competitive advantage by automating tasks and augmenting human capabilities, while diving into the importance of CIOs adopting these technologies to stay competitive.
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Workday Podcast: How the CFO of Orlando Helps the City Grow
Michelle McCrimmon, CFO of the City of Orlando, shares how she leverages technology to continue to transform finance, attract and retain talent, and help the fast-growing city prepare for the future.
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Workday DevTalk: Compliance Plays Key Role in Developing Innovative and Responsible AI
In this Workday DevTalk episode, Workday’s Andy Cannon, vice president and deputy general counsel, product and technology, and Kathy Pham, vice president, AI, discuss how compliance and technology teams can collaborate to boost AI innovation—responsibly.
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Workday Podcast: Putting Customers First in AI Transformation
Jim Stratton, Workday CTO, sheds light on how we are empowering customers to take charge of their AI journey through enhanced AI transparency and governance measures.
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Workday DevTalk: Stepping Off the AI Hype Train for Better AI Impact
In this DevTalk episode, Chris Bledsoe, head of developer relations at Workday, and Dan Stundt, principal at Deloitte, discuss AI’s impact and how specific industries can incorporate it into their sector.
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Workday Podcast: How One CAO Leveled Up With the Right Technology
Evan Cabat, chief accounting officer at SiriusPoint, led a finance digital transformation that used technology to drive greater insights, increase organizational efficiency, and fuel future growth for the insurance company.
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Workday Podcast: Compliance: Less Pain, More Gain
If there’s one thing about financial services regulation that never changes, it’s the fact that regulation always changes. In this installment of our podcast series Shift: Moving Financial Services Forward, we talk about not just catching up or keeping up with regulation, not just getting ahead of it, but also about making it work to create value for financial services organizations.
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Workday Podcast: Why Future CFOs Must Embrace Generative AI in Finance
Making the most of generative AI will require finance leaders to understand the potential benefits and pitfalls—and taking a hands-on approach can help. Riyaz Kasmani, senior director of data science at Workday, discusses how his team evaluates use cases, as well as other considerations for CFOs.
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Workday Podcast: What Finance Leaders Need to Start Exploring With Generative AI
Michael Schrage, a research fellow with the MIT Sloan School of Management’s Center for Digital Business, and Stacy Hilgendorf, chief accounting officer and corporate controller at Sprouts Farmers Market, talk about their approaches to artificial intelligence and generative AI, as well as the technologies’ potential benefits for the future of the finance function.
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Workday Podcast: Elevating MSP Contingent Workforce Programs with Strategic Partnerships
Managing contingent workforce programs becomes simpler when managed service providers (MSPs) partner with the right vendor management system. In this podcast, we talk with two MSP experts about how to form strong partnerships to better utilize the extended workforce.
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Workday Podcast: AI for Financial Services: Beyond the Comfort Zone
Financial services has been using AI for years, but what’s the next step with this transformative technology? Nicole Carrillo, managing director of financial services at Workday, talks with PwC’s Vikas Agarwal about everything AI in this installment of our podcast series, Shift: Moving Financial Services Forward.
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Workday Podcast: The Benefits of Moving to the Public Cloud
Experts from Salesforce and Amazon Web Services talk about how moving to the public cloud can have a positive impact on security, reliability, and scalability.
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Workday Podcast: Empowering Managers Through Intuitive User Experiences
Discover how intuitive user experiences can transform work for managers by boosting productivity and decision-making—empowering them to lead with confidence and efficiency.
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Workday DevTalk: Strategies for Enhancing Application Development
In this Workday DevTalk episode, Chris Bledsoe and Chevron’s lead engineer Jason Miller explore how adaptability, continuous learning, and collaboration are pivotal for effective enterprise application development.
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Workday DevTalk: Community Leadership in Workday Development
In this episode of Workday DevTalk, host Chris Bledsoe sits down with Sreenivas Raman, staff enterprise engineer at LinkedIn, to discuss his journey into the world of development and how he’s contributing to the Workday developer community.
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Workday Podcast: Accelerating Innovation in Healthcare
In this episode of our Industrious podcast series, John Kravitz, vice president of healthcare at Workday, expands on findings from a recent IDC survey focused on transformation in healthcare. Kravitz also shares insights from his work with other healthcare leaders and background as a former healthcare CIO.
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Workday Podcast: The Way Forward for Professional Services Firms
How can professional services firms prepare for whatever comes next? To learn more, we talked with Kyle Wilkinson, strategic industry advisor for professional services at Workday, in this installment of our Industrious podcast series.
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Workday Podcast: What’s Next for the Insurance Industry
Is the insurance industry ready for the next stage of AI and machine learning? We talked with PwC’s Rima Safari about insurance trends, opportunities, and challenges.
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Workday Podcast: Building a Solid Foundation with Your Managed Service Provider (MSP)
Members of the Workday channel management team discuss the best practices for working with managed service providers (MSPs) and the benefits of partnering with the right MSP for your business.
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Workday Podcast: Retail and Hospitality’s Path to Success
What’s the positive path forward for the retail and hospitality industries? Keith Pickens, managing director of retail and hospitality at Workday, shares his perspective in this installment of our Industrious podcast series.
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Workday Podcast: How to Transform Resource Management
To get the best out of resource management, firms need to reimagine how they use technology and empower their teams. Shalu Manan, global talent supply chain leader at Genpact, a professional services firm, shares her approach.
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Workday Podcast: A New Era for Tech and Media
In this episode of our Industrious podcast series, it’s all about challenges and opportunities for the tech and media industries, featuring special guest Randy Rasmussen, Workday managing director for tech and media.
