Workday News and Culture

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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 Workday News and Culture

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

As the coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to spread globally, 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. Read more about the steps we’re taking.

Workday Staff Writers March 23, 2020
Human Resources Workday News and Culture

Workday Podcast: Creating More Inroads for Women in Technology

How can women grow their careers in technology, and how can companies draw more women into tech careers and, ultimately, leadership roles? Chris Byrne, senior vice president of global operations at Workday, shares her views on these topics and more.

Mary Hayes Weier March 06, 2020
Human Resources Workday News and Culture

Workday Recognized as a January 2020 Gartner Peer Insights Customers’ Choice for Cloud HCM Suites for 1,000+ Employee Enterprises

We’re thrilled with this recognition from Gartner, and indebted to our customers for their honest feedback and high customer satisfaction rating.

Workday Staff Writers March 05, 2020
Workday News and Culture

Workday at the World Economic Forum: Connecting to a Changing World

Last month a number of Workday executives attended the 50th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. We sat down with them to get their reflections on the event.

Greg Thomas February 21, 2020
Finance Planning

Organizational Agility and the CFO: Finance Leading From the Front

Our research uncovered what leading organizations do to embrace agility as part of their day-to-day operations. See how the CFO can drive meaningful change.

Workday Staff Writers February 20, 2020
Workday News and Culture

Bringing Our Best Selves to Work at Workday

We’re thrilled to be ranked #5 on Fortune’s 100 Best Companies to Work For list. Our Chief People Officer Ashley Goldsmith shares how we’re focused on creating a great place to work for all at Workday.

Ashley Goldsmith February 18, 2020
Workday News and Culture

Workday Ventures Advances with Investments, Leadership

As 2020 kicks into full gear, Workday Ventures now has 21 portfolio companies, and the team is expanding with the addition of Betsy Bland and Erin Yang, Workday veterans with diverse experience across strategy, product management, and marketing for enterprise applications and platform technology.

Workday Staff Writers February 12, 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

Top 10 Workday Blog Posts of 2019

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.

Workday Staff Writers December 23, 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 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
Workday News and Culture

Workday to Acquire Scout RFP: Helping Transform the Office of Procurement

Workday has entered into an agreement to acquire Scout RFP, a leading cloud-based platform for strategic sourcing and supplier engagement. The acquisition of Scout RFP will help accelerate Workday’s ability to deliver a comprehensive source-to-pay solution with a best-in-class strategic sourcing offering, elevating the office of procurement in strategic importance and transforming the procurement function.

Petros Dermetzis November 04, 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
Human Resources Workday News and Culture

Workday People Experience: An Advantage in the Changing World of Work

Today we announced Workday People Experience, a personalized, more intelligent employee experience aimed at improving efficiency, knowledge sharing, and collaboration.

Stuart Bowness 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
Workday News and Culture

Taking Action to Build Belonging, Diversity, and Inclusion

Companies are focused on the concept of belonging, to create workplaces where people feel included and psychologically safe to be their most authentic selves. Here’s how Workday is doubling down on belonging, diversity, and inclusion.

Carin Taylor October 08, 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
Workday News and Culture

Workday Ventures: Investing in the Connection Between People and Technology

At Workday Ventures, we find new, cutting-edge solutions that are complementary to Workday offerings and useful for our customers. Here's a look at our portfolio companies, which you can learn more about at Workday Rising.

Mark Peek September 23, 2019
Workday News and Culture

Q&A with Rich Sauer, Workday’s New General Counsel

Jim Shaughnessy, who has moved into the role of executive vice president, Corporate Affairs, chats with Rich Sauer, who has joined Workday's legal team as executive vice president, general counsel, and corporate secretary.

Jim Shaughnessy September 09, 2019
Workday News and Culture

First-Person View: How Opportunity Onramps Changed My Hiring Practices

A Workday people leader shares her experience hiring talent through Opportunity Onramps, a movement dedicated to creating economic opportunity for all.

Carrie Varoquiers August 29, 2019
Workday News and Culture

Key Highlights From Our 2019 Global Impact Report at Workday

At Workday, we're proud to announce the release of our 2019 Global Impact Report, which highlights our commitment to sustainability, giving back, and celebrating diversity.

Carrie Varoquiers July 09, 2019
Workday News and Culture

5 Incredible Takeaways from VIBE Week

VIBE stands for “value inclusion, belonging, and equity for all." At Workday, we recently brought those words to life by spending a week at offices across the globe learning more about how to VIBE every day.

Workday Staff Writers July 02, 2019
Workday News and Culture

Workday Named Supplier for Government of Canada’s NextGen HR and Pay Project

Workday is pleased to be named a successful bidder on the Next Generation HR and Payroll Services (NextGen HR and Pay) project with the Government of Canada.

Workday Staff Writers June 13, 2019
Workday News and Culture

How Diversity Drives Innovation: Q&A with Frans Johansson

Frans Johansson—author, speaker, and CEO at The Medici Group—has made it his life’s work to help businesses understand how they can accelerate innovation and growth through diversity. Read our interview with Johansson.

Mary Hayes Weier May 30, 2019
Workday News and Culture

Celebrating Diversity and Inclusion at Workday VIBE Week

During VIBE Week, June 3-7, we learned more about how to value inclusion, belonging, and equity for all with more than 125 events scheduled across 25 global Workday locations.

Carin Taylor May 30, 2019
Workday News and Culture

Workforce Week: How One Job Seeker Beat ‘Imposter Syndrome’ to Succeed as an Engineer

A Workday employee shares his experience dealing with imposter syndrome, and how his opportunity with Year Up, a track within our Opportunity Onramps program, changed his life.

Workday Staff Writers May 23, 2019
Workday News and Culture

Built from the Ground Up: Announcing Workday’s New Headquarters

Today we’re celebrating the opening of our new Workday Headquarters in Pleasanton, Calif., with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Here's how we designed the property to support our core values.

Robynne Sisco May 13, 2019
Workday News and Culture

Workday Chief People Officer: Supporting Each Other as Caregivers

Mother’s Day is a time to celebrate and support women in their roles as caregivers. Ashley Goldsmith reflects on being a “sandwich generation” caregiver—simultaneously caring for elderly parents and children—and shares tips and resources.

Ashley Goldsmith May 09, 2019
Workday News and Culture

Celebrating Earth Day: An Inside Look at Our New Clean Energy Deal

We've joined Bloomberg, Cox Enterprises, Gap Inc., and Salesforce to pioneer the first clean energy deal of its kind. Learn how this uniquely collaborative investment in a new solar farm will provide electricity to Workday data centers and much more.

Erik Hansen April 22, 2019
Workday News and Culture

Welcoming Workday’s New CIO

Our CIO Diana McKenzie has decided to pursue some long-time personal passions and will be departing Workday in April. We are excited to share that Sheri Rhodes will join the Workday family as our new CIO. Read more from Workday Chief Operating Officer Jim Bozzini.

Jim Bozzini March 25, 2019
Workday News and Culture

Building a Great Place to Work in Ireland

Workday's European headquarters is in Dublin, and we're thrilled to be named the best large workplace in Ireland in 2019. Our commitment to workplace culture in Ireland has done more than win awards—it’s improved our business. Read more from one of our longtime leaders in Dublin, Chris Byrne.

Chris Byrne March 06, 2019
Human Resources Workday News and Culture

Workday Chief People Officer: Nurture Moments That Matter

We're very honored to be ranked #4 on Fortune’s 100 Best Companies to Work For. This recognition is about all of our 10,000+ Workmates across the globe, who nurture our special culture. Our Chief People Officer Ashley Goldsmith shares more, including a short video where several Workmates share their moments that mattered.

Ashley Goldsmith February 13, 2019
Workday News and Culture

Personalizing Wellbeing: How to Support Every Aspect of Employee Health

Every employer has a responsibility to support the wellbeing of the whole employee, including recognizing mental health needs, supporting their physical and nutritional health in fun and engaging ways, reducing stress, increasing joy, and much more.

Carrie Varoquiers January 24, 2019
Workday News and Culture

Workday Ventures: Partnering to Drive Enterprise Innovation

In early 2018, we launched the $250 million Workday Ventures fund. As we reflect on the past year, we want to share several broad themes related to our investments in portfolio companies. Here's one: they support a strong, inclusive future.

Leighanne Levensaler December 28, 2018
Workday News and Culture

Five Ways We’re Building Opportunity Onramps in the Workday Community

Talent is everywhere, but opportunity is not. Here are some of the things we’ve been doing to help close the opportunity divide, and look forward to accomplishing even more at Workday and within all the communities we’re a part of in 2019.

Carrie Varoquiers December 27, 2018
Workday News and Culture

Workday’s Career Accelerator Program for Military Veterans: Report from the Front Line

Chris McCane is a senior associate business systems analyst at Workday and a graduate of our Career Accelerator Program (CAP), a paid internship that helps military veterans transition into civilian careers. McCane discusses his military experience, what he learned from the CAP program, and the unique perspectives military veterans bring to the business world.

Workday Staff Writers November 01, 2018
Workday News and Culture

Key Takeaways from the Global Climate Action Summit

To quote poet and environmentalist Wendell Berry, “The Earth is what we all have in common.” Erik Hansen, senior sustainability manager at Workday, shares three takeaways from the Global Climate Action Summit. That includes Workday's joining of the Step Up Declaration alongside 20 other tech companies, and how we'll participate as part of the coalition.

Erik Hansen October 22, 2018
Workday News and Culture

Video: Destigmatizing Mental Health Conditions in the Workplace

Mental health issues do not discriminate: Approximately one in five individuals experience a mental health condition in their lifetime. Watch our panel discussion to learn how to reduce the stigma associated with mental health.

Greg Thomas October 10, 2018
Workday News and Culture

Workday’s ‘A Partner Like No Other’ Global Brand Campaign: Q&A with Chief Marketing Officer Christine Cefalo

This week, Workday launched a new global brand campaign centered on how we’re a finance, HR, and planning partner like no other. At the heart of the campaign is a commercial featuring pro golfer Phil Mickelson as a “business caddie.” Workday Chief Marketing Officer Christine Cefalo shares how the campaign came to life, why every company needs a “business caddie,” and where to experience the campaign across the globe.

Mary Hayes Weier September 28, 2018
Workday News and Culture

Chief Diversity Officer Carin Taylor: Celebrating Our Differences at Workday

Diversity and inclusion is about helping people become comfortable enough to have a dialog about their experiences—including times when they have felt like an outsider, says Workday Chief Diversity Officer Carin Taylor. Read our profile of Taylor to learn how she advocates for value, inclusion, belonging, and equity for all (VIBE), shaped by her own experiences encountering and confronting biases.

Mary Hayes Weier September 25, 2018
Workday News and Culture

Q&A with Workday’s Carolyn Horne on Becoming a Top UK Workplace for Women

Workday was recently ranked number one on the 2018 Great Place to Work “Best Workplaces for Women UK” list, medium-sized business category. We spoke to Carolyn Horne, regional vice president of UK, Ireland, and South Africa at Workday, on how the company supports women in the workplace, Workday’s culture, and her advice for other organisations.

Steve Dunne August 15, 2018