Joey's HR Lounge: Where HR Thinks Out Loud

About Joey's HR Lounge: Where HR Thinks Out Loud

Joey’s HR Lounge is an HR podcast for HR leaders, CHROs, and HR tech decision-makers. Hosted by Joey Price, it delivers practical conversations on HR strategy, recruiting, employee engagement, compliance, analytics, and HR technology trends shaping the future of work.

Publisher

WRKdefined Podcast Network

Category

business · news

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

27 Feb 2026

Latest episode

26 Aug 2026

Latest episodes

4 of 13 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   26 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT

   People Analytics Is a Commodity. What Comes Next? Guest: Cole Napper

   Host Joey Price interviews Cole Napper, Chief People Intelligence Officer, about why people analytics is now a commodity and what the future of people intelligence entails.

2. 

   14 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT

   10 Million People Are About to Refinance. Is Your HR Team Ready?

   Joey and Troy Hupp, Director of Product Management at Experian Employer Services, discuss how HR teams can prepare for a surge in employment verifications and improve the employee experience.

3. 

   13 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Why weighted RFPs and business problem clarity matter in HR tech buying

   Host Joey Price interviews Rick Torrence, Chief Sales Officer at PrismHR, on prioritizing business problems and using weighted RFPs for smarter HR tech buying.

4. 

   13 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT

   HR, AI, and the Future of Work with Laura Maffucci

   Host Joey Price interviews Laura Maffucci, Head of HR at GP, about navigating AI adoption in HR while maintaining employee trust and understanding current workplace anxieties.

5. 

   2 Jul 2026

   SAP SuccessFactors Updates from Sapphire: Automation, Workforce Planning, and AI Agents

   Joey Price breaks down the SAP SuccessFactors announcements from Sapphire and explains why they matter for HR leaders, especially those already using the platform or evaluating it. The episode focuses on how new Joule assistants, workforce planning updates, and upskilling tools fit into the reality of the hybrid workforce.In this episode, Joey connects product innovation to a bigger HR challenge: proving people data’s impact on business performance. He also shares a practical framework for understanding where AI agents fit in your workforce strategy and how to get value from them without losing governance. Learn more about The Five Workforces: https://jumpstart-hr.com/research-practitioner-frameworks/ Key topics SAP SuccessFactors updates announced at Sapphire in Orlando, with a focus on what has already shipped The three keynote phases: automate, reimagine, and elevate Thirteen new Joule assistants and how they support HR operations like payroll, recruiting, onboarding, and service Why agentic AI is different from simple reporting because it can execute work, not just return data A new workforce planning tool connecting core ERP, contingent labor, and SuccessFactors The reality of the hybrid workforce, where human workers and AI agents both contribute to output The workforce upskilling assistant and how it delivers microlearning in the flow of work The challenge behind the stat that 62% of C-suite leaders say people data does not connect to business performance Joey’s five workforces framework for organizing and governing AI agents Practical steps for HR leaders: inventory agents, map one pain point to one assistant, assign adoption ownership, and connect one people metric to one business metric The five workforces Practical implementation checklist Review every AI assistant already active in your HR stack Identify one manual workflow that could be paired with a Joule assistant Decide who owns adoption and usage tracking Connect at least one people metric to a board-level business metric Test prompts for payroll exceptions, service ticket themes, and manager upskilling Timestamps 00:00 - Why Sapphire announcements matter for SAP SuccessFactors users 01:58 - The three keynote phases: automate, reimagine, elevate 02:23 - Thirteen Joule assistants across HR operations 03:20 - Planning people and agents together in workforce planning 04:18 - The workforce upskilling assistant and microlearning in the flow of work 05:38 - Why 62% of C-suite leaders say people data does not connect to business performance 07:03 - How the updates connect to Jumpstart HR’s hybrid workforce research 07:59 - The five workforces framework for AI governance 09:48 - Why inventorying every AI assistant and agent is the first step 10:17 - Matching one pain point to one assistant 10:46 - Assigning an adoption owner before rollout 11:12 - Connecting one people data point to one business metric 11:40 - Choosing your target archetype: free-for-all, augmented, delegator, orchestrated, or autonomous 12:06 - Example prompts to test Joule assistants in HR workflows 12:35 - The main takeaway: automate to make the workforce more productive and reliable

6. 

   5 May 2026

   008 - From Degrees to Skills: How SAP Is Innovating the Skills-Based Hiring Movement

   Joey Price interviews Caroline Hanke, Global Head of Organizational Growth and Health at SAP, exploring how SAP innovates skills-based hiring and internal mobility in the age of AI.

7. 

   13 Apr 2026

   007 - The State of HR Right Now: Pressure, AI, and the Fight for Business Impact

   Host Joey Price interviews Meagan Gregorczyk about navigating HR's current pressures, AI's impact, and proving business value.

8. 

   8 Apr 2026

   006 - What’s Really Happening to DEI in HR? A Candid Conversation with Ashley M. Anderson

   Host Joey Price interviews DEI expert Ashley M. Anderson about the evolving landscape of diversity, equity, and inclusion in HR amidst current pressures.

9. 

   13 Mar 2026

   005 - The Future of HR Leadership, Employer Brand, and Strategic Influence w/ Stephanie Manzelli

   Host Joey Price interviews Stephanie Manzelli, a people strategy and employer brand leader, exploring how HR leaders gain strategic influence through authentic employer branding and leadership alignment.

10. 

    6 Mar 2026

    004 - Rethinking Return-to-Office: Flexibility, Productivity, and Equity in the Future of Work w/Baily Dyer

    Host Joey Price and Baily Dyer, Head of People & Culture at Revaly, explore how return-to-office mandates impact productivity, equity, and trust in this interview.

11. 

    27 Feb 2026

    003 - Rebuilding Trust in HR & The Role of AI in the Workplace w/Torin Ellis

    Host Joey Price interviews Torin Ellis, Founder of Ngoma, LLC, exploring how AI impacts trust in HR and the workplace, offering insights on accountability and fairness.

12. 

    27 Feb 2026

    002 - Empowering HR Through Automation: What Leaders Need to Know w/David Creelman

    Host Joey Price interviews HR thought leader David Creelman about the practical implications of automation in HR, guiding leaders to balance efficiency with the human element.

13. 

    27 Feb 2026

    001 - Unpacking The Latest HR Compliance Technology Trends w/Jumpstart HR's Tami Nutt

    Host Joey Price interviews Tami Nutt, VP of Research and Insights at Jumpstart HR, to explore how HR leaders can align people strategy with technology for better compliance and operational value.

Inside a recent episode

People Analytics Is a Commodity. What Comes Next? Guest: Cole Napper

Published 26 Aug 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] I have been firmly in the camp that people analytics absolutely undeniably provides value, but we have to prove it. And the thing that I think most people analytics practitioners at the time were missing was not the ability to use data, data science skills, applying AI in the workforce and those types of things, it was that they didn't have the business acumen to be able to prove out their value. And so what I wanted to do was simultaneously talk about why people analytics was going to continue being an asset how to prove out the business value of what you're doing, and then looking kind of future forward towards how to be an AI native function rather than one of the functions that's going to get disrupted by AI. […]

Who has been a guest on Joey's HR Lounge: Where HR Thinks Out Loud

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• Cole Napper
• Troy Hupp
• Rick Torrence
• Laura Maffucci
• Caroline Hanke

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5.0 / 5

45 ratings

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5.0 / 5

2 ratings

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