HR Vision Podcast

Payroll is everywhere. It is a process that concerns every single business organization in the world. How do you process it, how do you make it efficient and secure, that's what might differ. To help us with this topic we decided to invite someone that works for the global market leader in payroll technologies: ADP. Why not? Raquel Ek is a Channel Sales Consultant at ADP, and was kind enough to join us to talk about payroll, and more. You'll hear about the leading role that ADP has been having in this field for so long and why, how their technology is helping companies globally, and we even touched some interesting things that are coming up in the near future. An insightful episode.

You should never stop learning. There's no better way to grow and be better at everything you do. At work, learning never stops. Either because you keep getting involved in new projects that naturally build up your skills, or because you take training to develop yourself. And that's where this episode comes in. Britt van de Weerd is our Learning and Development Manager. Her career has been filled with diverse experiences, but focusing very much on training, learning and development in the last 4 years. In this episode we discussed the importance of learning and development, its benefits for all organizations and Britt also shared some tips on how to start your internal training academy. Quite insightful!

This episode is quite special for our host. After all, it's not everyday that you have the chance to interview an old friend! With a background in Computer Sciences, Luís Parada worked in the high-demanding VFX industry and he's now the Head of Engineering in one of the most prominent and growing companies in Portugal. Because his career took a path towards managing teams and people, we went through the pains of getting there, how much of a role HR and HR Tech has in his day-to-day, and we went over some tips and data points that might help you manage people more efficiently. A nice conversation that we hope you enjoy as much as we did. -- More information about Luís: https://aleadersmindset.com/

Phenom is one of our oldest partners for talent acquisition that helps companies hire faster, develop better, and retain longer. On the last episode we gave you the side of one of our consultants working with the platform. This week we got an insider! Joe Pierce is a Principal of Elevated Experience at Phenom, and he's there almost since its beginning. He saw the company growth and grew with it! He joined us on this episode to tell us more about Phenom, its main value proposition, game-changing features like automated interview scheduling and to share what the future looks like at this exciting partner of ours. Enjoy! More information about Phenom: https://www.fourvision.com/solutions/candidate-experience/phenom-txm/

Phenom empowers you with a solution that maximizes your recruitment potential from the early stage of your candidates’ journey. To help us describe this partner of ours and their offering, Pinar joined us on this episode. She was the first FourVision's implementation consultant certified to work with the platform and came on the podcast to explain how the platform works, what can it do for you, expected challenges and how does such an implementation project looks like. More information about Phenom: https://www.fourvision.com/solutions/candidate-experience/phenom-txm/

Andrew Bartlow is a man of talent. He has 25 years of Human Resources and Talent Management experience at organizations across a wide range of sizes and industries. He's an entrepreneur, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of the People Leader Accelerator, an executive development program designed to help HR leaders propel their organizations forward. He's also Founder and Managing Partner of Series B Consulting where he helps organizations design management processes. And that's not all! He's also the co-author of the book “Scaling for Success: People Priorities for High Growth Organizations”. In this episode, he joined us to discuss the importance of having a People Strategy, how to prioritize, and he shared his views on talent management considering the current trends in the market. An insightful conversation that we hope you enjoy as much as we did! -- Learn more about Andrew's People Leader Accelerator at www.peopleleaderaccelerator.com and download his guide to help you get your People Strategy started at https://www.peopleleaderaccelerator.com/guides/strategic-people-planning.

Dan Reader is one of our Iron men. Not only because he just completed an Iron Man race two days before the recording of this episode (!), but also because he's always willing and able to come on the podcast to give us his perspective on things. This time we went over a very timely subject around Microsoft, and Microsoft HR specifically: Dynamics 365 Human Resources and Finance & Operations infrastructure merge. This merge was announced last year and much has been said about it. We felt it would be time to give an update from an HR department standpoint. We hope you find it insightful!

Directly from Pakistan, Baqar joined us for a very insightful episode. He's an Implementation Consultant at FourVision with more than 14 years of experience in Human Capital Management systems. In this episode, we discussed not only his expertise in HR Tech, but especially we went deeper into what are the common challenges in HR Tech implementation, how to overcome them from a consultant and client perspectives. Some very good tips for everyone thinking about or going through a tech implementation. Check it out!

We're back and with a great one! Zenah works as a Project Manager for Fourvision. She is an entrepreneur and has an impressive 20 year track record working as a Project Management Professional for big companies in more than 26 countries. Not only that, she had a successful professional sports career in basketball that taught her much of what she preaches today about Project Management and Leadership. In this episode, we discussed her expertise in Project Management, common challenges and how to overcome them and tips to take your Project Management skills to the next level. Definitely worth a listen.

"People analytics is for everyone. It’s not just for big companies. It’s for all companies that want to enact change through their people." In this episode, we sat down with Joseph Ifiegbu, Co-Founder & CEO at eqtble, to talk about the importance of people analytics. Analytics that are relatable, that tell a story. We got to learn more about Joseph path from data science to his recent entrepreneurial experience, never forgetting what brought us here: people analytics, its importance and where to start. An interesting end to our 3rd season that you don't wanna miss!

This week we stepped away from HR Tech for a moment, and talked about Project Management processes. Especially because they're also important to HR Tech implementations! Biljana Grbic is our PMO (Project Manager Officer). She has more than 15 years of experience in project management processes, and she came in so we could get a pick into the world of PMOs. In this episode we get to know her and her view on the Project Management Officer role, the important skills to have, the common challenges she’s seen, and what can the future hold for this crucial role.

Greg Horn was on the podcast before discussing his expertise has a consultant, but today we went in a different direction. He's our Boarding Web App product specialist and we talked about that super important process in HR; which is welcoming your new employees in a way that they feel part of the team from day one, increasing your chances of retaining them. We went over the default onboarding functionalities on D365 HR, FourVision's Boarding Web App main features, implementation requirements and cool developments in the pipeline. If you're interested in Onboarding, Cross-boarding or Offboarding, then this is for you.

The Great Resignation, is an ongoing economic trend in which employees have voluntarily resigned from their jobs. This is a topic very much discussed in the last year and a cause for concern for HR professionals and management teams alike. Max Schiffelers is a Talent Experience Implementation Consultant and came on the podcast to give his perspective on the subject and provide some ideas on how businesses can navigate this trend. Is it Great Resignation or Great Transformation? Listen to draw your own conclusion.

Hans de Jong likes to wear many hats. From political science to being with FourVision for almost 11 years, he's a Sr. Consultant and our Payroll Interface Product Specialist. In this episode, we discussed his expertise in HR Tech and, especially, his most recent work as our Payroll product specialist. We broke through the complexity of the payroll process and how he and our team can help companies with their HR technology endeavors. It gets technical at times, but it's worth it!

It is not every day that we have the chance to get a clear overview of what is it like to work in HR Technology Consulting. That’s what Stephan Schoeman took us through in this episode. We discussed the ins and outs of a Consultant’s life, common challenges and he’s given us a great step-by-step overview of what to expect from an HR Technology implementation. We hope you enjoy it as much as we did!

Chris Coolen is one of our most experienced consultants. For more than 25 years he's been working in HR and HR Technology, and for the past 4 and a half years at FourVision as an Implementation Lead Consultant. In this episode, we discussed the evolution he has seen in HR Tech and his most recent work as our Performance Management product specialist. Great insights, as usual!

Time to move away from the technical side of HR Technology for a moment. With a psychology background, Maria worked in multiple IT companies and has a very interesting view on HR. In this episode we went over employee engagement, the importance of building relationships and a people-centric culture. Enjoy it!

This week we're going technical once more. With just another amazing member of our team. Matthew Bonnici is a Medior Technical Consultant and he belongs to Edward's team that was our guest last week. He's involved with the development of all the solutions we provide, specially focused on product integrations. He helped us simplify some technical concepts and show the potential of HR Technology. Enjoy!

HR Technology needs talented people to develop it. And that’s the case with our guest this week. Edward Moll is the Lead Product Engineer at FourVision and one of the most experienced members of our team. He’s the technical responsible for our entire product stack. In this episode we got technical and explored that side of the solutions we provide. Enjoy it!

Geert Jansen has a lot of stories to tell. He’s a Sr. Consultant at FourVision and, if not the, one of the most experienced members of our team. He’s been with us for 11 years and came on the podcast to give us a retrospective on HR Technology. How it it started and how it’s going. Join us in understanding how HR Tech evolved, what makes every customer unique and the most important aspects of HR Tech training.

After a few weeks off, we’re back on it! The first episode of the new season welcomes Adeel Edhi. He’s a Sr. Solution Architect at Microsoft and, despite being with the company for only a year, he has an extensive experience with Microsoft technology. He was kind enough to take some time of his schedule to come on the show to talk about the world of Dynamics 365 and how it helps empower the modern workforce.

Dan Reader is now, officially, the most featured guest on our podcast. He deserves it because he also was the one that immediately said yes to this crazy idea… In this Christmas special episode, we selected 3 scenes from the TV show – The Office – and Dan helped us look into them with our HR Tech eyes. We selected The Office because it’s funny and it shows the day-to-day lives of people in an office, with HR being a constant theme throughout the whole show. We will let you decide if this was a crazy idea after all! We had a lot of fun doing it and we hope you have fun watching/listening to it. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

After an HR system is up and running, customers will inevitably face challenges or uncover errors in the system. The complexity that is inherent to HR Tech can make the lives of Customer Support tough. That’s why Michael Bates joined us this week to share his experience working as a support consultant in HR Tech. In this episode we talked about the process of supporting customers, how a good relationship is key to effective problem-solving and how customer feedback is used to improve the product.

We often talk about data in HR and its importance. But there’s nothing like some real world use of that. Jagannathan Raghavan, Global HR Digitalization & Operational Excellence Director for Element Materials Technology, joined us from Dubai to give his view on HR Data. This is a special episode for us since it’s the first time we have a customer on the show! Jag talked about his expertise, his relationship with FourVision but, most importantly, the importance of Data in HR and what he’s been doing in that regard. Listen to him, don’t take our word for it.

The first time Dan Reader was on the podcast, we discussed his experience and views on HR Tech. But not today! Today we talked about data. Dan is a pretty practical guy and so it was our discussion about the importance of Data in HR. Very good insights if you never thought about the difference between HR data and analytics, how can data improve the working experience and the implications of bad data implementation. Check it out.

“Throughout my career, people and relationships have always been at the heart of everything I do.” That’s how Kate Bush introduces herself as a Project Manager. In this episode she gives us her personal view on Project Management, the important skills to have, the common challenges she’s seen, and why good relationships are important in the course of any project implementation.

Bert Stegeman, co-owner at FourVision, comes again on the podcast to walk us through the Microsoft HR products. In this episode he gave us an overview of the Microsoft HR products evolution, what is special about them, the partner ecosystem, and he shared a few more details on why Dynamics 365 Human Resources will merge with Dynamics 365 for Finance & Operations. What does that mean? Take a listen to find out.

Based in Atlanta – Georgia, Elliott Williams is our guest in this episode. We take an interesting look over almost 15 years in HR Tech, working first with payroll and then with some of the biggest HR Tech tools in the market. Besides his interesting path to HR Tech Consultancy, we discussed the must-have skills to help clients, challenges along the way and how Microsoft differs from other tools he worked with in the past. All in a fun and easy-going conversation!

Project Management is often a misunderstood field of expertise. Sometimes these people are seen as bossy, always asking for deliverables and not having a great knowledge of the tools they’re helping implement. Let’s try to change that perception, shall we? Imran Ibrahim comes on this episode to give us his approach to Project Management, the common challenges he’s seen and to tell us how communication and teamwork are the basis of a successful implementation. Spoiler alert: There’s a lot of tips in this one!

With great expertise as an HR Business Partner, Remi Rangaraju moved to the HR Tech side of the barricade and is now a Functional Consultant at FourVision. In this episode we discussed the evolution of the HR function, some interesting initiatives for diversity and equality and the role of tech in an HR department. An interesting perspective worth listening to.

Erwin de Wildt, Engagement Manager and Implementation Consultant at FourVision, comes again on the podcast to take Recruitment a step further. He’s a practical guy, with a solid expertise in talent acquisition and currently working with one of the leading Talent Experience Management platforms in the market – Phenom. In this episode we dove a bit more into recruitment and discussed some good tactics that recruiters can benefit from. How to identify a deficient recruitment process, when to hire internally vs externally and candidate feedback are only some of the topics we covered in this one. Enjoy!

Welcome to the second season of the HR Vision Podcast! Britt de Roode, our VP of Marketing and Recruitment Implementation Services, kicks-off this season with a marketer’s perspective on HR Tech. She gave us her take on why people are key to a successful HR system implementation, what is the end-to-end HR process and a fair comparison between recruitment and marketing. A good way to start!

HR is being asked to be a strategic partner within organizations. A welcoming shift that Microsoft is supporting heavily with their technology. With Microsoft for almost 17 years, Katarina Arbanas spent the last 4 years as Business Applications Global Black Belt in the EMEA region for People Operations. She’s Human Capital Management Certified and a Mixed Reality Champion. We had a chat with Katarina during her transition time to another role in Microsoft and, on this episode, she shared her personal views about the evolution of HR Tech systems, their importance and how Microsoft is empowering the modern workforce today with their partner community. A must-listen!”

You should never stop learning. It helps you grow and be better at what you do at work but also in life. In a professional context, learning should also be easily accessible and a fundamental path for employee development. And that’s the topic we bring you in this episode. Travis Damgaard Campbell, Senior Business Manager at LMS 365, sat down with us to have a chat about Learning Management Systems, the concept of “learning in the flow of work” and how LMS365 makes learning easy, accessible and practical.

Give it a try. That’s the first step if you want to change the way you do things. And that’s Greg’s advice. Greg Horn has an expertise of almost 20 years with Microsoft products and he keeps it simple to this day. He shared with us his approach to HR Technology, Microsoft’s commitment to improving functionalities and what he sees as challenges and trends to look at in the world of HR Tech.

Trust your employees and your processes will be taken care of. That's the most pragmatic advice we got in a while. Dan Reader comes on this episode to give us his practical approach to HR Technology, the common challenges he's seen and how companies and staff can profit from getting their HR processes automated on a platform such as Microsoft. His Game of Thrones accent might give you an idea that "the Winter is coming", but fear not! He's got HR Tech under control.

Erwin de Wildt, Engagement Manager and Implementation Consultant at FourVision, comes on the podcast to discuss Recruitment as a function. He's a practical guy, with a solid expertise in talent acquisition and currently working with one of the leading Talent Experience Management platforms in the market - Phenom. In this episode we talked about his expertise, common challenges that recruiters face, how can tech help and he shared some advice for recruiters.

Sanne de Groot comes from a totally different background as we're used to have in the podcast. She's an Engagement Manager, working closely with one of FourVision's strongest partners - Phenom. We discussed her path to here, her experience so far in recruitment solutions and she gives us a nice overview of what a powerful platform as Phenom can do for recruiters.

During his first week at FourVision, Gareth Edward Jones accepted right away our invitation. He's a great communicator and has an extensive experience with HR systems implementation. All important skills that came in handy when we discussed his views on People Information Solutions, the impact the Pandemic had and will have on People Technology and the collaborative project he's starting at the company - the FourVision Academy.

Straight from Australia, Jennifer Lepper is one of our most experienced consultants. The passion for her craft is evident as we talk about what is like to be a consultant. In this episode we discussed HR Tech Consultancy, the must-have skills to help clients, day-to-day challenges and how can change management be successful.

HR Technology is our bread and butter. The same applies to our guest this week. Kamal Radhakrishnaiah is an HR Solution Architect, former Implementation Consultant at FourVision, a Microsoft MVP and a great contributor to the Microsoft community and owner of the nocodehr blog. In this episode, we go over HR Technology in a broader sense, its importance for HR and IT professionals, what's the best tool out there and HR trends in the horizon.

Company culture and hiring for cultural fit are very trendy subjects these days. To help us figure out the practical in and outs, Pinar Şardar Yetim joined us in this episode. She's an Implementation Consultant at FourVision, with a large experience in recruitment and recruitment systems. We go over the concept of Company Culture, the importance of hiring for Cultural Fit and its downsides, and how can HR technology help shape culture inside an organization.

Ana Inés Urrutia, a Microsoft Business Applications MVP and Dynamics 365 HR Consultant, comes on the podcast to discuss the broad topic of Human Resources as a function. We talked about her expertise, what she sees as the challenges in HR technology and trends to look out for.

Bert Stegeman closes the Genesis chapter we started on the first episode with Peter. As the other co-owner at FourVision we talked about why he fell in love with HR technology, his drive, the first days of the company, the Microsoft connection and more.

In this first episode, one of FourVision's founders, Peter Wolbeek talks about HR as an area of expertise, the creation of FourVision, the connection with Microsoft and shares its vision for the future.