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Adaptive Futures
by Al Adamsen
For nearly a decade, this podcast has explored how people, organizations, and technology shape the future of work. Now, as The Adaptive Futures Podcast, the journey continues with deeper conversations about what it means to adapt and thrive in an age of Ai and constant disruption.Each week, host Al Adamsen sits down with executives, innovators, and change-makers to hear their personal stories—how they got to where they are, what they’re working on today, and what they believe the future of work will hold. Guests open up about their hopes, their concerns, and the lessons they’ve learned along the way.Episodes run about an hour in an audio-first format, offering a mix of narrative and insight. You’ll hear career advice for students, early-career professionals, and those navigating transition, as well as practical guidance for leaders striving to build inclusive cultures and engaged workforces.In addition to these in-depth interviews, The Adaptive Futures Podcast is also home to aud
Episodes
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Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic on “Don’t Be Yourself” and Why Authenticity is Overrated | Adaptive Futures Live
Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic | Breaking the Four Authenticity Traps Psychologist, author, and innovator Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic joins Al Adamsen to rethink what “authenticity” really means at work. Drawing on his new book Don’t Be Yourself: Why Authenticity Is Overrated (and What to Do Instead), Tomas...
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Frank Ricciardi of Maavee on Wellbeing at Work
In this episode Al Adamsen engages in a deep conversation with Frank Ricciardi, founder and CEO of Maavee, about the multifaceted nature of wellbeing in today's world. They explore the importance of physical, emotional, and psychological health, the role of employers in supporting employee...
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Alejandro Martinez of Erudit.ai on Employee Listening
Alejandro Martinez of Erudit.ai on the People Data for Good Podcast with Al Adamsen
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Ian O'Keefe of Ikona on People Data & Analytics
Ian O'Keefe on the PDFG Podcast with Al Adamsen
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Peter Louch of Vemo on Workforce Planning and Budgeting
From a degree in Astrophysics from UC Berkeley to innovating Workforce Planning & People Analytics at Vemo for nearly 20 years, Peter Louch's journey is both fascinating and immensely relevant given disruptions stemming from artificial intelligence, robotic automation, gig workers, globalization,...
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Guru Sethupathy of FairNow.ai on Responsible Ai
Speaker: Guru Sethupathy of FairNow.ai Theme: Future of Work Follow Guru on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/guru-sethupathy-1408741/ Learn more about our digital events and the people data for good movement: https://pafow.net/ To ongoing learning, creativity, and compassion for the human...
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Anthony Ferreras of Pinterest on People Analytics & Strategy
Speaker: Anthony Ferreras of Pinterest Theme: Future of Work Follow Anthony on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ferreras/ Learn more about our digital events and the people data for good movement: https://pafow.net/ To ongoing learning, creativity, and compassion for the human experience!
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Dirk Jonker, CEO of Crunchr, Interview at their Headquarters
From Crunchr's offices in Amsterdam, an insightful and inspiring discussion between Crunch's Founder & CEO, Dirk Jonker, and Al Adamsen. All topics covered including the evolution of People Analytics, Workforce Planning, Employee Experience, as well as how to elevate adoption and create…
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Luka Babic And Igor Bogicevic of Orgnostic Interview
Orgnostic co-founders Luka Babic and Igor Bogicevic share their company's origin story, unique offerings, and hopes for the future with Al Adamsen. This is the first half of the interview. To view the whole discussion please visit pafow.net or the PAFOW YouTube channel. If you'd rather just…
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Serena H. Huang, PhD on the PDFG Podcast with Al Adamsen
Speaker: Serena H. Huang, PhD Theme: Future of Work Follow Serena on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/serenahhuangphd/ Learn more about our digital events and the people data for good movement: https://pafow.net/ To ongoing learning, creativity, and compassion for the human experience!
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Greg Pryor of Workday and John Boudreau of USC at HR Tech with Al Adamsen
Follow Greg on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/greg-pryor-907920/ Follow John on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-boudreau-115500/ Learn more about our digital events and the people data for good movement: pafow.net/ To ongoing learning, creativity, and compassion for the human...
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Dirk Jonker of Crunchr at HR Tech with Al Adamsen
https://crunchr.com/ Follow Dirk on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/today/author/crunchr Learn more about our digital events and the people data for good movement: pafow.net/ To ongoing learning, creativity, and compassion for the human experience!
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Yustina Saleh, PhD of Visier and Marc Solow of Deloitte on PAFOW Live with Al Adamsen
Session Title: The People-Powered Organization: Building the Foundation for Sustainable Success Speakers: Yustina Saleh, PhD of Visier and Marc Solow of Deloitte on PAFOW Live with Al Adamsen Theme: HR Technology...
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Brad Williams of Northwestern Mutual on the PDFG Podcast with Al Adamsen
Speaker: Brad Williams of Northwestern Mutual Theme: Future of Work Follow Brad on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bradfordjwilliams/ Learn more about our digital events and the people data for good movement: https://pafow.net/ To ongoing learning, creativity, and compassion for the human...
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Luka Babic of Orgnostic on PAFOW Live with Al Adamsen
Session Title: People Analytics for All: Leaders, Solo Practitioners, People Ops, HR, & more Speaker: Luka Babic of Orgnostic Theme: Talent / Labor Market Analytics Follow Luka on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lukababic/ Join the People Analytics Lounge:...
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Frank Ricciardi of Maavee on PAFOW Live with Al Adamsen
Session Title: Give the Gift of Total Well-being: Wellness benefits that are easy for employers and hyper-personal for employees Speaker: Frank Ricciardi of Maavee Theme: Worker / Employee Experience Learn more about our digital events and the people data for good movement: pafow.net/ To ongoing...
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Sanja Licina, PhD of QuestionPro on PAFOW Live with Al Adamsen
Session Title: Managers That Thrive: What Leaders & HR can do to help Speaker: Sanja Licina, PhD of QuestionPro Theme: Leadership Development Learn more about our digital events and the people data for good movement: pafow.net/ To ongoing learning, creativity, and compassion for the human...
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Kevin Campbell, PhD of Qualtrics on PAFOW Live with Al Adamsen
Session Title: Action-Oriented People Analytics: Bringing people analytics to life on the frontline! Speaker: Kevin Campbell, PhD of Qualtrics Theme: Talent / Labor Market Analytics Learn more about our digital events and the people data for good movement: pafow.net/ To ongoing learning,...
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Lauren Wegman, PhD of Twitter on PAFOW Live with Al Adamsen
Session Title: The Future, Future of Work - How to Get Ready for What's Next Speaker: Lauren Wegman, PhD of Twitter Theme: Future of Work & Work Strategy Learn more about our digital events and the people data for good movement: pafow.net/ To ongoing learning, creativity, and compassion for the...
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Gary Russo of Providence Health on PAFOW Live with Al Adamsen
Session Title: HR System Transformations: The Invaluable Role of People Analytics Speaker: Gary Russo of Providence Health Theme: Talent / Labor Market Analytics Learn more about our digital events and the people data for good movement: pafow.net/ To ongoing learning, creativity, and compassion…
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Ben Eubanks of Lighthouse Research and Advisory on PAFOW Live with Al Adamsen
Session Title: Candidate Desires: Reasons They Ghost and Other Research Facts Speaker: Ben Eubanks of Lighthouse Research and Advisory Theme: People Strategy & Culture Learn more about our digital events and the people data for good movement: pafow.net/ To ongoing learning, creativity, and...
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Stacia Sherman Garr and Priyanka Mehrotra of RedThread Research on PAFOW Live with Al Adamsen
Session Title: Performance Management for Hybrid Work Speaker: Stacia Sherman Garr and Priyanka Mehrotra of RedThread Research Theme: Performance & Productivity Learn more about our digital events and the people data for good movement: pafow.net/ To ongoing learning, creativity, and compassion…
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Ben Eubanks of Lighthouse Research & Advisory on the PDFG Podcast with Al Adamsen
Speaker: Ben Eubanks of Lighthouse Research & Advisory Theme: Future of Work Follow Ben on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/beneubanks/ Learn more about our digital events and the people data for good movement: https://pafow.net/ To ongoing learning, creativity, and compassion for the human...
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James Kelley, PhD of qChange on the PDFG Podcast with Al Adamsen
What an extraordinary conversation this has been with Dr. James Kelley. From the United States to Australia, to the Middle East, to back here in the States, crossing the country to Bend, Oregon to TEDx talks, to writing a book called "The Crucible's Gift," James has an extraordinary journey, and…
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Gene Pease of Mighty You on the PDFG Podcast with Al Adamsen
I had the great pleasure of speaking with a long-time friend and “OG” in the space of people analytics, Gene Pease. Gene has been an entrepreneur and leader in our field for over two decades. More importantly, he is an extraordinary human being. Not only will you learn about the field and its...
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Lauren Wegman, PhD of Twitter on the PDFG Podcast with Al Adamsen
I had an amazing conversation with Lauren Wegman, Global Head of People Analytics and HR Tech at Twitter. From her early days as a ballerina, to her sharing her educational experience at the University of Georgia, to the early part of her career where she was doing survey research, to her...
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Kevin Campbell of Qualtrics on the PDFG Podcast with Al Adamsen
I had a wonderful conversation with Kevin Campbell. He's currently at Qualtrics, but he's been doing psychometric research, people data and analytics for more than a dozen years. He's a graduate of the Claremont School of Positive Psychology. He has been at Google and Gallup and a variety of…
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AJ Herrmann of Cleveland Clinic on the PDFG Podcast with Al Adamsen
Speaker: AJ Herrmann of Cleveland Clinic Theme: Workforce Planning Follow AJ on Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/andrewjherrmann/ Careers at Cleveland Clinic: jobs.clevelandclinic.org/search-jobs Strategic Workforce Planning for the Future: consultqd.clevelandclinic.org/strategic-…he-future/ Learn...
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Heather Gilmartin Adams of RedThread Research on PAFOW Live with Al Adamsen
Session Title: The Future of DEIB & Learning Speaker: Heather Gilmartin Adams of RedThread Research Theme: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion (DEI) Please join Heather on the 14th as the RedThread Research team will continue this discussion. Learn more here:...
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Jared Valdron of peopledatabot on the People Data for Good Podcast with Al Adamsen
Speaker: Jared Valdron of peopledatabot https://www.peopledatabot.com/ Learn more about our digital events and the people data for good movement: https://pafow.net/ To ongoing learning, creativity, and compassion for the human experience!
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Dani Johnson of RedThread Research on PAFOW Live with Al Adamsen
Session Title: Choosing Fit-for-Org Learning Methods Speaker: Dani Johnson of RedThread Research Theme: Future of Work & Work Strategy Learn more about our digital events and the people data for good movement: https://pafow.net/ To ongoing learning, creativity, and compassion for the human...
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Anthony Walter of Tanium on PAFOW Live with Al Adamsen
Session Title: Workforce Planning & Analytics: The Unique Value of Having These Together Speaker: Anthony Walter of Tanium Theme: Workforce Planning https://www.tanium.com/careers/ Learn more about our digital events and the people data for good movement: https://pafow.net/ To ongoing learning,...
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Heather Whiteman, PhD of University of Washington on PAFOW Live with Al Adamsen
Session Title: People Analytics Careers: Developing Oneself for Current & Future Roles Speaker: Heather Whiteman, PhD of University of Washington Theme: Data Privacy, Ethics, & Legal https://en.ufm.edu/especializaciones/especializacion-en-people-analytics/ www.youtube.com/c/HeatherWhiteman Learn...
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Mark Hanson of Emsi Burning Glass on PAFOW Live with Al Adamsen
Session Title: Talent Intelligence: Enabling Skills-based Workforce Planning Speaker: Mark Hanson of Emsi Burning Glass Theme: Workforce Planning https://www.emsibg.com/ Follow Mark on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/markhhanson/ Learn more about our digital events and the people data for...
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David Herrera of Korn Ferry on PAFOW Live with Al Adamsen
Session Title: Uncovering Inequities: Benefits of Inclusive Talent Systems Speaker: David Herrera of Korn Ferry Theme: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion (DEI) Connect with David on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-herrera-delgado/ https://www.kornferry.com/ Learn more about our digital...
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Mercedes Martin on the PDFG Podcast with Al Adamsen
Learn more about our digital events and the people data for good movement: https://www.pafow.net/ 🌍 To ongoing learning, creativity, and compassion for the human experience!
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Blaine Ames of Atlassian on the PDFG Podcast with Al Adamsen
Learn more about our digital events and the people data for good movement: www.pafow.net To ongoing learning, creativity, and compassion for the human experience!
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Stacia Sherman Garr and Priyanka Mehrotra of RedThread Research on PAFOW Live with Al Adamsen
Session Title: People Analytics Tech Study '22 Speaker: Stacia Sherman Garr and Priyanka Mehrotra of RedThread Research Theme: HR Technology Webinar link: https://redthreadresearch.zoom.us/webinar/register/1516524514690/WN_TA4eODzrQYqs6qLdWCTNdA Learn more about our digital events and the people...
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Ian Cook of Visier on the PDFG Podcast with Al Adamsen
Speaker: Ian Cook of Visier Learn more about our digital events and the people data for good movement: www.pafow.net To ongoing learning, creativity, and compassion for the human experience!
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Sanja Licina, PhD of QuestionPro on PAFOW Live with Al Adamsen
Session Title: Empathy at Scale: How Employee Experience initiatives can humanize the work experience while still enabling performance and productivity Speaker: Sanja Licina, PhD of QuestionPro Theme: Worker / Employee Experience https://info.questionpro.com/employee-experience-assessment...
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Debbie McDonald and Elizabeth Dameron-Drew of Ways & Wane LLC on PAFOW Live with Al Adamsen
Session Title: Eldercare & Capacity: How to Work Well and Care Well Speakers: Debbie McDonald and Elizabeth Dameron-Drew of Ways & Wane LLC Theme: Worker / Employee Experience Follow Debbie on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ACoAACEwyQgBfsFn7KI9spdkHYxFK5Fq0DYDPi0/ Follow Elizabeth on...
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Dr. Cole Napper of Booster on PAFOW Live with Al Adamsen
Session Title: So you’re a People Analytics Leader: Now what? Choosing wisely in 2022 and beyond Speaker: Dr. Cole Napper of Booster Theme: Workforce Planning Follow Cole on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/colenapper/ Read more from Cole: https://medium.com/@cole.napper Careers at Booster:...
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Rob Sentz on PAFOW Live with Al Adamsen
Session Title: Want Talented Young Professionals? You'll have to start earlier Speaker: Rob Sentz of Tallo Theme: Workforce Planning Learn more about Tallo: https://tallo.com/ The Early Talent Playbook: https://tallo.com/how-to-attract-early-talent/ Follow Rob on Linkedin:...
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Dirk Jonker of Crunchr on PAFOW Live with Al Adamsen
Session Title: People Analytics: Building "and" Buying What's Required Speaker: Dirk Jonker of Crunchr Theme: HR Technology Learn more about Crunchr: https://www.crunchrapps.com/ Follow Dirk on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/crunchr/ Learn more about our digital events and the people data...
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Paul Rubenstein of Visier on PAFOW Live with Al Adamsen
Session Title: A Deeper Human Truth: How we connect managers and employees through data Speaker: Paul Rubenstein of Visier Theme: Learning & People Development Learn more about Visier: https://www.visier.com/ Follow Paul on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulrubensteinhr/ Visier Outsmart:...
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Kathi Enderes, PhD of the Josh Bersin Company on PAFOW Live with Al Adamsen
Session Title: Organization Design: Enabling Ongoing Agility, Adaptability, & Growth Speaker: Kathi Enderes, PhD of the Josh Bersin Company Theme: Workforce Planning https://joshbersin.com/ Organization Design: The Secret to Scaling for Growth:...
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AJ Herrmann of Cleveland Clinic on PAFOW Live with Al Adamsen
Session Title: Workforce Planning: Redesigning Work Down to the Studs Speaker: AJ Herrmann of Cleveland Clinic Theme: Workforce Planning Follow AJ on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewjherrmann/ Careers at Cleveland Clinic: https://jobs.clevelandclinic.org/search-jobs Strategic…
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Dave Fineman on PAFOW Live with Al Adamsen
Session Title: Workforce Planning: Its Essential Role in Preparing for the Future of Work Speaker: Dave Fineman Theme: Workforce Planning Learn more about our digital events and the people data for good movement: https://pafow.net/ To ongoing learning, creativity, and compassion for the human...
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Enpei Lam of Cushman & Wakefield on PAFOW Live with Al Adamsen
Session Title: Retention Strategies: Understanding Employee Experiences First Speaker: Enpei Lam of Cushman & Wakefield Theme: Worker / Employee Experience Follow Enpei on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/enpei-lam-b8337490/ Careers at Cushman & Wakefield:...
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Danielle Farage of Café on PAFOW Live with Al Adamsen
Session Title: The Social Hub: Its Unique Value to Hybrid Teams Speaker: Danielle Farage Theme: Future of Work & Work Strategy Learn more about our digital events and the people data for good movement: www.pafow.net To ongoing learning, creativity, and compassion for the human experience!
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For nearly a decade, this podcast has explored how people, organizations, and technology shape the future of work. Now, as The Adaptive Futures Podcast, the journey continues with deeper conversations about what it means to adapt and thrive in an age of Ai and constant disruption.Each week, host Al Adamsen sits down with executives, innovators, and change-makers to hear their personal stories—how they got to where they are, what they’re working on today, and what they believe the future of work will hold. Guests open up about their hopes, their concerns, and the lessons they’ve learned along the way.Episodes run about an hour in an audio-first format, offering a mix of narrative and insight. You’ll hear career advice for students, early-career professionals, and those navigating transition, as well as practical guidance for leaders striving to build inclusive cultures and engaged workforces.In addition to these in-depth interviews, The Adaptive Futures Podcast is also home to aud
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