Episodes

May 27, 2024

Startup with Purpose: Changing Lives Through Coding

In this episode, Ali Nawab interviews Austen Allred, CEO of BloomTech. They talk about the intricacies of Bloom's two-sigma problem, the transformative potential of AI in education, and the unique challenges and opportunities in the global education landscape. Austen shares …

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April 8, 2024

Reinventing Workplaces: Blending AI with Human-Centered Org Design

In this episode, Mackenzie Luong, Managing Director at Accenture, discusses the operating model and organization design with the host Ali Nawab. Their conversation revolves around reinventing workplaces by blending AI with human-centered organizational design. Mackenzie shares her unique perspective on …

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April 3, 2024

Innovate HR with a Strategic Workforce Planning Approach

In this episode of Ali's Boardroom, the host Ali Nawab engages in an interesting conversation with Nick Kennedy, Chairman of the Workforce Planning Institute. Nick shares his remarkable career trajectory, from being a mechanical engineer and later developing an interest …

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Jan. 16, 2024

HR in Business - Bridging Insight and Strategy

Join Ali Nawab in this captivating episode with guest Mark Putrus, Chief People Officer at Nativo. In this episode, Mark takes us on a journey from his early days in sales to becoming a maestro in orchestrating people and culture. …

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Oct. 10, 2023

HR and Finance Collaboration: The Secret Sauce to Organizational Tran…

On this week's episode, Ali sits down with Debbie Plager, an Organizational Strategist and Executive Coach at The Plager Group, a strategy consulting and executive coaching firm that works with individuals, teams, and organizations. Debbie is passionate about driving sustainable …

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Oct. 10, 2023

HR Success: Know the Business, Be Open to Change & Embrace the Number…

On this week's episode, Ali sits down with Kumar Anshu, the global head of organizational effectiveness and workforce planning at OLX Group. Kumar is an accomplished HR professional with more than 13 years of enriching experience across diverse HR functions …

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Oct. 10, 2023

Future of HR Leaders in 2024

99% of CEOs wish their HR leaders were more analytical or data-driven. Gone are the days when HR was solely about recruitment, employee engagement, and administrative tasks. The HR leader of the future must possess a critical skill set: a …

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Oct. 10, 2023

What’s Common Between HR and Finance?

HR speaks French, and Finance speaks German. So, how can CEOs get these two teams to work together? We live in a world where it's no longer sufficient for HR and Finance to operate in isolated silos. In this video, …

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Oct. 10, 2023

The Start of Agentnoon

Although HR speaks French, and Finance speaks German, they are often committed to the same end goal—a successful company and a thriving workforce. However, they approach these goals separately, relying on different insights, data, and strategies and, as a result, …

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Oct. 10, 2023

Why Agentnoon?

Why did Ali decide to build Agentnoon? Like most founders, Ali had lived a problem and was driven by frustration and passion to create a solution.

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Oct. 10, 2023

Future of Finance Leaders in 2024

Wouldn't it be nice if CEOs, HR, and finance people had a control panel? A type of tool that gives them a high-level summary of their key operational metrics and makes it easier to make decisions based less on gut …

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Oct. 10, 2023

Unlocking Alignment: How HR and Finance Can Work Towards Organization…

On this week's episode, Ali sits down with Russell Davis and Nilu Pabla to discuss how the collaboration between HR and Finance can lead to organizational alignment and business success. Nilu Pabla is the Chief Financial Officer at Revolution Entertainment …

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