​​Figuring out what our coworkers want from their working lives can sometimes feel impossible. Wants and needs are always shifting across career stages and generations and as the economy and politics drive change around us. Jodi speaks with Zabeen Hirji, who is redefining retirement with her Purposeful Third Act movement, and Claudette McGowan, CEO and founder of the cybersecurity company, Protexxa. They both have had impactful careers in big banks before starting their own companies, and have hired, developed and coached coworkers at every stage in their career – so who better to answer the question, “what do employees really want?”

Artificial intelligence is already reshaping the way we live, work, and learn, but progress without people at the centre isn’t progress at all. Jodi speaks to Sabrina Geremia, Vice President and Country Managing Director at Google Canada, about how HR leaders can evolve our tech and innovation strategies and pair them with our people strategies to make sure that we keep humanity at the forefront as we drive our businesses into an AI-enabled future.

Over the last 20 years, Helen Davies has held HR leadership roles at some of the world’s largest financial institutions. Today, as Senior Vice President, Head of Talent at TD Bank, she manages one of Canada’s largest workforces, hiring everyone from in-store bank tellers to investment bankers. Jodi and Sachi speak with Helen about what it’s like to be on the receiving end of over one million applications a year, how she’s seen the hiring landscape change amid high unemployment and how her team is preparing to replace record numbers of retiring employees.

According to CEO Mike Katchen, a core part of Wealthsimple’s success is the company’s culture: they partner wide-eyed ambition and rapid evolution with a Canadian kindness that allows them to be both fast-moving and a great place to work. Jodi and Mike talk about how to maintain startup energy as a business scales without sacrificing the things that make the company an award-winning workplace.

In the first episode of The New Work: An HRPA Podcast, co-hosts Jodi and Sachi explore how to elevate the human in HR with KeyAnna Schmiedl, Chief Human Experience Officer at Workhuman. KeyAnna shares how shifting the focus from human resources to human experience has impacted her workforce, how she measures success as a CHXO and how people leaders can design the future of work through the lens of human experience.

What’s working at work, and what’s not? The New Work: An HRPA Podcast is a new show that will help you stay ahead of the seismic shifts changing how we work with candid insights, bold ideas, and practical strategies you can use today. Join host and CEO of the Human Resources Professionals Association (HRPA), Jodi Kovitz, and co-host on select episodes, Sachi Kittur, VP Human Experience and Innovation at the HRPA, as they talk to trailblazers reshaping the workplace and leaders who are challenging industry norms to make the working world the best it can be. Listen to our trailer and follow wherever you get your podcasts. First episode launches October 22.