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‘When leaders overlook culture or fail to invest in their people, trust erodes’: How SAP is boosting employee wellbeing

SAP Americas' Head of People & Culture Megan Smith speaks exclusively to UNLEASH to share how the software giant is tacking employee wellbeing - from Mental Health First Aid training to creating people-centric workplaces.

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IESE’s Professor Reiche: HR, you’re ‘doomed to fail’ if you take a blanket approach to AI

It's time for organizations to be more strategic about AI use - "if you trying to outsource too much to AI, you may not actually make the best decision". That's the view of IESE Business School's Professor Reiche - he sat down for an exclusive interview with UNLEASH to discuss HR's challenges and the solutions.

Fosway: HR is emerging as an intelligence-led function – here’s how to secure HR’s relevance for the future

Europe's leading HR industry analyst has published the 2025 iteration of its HR Realities research - now in it's 11th year, UNLEASH explores the full insights on HR in 2025 with David Perring, Chief Insight Officer at Fosway Group.

How unicorn company Deputy is focusing on ‘needs, realities, and experiences’ to transform shift work

Struggling with productivity and attrition? Rethink your corporate communications, finds Staffbase

UKG’s acquisition of Mo brings the ‘power of recognition to more organizations and people than ever before’

IBM: If AI deployment is done right, the future of work is HR leaders’ biggest opportunity yet

You can’t be successful with AI if you don’t have the right foundations, says KPMG’s Trusted AI Leader

How the push for efficiency sparked a corporate culture recession

Indeed: Employees can thrive – but 23% aren’t reaching their full potential due to poor wellbeing

EY: ‘HR leaders must focus on closing talent gaps between human and AI readiness’

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Beyond the Expo: UNLEASH World 2025 with SAP SuccessFactors and SmartRecruiters

Rebecca Carr, CEO of SmartRecruiters, and Lara Albert, CMO of SAP SuccessFactors, explore how agentic AI, data transparency, and personalization are transforming talent acquisition.

Beyond the Expo: UNLEASH World 2025 with Hirevue’s Chief Evangelist

Hirevue’s Dina Taylor on balancing innovation, ethics, and humanity in hiring.

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CHROs are under pressure to redefine how work gets done. Workhuman CEO Eric Mosley believes the key lies in human connection.

UNLEASH America 2025: Employees’ clarion call for the future of work: ‘Skill me up so I’m ready for AI’

At UNLEASH America 2025, industry analyst Josh Bersin sat down with Editor-in-Chief Nima Sherpa Green for an exclusive interview about HR and the AI revolution. Watch the full video to find out why focusing on your people will help you get the best ROI out of AI.

UNLEASH America 2025: CEOs are finally getting the memo that ‘talent is the way to have continuous transformation in an organization’

At UNLEASH America 2025, Gary Bolles, Chair for the Future of Work at Singularity University, sat down with UNLEASH for an exclusive interview to discuss the ongoing challenges AI presents to HR leaders, and how the mindset around talent will be a crucial element for HR leaders going forward.

UNLEASH America 2025: Bad actors are getting very clever, so HR needs to create a culture of critical thinking to question the unexpected

In this exclusive video interview, Doug Fisher, Chief Security & AI Officer at Lenovo, sat down with us at UNLEASH America to discuss mitigating the serious risks around AI. What role should HR play?

UNLEASH America 2025: ‘Good human-centered design is desirable, feasible and good for business’

At UNLEASH America 2025, Sue Lam, VP of Global People Analytics, Culture, Strategy & Planning at The Coca-Cola company, sat down with UNLEASH for an exclusive interview to discuss how the multinational giant is delivering human-centered experiences.

UNLEASH America 2025: ‘Skills advance and empower our workforce on our journey of change and transformation’

At UNLEASH America 2025, Jamaal Sebastian-Barnes, Vice President of Talent & Culture, sat down with UNLEASH for an exclusive interview to discuss the importance of reskilling to building the workforce of the future.

UNLEASH America 2025: ‘Everything we thought we knew about leadership is turning upside down – which is really exciting’

At UNLEASH America 2025, Brian Glaser, VP and Chief Talent & Learning Officer at Google, sat down with UNLEASH to discuss humanistic leadership amid uncertainty and technological change.

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The CHRO’s New Frontier

At the recent UNLEASH World 2025 CHRO Summit, senior HR leaders from across the globe explored what it truly takes to lead through disruption and to design for a future where people, data, and intelligent technology move in sync.

Burnout and the incoming AI tidal wave

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Workhuman and UNLEASH: As ‘champions of change’ we want our partnership to make work more meaningful

Kick off your UNLEASH World experience today with Workhuman Forum Paris 2025!

Recognition With Impact: Moving Past Symbolism to Strategic Value

Insights from a conversation with senior HR leaders around the challenges, opportunities, and real-world strategies for making recognition a core part of business strategy.

Redefining the Next Wave of Work with Hitachi Digital

Get the lowdown on how agentic AI is reshaping talent, productivity, and leadership with insights from an exclusive conversation with senior HR leaders at UNLEASH World, hosted by Ema.

Mission Possible: The CHRO’s Role in Solving the CEO’s Top Problems

A summary of an Executive Roundtable conversation at UNLEASH World 2025, hosted by BCG, on why geopolitics must be on the CHRO agenda.

Empowering the Frontline Workforce with AI and Human-Centric Leadership

Insights from a closed-door conversation with senior HR leaders at UNLEASH World 2025, hosted by UKG.

The CHRO’s New Frontier

At the recent UNLEASH World 2025 CHRO Summit, senior HR leaders from across the globe explored what it truly takes to lead through disruption and to design for a future where people, data, and intelligent technology move in sync.

Burnout and the incoming AI tidal wave

Leadership imperatives for thriving in a chaotic world

Workhuman and UNLEASH: As ‘champions of change’ we want our partnership to make work more meaningful

Kick off your UNLEASH World experience today with Workhuman Forum Paris 2025!

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