Episodes: 44
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 5.0/5.0
Estimated listeners: 100 - 1,000
Listener location: USA
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Barb Bidan - A CHRO and human resources expert focused on how AI is reshaping HR leadership and the future of work.
Alan House - Leadership Capabilities, HR Business Partnerships, Frontline Operations, And The Role Of AI In Hr.
Dessalen Wood - People Strategy, Employee Experience, Organizational Change, And AI Maturity And Adoption.
Dana Kellerman - AI Readiness, Business Acumen, HR Function Design, And Organizational Capabilities.
L. David Kingsley - AI Adoption In HR, Workforce Planning, Automation, And Balancing Technology With Human Judgment.
Jeff Ostermann - Human-centered AI Adoption, Customer And Employee Relationships, And The Role Of Technology In Hr.
Why HR has to keep earning its seat at the table at Ojos Locos
October 27, 2026
SummaryYessica Perez, Chief People Officer at Ojos Locos Sports Cantina, has spent more than 20 years in HR leading people work in fast-moving frontline businesses. Ojos Locos has nearly doubled its footprint since 2022, growing from 18 to 35 restaurants, so her work sits where growth, labor pressure, customer experience and frontline execution meet.Yessica tells host Barb Bidan why HR's seat at the table now has to be earned again and again: by knowing the P&L, framing risk as a business...
Raising the capability bar for OTG's $140M airport leaders
October 08, 2026
SummaryAlan House, Chief People Officer at OTG Concessions Management, runs HR for a hospitality business with more than 350 restaurant and retail locations in North American airports and more than 5,000 crew members. Some of those airport operations are $100 million-plus businesses on their own, which is why his current work is about raising the capability bar for the leaders who run them.Alan walks host Barb Bidan through what an airport director actually owns, the capability assessment OTG...
Real change vs. imagined emergencies: Syntax's approach to HR
October 06, 2026
SummaryDessalen Wood has led people teams across retail, entertainment, and HR tech, from Disney Stores, Hudson's Bay, Reitmans, and Cineplex to CPO of ThoughtExchange, and now serves as Global Chief People Officer at Syntax, where she leads people strategy for 3,000 employees across 15 countries. On The Human Element, she and host Barb Bidan dig into how CHROs can separate real change from imagined emergencies when the function is constantly told it is about to be reinvented.Dessalen explain...
The Josh Bersin Company · High booking difficulty · 1,000 - 10,000 listeners
The Human Element | CHRO & HR Leadership Podcast is hosted by Barb Bidan. Its publicly listed email is tanner@growthwizards.io. For guest bookings, the host or producer is usually the best person to reach. Podseeker helps you find direct host and producer contacts and pitch from your own inbox.
The publicly listed email for The Human Element | CHRO & HR Leadership Podcast: tanner@growthwizards.io.
Podseeker estimates The Human Element | CHRO & HR Leadership Podcast reaches 100 to 1,000 listeners per episode. Only the publisher has exact numbers.
The Human Element | CHRO & HR Leadership Podcast typically books industry leaders. Typical guest background: Senior HR executives, such as CHROs and chief people officers, with direct responsibility for people strategy and practical experience leading organizational or AI-related change. Common among recent guests: Led people functions at established organizations; Implemented or guided AI adoption and workforce transformation; Built or redesigned HR strategies, teams, or operating practices. Recent guests include Alan House, Dessalen Wood, and Dana Kellerman.
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