Workday pros know this truth better than anyone: the system is never just the system. It’s the people, the processes, the structure underneath it… and the decisions that either make it sing or make it break. In this episode of WaveMakers, we sit down with someone who’s lived every side of that equation. Greg Laney has one of the most multidimensional careers in our ecosystem — recruiting, compensation, HRIS, analytics, teaching, global leadership, and now author of a storytelling-driven book about HRIS implementation. He’s also one of the earliest Workday adopters, back when documentation was thin and “best practices” mostly […]

Chapters

• (00:00:00) - Is AI a Threat to Your Job?
• (00:00:37) - A Day in the Life of Greg Laney
• (00:02:01) - Keynote With Greg Laney
• (00:02:33) - How Workday Went From Recruitment to Systems
• (00:05:12) - ADP Network: The Experience of Working With Workday
• (00:07:24) - In the Elevator With Workday's Systems
• (00:13:20) - Does Workday Need a Data-centric Tool?
• (00:14:24) - Compensation in the Workday
• (00:16:27) - WD Beacon: AI and Compensation
• (00:22:20) - The One Minute Solution: Teaching and Learning
• (00:28:20) - Why Storytelling Is So Important in Data & Analytics
• (00:30:04) - Writing The Book: A Lifelong Experience
• (00:34:27) - What Makes a HRS Leader So Special?
• (00:35:43) - Employee Retention: More Compensation vs. Purpose
• (00:36:50) - Reveal: Lost in Space
• (00:41:39) - WD Beacon Compensation Dashboard