What happens when you stop looking outside for talent and start unlocking the full potential of the people already on your team?

That is exactly what host David Green and his guests explore in this episode of the Digital HR Leaders Podcast.

Joining David are Patricia Frost, Chief People and Places Officer at Seagate Technology, and Ruslan Tovbulatov, Chief Marketing Officer at Gloat, the platform partner behind Seagate’s internal talent marketplace, TalentLink. And together, they share how Seagate reimagined its approach to workforce planning by pausing external hiring and focusing on the talent already in-house.

In this conversation, expect to hear how Seagate:

• Shifted from external recruitment to unlocking internal potential

• Created transparency and trust to support employee-driven growth

• Integrated AI to enhance - not replace - the human workforce

• Rebranded their platform to reflect a purpose-led, people-first strategy

• Helped employees navigate the emotional side of change and adoption

This episode, sponsored by Gloat, is a practical, inspiring look at how to future-proof your workforce by starting with the people who are already part of it.

Gloat is the world’s first work and workforce operating system for the AI era, helping leading companies like Seagate turn AI potential into real productivity by empowering people to work smarter, faster, and with purpose.

Visit gloat.com to learn more.

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Have you ever downplayed a part of who you are just to feel accepted at work?

Maybe it was your background, your beliefs, or even just your personality. That quiet act of self-editing - called covering - is more common than many realise, and it comes at a high cost to individuals and organisations alike.

In this episode of the Digital HR Leaders podcast, host David Green is joined by Rami Tzafrir, Senior Director of Talent, Organisation and Learning at HiBob, to unpack powerful new research on covering in the workplace. Together, they explore why this behaviour is not just a personal issue but a signal of deeper organisational challenges—and what HR can do about it.

Key topics explored in the conversation include:

• What covering really means, and why so many employees do it

• Headline findings from HiBob’s global research on identity in the workplace

• Which groups are most likely to cover, and why

• How covering impacts performance, engagement, and career progression

• The link between covering and psychological safety

• What HR can do to create cultures of transparency and trust

• The complex role AI may play in either reinforcing or reducing covering

This is a conversation that challenges traditional ideas of inclusion and calls for a more human approach to organisational culture.

Want to build a culture where people feel free to be themselves?

Download HiBob’s new report, “Hidden at work: The human cost of covering in today's workplaces”, at www.hibob.com/covering.

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Is your HR tech stack fixing real business problems, or just fuelling the shiny object hype?

With new HR technologies arriving faster than ever, many organisations are quick to jump on the next big thing. But in the rush to modernise, are we losing sight of the real business problems we’re meant to be solving?

In this episode of the Digital HR Leaders podcast, host David Green is joined by Matthew Brown, Director of Research, HCM at ISG, whose diverse career spans practitioner, former Chief People Officer, and now respected industry analyst. And together they tackle a fundamental question: Are we truly leveraging HR technology to create business value, or are we just keeping up with trends?

Tune in and join them as they explore:

• Why the disconnect between HR and tech adoption persists, and how to bridge it

• The risks of adopting AI without clear business purpose

• Why data quality remains an overlooked but critical obstacle

• What HR tech vendors should be doing to ethically upskill their customers

• When reimplementation of existing systems may be a smarter choice than replacement

• How to distinguish genuine tech partners from transactional vendors

If you’re questioning whether your HR tech strategy is driving real results or just driving activity, this conversation, sponsored by HiBob, offers timely insight, practical guidance, and fresh perspective from both sides of the industry.

HiBob is a fast-growing new leader in the HCM market. In fact, according to HR tech guru Josh Bersin, HiBob is one of the few SaaS companies that have successfully cracked the code on user experience.

Josh Bersin says that Bob is not only feature-rich but genuinely enjoyable to use.

Read his review of Bob--as an HR tech analyst and user--at www.hibob.com/davidgreen2025.

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