Workplace trends, translated for HR decisions.
TalentCulture #WorkTrends turns HR trend reports and vendor conversations into practical workplace questions. Megan M. Biro steers warm, brisk interviews on AI hiring, people analytics, online misconduct, global employment, remote compliance, and performance development.
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TalentCulture #WorkTrends is an interview-led workplace show built around the questions HR teams are already asking. It is brisk, warm, and professionally conversational. Megan M. Biro anchors the conversations with a steady pattern: name the trend, ask what it means, bring in the data, then return to the people affected by the decision. Episodes focus heavily on AI, hiring, compliance, screening, and workforce analytics. The show treats workplace technology as useful but never neutral. AI note-taking, automated hiring tools, candidate fraud, resume assistance, and proof-of-personhood checks are discussed through the lens of transparency and trust. That human-first framing is one of the show's clearest habits. Even when the subject is technical, the conversation tends to come back to candidate experience, manager behavior, employee development, or organizational fairness. The guest roster gives the series a practical, HR-tech-forward feel. Sloan Tolleson talks about transparent recruiting and candidate trust at Checker. Jeff Fettner discusses performance insights and development planning at SAP SuccessFactors. Soren Hojby and Mick Collins bring people analytics and workforce planning into focus. Jamie Lizotte addresses remote-work compliance through HR and tax products at ComplyRight. Ben Monez explores online misconduct, screening, and monitoring through Fama's work with talent teams. The show is especially interested in the gap between what organizations can measure and what they should responsibly do with that signal. It also keeps returning to the reshaping of work, including global employment, employees willing to relocate abroad, and the infrastructure employers need when people no longer think about work in the same way. Some episodes have a sponsor-driven setup, but the useful material comes through in the applied scenarios and long-form answers. The pacing can feel like a live workplace discussion, with repetition and reframing used to make the takeaway land. It is not a narrative show or a hot-take panel. It is a pragmatic briefing room for HR professionals trying to make better calls in a faster, more complicated labor market.
Made for: Designed for HR leaders, recruiters, people managers, compliance owners, and workplace technology buyers tracking how AI, data, screening, and mobility are changing employment decisions.
What sets it apart: The show blends report language, vendor expertise, and conversational HR judgment, then keeps pulling technical topics back to trust, fairness, compliance, and employee experience.
You've been in the HR trenches for years. Now, are you ready to look toward the future? Join host, Meghan M Biro on the #WorkTrends podcast from TalentCulture as she talks about how work is changing. You'll get all the news you need to stay current, and hear from leading experts, HR tech vendors and HR practitioners about what inspires them. Join us on Twitter every Wednesday at 1:30 pm Eastern for a live chat using the hashtag #WorkTrends.
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Megan M. Biro makes HR technology legible by connecting hiring, screening, and performance systems to practical workplace decisions.
Megan M. Biro turns workplace technology into practical management questions on TalentCulture #WorkTrends. Her guest interviews connect hiring systems and employee development to the decisions organizations face, with a conversational style that keeps returning to how policies…
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Clear disclosure about where AI appears in hiring is what keeps the process credible.
Work Trends revisits how AI is changing hiring and the day-to-day relationship between HR teams and job seekers. Megan M. Biro and Sloane Tolleson keep the focus on trust, transparency, AI ethics, and candidate fraud, with fairness and a better candidate experience running…
A practical case for treating online behavior as workplace risk, not background noise.
Online misconduct screening sits at the center of this episode, treated as a real workplace risk rather than a vague policy talking point. Megan M.
A practical look at turning performance data into skill-building plans that give managers and employees a clearer next step.
Work Trends frames performance reviews as a practical starting point for development, with Megan M. Biro and Jeff Fettner of SAP SuccessFactors looking at how evaluation data can lead into skill building.
A grounded look at why relocation now sits inside the retention conversation.
Global employment comes through as a retention issue with a passport attached. Talent Culture's conversation with Laura Maffucci, GP's head of HR, moves cleanly from wider talent pools to the harder question of what happens when a valued employee wants to relocate abroad.
A grounded look at online screening, AI-assisted hiring, and the conduct signals employers need most.
Online screening turns into a workplace conduct and employee safety issue in this conversation with Ben Monez, CEO and founder of Fama. He explains why employers are looking past traditional interviews as AI-assisted resumes, real-time interview software, and proof-of-personhood…
A practical workplace case for treating quiet focus as a source of creativity, reflection, energy, and career leverage.
Introversion comes through as a practical workplace strength, with Jennifer Kahnweiler, PhD, connecting quiet time to creativity, innovation, deep reflection, and the need to decompress after stimulation. Megan M.
A grounded look at how online conduct can affect hiring decisions and workplace culture.
Online behavior comes through as a workplace risk that can show up before a hire is made, then grow more costly if misconduct becomes accepted inside an organization. Megan M.
Practical HR conversations for changing workplaces.
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Online behavior is now a workplace risk, and Megan keeps the question practical: what should HR do when public posts point to possible misconduct?
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This episode explores how people analytics is transforming HR and talent management by using data and AI to drive engagement, retention, and performance, featuring experts from SAP SuccessFactors.
This episode explores how AI is transforming hiring processes, addressing transparency and fairness gaps between HR teams and job seekers, with insights from recruiter Sloan Tolleson.
This episode explores how compliance requirements are changing in remote work environments, featuring an interview with Jamie Lizotte from ComplyRight about HR and tax compliance solutions.
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