Practical HR tech thinking from a Nordic lens.
The HR Digi Podcast tracks the point where HR work meets systems, data, AI, and leadership. Anna Karlsson turns event observations, maturity models, and practitioner examples into clear arguments about why digital HR often stalls before it changes the business.
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The HR Digi Podcast is a practical show about the digital rebuilding of HR. Its center of gravity is not hype, but readiness. Anna Karlsson looks at AI, people analytics, HR systems, events, and maturity models through the question of what actually changes inside an organization. The show often begins with a concrete scene: a panel, a conference room, a Swedish meetup, or a LinkedIn question about why AI is urgent. From there, it widens into a framework. That structure gives the podcast a useful discipline. It keeps returning to the difference between buying technology and becoming capable of using it well. Recent episodes argue that AI in HR is blocked less by imagination than by fragmented data, weak integration, unclear process ownership, and leadership treating transformation as someone else's assignment. The show also spends time on adoption, which gives it a more grounded feel than many HR tech conversations. A dashboard can be accurate and still unused. A people analytics team can be advanced and still fail to shape decisions if managers do not trust the work or build habits around it. The maturity model episodes make that tension plain. Operational HR can be respected, collaborative, and efficient, while still not being data mature. Karlsson's argument is that the next level requires a different relationship with the business, where people data and business data meet in decisions that matter. The Nordic angle gives the show additional texture, especially when it describes a region that is broadly digital yet still uneven in HR technology readiness. Event-focused episodes are also part of the pattern. They are less travel guide than field report, comparing formats, vendors, discussion quality, and the kind of learning HR professionals can bring back to their organizations. The English-language shift makes the show more accessible beyond its Swedish beginnings while keeping a direct, working-practitioner voice. It suits people who already know the HR vocabulary and want a clear account of where the harder work begins.
Made for: For HR leaders, people analytics practitioners, HR tech specialists, and business-facing HR professionals who need clearer ways to discuss digital maturity, AI readiness, and adoption. It also suits listeners choosing conferences or building internal arguments for better HR data work.
What sets it apart: The show connects HR technology debates to maturity, adoption, and organizational behavior instead of treating tools as the main story. Its Nordic perspective and event-grounded examples make broad AI claims feel closer to the work HR teams actually face.
In this podcast, we explore how digital tools, AI, data and innovation are shaping the future of work and HR — creating value for organisations, employees and leaders. Originally launched in Swedish, the podcast is now published in English. Episodes 1–104 are in Swedish; from episode 105 onward, all new episodes are in English. Contact: [email protected]
Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
A clear guide to HR events and digital maturity at a 2026 turning point.
The episode frames 2026 as a tipping point for HR digitalization, with Anna Karlsson using the relaunch of HR Digi podcast to push a simple case: HR leaders need to treat digital capability as more than a technical upgrade.
A practical modern-HR discussion with enough operational detail to stay concrete.
Fiskars turns a familiar HR question into something more grounded: what happens when transformation stops being a slogan and starts changing daily operations, staffing, and business readiness.
Practical HR conversations for changing workplaces.
Anna Karlsson's central claim is that "structure isn't the same thing as value": most organizations stop at level three of her five-level HR maturity ladder, just before the larger returns begin.
The host analyzes survey results from an HR tech conference showing that 87% of attendees rate their organizations at operational level or below on a digital maturity scale, highlighting a gap in HR technology advancement.
This episode explores why People Analytics often fails in organizations despite specialists knowing what works, based on insights from a Swedish meetup where practitioners shared frustrations about the adoption gap.
2026 is treated as the year HR has to stop watching digital change from the hallway.
The host introduces the HR Digi podcast's new English format, discusses her recent illness and attendance at Sweden's largest HR event, and teases upcoming content about frontline workers and HR technology.
The host discusses the urgency around adopting AI in the workplace, prompted by a LinkedIn question asking why we must rush to use AI.
Anna Karlsson and Emira Blomberg examine organizational AI adoption after Anna’s visit to HR Technology Conference and Exposition in Las Vegas.
The HR Digi Podcast examines why HR digitalization projects succeed or fail, with Åsa Landin linking outcomes to clear goals and organizational engagement.
The HR Digitalization Podcast examines how Anna Karlsson, Emira Blomberg, and Åsa Landin approach HR digitalization projects from organizational need to measurable effect.
Anna Karlsson and Emira provide advice on how organizations should prioritize for 2025, focusing on HR digitalization, AI, sustainability, and practical planning tips.
This episode explores skillstek (skills tech) with guest Lisa Gentou-Hedqvist from 365 Talent, discussing how technology can identify and develop employee skills to benefit both individuals and organizations.
This episode explores skillstek (skills technology) with guest Lisa Gentoo-Hedqvist from 365 Talent, discussing how it helps organizations identify and develop employee skills for competitive advantage and dynamic work environments.
Anna Karlsson and Emira Blomberg discuss insights from HR Tech 2024 in Las Vegas, including key reports on AI, digitalization, and people analytics, with a focus on Sweden's position compared to global trends.
This episode explores HR and tech trends for 2024, summarizing insights from reports, the HR Tech event in Las Vegas, and Swedish studies on AI and digitalization in the workplace.
["Anna Karlsson interviews Anna Mindel\u00f6, Chief People Officer at Fiskars Group, a Finnish house of brands with 14 brands, 7,500 employees, and 375 years of history.