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foHRsight: HR, Leadership & the Future of Work
You’re leading people through constant change. Evolving expectations, AI disruption, and rising pressure to get culture and performance right.
If you’re an HR leader, People and Culture executive, or senior business leader shaping the future of work, foHRsight is for you.
foHRsight: HR, Leadership & the Future of Work is a weekly podcast from future foHRward, hosted by Mark Edgar and Naomi Titleman Colla. Each episode explores the most pressing issues facing HR and leadership today, including employee engagement, retention, flexible work, leadership effectiveness, and the real impact of AI on organizations.
Through candid conversations with CHROs, senior leaders, and forward-thinking experts, foHRsight delivers practical insight and strategic perspective you can apply immediately. The goal is simple: help you make better people decisions, build stronger organizations, and lead with confidence in an increasingly complex world of work.
Follow foHRsight on your favourite podcast platform and join the future foHRward community, a growing network of HR and People leaders connecting through conversation, events, and shared insight on what’s next for work.
Episodes
171 episodes
What High Performing Teams Do Differently With Meetings with Rebecca Hinds
Most leaders know meetings are broken. What’s harder to admit is that we keep reinforcing the system that makes them that way.Calendars are full. Teams are exhausted. And yet, meetings continue to multiply. Not because they work, but bec...
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The Psychology Behind Hard Conversations with Gustavo Razzetti
What happens when smart, capable teams keep having meetings, but nothing really moves?In this episode, Gustavo Razzetti joins Naomi Titleman to unpack the hidden cost of the conversations teams avoid. He argues that many workplace breakd...
HR as a Signal, Not a Clean Up Crew with Ned Eustace
Something feels off.A leader who used to be effective is becoming controlling. A team that used to work well together is suddenly tense. Conversations are getting sharper, more personal, more certain.And yet, the numbers still loo...
Why Caregiving Is a Workplace Issue with Raymond Lavine
Caregiving rarely shows up neatly at work.It shows up as distraction. Exhaustion. Missed capacity. A high performer who suddenly cannot take on one more thing. A manager who is present in the meeting, but mentally somewhere else. And for...
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How Leaders Build Teams That Can Actually Adapt with Marianne Bachynski
Work is changing faster than many organizations know how to lead through.Between AI, constant transformation, and growing complexity, many leaders are still relying on outdated habits: top-down decision-making, poor communication, and th...
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The Real Reason Employees Feel Burned Out at Work with Liane Davey
Work doesn’t feel sustainable right now.Employees are overwhelmed, leaders are exhausted, and organizations are trying to solve burnout by reducing workload - but what if that’s not the real problem?In this episode, organizational...
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The Disconnection Crisis with Dr. Tracy Brower
Most HR leaders are chasing engagement scores.Very few are diagnosing loneliness.If performance feels flatter… if initiative is fading… if teams feel more transactional than connected, this episode explains why.In this convers...
Why HR’s Role Is Expanding in an AI-Driven Organization with Josh Bersin Part 2
HR leaders are being asked to modernize faster than their organizations are ready for. New AI tools appear weekly, vendors promise transformation, and the pressure to “do something” keeps mounting. At the same time, most HR teams are still runn...
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The Super Worker Organization - AI Goes Enterprise with Guest Josh Bersin - Part 1
If you’re leading HR right now, it can feel like the ground is moving under your feet. You’re still expected to deliver flawless service, keep costs down, and manage risk, while your CEO quietly expects you to redesign the workforce for an AI e...
How High Achievers Get Stuck and What Actually Creates Influence
You can be brilliant, hardworking, and respected — and still feel like you’re running full-speed into an invisible wall. For many senior leaders (especially high-achieving women), the instinct is to push harder: take on more, prove more, hold m...
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Thriving with Anxiety — Dr. David Rosmarin on Turning Fear into Fuel
Success in HR often comes with a hidden job: absorbing everyone else’s anxiety. You’re expected to soothe, steady, and “make it okay”, even when what people are feeling is a normal response to real pressure and uncertainty.In this episod...
Why Entry-Level Jobs Need to Change, Not Disappear with Miranda Rodak
Entry-level roles are being labeled “obsolete.” But what if the real issue isn’t AI — it’s how we’ve designed early-career work for decades?In this episode of foHRsight, we explore why entry-level jobs aren’t going away, but p...
How AI is Transforming Frontline Staffing and Workforce Management with James Terry
James Terry shares how Indeed Flex is revolutionizing frontline staffing through AI-powered solutions, enabling 24/7 candidate interviews, same-day pay, and unprecedented workforce flexibility for hourly workers.Topics Covered:
Unlocking Human Potential with AI: Insights from “The AI Guy” Vaseem bAIg
This episode, Naomi was joined by Vaseem bAIg, otherwise known as “The AI Guy”, whose passion is making artificial intelligence accessible for everyone. Vaseem brings a wealth of experience in helping people and organizations navigate the world...
Breaking Barriers to Parenthood: How Jackie Hanson and Sprout Family Are Transforming Fertility Support at Work
Jackie Hanson is CEO and Co-founder of Sprout Family, Canada's first end-to-end family building platform launched in 2024. Jackie was inspiried to build her mission based company following the experience of her own parents who went through IVF....
2025 Year-End Reflections & Future Foresight: Navigating Trust and AI in HR
It’s New Years Day so perfect timing for this week’s episode to drop as co-hosts Mark and Naomi catch-up on their reflections on 2025 and predictions for 2026.Key discussion topics include:2025 Insight...
Unlocking High Potential: How Top Talent Thrives—and What Holds Them Back Insights from Glain Roberts-McCabe on Engaging and Leading High Performers
This episode features Naomi Titleman meeting with Glain Roberts-McCabe, Founder & President of The Roundtable Inc. They dive deep into high-potential talent research, exploring what engages top performers and what causes them t...
Managing Your Emotions with Guest Greg Stewart
This episode of features Mark Edgar interviewing Greg Stewart, a counselor, executive coach, and consultant at Becoming More. Greg is the author of books on harnessing negative emotions.Greg shares his path from ministry to counseling to...
Supporting Women Through Life Transitions with Guests Maturn
This week podcast co-host Mark Edgar connects with the co-founders of Maturn, Jen Murtagh and Sonja Baikogli Foley to talk about the incredible work they do to support women through life-stage transitions at work including fertility, maternity ...
The Wisdom of Ignorance with Guest Alan Gregerman
In this week’s episode, Mark Edgar connects with author and business consultant Alan Gregerman who shares insights from his latest book “The Wisdom of Ignorance”. Alan provides his perspective on the dynamic world of work and what organizations...
Celebrating 150 Episodes with Our Friends Anna Petosa & Greg Smith
Mark and Naomi celebrate their 150th episode milestone by hosting two special guests: Anna Petosa from Rock Paper People and Greg Smith the author of Safe Brave Places. The conversation covers their HR career journeys, current challenges in the...
Why Feeling Ideas Works Better Than Hearing Them with Guest Andrea Guertin
In this week’s episode Naomi connects with Andrea Guertin who is the Founder & President of Wemaygo. Andrea was educated in interior architecture but has spent her career in strategy. She taught management consultants how to thi...
Play As a Tool For Learning and Culture Building with Guest Alex Suchman
This week co-host Naomi Titleman connects with Alex Suchman who is CEO & Co-founder of Barometer XP – a culture measurement and adjustment company.In this episode they talk about how companies can leverage play to build cultures that...
Collecting Workspaces with Guest Aamna Coskun
This week co-host Mark Edgar has connects ith Aamna Coskun to learn more about her HR journey. Aamna is Founder of PocketHR with extensive experiences across a broad range of sectors and HR disciplines.Aamna describes herself as a "colle...
Using AI to 10x Performance by Focusing On Humans with Guest Jodi Baker Calamai
This week co-host Naomi Titleman has the opportunity to connect with future foHRward friend Jodi Baker Calamai. Jodi is the National Managing Partner for Deloitte’s Human Capital Practice in Canada.They explore how artificial intelligenc...
