NHP Talent Group founder and The POZCAST host Adam Posner spent the recent Transform Conference in Las Vegas digging into a range of hot topics with HR and recruiting industry experts—gaining insights into trending topics and what’s to come in 2025. His high-profile interview lineup includes Greenhouse CEO Daniel Chait, Edelman EVP Amira Barger, Deloitte Future of HR Leader Kyle Forrest and HiBob CMO Sarah Reynolds, with must-see podcast episodes already dropping.

Ready-to-watch POZCAST episodes recorded at Transform include:

• Brett Coin, Chief of Talent Acquisition Transformation at Findem talks about his transition from practitioner to company leader, leveraging hire data as a strategy to increase recruiter productivity, talent pool management as a lever to increase candidate NPS, and using AI to consolidate tech stacks. Listen to the episode >>
  
• Mike Stafiej, Founder & CEO of ERIN, addresses enterprise buying trends in HR and recruiting, the impact of AI on recruiting teams, current challenges facing startup and business owners, and what he’s learned about business branding—like ERIN’s Red Shoe Crew! Listen to the episode >>
  
• Daniel Chait, CEO at Greenhouse, gets candid about what it means today to be a competitive company, the “strong yes” concept as it relates to hiring, the types of jobs most highly sought today, and what keeps him up at night as a CEO. Listen to the episode >>
  
• Amira Barger, Executive Vice President Health Communications and DEI Advisory at Edelman and author of “The Price of Nice,” talks about how niceness in the workplace holds back DEI progress, disrupting the status quo in workplace culture, elevating and supporting Black women in leadership, and workplace barriers drawn from her own professional experiences. Listen to the episode >>
• Sarah Reynolds, Chief Marketing Officer at HiBob, offers her perspective on all things pay transparency—including how it supports recruitment and retention efforts, technologies to help implement pay transparency policies, and addressing gender, racial and other pay disparities through benchmarking. Listen to the episode >>
• Angela Cheng-Cimini, Senior Vice President, Talent & CHRO for Harvard Business Publishing, dives into people-centric leadership and its challenges, how to find a mentor and be a good mentor/mentee, and why AAPI advocacy is so important. Listen to the episode >>

Other industry pros interviewed at Transform by Posner, with episodes still to come, include:

• Natasha Valani, Senior Vice President of HR for Tubi Media Group at Fox Corporation, addresses what most companies get wrong about talent development, the biggest barriers to diversity in tech, the strategies driving change, and how today’s leaders are fostering “learn it all” cultures in fast-paced environments.
  
• Author Mita Mallick, who wrote the best-seller “Reimagine Inclusion: Debunking 13 Myths to Transform Your Workspace,” discusses the current state of DEI, building genuine engagement and community on LinkedIn, how candidates can stand out in today’s market, and offers a glimpse into her new book, “The Devil Emails at Midnight: What Good Leaders Can Learn from Bad Bosses.”
  
• HR leader turned writer, speaker and podcaster Laurie Ruettimann gets candid about challenging conventional workplace norms, the one ingrained HR belief she would change, how technology is reshaping work and the opportunities it presents, and the conversations she hopes is sparked by her new book, “Corporate Drinker.”
  
• Cori Faro, VP of Talent Acquisition at Okta, discusses employee value propositions, driving a high-performance work culture by evaluating talent throughout the employee lifecycle, and the top challenges as a leader.
  
• AJ Thomas, Founder and CEO of The Troublemaker Lab, dives into the intersection of technology and humanity, investing in the future of entertainment and creativity, working on the future WITH the future, and how she strives for disruption.
  
• Industry newcomer Adria Ferrier, Co-Founder and CEO of Elayne, introduces the concept of estate planning support as a new employee benefit, the flaws in the estate management process that inspired her company launch, how companies can better support employees navigating loss, and her shift from private equity to entrepreneurship.
  
• Kyle Forrest, Future of HR Leader at Deloitte Consulting, discusses how companies can adopt skills-based hiring and workforce development to close the experience gap, redefining the manager’s role to further employee development, and why companies should be rethinking tech investments to enhance the employee experience.
  
• Industry veteran and i3 Talent Founder Steve Hunt talks about the biggest mistake companies make when designing tech-enabled HR processes, creating work environments that enhance adaptability and productivity, and the key to hiring success in today’s workforce.
  
• In the final episode of the Transform podcast series, Posner highlights his panel presentation with Greenhouse VP of Talent Planning & Acquisition Ariana Moon and Okta VP of Talent Acquisition Cori Faro, where they talk candidly about future-proofing talent acquisition by elevating the candidate experience, how they’re mastering the process, and their advice to other organizations.

These episodes of The POZCAST, sponsored by Greenhouse, will be available at https://www.thepozcast.com. Adam Posner can be seen next at UNLEASH America, taking place May 6-8 in Las Vegas, where he will interview another round of industry pros. 

About Adam Posner
Adam Posner is the Founder and President Director at NHP Talent Group: A Talent Access Consultancy, specializing in recruitment strategy, talent process and operations at start-ups, agencies and brands. He focuses on experts within Marketing, Performance Media, Creative, Product and Content Creation. He is also the host of the popular podcast #ThePOZcast, showcasing experts from the world of talent and HR, along with folks who share their amazing stories—all with the goal to help you harness your inner tenacity to drive your career forward.