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Is AI the End of Cognitive Effort?

We’ve entered a paradoxical era of work. While AI is saving employees an average of 10 hours a week, a "productivity bubble" has emerged. Instead of using that found time for innovation, many are spending nearly half of it reworking and contextualizing AI’s output. Are we becoming faster at the expense of our own critical thinking? In this episode, Aashna Kircher, SVP of HR Products at Workday, and Jacqueline Carter, Managing Partner at Potential Project, dive into the psychological and structural shifts required to thrive in the age of AI. They move beyond the technical hype to explore "automation bias," the biological pull of the "easy button," and why the most important skill of 2026 won’t be prompt engineering—it will be discernment.

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26 min
MAR 3

Building Agents & Removing Friction, with Kelly McCord of SimpliPhi

Nothing is stopping your legal team from functioning like a high-performing business unit - except a lack of understanding and clarity on the real potential of AI. In this episode of Meeting of the Minds - The Legal AI Podcast, hosts Hal Marcus and Memme Onwudiwe sit down with Kelly McCord, Founder and Principal Consultant at SimpliPhi Management LLC and former head of legal operations at HSBC, to explore how to leverage AI and automation to transform legal workflows. What You'll Learn: How to cross-train multiple LLMs simultaneously to compound results Why legal ops professionals need baseline AI literacy, not deep technical expertise The practical framework for embedding legal earlier in business decisions How to build AI agents with guardrails that automate routine work while preserving human control The skill-building path to AI competency in legal operations How to reduce contract negotiation cycles from weeks to hours using agent-to-agent negotiations About the Guest: Kelly McCord is the Founder and Principal Consultant at SimpliPhi Management LLC, a legal operations consulting firm. With over 20 years of experience spanning engineering, business process consulting, financial services, and legal operations (including her role as Head of Legal Operations at HSBC), Kelly has become a pioneering voice in legal technology and AI implementation. Her work helping corporate legal teams integrate cutting-edge AI tools while maintaining quality human oversight makes her a leading voice for legal operations professionals seeking to modernize their functions and demonstrate clear value to the broader organization. Episode Resources Kelly McCord on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kelly-m-mccord/ SimpliPhi Website: https://simpliphillc.com/ Workday Contract Management: https://www.workday.com/en-us/products/contract-management/overview.html Hal Marcus on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/halmarcus/ Memme Onwudiwe on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/memmeonwudiwe/ Theme music: "Load" Copyright © 1996 by Hal Marcus.

Mar 3

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42 min
FEB 24

From Apps to Agents: Turning Global Data into a Defensible AI Moat - Future of Work Podcast

Learn why the next era of SaaS isn't about more features, but about removing the human friction from the business process. Workday President of Product and Technology Gerrit Kazmaier joins Justin Furby, Workday's vice president of investor relations, to discuss the shift toward agentic AI that personifies reasoning, moving beyond simple automation to create systems that finally deliver on the ROI promise of the cloud. He explores how, by opening the platform with thousands of AI-ready connectors, the future of SaaS is an intelligent, interconnected ecosystem that acts as a proactive collaborator, not just a database.

Feb 24

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29 min
JAN 27

Is AI Killing Human Connection? - Future of Work Podcast

Workday’s Chris Ernst and Carrie Varoquiers discuss the impact of AI on the workplace and their search for solutions to a “crisis of loneliness and disconnection.”

Jan 27

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17 min
FEB 3

The HR Advantage in the Age of AI - Future of Work Podcast

Workday's Liz Jennings is joined by Kunal Sethi, vice president of HR Digital Strategy at Medtronic, to explore how AI is reshaping the future of human resources. From early wins across more than 200 AI use cases to building a unified HR strategy, this conversation highlights how Medtronic is turning AI into a catalyst for both efficiency and human impact.

Feb 3

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5 min
MAR 3

Workday President of Product on AI’s Productivity Trap

In this Season 2 premiere episode, Workday CMO Emma Chalwin and President of Product and Technology Gerrit Kazmaier pull back the curtain on the "Productivity Bubble." Gerrit explains why the shift from deterministic to probabilistic systems has created a massive verification gap. Learn why the next era of work isn't about faster tools, but a fundamental shift in human reasoning and leadership judgment.

Mar 3

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11 min
2025-12-16

Is AI Taking Your Job? The Human Skills That Make You Irreplaceable - Future of Work Podcast

Workday’s Kathy Pham sits down with former IBM CHRO Diane Gherson to explore how AI can elevate human work. Together, they unpack the skills, workflows, and leadership models needed to make work more meaningful in the AI era.

2025-12-16

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18 min
2025-12-09

Why Payroll Has Earned a Seat at the Strategy Table - Future of Work Podcast

This episode explores why payroll is entering a “golden age.” Join analyst Pete A. Tiliakos and Workday’s Cristina Goldt to unpack how modern tools, workforce data, and AI are elevating payroll into a strategic driver of business performance. Learn what’s changing, why it matters, and how payroll leaders can seize the moment. To download the report on insights to unlock your payroll engine, visit: https://forms.workday.com/en-us/reports/roi-of-modern-payroll/form.html?step=step1_default

2025-12-09

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31 min
JAN 13

Is Legal Still the "Department of No"?: Legal’s New Role in AI - Future of Work Podcast

Legal doesn’t have to be the “department of no.” Aine Lyons, senior vice president and deputy general counsel at Workday, and Vanessa Candela, chief legal and trust officer at Celonis, explore how trust-first frameworks help AI move faster and more responsibly.

Jan 13

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30 min
FEB 17

Why Your AI Pilot Is Failing - Future of Work Podcast

Is your organization actually getting value from AI, or are you just measuring logins? In this episode, Workday Ventures leaders sit down with the founders of AI-first companies Laurel and Uplimit to pull back the curtain on enterprise AI. We move beyond the hype to discuss why "adoption" is a vanity metric and how to identify the "aha moments" that turn skeptical employees into power users.

Feb 17

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17 min

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