The End of ‘One-Size-Fits-All’ Reward
Workforces have become more diverse, more distributed and more dynamic than at any point in recent memory. And yet many reward structures remain broadly standardised, designed to apply consistently across the organisation, regardless of context.
The Reward Strategy Link to Employee Experience
Reward has always been one of the most powerful levers organisations have to influence behaviour, attract talent and drive performance. And yet, in many organisations, it is also one of the least effective.
Why most workforce strategies fail (and what to do instead)
Workforce strategy has never been more important, or more misunderstood. Despite this, workforce decisions are still too often made reactively. Hiring to fill immediate gaps, responding to short-term demand, or relying on instinct rather than insight. So what’s a more effective approach?
AI isn’t the future of work: it’s already the experience of work
Artificial intelligence is one of the most talked-about forces reshaping how work gets done. We’ve been digging into this topic across multiple episodes of The Common Experience podcast — from leadership and ethics to lifelong learning and sector-specific impact. Here’s what we’ve learned.
Incentives are an experience design lever (not just a pay mechanism)
If you want incentives to drive behaviour, engagement and retention — they must be designed as part of the employee experience, not bolted on to remuneration.
That’s where the Four Ps of Incentive Design become powerful.
What do you do with a problem like AI?
Kedar and Graeme wax poetic about the AI journey that organisations are on today, from compliance to utopian future states, this conversation has it all.
AI and Life Long Learning
Adam delights us with his varied career journey which has a deep focus on life long learning that he is now using to engage with AI.
AI and Leadership
Dana brings a unique Leadership lens to the conversation which darts from Leadership to AI and then connects the two.
Wage Compliance and Payroll
Tim Whitbourn discusses the complexity of running enterprise Payroll teams amidst the Wage Compliance challenges organisations currently face.
AI in the not-for-profit sector
Internationally experienced HR Director Brett Reid chats to us about the impact of AI in the Not for Profit sector.
AI and data with an ethical lens
Kanella Salapatas dives deep into how enterprises are using AI and the ethics of how we use our employee data. Listen to the latest episode of The Common Experience podcast.
Getting value out of large HR technology implementations
Brad De Groot joins Graeme and Kedar on The Common Experience podcast to talk through being a trusted advisor during HR Technology implementations.
Productivity in a hybrid working world
In this episode of The Common Experience podcast, Gaelyn Taylor talks about building highly productive teams in a post-Covid world.
How HR technology transformations are evolving
The Common Experience Podcast: Andrew Smith digs into how HR Tech Transformations are ever changing.
Leveraging brand principles to attract top talent
Meagan Michaels joins The Common Experience Podcast to regal us with stories of brand success across industries.
Meet Graeme and Kedar: The Story Behind EmpEx Consulting
With The Common Experience Podcast, Graeme and Kedar are taking you behind the scenes of their journey to create EmpEx, sharing lessons they’ve learned along the way, and chatting about how we can all create better workplaces.