Blog: Job Aids, Governance, and Getting People to Actually Adopt Workday, with Kendria Countee
When Kendria Countee joined a nonprofit as their Workday product owner, she expected to optimize and modernize. Three months later, she was relaunching the entire system, handling integrations, configurations, governance, and issues with the recruiting module. That experience, she says, taught her more about what Workday success actually requires than anything else could […]
Blog: “Nothing Is Unfigurable”: What a Former Behavioral Health Worker Brings to the Workday Ecosystem
Rebecca Yoder-Shetler was the only staff member on a residential behavioral health unit when two of her teenage clients started heading toward a fight. Everyone else in the room was beginning to get pulled in. A third girl walked up to her in the middle of it all and said: ‘Ms. Becky, I […]
Blog: Prism, Discovery Boards, and the Workday Tools Most People Walk Past, with Dylan Johnson
Dylan Johnson got his first professional Workday job at a regional user group event. He was still an intern, walked into the room, met his future manager, and that conversation changed the direction of his career. Seven years later, he’s a senior reporting analyst at a 25,000-person global clinical research company, doing the […]
Blog: In a Noisy Workday Market, Authenticity Wins
There’s a lot of noise right now in hiring. AI-generated resumes.AI-written job descriptions.AI tools screening candidates. And according to Carla Corley from WD Beacon and Corner Office Consultants, it’s creating frustration on both sides. Recruiters are seeing resumes that look identical. Candidates are trying to “game” ATS systems. Companies are overwhelmed with volume. The result? […]
Blog: What Happens When You Layer Two AI Recruiting Tools on Top of Workday
Last year, John Bruce posted an entry-level Workday role on his team. Within 24 hours, 500 candidates had applied. He had to take the posting down. Zoom out across his company’s entire hiring operation and the numbers get even more striking: 98,000 distinct candidates for 850 open reqs in 2025. More than 100 applicants per […]
Blog: Workday Customers Think Their Challenges Are Unique. The Reality Is They Are Surprisingly Similar.
One of my favorite parts of this conversation with Vipul Gaddamedi was a simple observation: Every company thinks they’re unique. And culturally, they are.But the core Workday challenges? They’re remarkably consistent. Data quality.Manager experience.Governance.Scalability.Ownership. What separates high-performing organizations isn’t features. It’s decision-making. Big Teams vs Small Teams Vipul has worked in companies with 100,000+ […]
Blog: From Consultant to Sales Leader: A Career Path More Workday Professionals Should Consider
Most Workday professionals assume the technical ladder only goes one direction: deeper specialization. But what if it doesn’t? In this episode of Workday Gold, I sat down with Chris Lennon, Regional Sales Director at Kainos, to talk about his journey from QA tester to consultant, to product owner, to sales leader. And here’s what stood […]
Blog: What 14 Years in the Workday Ecosystem Teaches You About What Really Matters
One of the things I love most about the Workday ecosystem is that no two careers look the same. In this episode of Workday Gold, I sat down with James Beattie, who has worked as a partner consultant, independent contractor, and internal product lead, and his journey highlights why that variety matters. One major takeaway […]
Blog: AI Isn’t Replacing Workday, It’s Changing How We Use It
There’s been a lot of noise lately about AI “killing” ERP systems. It makes for a good headline, but it misses what’s actually happening on the ground. In this episode of Workday Gold, Christian Delcid and I talked through a more realistic model. ERP systems are built on three layers: data, business logic, and the […]
Blog: You’re Probably Not Stuck, You Just Can’t See the Options Yet
One of the most common things I hear from Workday professionals is, “I feel stuck.” Stuck in a role. Stuck in a specialty. Stuck in one corner of the ecosystem with no clear next step. In this episode of Workday Gold, Christian Delcid and I talk about why that feeling is often misleading. The Workday […]