Blog: From SpaceX to Workday Integrations: Lessons on Growth, Simplicity, and Saying “No”
Some Workday careers begin in HR, some begin in finance, and some begin at SpaceX. That’s where Zach Ledford first learned how messy people data can be, how it ripples across an entire enterprise, and how integrations quietly hold organizations together. That mindset eventually led him to build Eljun LLC — a managed integration services […]
Blog: Lessons from a Workday Pioneer: Floyd Walterhouse’s Journey from Mainframe to AI
When McKee Foods signed its Workday contract in 2006, there was only one live customer. Floyd Walterhouse helped implement Workday Payroll before most people had even heard of it — and he’s still shaping how customers succeed today. In our 50th Workday Gold episode, Floyd shared a powerful message: technology only works when people share […]
Blog: Engineering Workday for Scale: Lessons From Coinbase’s Head of HR Tech
I sat down with Praveen Hari, Head of HR Engineering at Coinbase, to talk about where Workday is heading, what leaders should prioritize, and how professionals can thrive in the evolving ecosystem. Praveen began as a Workday integrations consultant, helped build the Workday Extend product at Workday, and then led HR tech teams at Amazon […]
Blog: Project Rescue Lessons from episode with Craig Erhorn: Why Projects Don’t Fail for the Reasons You Think
Most Workday project failures have very little to do with Workday. They fall apart long before configuration — in planning, accountability, and leadership alignment. In this conversation, longtime Workday leader and project rescue specialist Craig Erhorn shared what he’s learned from turning around struggling implementations. The first theme he highlighted was capacity. Vendors often assume […]
Blog: What We Learned Moving to the Public Cloud: A Conversation with Christian Delcid
Most Workday customers are heading toward a major transition: moving from Workday’s private cloud to a hyperscaler-backed public cloud. And while the change is inevitable, the experience of going through it varies dramatically depending on how prepared you are — not just technically, but organizationally. In a recent episode of Workday Gold, I invited my […]
Blog: From Chaos to Clarity: How Deluxe Built a Sustainable Workday Support Model
When Jess Wagner joined Deluxe, she found a Workday environment that looked familiar to many of us: requests coming from every direction, priorities unclear, and the HR and IT teams working in silos. The system worked — barely — but the people behind it were burning out. Instead of adding more hours, Jess added structure. […]
Blog: Integrating People, Process, and Technology – A Conversation with Kristie Dierig
In this episode of Workday Gold, I sit down with Kristie Dierig, an HR and technology leader whose story perfectly captures how Workday careers often begin — by accident, but never by chance. Kristie spent nearly two decades in IT and HR at a global CPG company before her firm signed a contract for Workday. […]
Blog: HR at the Pivot Point: Keith and Demetrio’s Takeaways from Workday Rising and HR Tech
If you have followed me for a while, you know I love talking about the practical side of Workday and the people side of change. This past month delivered both, in stereo. Demetrio Wazar-Santana and I compared notes from two big events, Workday Rising and HR Tech, and the themes were clear: AI is everywhere, […]
Blog: Leading with Value: LinkedIn, Training, and Building Community in the Workday Space
One of the best parts of hosting the Workday Gold podcast is connecting with leaders who are shaping the way we learn, share, and grow in the Workday ecosystem. In this episode, I sat down with Alok Kumar, CEO and founder of ZaranTech, to talk about his journey and the lessons he’s learned along the […]
Blog: Cutting Through the Noise: Branding, AI, and the Future of Workday Careers
In this episode of the Workday Gold podcast, I talked with Carla Corley—founder of Corner Office Consultants and publisher of the Workday Compensation Guide—about some of the biggest challenges and opportunities in today’s Workday job market. Carla’s seen firsthand how AI has flooded the market with lookalike resumes and created distrust on both sides of […]