Thoughtful HR leads to engaged employees through engaging employee experiences. Backed with good data and insights, listening systems, and dedicated leaders and managers, modern HR practices foundationally improve employee interests, retention, and wellbeing – “in the cloud”, spanning hybrid work. We talk with Kerry Olin (Microsoft CVP, HR Services) and Jay Clem (Microsoft GM, HR Services) about how Microsoft adjusts its practices and technology to improve the employee experience for 160,000 full-time Microsoft employees around the world, including introductory thoughts “on the importance of data and insights” from Kathleen Hogan (Microsoft EVP and Chief HR Officer). Click here for this episode's corresponding blog post. Social and Info Links: SharePoint Facebook | Twitter | SharePoint Community Blog | UserVoice Microsoft Viva | Resource center | Posts within Microsoft 365 community blog Kerry Olin | LinkedIn | Twitter [guest] Jay Clem | LinkedIn [guest] Mark Kashman |@mkashman [co-host] Chris McNulty |@cmcnulty2000 [co-host] Resources: “Excellence in People Analytics” book written by Jonathan Ferrar and David Green – with a forward "CHRO perspective" from Kathleen Hogan myHRfuture (site) | Twitter | David Green (Twitter) Digital HR Leaders (podcast) "Modern HR" (External Microsoft site) “Employee Experience Starter Kit” (Power Apps app .ZIP file) "Microsoft moves its Human Resources employee portal to SharePoint Online“ (Inside Track article) "Microsoft HR leader: IT pivotal to driving culture change“ (IT Showcase article) "Hybrid Work: A guide for business leaders" (PDF) Microsoft Docs - The home for Microsoft documentation for end users, developers, and IT professionals.  Microsoft Tech Community Home Stay on top of Office 365 changes Upcoming Events: Microsoft Ignite [Nov.2-4.2021]| @MS_Ignite Listen and subscribe to other Microsoft podcasts at aka.ms/microsoft/podcasts