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In this UC Today interview, host Kristian McCann sits down with Reid Walsh, Chief Human Resources Officer at NEOGOV, to explore how HR teams — especially in the public sector — can shift from data collection to data‑driven problem‑solving. 

Reid shares practical lessons from her experience modernizing people analytics in government and private organizations, revealing how HR can evolve from reactive to strategic by applying purposeful analysis to every stage of the employee journey.

Key takeaways include:
🔵 Pinpointing business problems first. Start with the “pain points” — where friction or noise exists — to focus your data analysis where it matters most.
🔵 Bridging HR and IT silos. Align governance, system access, and analytics capabilities to foster collaboration across departments.
🔵 Uncovering internal mobility opportunities. Use workforce data to promote internal movement and match skills to emerging roles.
🔵 Training staff for the data future. Build confidence and super‑user skills among HR teams to maximize the potential of modern HCM platforms.

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In this UC Today interview, host Kristian McCann sits down with Sabra Sciolaro, Chief People Officer at FirstUp, to unpack the growing problem of tech fatigue in modern workplaces.

Technology is meant to make work easier — but for many employees, it’s doing the opposite. In this conversation, Sciolaro explains how constant platform changes, tool sprawl, and fragmented communication channels are creating attention fatigue, slowing execution, and draining momentum across organizations.

Key takeaways include:
🔵 Why tech fatigue isn’t just about “too many tools,” but about constant change, poor orchestration, and lack of clarity
🔵 How attention fatigue leads directly to disengagement, slower decisions, and stalled innovation
🔵 What “intentional tech deployment” looks like in practice — fewer channels, smarter personalization, and AI-driven orchestration
🔵 How leaders should measure success beyond usage metrics, focusing on clarity, alignment, action, and outcomes

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In this UC Today interview, host Kristian McCann sits down with Sabra Sciolaro, Chief People Officer at FirstUp, to unpack the growing problem of tech fatigue in modern workplaces.

Technology is meant to make work easier — but for many employees, it’s doing the opposite. In this conversation, Sciolaro explains how constant platform changes, tool sprawl, and fragmented communication channels are creating attention fatigue, slowing execution, and draining momentum across organizations.

Key takeaways include:
🔵 Why tech fatigue isn’t just about “too many tools,” but about constant change, poor orchestration, and lack of clarity
🔵 How attention fatigue leads directly to disengagement, slower decisions, and stalled innovation
🔵 What “intentional tech deployment” looks like in practice — fewer channels, smarter personalization, and AI-driven orchestration
🔵 How leaders should measure success beyond usage metrics, focusing on clarity, alignment, action, and outcomes

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In this UC Today interview, host Kristian McCann sits down with Sabra Sciolaro, Chief People Officer at FirstUp, to unpack the growing problem of tech fatigue in modern workplaces.

Technology is meant to make work easier — but for many employees, it’s doing the opposite. In this conversation, Sciolaro explains how constant platform changes, tool sprawl, and fragmented communication channels are creating attention fatigue, slowing execution, and draining momentum across organizations.

Key takeaways include:
🔵 Why tech fatigue isn’t just about “too many tools,” but about constant change, poor orchestration, and lack of clarity.
🔵 How attention fatigue leads directly to disengagement, slower decisions, and stalled innovation.
🔵 What “intentional tech deployment” looks like in practice — fewer channels, smarter personalization, and AI-driven orchestration.
🔵 How leaders should measure success beyond usage metrics, focusing on clarity, alignment, action, and outcomes.

Subscribe to the UC Today channel for more interviews with security experts shaping the future of UC and collaboration technology.

After recent job cuts, many are asking if the metaverse dream is over. In this UC Today interview, Christopher Carey sits down with technology evangelist Kevin O'Donovan to unpack the rise, fall, and future of the Metaverse.

Discover:
🔵 How digital twins and physics-based simulations are quietly transforming industries like manufacturing, energy, and autonomous vehicles.

🔵 Why early VR hype and virtual office experiments failed to gain widespread adoption, and what that teaches about realistic expectations.

🔵 The lessons from hardware limitations, fragmented standards, and over-optimism that shaped the Metaverse’s current trajectory.

🔵 How emerging technologies—generative AI, AI-powered glasses, and augmented reality—are redefining how organizations interact with digital environments.

Join the conversation: share your thoughts on the metaverse’s evolution in the comments.