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Start With A WinSteve Cadigan: Interview With LinkedIn's Very First Chief HR OfficerWhat if everything we thought we knew about loyalty, leadership, and the future of work is about to be rewritten? In this episode of Start With a Win, Adam Contos sits down with Steve Cadigan - LinkedIn’s first-ever Chief Human Resources Officer and one of the most respected minds in global talent strategy - to explore the shifting realities of today’s workforce. From the rise of a restless generation to the untapped power of learning and mobility inside organizations, this conversation challenges leaders to think beyond old models of retention and success. It’s a provocative look at how...
2025-11-1924 min
Rebel HR Podcast: Life and Work on Your TermsRethinking Work in the Age of AI with Steve CadiganSend us a textIn this episode of The Rebel HR Podcast, host Kyle Roed reconnects with Steve Cadigan, LinkedIn’s first CHRO and author of Workquake, for a conversation that feels more relevant than ever. Four years after their first interview, Kyle and Steve dive deep into how work, technology, and humanity continue to collide — and what HR leaders must do to adapt.Together they explore:💡 AI’s Impact on Work: How fear, misunderstanding, and missed opportunities are shaping the AI conversation — and what great leaders are doing diffe...
2025-10-2935 min
Best Morning Routine, Ever!How to Attract and Retain Top Talent in 2025 and Beyond w/ Steve CadiganSteve Cadigan knows the future of work better than most. As LinkedIn's first Chief HR Officer and a leading talent strategist, he's spent decades helping organizations attract, develop, and retain the people who drive success. In this conversation, we explore: How to win the war for talent in 2025 and beyond Why retention is rooted in culture, not perks The shift from traditional careers to fluid, human-centered work 🎧 Tune into Best Morning Routine, Ever! to discover how Steve is reshaping the future of talent and leadership.
2025-08-2534 min
Work PositiveEP 148 | Hire for Learning Velocity Not Experience | Steve CadiganWhat if the future of work isn't about replacing humans with AI, but about augmenting human potential to create unprecedented value and innovation? Discover how to build talent strategies for a rapidly evolving world on this episode of the Work Positive Podcast with Dr. Joey Faucette. Steve Cadigan, LinkedIn's first CHRO and author of "Workquake," reveals how the most successful organizations are shifting from hiring for what people know to what they can learn. Listen as Dr. Joey and Steve explore:
☀️ Why augmented intelligence releases human potential instead of replacing it
☀️ How to build work environm...
2025-08-1837 min
Spartan Leadership with Josh KosnickInside LinkedIn’s Hyper-Growth Playbook with Steve CadiganSteve Cadigan, LinkedIn's first CHRO and top global talent strategist, joins Josh Kosnick on the Spartan Leadership Podcast to discuss how leaders can navigate rapid change, foster meaningful culture, and build high-performance teams. With experience scaling LinkedIn from 400 to 4,000 employees and advising Fortune 500 companies and nations, Steve shares unique insights on the future of work, the role of cross-cultural experiences in leadership, and how to create innovative, resilient organizations. Tune in to learn practical strategies for leaders who want to thrive in a shifting landscape and lead with clarity.Learn more about Steve Cadigan: https://stevecadigan.com
2025-07-011h 26
The HR L&D PodcastLinkedIn’s Ex-CHRO Reveals How to Build a People First Work Culture | Steve CadiganThis episode is sponsored by ‘Deel: Your Forever People Platform’.Managing a global team is complex. Deel makes it simpler with payroll, HR, IT, and compliance—all in one place. That’s why over 35,000 businesses trust Deel to hire, pay, and manage teams worldwide.See how Deel works: https://www.deel.com/nickday/?utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=nickday&utm_campaign=emea-t1a-gb_aware_branding_nickday_podcast_hr-nickday-h125_all_all&utm_content=aware_all_podcast_hr-preroll-h125script_enHow LinkedIn Built a Culture That Scaled to 4,000 Employees | Steve Cadigan on HR, AI & the Future o...
2025-06-1743 min
The Vault with Sonja Martinovic🎙️The New Rules of Work: Leadership, AI, and Talent in a Fast-Changing World w/ Steve Cadigan📌Workquake: Embracing the Aftershocks of COVID-19 to Create a Better Model of Workinghttps://www.amazon.com/Workquake-Embracing-Aftershocks-COVID-19-Working/dp/1645434265📌Join the Elite Podcast Club, our free community, and unlock your next level Podcast Appearance 🔥https://www.facebook.com/groups/elitepodcastclub/ 👉Today’s guest is one of the most respected thought leaders in talent strategy and the future of work. Steve Cadigan was LinkedIn’s very first Chief HR Officer, where he built the company’s world-class culture from scratch and helped scale it from 400 to 4,000 employees in just three and a half years. Since then...
2025-05-2734 min
LifeBloodAI Proofing Yourself with Steve CadiganLifeBlood: We talked about AI proofing yourself and your company, how to compete in the future of work amid constant disruption, why the most important skill is going to be your ability to learn, how to become more gritty and scrappy, and the mindset to adopt, with Steve Cadigan, Leadership and Talent Strategy Expert, and the first Chief Human Resources Officer at LinkedIn.
Listen to learn why loyalty isn’t what it used to be!
You can learn more about Steve at SteveCadigan.com, and LinkedIn.
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2025-05-2123 min
Heartbeat For Hire with Lyndsay Dowd148: Leadership Disaster Culture Crisis with Steve CadiganSteve is a globally renowned talent strategist and advisor, sought after by leaders and organizations around the world. His client roster includes innovative organizations such as Airbnb, Salesforce, the Country Music Association, Manchester United Football Club, the BBC, and the City of Lisbon Portugal. Additionally, Steve is frequently retained by top VC firms and top consulting firms like Deloitte and McKinsey for his expertise. A dynamic speaker and educator, Steve presents at global conferences and teaches at leading universities. ...
2025-04-3024 min
Heartbeat For Hire with Lyndsay Dowd112: Linkedin's First CHRO with Steve CadiganSteve Cadigan is a highly sought-after talent advisor to leaders and organizations across the globe. As Founder of his own Silicon Valley-based firm, Cadigan Talent Ventures, Steve advises a wide range of innovative organizations that include Google, Cisco, Intel, The Royal Bank of Scotland, Manchester United Football Club, Salesforce and the BBC. He is also regularly retained by some leading VC (Venture Capital) and Consulting firms such as Andreesen Horowitz, McKinsey & Company, Deloitte, and Greylock Partners for his counsel on a wide range of talent topics.
2024-08-2135 min
“HR Heretics” | How CPOs, CHROs, Founders, and Boards Build High Performing CompaniesSteve Cadigan on Blitzscaling LinkedIn, Competitive Exec Teams, and RTOSteve Cadigan scaled LinkedIn from 400 to 4000 people in 3.5 years, and is now an author and consultant on global talent strategy. He joins Kelli Dragovich and Nolan Church to discuss lessons from working with LinkedIn’s CEO during hyper scale, recruiting talent, going public, and debate the future of work. If you’re looking for HR software that drives performance, check out Lattice https://www.lattice.com/hrhereticsAfter the interview, Nolan and Kelli discuss recent incidents of employees being fired for hate speech at work.–SPONSORS: Lattice | Continuum✅ Discover HR software that drives performance with Lat...
2023-11-161h 23
imperfect: The Heart-Centered Leadership PodcastEpisode 231: Leading your own way: A Talent Advisor's Perspective on the Future of Work with Steve CadiganWant to become more heart-centered? We invite you to join us on Deb’s Dailies (daily blog and newsletter), a daily reflection on living and loving life as a heart-centered leader.Steve Cadigan is a global leader in all things Future Of Work and talent advisor to leaders and organizations across the globe. As Founder of his own Silicon Valley-based firm, Cadigan Talent Ventures, Steve advises a wide range of innovative organizations that include Twitter, Eventbrite, Cisco, Intel, The Royal Bank of Scotland, Telefonica, Salesforce, and the BBC. He is also regularly retained by some of Silicon Va...
2023-04-2141 min
The Edge of WorkS2 E12: Creating Language For a New World of WorkSteve Cadigan is an Author, Speaker and Talent Strategist. He is the former CHRO of LinkedIn, and the author of Workquake, Embracing The Aftershocks of COVID-19 to Create a Better Model of Working. Prior to the pandemic, Steve began noticing fractures in the world of work, and began researching and preparing to write a book. Before he could finish, the pandemic happened, and he began to look more intently to figure out why our model of work was failing, and what we could think and do differently in order to make a better workplace f...
2023-04-0545 min
HR Drs - Your go-to source for expert insights & practical solutions for the job marketNavigating the Market During Layoffs: Insights and Strategies with Steve CadiganIn this episode of HR Drs Webcast, we sit down with highly sought-after talent advisor, Steve Cadigan, to discuss the current job market and the recent wave of layoffs affecting over 260,000 employees. We delve into the impact of these layoffs on businesses, job seekers, and employees, and explore strategies for navigating this difficult job market.
Steve shares his insights on how labeling employees as "low performers" during layoffs can harm their future job prospects and increase the risk of litigation. It's also a sign of poor leadership and cultural insensitivity that can create bitterness among remaining staff.
2023-02-251h 00
Work For HumansThe Number One Skill Organizations Will Need to Survive in the New Economy | Steve CadiganSteve Cadigan’s boss at Electronic Arts was not happy when he resigned after one year to pursue what he saw as the opportunity of a lifetime – the chance to lead HR for a budding startup called LinkedIn. Unbeknownst to him, Steve was at the forefront of a new era of work – the era of high turnover and low tenure where employees are constantly hunting for new opportunities. According to Steve, how skillfully companies respond to this new norm will determine their survival in the new economy.Steve has spent more than 30 years in HR. He was named...
2022-11-291h 01
Boardroom BanterEP #42: Careers As A Laboratory Of Experiments w/ Steve Cadigan- Talent Hacker & LinkedIn's First Chief HR OfficerOur core views and beliefs about what a purpose-filled life looks like, have been greatly challenged over the past couple of years. One of the most important conversations we grapple with as young learners and leaders has been the future of work and what role we’re playing in redefining workspace culture.
In today’s episode, we sought to get answers, so we spoke to an expert; Steve Cadigan, LinkedIn’s first Chief HR Officer and talent advisor to companies such as Google, Manchester United, the BBC, Twitter and Deloitte just to name a few.
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2022-11-081h 07
Better Construction with Sean McStay070 - Better Construction with Sean McStay - The Future of Work with HR Leader Steve CadiganIn this episode from my leadership podcast I spoke with Steve Cadigan, former Chief Human resources officer at LinkedIn, author, and leadership expert about his career, his new book Workquake, and how hiring and employee retention have changed forever!Steve on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cadigan/Steve on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@stevecadigan?lang=enSteve's Website: https://stevecadigan.com/My LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/seanmcstay/My Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sean_better_construction/
2022-09-111h 08
Career Club Live with Bob GoodwinSteve Cadigan - LinkedIn's First Chief HR Officer / Author of WorkquakeThe future of work has never been more uncertain for both employees and employers. The shelf life of certain skills is diminishing rapidly, retention and employee engagement are major challenges, and technology threatens to upend industries and careers. Join Steve Cadigan, author of Workquake and LinkedIn's first CHRO, and Bob Goodwin of Career Club, for an open and honest conversation about how to build a better model of the future of work.www.stevecadigan.comwww.career.club#workquake#futureofwork
2022-06-081h 05
The Dov Barron ShowLeadership and Loyalty - 2/2: What's Your Learning Velocity?: Steve CadiganHere's Why The Future of Work is The Future of Learning!Futurists tell us that over 50 percent of jobs today will soon be replaced by automation and AI. The shelf lives of certain skills are diminishing rapidly. Longstanding industries and industry leaders are being massively disrupted. These staggering changes are challenging our concepts of what a career really looks like today and how we should build organizations going forward. We are facing what today’s guest has called, “a Workquake.” The Pandemic has had a profound impact on every area of our lives. The shockwaves have impact...
2022-05-2531 minThe Dov Barron ShowLeadership and Loyalty - 1/2: Thriving Through The Workquake: Steve CadiganFuturists tell us that over 50 percent of jobs today will soon be replaced by automation and AI. The shelf lives of certain skills are diminishing rapidly. Longstanding industries and industry leaders are being massively disrupted. These staggering changes are challenging our concepts of what a career really looks like today and how we should build organizations going forward. We are facing what today’s guest has called, “a Workquake.” The Pandemic has had a profound impact on every area of our lives. The shockwaves have impacted everything from physical and mental health, to supply chain and political power. Howeve...
2022-05-2529 min
The Dov Baron Show2/2: What's Your Learning Velocity?: Steve CadiganHere's Why The Future of Work is The Future of Learning! Futurists tell us that over 50 percent of jobs today will soon be replaced by automation and AI. The shelf lives of certain skills are diminishing rapidly. Longstanding industries and industry leaders are being massively disrupted. These staggering changes are challenging our concepts of what a career really looks like today and how we should build organizations going forward. We are facing what today’s guest has called, “a Workquake.” The Pandemic has had a profound impact on every area of our lives. The shockwaves have imp...
2022-04-2029 min
The Dov Baron Show1/2: Steve Cadigan: Thriving Through The WorkquakeFuturists tell us that over 50 percent of jobs today will soon be replaced by automation and AI. The shelf lives of certain skills are diminishing rapidly. Longstanding industries and industry leaders are being massively disrupted. These staggering changes are challenging our concepts of what a career really looks like today and how we should build organizations going forward. We are facing what today’s guest has called, “a Workquake.” The Pandemic has had a profound impact on every area of our lives. The shockwaves have impacted everything from physical and mental health, to supply chain and political power. H...
2022-04-1728 min
College Financial Aid and Career NavigationSteve CadiganSteve Cadigan– College Financial Aid and Career Navigation with Tom & Maria Geffers and Seth Greene Episode 036 Steve CadiganAn expert in the future of work, Steve Cadigan is considered a corporate culture guru, bringing winning insights from over thirty years of HR experience with industry titans like Google, Salesforce, The Royal Bank of Scotland, McKinsey, and the BBC, as well as venture capital firms like Andreessen Horowitz and Sequoia. Cadigan’s inspirational keynotes, seminars, and workshops at global conferences and major universities have garnered rave reviews.Cadigan is renowned for leading LinkedIn’s first...
2022-03-0233 min
Middle Tech170. The Future of Work: Steve Cadigan on Creating a Better Model of WorkingSteve Cadigan served as LinkedIn's first Chief HR Officer, advises multiple startups, and most recently published his book, Workquake: Embracing the Aftershocks of COVID-19 to Create a Better Model of Working. Steve sat down with us to talk about the ongoing effects that COVID-19 has had on work, where things will go from here, and what Kentucky can do to prepare for this new paradigm.
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2021-11-0847 min
betterHUMAN PodcastS2 E24: Legendary Leadership During This Workquake Revolution - Steve CadiganOn this episode, we’re joined by sought-after talent advisor Steve Cadigan.Steve has been at the forefront of global talent strategy and company culture for the past 30 years. Most famous for being LinkedIn’s first Chief Human Resources Officer, he helped scale LinkedIn from 400 to 4000 employees in just 3.5 years and led the development of their legendary company culture.Steve’s focus today is to help leaders and organizations build winning talent solutions to compete in an increasingly complex digital economy. He knows how to compete for talent and win against sexier brands and talent compet...
2021-10-181h 05Rebel HR Podcast: Life and Work on Your TermsEpisode 59: Workquake with Steve CadiganSend us a textSteve Cadigan has been at the forefront of global talent strategy and company culture for the past 30 years. Most famous for scaling Linkedin from 400 to 4000 in 3.5 years, Steve also led the development of LI’s legendary company culture and was at the helm of the Talent function for its period of the highest growth and through their IPO.Having worked in 5 different industries and 3 different countries while also leading dozens of acquisition integrations all over the world, Steve has built unparalleled expertise for the Talent arena. Steve’s focus today is to h...
2021-08-2550 min
Chatter that MattersYOUR FUTURE MATTERS to Steve CadiganFuture proof your career and business. Will your be able to march in step or even step ahead of disruption? When it comes to your questions about leadership, talent, culture and most importantly the future of your work, people turn to Steve Cadigan. Steve has been at the forefront of global talent strategy and company culture for the past 30 years. Most famous for scaling Linkedin from 400 to 4000 in 3.5 years, Steve also led the development of LI's legendary company culture and was at the helm of the Talent function for its period of the highest growth and through...
2021-08-1339 min
The Matt Baxter ShowSteve Cadigan - LinkedIn's First Chief HR Officer, Board Member & TeacherWorking as Linkedin's first Chief HR Officer and leading its talent expansion, Steve has experienced unimaginable startup growth and success. He now serves as a board member and mentor to various startups, as well as an influencer on newer platforms, such as TikTok, where he has amassed over 100k followers and 800k likes. Thank you for providing some of the most entertaining and fruitful content on today's episode!Linkedin - Steve CadiganWebsite - www.stevecadigan.comTikTok - @stevecadigan
2021-07-231h 08
The Second Act PodcastThe Second Act Podcast S1 E9 - Steve CadiganYou know that feeling when you shoot for the stars and it sticks? Well, that's what this was. I reached out to Steve Cadigan, he of 90,000 Tik Tok followers, countless keynote addresses and a resume so varied and and steeped in hiring royalty that you have to wonder how he finds the time.
Well, he found the time and he was incredible. Going through his life, his career and the many roles he has held with the who's who of the SIlicon Valley, he shares tales and tips about dealing with people on all rungs of the corporate ladder and he...
2021-06-281h 00
The Tech Recruitment ShowEpisode 18: The Tech Recruitment Show with Steve CadiganIn this week's episode, we're joined by non-other than Steve Cadigan, Talent Hacker and Advisor. Telling us about how he got where he is today, Steve walks us through his career history and explains how he went from working for large organisations such as LinkedIn and Cisco in the late '90s to his current role as Talent Hacker and Strategist. What's more, Steve provides his words of wisdom for those working in HR at this time, reflects on how the current Coronavirus pandemic could influence the overall working culture for the better and shares hi...
2020-09-1743 min
The Silicon Valley Insider Show with Keith KooLinkedIn’s First Head of HR – Where does Work go from here?In this episode of Silicon Valley Insider, Host Keith Koo very special guest is his friend, Steve Cadigan, Talent Hacker, and advisor. Steve and Keith have known each other for decades and reminisce about their time working together during Cisco’s dotcom era working in Cisco’s famed M&A Integration team. They even mention a time when they had to work on seven acquisitions all at the same time!
Since then, Steve went on to bigger and better things becoming LinkedIn’s first Head of HR and credited with creating the awesome corporate culture that LinkedIn is so...
2020-09-1540 min