What is the connection between long lines at the men's and AI? How did working as an investment banker at Wall Street lead to founding an HR tech Start-up?  And I think we all can agree that studying foreign policy and Chinese are good foundations for a job in HR - but how about founding a Recruiting Start-up?

Welcome to another Employee Experience Labs podcast from the Munich Podcast studio. Employee Experience Labs Podcasts are about HR Tech, Employee Experience, Shared Service and other interesting topics around HR at the workplace.

We continue our most successful season so far "From the Workbook of an HR Leader" where I am talking to experienced colleagues in our field about their daily working routine and what and how they are going about the various challenges they have to face each day.I am a tireless believer that we can all be better if we learn from each other, but there are not many opportunities to actually do that - yes, there are conferences, but how often can you attend one in a year? yes, there are peer-to-peer connections, but how many do you manage to keep running?

I am a firm believer that we can all do a better job if we learn from each other and so I am inviting seasoned HR experts from various fields and companies to tell us about their workday and how they go about the challenges of today.

Today I am proud to share another special episode of the season where my guest and I have of course talked about HR, and specifically Talent Management and Recruiting - but even more about Technology and AI and how AI is not only transforming our work in HR but whole companies and what special role HR plays in this fascinating transformation we are witnessing but also are a part of. For many of us AI is the 2nd or 3rd big technology-caused transformation in the workplace. And for this one even more than for the others it is true that it is not about technology but it is actually about HR, and it highly depends on HR if a company is successful with its AI transformation.

I am extremely excited to had the chance to have Athena Karp, Founder of HiredScore and now part of Workday as guest in my podcast studio. Athena and I met only last year when I had the honor to be part of a panel discussion she moderated. But from the first moment on it was clear to me that I needed to have her as guest in my podcast as she has significantly influenced AI Tech in the HR space already, but I am certain that she will do so much more in the months and years to come. And so we of course talked about the past and what led to today - but we even more talked about the future and how HR work will radically change; not tomorrow but already starting today. I have to admit that we would probably have talked much more then the hour we booked if it were not for busy diaries as there is so much to talk about. But the 50 minutes that are to follow are packed with interesting viewpoints and thought starters.

But let me stop here and you can listen for yourself: Athena Karp GM of HiredScore at Workday...