In this session, Case Thomas, VP VP Global Learning, Development & Performance shares how Seagate evolved its talent marketplace from an employee development tool to a business leadership enabler.
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Key Points Covered in the Session
The original ROI of Seagate’s Talent Marketplace
00.39 “The technology actually allowed us to break down silos…it is what allowed us to break through 45 years of Seagate's culture. And at 1 point we were moving 3 people a day…You think about the ROI of that on multiple levels.”
During major organisational transformation, Seagate chose to continue investing in Gloat
3.06 “Career discovery was going to be part of our DNA to accelerate our way out of the difficult times … we stopped most everything because no one was thinking about internal mobility, mentorships, projects … we kept Gloat on purpose so that we can do what we’re doing now.
They rebranded to ensure Gloat was also seen as a leader tool
3.37 “We reframed our Gloat platform—not just career discovery, now it’s Talent Link … Know your talent, grow your talent. Now our Gloat technology is a leader tool also. Previously it was career discovery, which seems to be very individual. Sure there was the projects component, but it went the direction of we only go into career discovery when I want to do internal mobility. So we had missed the pulse of things, and we had to reframe it.”
They have embedded Gloat into existing HR processes like performance management
11.24 “We've baked into the closeout of FY 24. When you're talking to your team about OKRs, we've actually built into the performance system a line that says, Hey, have you updated your talent link profile?
And now working with Gloat as a Design Partner on Mosaic to support the OKR process
19:45 “How do we break down work? So let's say, as an individual, or even as a leader. I have my key results. I want to accomplish for the next fiscal year, right? And we work through OKRs… When we go into the gloat mosaic inside Talent Link, they can put their key results in there, and then it breaks it down for them into digestible next steps to actually get the work done. It's unbelievable what this potential could be..The other part is, it gives you things you wouldn't have thought of. Right...leveraging the AI gives you 3 more things that you wouldn't have thought of, because that's the horsepower of AI."
Closing notes on how Seagate is using Gloat to adapt to AI
“Act small, but think big. As we leverage AI … we’re thinking big. Gloat allows us to build the ‘blocks’ to get there.”
