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Raw, unfiltered insights from inside the world of Talent Acquisition and Talent Management. No guests. No sponsors. No agenda. Just real talk from an in-house talent leader on what’s working, what’s broken, and what’s next. Each week, Edan Haddock shares honest reflections from the front line of talent — straight from the tools, for the people who live it every day.
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S3E3 The Death of Expertise
In a world where everyone has a platform, an audience and now AI at their fingertips, has expertise become harder to recognise?In this episode, Edan Haddock explores the growing gap between…
S3E2 The Hidden Cost of Global Talent: When Your Workday Never Ends
Everyone talks about the expanding scope of Talent.Nobody talks about the expanding reach.In this episode, Edan explores the reality of running global Talent portfolios from Australia. The early…
S3E1 LinkedIn Has Become Performance Art
LinkedIn used to be a professional networking platform. Now? It feels more like performance art.In this episode of Edan Haddock - Total Talent, Edan unpacks the strange evolution of LinkedIn and what…
S2E15 Australia: The Eurovision Entry of Talent Acquisition
This week on Edan Haddock – Total Talent, Edan takes Talent Acquisition somewhere unexpected… Eurovision.As Australia steps onto the world stage once again, Edan explores why Australian Talent…
S2E14 The Third Seat at the Table: Why Workforce Planning Can’t Survive Without Technology
In this episode of Edan Haddock - Total Talent, Edan Haddock explores why traditional workforce planning models are breaking in the era of AI and Workforce 5.0.As technology rapidly reshapes jobs and…
S2E13 Stop Hiring. Start Designing: The Double Diamond Playbook for Talent Acquisition
In this episode, Edan Haddock unpacks Design Thinking through the Double Diamond model and why Talent Acquisition needs to stop jumping straight to hiring… and start designing better outcomes.Most TA…
S2E12 Talent Acquisition Is Dying. We Backed the Wrong Future
In this episode, Edan Haddock challenges the future of Talent Acquisition and whether it even has one.As AI, hiring managers, and access to talent reshape the hiring landscape, TA isn’t being…
S2E11 What Replaces EVP in a World Where Truth Is Decentralised?
In this episode, Edan Haddock calls out one of Talent’s biggest blind spots - EVP.For years, organisations have invested heavily in crafting the perfect Employer Value Proposition. But in a world…
S2E10 Job Hoppers Aren’t the Problem. Your Hiring Mindset Is.
In this episode, Edan Haddock takes aim at one of the most outdated beliefs in hiring: that candidates who “move around a lot” are a problem.What if they’re not?From the collapse of traditional…
S2E9 You’re Not a Talent Leader. You’re a Product Manager.
In this episode, Edan Haddock challenges one of the biggest assumptions in Talent Acquisition.What if hiring isn’t a process to optimise… but a product to build?Most Talent teams are still operating…
S2E8 What Drag Queens Taught Me About Mentorship (And Why Corporate Got It Wrong)
In this episode, Edan unpacks what happened when he was matched with a mentee through Movember’s MoMentor program - and why it made him question everything we think we know about mentoring.Drawing on…
S2E7 HR Isn’t Broken… It’s Being Replaced
The End of CoEs and the Rise of Total TalentIn this episode, Edan Haddock takes on one of HR’s most established models… the Centre of Excellence.As technology accelerates and AI begins to take on…
S2E6 Presence Isn’t Productivity
In this episode, Edan Haddock dives into one of the most heated debates in modern work: return-to-office, hybrid, and working from home.Rather than taking sides in the location debate, Edan argues…
S2E5 HR Has a Bias Problem. And It’s Not the One We Talk About
In this episode, Edan Haddock explores a difficult but necessary conversation for HR and Talent teams: bias inside our own profession.HR spends a lot of time helping leaders understand bias in…
S2E4 AI Is Forcing Recruiting To Be Human Again
In this episode, Edan challenges one of the biggest assumptions in Talent Acquisition: that more automation means less humanity.After years of digitising applications, scorecards and reference checks…
S2E3 Predictive Engagement: From Feedback to Firepower
In this episode, Edan pulls apart the engagement survey playbook and asks a tough question: is it driving performance, or just collecting complaints?As engagement increasingly moves into Talent…
S2E2 Stop Policing Talent. Start Empowering It
In this episode, Edan Haddock shares his perspective on the growing culture of audits, rankings, and public critique within the Talent industry. He explores how this trend can create fear, discourage…
S2E1 Humans, AI & Australia’s 2025 Talent Event Shake-Up
In this episode of the Total Talent Podcast, host Edan Haddock dives into the future of Talent in Australia and why our HR industry is leading the global transformation. From the electric energy of…
S1E12 Candidate Fraud, Fear-mongering, and the Future of Hiring
AI-generated résumés. Voice-cloned interviews. Dark-web fraud rings plotting to infiltrate your payroll. Sounds like a cyber-thriller, right?This episode of Edan Haddock – Total Talent rips the mask…
S1E11 Boundaries – The Real Talent Edge
Edan Haddock dives deep into the messy reality of boundaries in modern Talent work. From 24/7 LinkedIn messages to global-time-zone burnout, he calls out the culture of constant availability - and…
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