This podcast episode features Paolo Pisano, the Chief Human Resources Officer at Booking Holdings and Chief People Officer at Booking.com. The discussion focuses on various topics, including aligning talent strategy with business strategy, fostering a strong company culture in a hybrid and distributed workforce, designing office spaces for hybrid work arrangements, the importance of in-person interactions for building relationships and community, creating a coherent employee experience, adopting a skills-based approach to workforce planning, the impact of the pandemic on talent management initiatives, the role of people analytics in HR, and the priorities for HR in 2024. Paolo's extensive experience and insights provide valuable perspectives on HR and change management in a global and diverse organization like Booking.com.