Workday's Enduring Partnership With Higher Education
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Customers and Community
Customer stories and news about our events, including Workday Rising.
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NRF 2025 Highlights: How Retail Is Evolving This Year and Beyond
Discover the top takeaways from NRF25 —including enhanced consumer experiences, AI innovation, frontline worker efficiency, and compliance regulations
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Workday Podcast: Tailgating and Talking Tech with LSU and Texas A&M
Both Texas A&M and LSU faced challenges with their legacy systems, including limitations in data accessibility and reporting capabilities. In a recent Workday podcast, representatives from the universities discussed their experiences transitioning to Workday.
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Wake Forest University Redefines the Academic Experience with Workday Student
Wake Forest University’s legacy systems were complex and challenging for everyone who used them. After adopting Workday Student, the university’s CIO Mur Muchane highlights how Wake Forest is evolving and adapting to the expectations of today’s students, faculty, and staff.
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Workday Nonprofit Innovation Awards Winners 2024
We’re thrilled to celebrate our nonprofit customers who continue to provide critical services through their agility and dedication. Read on to learn this year’s category winners for the Workday Industry Innovation Awards.
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Workday Podcast: The Tech Talent War and the Secret Weapon
In an era of constant change, staying ahead of the curve is crucial. In this installment of the podcast series Shift: Moving Financial Services Forward, we talk with Circle’s chief people officer about the talent management challenges shaking up the financial services industry.
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Transforming Health Insurance: Modernizing Business Processes for a More Agile Future
Healthcare payors from across the U.S. gathered together to share best practices for implementing new technology as well as lessons learned. Read on to see the highlights and key takeaways from their discussions.
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Workday Professional and Business Services Innovation Award Winners 2024
We’re delighted to share how our professional and business services customers are planning with agility, finding efficiencies in finance, and improving the employee experience. Read on to learn this year’s category winners for the Workday Industry Innovation Awards.
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Workday Podcast: What CIO Really Stands For
The CIO role is no longer just about information. It’s also about interoperability. The ability of your systems to talk to each other is at the heart of all enterprise ambition—particularly in financial services. In this installment of our podcast series Shift: Moving Financial Services Forward, Stout CIO Stacy Carron discusses why interoperability is at the heart of CIO success.
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Workday Rising: 5 Top Innovations to Help Organizations Move Forever Forward
Workday Rising was a 72-hour whirlwind that showcased exciting new AI technologies, customer innovations, partner collaborations, and more. Check out five key takeaways from the event that will drive positive change for organizations well into the future.
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Workday Rising: A Celebration of Customers, Partners, and AI Innovation
Workday Rising is about celebrating customers—learn who won the North America Customer Awards and the Workday Customer Lifetime Achievement Award. News announcements included AI-powered Workday Wellness, an expansion of the Industry Accelerators partner program, and Workday Ventures’ AI investments.
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Rising to the Top: Unveiling Our Workday Customer Award Winners
At our Community Keynote at Workday Rising, we announced this year’s Workday North America Customer Award Winners. Read on to learn how these organizations are creating value and innovating to drive their organizations forward.
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Largest Workday Rising Ever: Forever Forward With Workday
Kicking off Workday Rising 2024, CEO Carl Eschenbach set the tone by previewing Workday Illuminate, the next generation of Workday AI. Read on to learn more.
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5 Strategic Moves for Modernizing Public Sector Payroll
How can government leaders be better prepared to transform their organizations? We share five distinct but connected strategies that can help these leaders modernize their payroll.
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Workday Podcast: How Allstate Created a Consumer-Grade Employee Experience
Embracing technology to adapt and grow is essential for insurance companies, but how can they prepare for the big change that comes with it? Bob Toohey, EVP & CHRO at Allstate, shares how AI can help build a better employee experience—and how leaders can help their organizations and people transform.
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Workday Podcast: How the CFO of Orlando Helps the City Grow
Michelle McCrimmon, CFO of the City of Orlando, shares how she leverages technology to continue to transform finance, attract and retain talent, and help the fast-growing city prepare for the future.
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RSM’s Professional Services Automation Journey
Professional services automation enables firms to organize projects, manage employees, and surface valuable insights more effectively. We talked with RSM US, a top U.S. accounting firm, to learn how it accelerated its digital transformation with Workday Professional Services Automation.
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Get Ready to Rock at Workday Rising
Workday Rising 2024 will bring us together to build invaluable connections, preview AI innovations, and discuss cutting-edge strategies to take business forever forward. Learn more from Workday Chief Marketing Officer Emma Chalwin.
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Workday Podcast: The Benefits of Moving to the Public Cloud
Experts from Salesforce and Amazon Web Services talk about how moving to the public cloud can have a positive impact on security, reliability, and scalability.
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Nonprofit Industry Outlook: 3 Ways Organizations Are Improving How They Operate
Facing competition for funding and staff, nonprofits are modernizing financial systems and using AI to improve efficiencies and spend less time on paperwork—and more time on their missions.
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RaceTrac Champions Data-Driven Innovation and Cost Management with Workday
Kieron Allen, analyst at Acceleration Economy, discusses the impact that Workday is having on cost control and data-driven innovation at RaceTrac.
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Workday Podcast: How to Transform Resource Management
To get the best out of resource management, firms need to reimagine how they use technology and empower their teams. Shalu Manan, global talent supply chain leader at Genpact, a professional services firm, shares her approach.
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Best in KLAS: Serving as a True Partner for Our Healthcare Community
For the seventh year in a row, KLAS Research has ranked us as Best in KLAS in Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) for Workday Financial Management, Workday Human Capital Management, and Workday Supply Chain Management for Healthcare based on feedback from our customers.
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Top 5 Workday Podcast and Videos of 2023
2023 was full of inspirational conversations we captured on podcasts and videos. Our amazing guests shared insights on topics including the impact of AI, creating a sense of belonging in hybrid work environments, and elevating the employee experience, to name a few. Check out our top 5 podcasts and videos for 2023.
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Top 5 Workday Blog Articles of 2023
We selected 5 articles from this year that capture what’s shaping the future of work. Read on to learn about the enormous impact of AI, how businesses across industries are overcoming tough challenges, innovations in our customer community, and more.
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Workday Healthcare Innovation Awards Winners 2023
Our healthcare customers continuously innovate and create great experiences for their employees and customers. Read on to learn this year’s category winners for the Workday Industry Innovation Awards.
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Workday Financial Services Innovation Awards Winners 2023
It’s our privilege to honor financial services customers who are driving transformation and reimagining how their future works. Read on to learn this year’s category winners for the Workday Industry Innovation Awards.
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Workday Professional Services Innovation Awards Winners 2023
We’re delighted to share how our professional services customers are planning with agility, finding efficiencies in finance, and improving the employee experience. Read on to learn this year’s category winners for the Workday Industry Innovation Awards.
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Workday Retail and Hospitality Innovation Awards Winners 2023
We’re delighted to celebrate retail and hospitality customers who consistently find solutions to problems and create great experiences for their employees and customers. Read on to learn this year’s category winners for the Workday Industry Innovation Awards.
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How Franklin Templeton Transformed Its Finance Organization
Franklin Templeton’s acquisition of Legg Mason doubled its assets under management—and provided an opportunity to transform how its finance team works. Read more in this conversation with leaders from Franklin Templeton and Workday.
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Power the Future of Healthcare: Start With Innovation
Workday leaders share insights on how AI and ML, supply chain disruption, and cost constraints are impacting healthcare.
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5 Supply Chain Insights From Innovative Healthcare Leaders
Leading healthcare supply chain executives share best practices and insights on how to move forward and thrive in the changing world of healthcare.
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Workday Podcast DevTalk: Pushing Boundaries and Achieving Excellence
In this episode of the Workday Podcast, Dave Freetly, technical lead analyst at Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, shares his developer journey and the lessons he’s learned as a Workday Developer Star winner.
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Transform the Core: What Digital Business Models Require
There’s no shortcut to agility and the ability to rapidly scale digital initiatives. According to an IDC report, businesses must have an adaptable core architecture that is open, extensible, and intelligent to be digital first.
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Workday Rising Daily: Conversations With Customers and Partners
We’ve wrapped our second full day of Workday Rising! Watch the highlights, including the latest on our partnerships with ADP and AWS. Also hear from customers who are realizing the benefits of the full Workday platform.
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Collaboration Sparks Innovation: Expanding Our Partner Ecosystem
Workday’s partners play a critical role in delivering the tools and expertise customers need to not only adapt, but thrive in the future of work. At Workday Rising, we shared how we’re innovating with our partners to do just that.
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Workday Rising Daily: Innovating With Workday AI
Watch highlights from the opening of Workday Rising with our Co-CEOs Aneel Bhusri and Carl Eschenbach. Learn how we’re leading the enterprise software world with generative AI—including the new Workday AI Marketplace.
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Workday Podcast: How DEIA Helps Attract and Retain Employees
In part two of our series on diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) in government, the FBI’s Scott McMillion and Workday’s Carin Taylor discuss how to attract, retain, and develop a workforce that’s truly diverse.
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Workday Rising: Join Us to Explore How the Future Works
At Workday Rising September 26-29, we’ll gather as a community to guide business transformation in this next productivity frontier. Learn more from Workday Chief Marketing Officer Emma Chalwin.
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Customer POV: Why I Keep Coming Back to Workday Rising
Craig Barattin, vice president of finance and controller at Healthfirst, shares what first drew him to Workday Rising, why he and his team keep returning, and what first-timers should know to make the most of their experience.
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Workday Podcast: DevTalk: The Human Side of Application Development
What are the human challenges developers typically face? Matt Weseloh, HR applications architect at Raytheon Technologies, shares his experiences with Workday development and the profound impact it has had on his career.
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What the New EU-US Data Privacy Framework Means for Cross-Border Data Transfers
The seamless transfer of data between the United States and European Union plays a vital role in driving the digital economy and enabling multinational companies to effectively manage their global workforces. Workday Chief Privacy Officer Barbara Cosgrove shares an update on what the new EU-US Data Privacy Framework means for Workday customers, and for the future.
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How Workday Helps Customers Enable Digital Success
Our Chief Customer Officer Sheri Rhodes shares her best practices to help customers realize the full value of their digital investments.
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Workday Podcast: People First: Workday’s Role in Financial Transformation at Cushman & Wakefield
The head of finance systems at Cushman & Wakefield shares Workday’s role in the company’s transformation journey, and why people are at the center.
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Workday DevCon 2023: Building the Future of Work Together
It’s been an exciting week at Workday DevCon 2023. Check out highlights from our developer conference, including new tools and platform capabilities, partnership announcements, and how Workday is using AI and ML to help developers create applications that drive business growth.
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Celebrating a Milestone at Workday: 10,000 Customers Across the Globe
Workday recently reached 10,000 customers. To recognize this milestone, Chief Customer Officer Sheri Rhodes shares three ways our customers inspire and motivate us every day.
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To Remain Competitive, Higher Education Turns to Technology Collaboration
A groundbreaking partnership across higher education institutions is taking place in New Mexico, with six public colleges sharing a cloud-based platform to manage finances, payroll, staff, and student services.
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The Future of Professional Services: Real-Time Insights Wanted
To keep up with the breakneck pace of work and deliver detailed insights to clients, professional services firms will need to bust data silos and automate time-consuming tasks. Here’s how the industry’s leaders can prepare for the future.
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The Future of Insurance: Aiming for Agility
Rising climate change risks, heightened consumer expectations, and a dearth of tech talent loom large among the insurance industry’s near-term issues and opportunities. Industry experts share how these demands—and more—will shape the industry in the years to come.
