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26 episodes · publishes fortnightly · latest 2025-12-18 · ~26 min/episode
Rank
#5801
Substance
37.0
/ 100
Breakdown
Scored 2026-07
Updated monthly
Across the index
#5801 of 6183
Substance
Top 94%
outscores 6% of the index
What's up with work tech? ranks #5801 on The B2B Podcast Index with a substance score of 37.0 out of 100, scored across 1 recent episode. It scores highest on specificity & evidence and insight density. There are a small number of concrete data points - 8,500 respondents, 10+ countries, a named conference (HR Tech), and a named vendor (UKG) - but the actual findings of the cited research are never shared, and most claims stay at the level of vague assertion with no dollar figures, timelines, or outcome metrics.
Averaged across 1 recently scored episode, with cited evidence.
The episode is a year-end celebratory recap between two colleagues and is overwhelmingly filler - personal anecdotes, mutual congratulations, and generic advice. The one substantive observation (an 'AI readiness chasm' between vendor features and buyer preparedness) is briefly named but never unpacked with any depth or data.
“Can't just slap AI onto anything. You can't skip the hard work of getting ready for AI.”
“Please embrace your curiosity. It will serve you well.”
Every idea surfaced - embrace curiosity, keep learning, AI is changing fast, leadership needs to communicate more - is well-worn B2B advice with no contrarian or first-principles framing. Even the 'AI readiness chasm' framing is a common market observation recycled without any fresh angle.
“embrace your curiosity. The world around us is changing really fast”
“the world is only going to get more interesting”
There are no external guests whatsoever; this is a closed conversation between two Mercer employees doing a year-end internal recap. Neither host is introduced with a track record that would signal practitioner depth, and no outside expertise is brought into the episode.
“this is going to be a special episode with Tara and myself, Karina Lamb”
“I feel like I've had my hand in so many pies, very, very great pies to have my hands in right now”
There are a small number of concrete data points - 8,500 respondents, 10+ countries, a named conference (HR Tech), and a named vendor (UKG) - but the actual findings of the cited research are never shared, and most claims stay at the level of vague assertion with no dollar figures, timelines, or outcome metrics.
“8,500 respondents gave their voices to this study”
“we expanded it globally to over 10 countries”
The 'conversation' is a mutual appreciation session with no probing questions, no pushback, and no productive tension. Every question is an open-ended invitation to self-congratulate, and every answer is affirmed without follow-up.
“what's like the big moment that you've been thinking about this year? Like the thing that you're most proud of that you would want to talk about?”
“what do you think is one lesson that you would like to share for the listeners”
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