← The Index

Topic

System of record

A guide to the best B2B podcast coverage of System of record - the shows and 8 episodes that go deepest, ranked by substance, not downloads.

A system of record serves as the authoritative source of truth for critical business data, yet many organizations struggle to determine which platforms should own this role versus acting as systems of action. Episodes featuring Workday's leadership, Nance's approach to SaaS architecture, and voices like Martin Gourdeau and Opptly's Lori Hock explore how companies are rethinking this distinction - particularly as AI and intelligent agents reshape what enterprise platforms need to handle, and how context flows between them.

Best shows on System of record

Best episodes on System of record

  1. Workday CIO and CTO on Why the Agent Era Belongs to Platforms

    Future of Work · 2026-06-09

    68 / 100

    …as you mentioned, that has to be deterministic, where it is, you're doing a mission-critical service that has to absolutely guarantee the right result, where you're talking about writing to a system of record that is providing, you know, either a critical answer that has regulatory controls or frankly is dealing with sensitive data.…

  2. #407 - How Martin Gourdeau refused the commodity race and added $1M ARR in 9 months

    The Remarkable SaaS Podcast · 2026-06-10

    68 / 100

    …So from a very like static, uh, business perspective, I guess you can call it, uh, a system of record for, for lead tracking.…

  3. The Real Reason Your L&D Team Is Overwhelmed with John Peebles

    The HR L&D Podcast · 2026-05-20

    65 / 100

    …And I think the, the root cause of that is L and D, for years and years and years, has not really had a true system of record.…

  4. AI Deployments Need Less Speed, More Velocity, with Raju Malhotra

    SaaS Scaled · 2026-08-25

    65 / 100

    …I think the quote unquote old way of thinking about software as a service, which is based on some workflow around a system of record delivered in a cloud infrastructure, fundamentally a lot of those pieces are there, but many other pieces have actually changed and in fact transformed the, with a AI, uh, sort of, you know, focus.…

  5. DM Radio Live from Accelerate: Why Context Is the Missing Link for Enterprise AI

    DM Radio · 2026-07-01

    58 / 100

    …peaker C: And so you want to be able to run agents, analytics and your apps on a common system of record.…

  6. Episode 813: A Conversation with Lori Hock, CEO of Opptly

    The Future of Work Exchange · 2025-12-29

    55 / 100

    …You know, regardless of how that person wants to be classified or is classified, they are connected to the work and then, then flows down to the appropriate system of record, if you will.…

  7. Optro Unveiled: Rebranding for an AI-Driven GRC future

    Speaking of Risk and Audit · 2026-03-17

    51 / 100

  8. Inside Workday’s CFO Strategy: AI, Leadership & the Future of Finance with Zane Rowe

    Secrets of Rockstar CFOs · 2026-04-14

    50 / 100

    …But to your point, the elements that are often sort of looked over would be the importance of the data set, sort of having a good system of record, really thinking about the environment where 90% confidence in the answer is adequate.…