Implementing a pilot approach to drive organizational change with Brett Underhill

Modern Mentor

Macmillan Holdings, LLC

Careers, Business, Management

4.3 • 720 Ratings

🗓️ 17 June 2025

⏱️ 18 minutes

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In the third installment of our series of shorter form interviews, Rachel sits down with Brett Underhill, who heads up talent acquisition and learning and development at Taboola. They discuss the benefits of using a pilot approach to implement changes and initiatives within an organization. Brett shares insights into setting up a pilot, including clear timelines, project objectives, and engaging key stakeholders. They also explore the challenges of maintaining quality talent during rapid hiring phases and how companies can best activate and engage their existing workforce. Brett offers actionable advice on experimenting with new ideas, leveraging pilots for valuable feedback, and ensuring sustainable project momentum.

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Rachel Cook, your modern mentor.
0:23.7	I'm the founder of Lead Above Noise, where we help leaders activate performance without burning out their teams or themselves. If your team can use a boost
0:29.3	of inspiration and action, I'd love to support you with a workshop, a keynote, or a manager
0:35.1	lab program. You can find more about me and my work at leadabuffnois.com.
0:41.0	So today we're back with the third in our four-part summer short interview series. And today's
0:46.4	guest is Brett Underhill. Brett heads up talent acquisition and learning and development at Tabula.
0:52.8	And in this quick hit conversation, we talk about some of the
0:56.3	workplace trends that Brett is seeing. And we cover some bits of advice that you won't want to miss.
1:01.7	So enjoy my conversation with Brett Underhill. Brett Underhill, it is such a pleasure to have
1:07.8	you on the Modern Mentor podcast today. Thanks for being here.
1:12.4	Thank you for having me.
1:22.6	I've been looking forward to this. So Brett, you are over at a company called Tabula, and you head up both talent acquisition and learning and development. So you bring the people in and then you help educate them and build up their skills. It's a really nice blend of areas you're playing in. And I'm excited to tap into some of your wisdom today.
1:32.7	Great. Thank you. Absolutely. Let's go. So as you know, we are experimenting with these short form
1:40.1	interviews. We've got these three key questions that we're focusing on. And so the first one that I
1:45.5	would love to ask you is to tell us about something that you have done or tried or implemented
1:52.5	in your organization that you feel has been successful. And that has something to teach us,
1:57.9	something that we can all, whoever we are, whatever altitude we're at
2:01.1	in a company, we can kind of pick up and take some insight and action on. Sure. And what I'm going to
2:07.6	share is something that I've brought to or leveraged, utilized in almost every company that I've
2:14.1	worked at. So hopefully people will find the application helpful to wherever
2:19.2	they're at. What I have found really helpful when trying to implement a change, a large-scale
2:25.0	initiative, whether you're in HR or the business, I have found that a key to my success with
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