{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"HR Voices","title":"Donovan Mattole, CHRO at Langan Engineering & Environmental Services","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1194,"description":"Building a Magnet for Engineers: Langan’s CHRO on AI, Flexibility, and Teamship\n\nSummary\nWhen retirements equal graduates and infrastructure demand surges, how do you grow a human-capital business?\nDonovan Mattole, Chief Human Resources Officer at Langan, a global engineering and environmental consulting firm, breaks down how his team competes in a structural talent shortage.\nHe shares Langan’s “magnet for talent” strategy blending hybrid flexibility, development-first leadership, and unique rewards like compensatory time with an industry-wide push to expand the pipeline through STEM outreach and smart immigration.\nDonovan details a practical listening strategy (surveys, focus groups, and on-the-ground visits to 50 offices), reframes the Gen Z value proposition around purpose and long-term careers, and shows how his HR team is preparing for 2026 with AI-powered development plans.\nExpect candid lessons on when to build vs. buy AI (from Microsoft Copilot-enabled chatbots to partnering with Atlas Copilot), why “teamship” beats leader-centric models, and how values must anchor decision-making amid fast-changing tech.\n\nTimestamps\n[00:45] – Who Langan serves and why it’s a pure human-capital business\n[02:07] – 2026 challenge: engineering talent crunch and the scale of demand\n[03:43] – Becoming a “magnet for talent”: flexibility, development, and comp time\n[05:50] – Expanding the pipeline: STEM outreach, F‑1 to H‑1B, and industry collaboration\n[06:48] – Listening strategy: surveys, pulses, focus groups, and site visits across 50 offices\n[08:23] – Rethinking Gen Z retention: purpose, connection, and full-career value at one company\n[10:09] – Upskilling HR for 2026: development plans and AI-created learning pathways\n[11:38] – Build vs. buy AI: Atlas Copilot pilots and an in-house HR policy chatbot\n[16:31] – Don’t chase shiny objects: keep trust, values, and managers at the center\n[18:02] – From leadership to “teamship”: distributing accountability across the team\n[19:40]...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/ICj-SdAh1nzlUbpg9TUNmSjJhLHXAqS1LpGATLia9gE/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8wNmVk/YTIzMTQ5Y2RkMjQx/ZWUwNTFhMTE1Y2Nl/NGI5Yi5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}