Teams By Intent
Great teams aren’t built by chance. So let’s talk about how they are.
The Teams by Intent Podcast explores how forward thinking leaders are redefining workforce strategy by putting skills at the center of hiring, development, and long term team design. As traditional talent models struggle to keep pace with change, organizations are learning that durable growth comes from investing in capabilities, expanding access to overlooked talent pools, and building teams that are designed to evolve.
Through conversations with executives, hiring leaders, and workforce innovators, and even talent themselves, the series highlights the real strategies behind skills first workforce transformation.
Alongside the podcast, YUPRO Placement will host a Teams by Intent Forum for invited leaders who want to go deeper into these conversations. The forum creates space for candid discussion, peer learning, and shared problem solving around skills based hiring, apprenticeship pathways, and building teams that last. Together, the podcast and forum are a connected platform where ideas move beyond discussion and into practice.
The *Teams by Intent Podcast* explores how forward thinking leaders are redefining workforce strategy by putting skills at the center of hiring, development, and long term team design. As traditional talent models struggle to keep pace with change, organizations are learning that durable growth comes from investing in capabilities, expanding access to overlooked talent pools, and building teams that are designed to evolve. Through conversations with executives, hiring leaders, and workforce innovators, and even talent themselves, the series highlights the real strategies behind skills first workforce transformation. Alongside the podcast, YUPRO Placement will host *a Teams by Intent Forum*for invited leaders who want to go deeper into these conversations. The forum creates space for candid discussion, peer learning, and shared problem solving around skills based hiring, apprenticeship pathways, and building teams that last. Together, the podcast and forum are a connected platform where ideas move beyond discussion and into practice.
In this episode of Teams by Intent, host James Krouse speaks with Michel Adams, Contingent Workforce Manager at Okta, about the growing challenge of candidate fraud—and why contingent talent may represent one of the most overlooked areas of workforce risk.
Michel explains how proxies, fabricated identities, AI-generated profiles, and emerging deepfake technology are changing the hiring landscape. She also shares how Okta combines identity verification, background screening, technology, and human oversight to protect the hiring process from initial application through onboarding. The conversation explores why candidate security must be shared across HR, IT, security teams, hiring managers, and staffing partners—and how organizations can begin identifying gaps and taking a more proactive approach without creating unnecessary friction for legitimate candidates.
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