In this episode Jon is chatting with Søren Mieritz Anderson, a seasoned Global Reward Director, who has worked in both European-based and US-based global companies and subsidiaries. In the interview, they reflect on the various differences there are in the ways we work with Rewards on each side of the pond, and they also touch upon some of the implications of and experiences with pay transparency regulations and company policies.

Spoiler alert: Søren starts by reflecting on the birth of the Rewards discipline in the Nordics and his own road to our nerdy niche field. He then goes on to discuss some of the key differences of working with compensation and benefits in a European setting vs. an American setting, incl. the role of healthcare benefits and taxation. This leads our two Reward Nerds into a talk about Total Reward Statements and the impact of a strong brand on attraction and retention. We are also pampered with a short reflection on new ways of working with Global Rewards in the age of zoom calls and hybrid work models and a longer talk about pay equity, pay transparency and the role of unions and collective bargaining agreements. Søren shares his insights on how to work with varying degrees of transparency requirements across states and before the interview concludes they briefly return to the role of taxes in pay setting and how sales compensation is its own unique discipline.

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In this episode Jon is interviewing Keld Nielsen, who is Sr. Director, Total Rewards at Novo Nordisk and who's been instrumental in their journey toward internal Pay Transparency. On April 1, 2025, Novo Nordisk announced that they are launching their internal Pay Transparency program, which they have been working on even before the EU announced the Pay Transparency Directive, thus becoming a world's first within Pay Transparency. Keld is one of the Grand Old Men of the Rewards business in the Nordics and he shares his experience and expertise generously. He has been part of the impressive growth journey of Novo Nordisk for the past 18 years, increasing its number of employees from ca. 25.000 to more than 70.000 world-wide and during his time they have successfully concluded many exciting Reward projects.

Spoiler alert: In the episode, Keld talks about their Change Management process, their culture and the practical steps Novo Nordisk has taken through the years to make this possible. He touches upon how they handle "skills" in their pay setting processes, how they handle "expats" and "local plus", and what their plans for external transparency are. He also reveals the use of AI tools to support Reward work and philosophizes about how a smaller company, with less resources, should approach the road to Pay Transparency.

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In this episode Jon is interviewing Henrike von Platen, who is the founder of Fair Pay Innovation Lab (FPI). The interview is centered on Henrike's mission to ensure it will not take 200 years before we have pay equity - in Europe and the World. She tells the story of her journey from the years leading up to her founding the FPI in 2017 until today, where FPI is a renovned non-profit well on the way to achieve its goals.

Spoiler alert: On the way Henrike deep-dives into how companies can ensure their long-term goal of being fair paying employers rather than just quick fixing a current pay gap, she discusses the barriers and limitations of politics and why the real future of fair pay lies in the hands of the companies, and of course how companies can achieve the fair pay stamp of approval world-wide.

You can find Henrike and the Fair Pay Certification at https://www.fpi-lab.org/

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