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Show notes
ADP opened its marketplace to its own competitors. The reason was simple—and it's the same principle every platform builder should steal.
In this inaugural episode of The Current, Finch co-founder Ansel Parikh sits down with Don Weinstein, former Chief Product & Technology Officer and Chief Strategy Officer at ADP, to unpack how he built one of the most successful platform ecosystems in HCM. Don shares why he borrowed from consumer tech companies like Apple, Google, and Meta to rethink enterprise software—and why ADP's decision to open its marketplace to competitors became its biggest long-term advantage. You'll walk away with a framework for thinking differently about ecosystem strategy, customer-first decision-making, and what the rise of AI agents means for the future of work.
Listen to this episode to learn:
- Why ADP let competitors onto its own marketplace-and how it paid off How studying consumer technology leaders like Google, Apple, and Meta shaped ADP's enterprise UX
- The three phases every enterprise goes through when adopting new technology
- How ADP's Al ethics framework got ahead of the industry standard
- Don's #1 hiring rule for fast-growing startups
- Where Al agents fit into the future of the workforce-and what still needs to be figured out
Meet the expert
Don Weinstein spent 17 years at ADP, serving as both Chief Product & Technology Officer and Chief Strategy Officer. He helped build ADP Marketplace from the ground up, borrowing ideas from consumer tech to reshape how the HCM industry thinks about connectivity and ecosystem design. Since retiring from ADP, he advises venture capital and private equity firms and works hands-on with startups across the employment ecosystem.
About The Current
The Current is a bi-monthly podcast that explores the intersection of people, finance, and data, featuring conversations with the operators, builders, and leaders shaping the employment ecosystem.
About the host
Ansel Parikh is the co-founder and COO of Finch, the leading API platform for payroll, HR, and benefits connectivity. He’s spent the last six years building the infrastructure that enables secure, permissioned access to HR and payroll data for a broad ecosystem of software companies serving employers, employees, and service providers.
