Summary
Talent Evolution Diagnostics & Dynamics (TEDD) is a strategic advisory focused on ensuring the right data, workflows, and decision signals are captured and activated across the talent acquisition lifecycle - powered by AI and predictive insights. Our work spans from programmatic activation through strategic advisory, with a core emphasis on rewiring how the recruiter desk operates day to day.
We begin by evaluating how talent data flows - from demand intake and sourcing through recruiter action, candidate engagement, and hiring outcomes. A critical component of our approach is assessing the talent technology stack and how AI-enabled and predictive tools are implemented, integrated, and experienced at the recruiter desk. We examine whether systems align to real workflows, whether data moves cleanly between platforms, and whether insights surface at the moment of action - not after the fact.
Our diagnostic framework identifies where signals are lost, duplicated, or underutilized, and our design methodology re-sequences technology, process, AI, and predictive analytics to support consistent execution in the flow of work. This rewiring enables recruiters to move from reactive task management to insight-led prioritization, while giving leaders visibility into performance drivers and future demand.
We translate these insights into clear operating models, workflow design, and strategic advisory recommendations. Our engagement stops short of day-to-day operations, empowering internal teams with systems, guidance, and decision frameworks - while ensuring programmatic execution, recruiter effectiveness, AI-driven insight, and leadership advisory are aligned to drive measurable hiring outcomes at scale.
Outcome
The Result... Recruiter desks and teams operate with simplified, well-sequenced workflows where data, technology, and process are aligned to how work actually gets done across roles and capacity models. Leaders gain clear, practical frameworks and signals they can lead with - bringing consistency, focus, and measurable improvement to recruiting performance without adding complexity.
Who we are
Jennifer Knippenberg Smith
Founder & Managing Partner, TEDD Global (Talent Evolution Diagnostics & Dynamics)
Jennifer Knippenberg Smith is a senior talent acquisition and workforce solutions executive with deep experience leading and transforming complex recruiting organizations across corporate TA, staffing, RPO, MSP, and recruitment technology.
Jennifer has held executive and C-suite roles including Chief Recruiting Officer at Kelly Services, SVP and RPO Practice Leader at AMN Healthcare, and global leadership positions at PeopleScout and Kelly OCG. She has been repeatedly recruited to stabilize underperforming environments, recover large enterprise accounts, and redesign recruiting operating models to support scale, complexity, and long-term growth.
Across her career, Jennifer has led organizations responsible for hundreds of millions in revenue, large global recruiting teams, and high-volume, multi-market hiring operations. She is known for her ability to bridge strategy, technology, and human judgment-bringing executive foresight to system design while maintaining a pragmatic, operator’s perspective on performance.
Through TEDD Global, Jennifer partners with staffing and workforce solutions organizations to diagnose structural constraints, design future-ready talent systems, and guide leadership through moments of inflection. Her work focuses on helping organizations move from reactive execution to intentional, scalable performance in an increasingly complex labor market.
Jill Brandi
Partner, Talent Operations & Workflow Design, TEDD Global
Jill Brandi is a talent operations and client delivery leader with deep experience supporting staffing and RPO organizations through periods of growth, change, and operational complexity.
Jill has held leadership roles across recruitment delivery and operations, including VP of Recruitment & Strategy at Kelly Services and client delivery leadership roles at AMN Healthcare, PeopleScout, and Kelly OCG. Her work has focused on day-to-day execution, recruiter performance, and workflow discipline, ensuring that recruiting teams consistently operate against defined processes, metrics, and client expectations.
Throughout her career, Jill has supported and led recruiting teams of varying sizes, helping stabilize delivery, improve fill rates, and strengthen recruiter productivity through clear workflows, coaching, and operational rigor. She is recognized for her ability to translate strategic direction in both RPO and Staffing into practical, repeatable behaviors that teams can actually follow.
At TEDD Global, Jill serves as the execution backbone - partnering closely with clients to ensure that diagnostic insights and designed workflows are implemented correctly, measured consistently, and sustained over time. She brings structure, calm, and precision to complex environments, enabling teams to perform reliably while adapting to ongoing change in the U.S. labor market.
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