HR Mixtape

Vibe Teaming: How HR Turns AI Experiments into Real Adoption

Most HR teams have already run their AI experiments. A pilot here, a policy draft there. Turning that scattered activity into something people actually use on a Tuesday i

Excess Deference: The Retirement Plan Role HR Often Gets Wrong

Most HR professionals treat the annual retirement plan review like a status update. The advisor presents, the team nods, and everyone gets back to the work they actually

The Disengagement Tax: Turning Employee Listening into Revenue

Most founders treat culture as a launch-phase item: define the values, hire people who believe in the mission, and trust that early momentum carries it forward. It does,

Profit Doctor: When Revenue Grows but Profit Doesn't

Revenue growth is the metric every business celebrates. Record quarters become press releases, and the top line becomes a proxy for health. But when the revenue line on a

Trust at Speed: Hiring Fraud, Deepfakes, and the Identity Risks CHROs Can't Ignore

Most CHROs have a fraud problem they didn't sign up for. Deepfakes in video interviews. Synthetic IDs at the application stage. AI-generated credentials that pass every a

Name It, Tame It: Trauma-Informed Leadership and Felt Safety at Work

When performance problems show up at work, most organizations respond by adding something: a new policy, more training, another initiative. But those problems usually are

Story First: Why Information Alone Can't Drive Change

Most change initiatives fail not because the strategy was wrong but because the communication didn't move anyone. HR leaders deliver their message, check the box, and won

Shatter the Limit: Building Resilient Leaders Who Thrive in the Uncomfortable

Most organizations assume they have resilient teams. What they actually have, in a lot of cases, are teams that have gotten good at tolerating hard things. The two aren't

Global by Design: The Culture Playbook for Distributed Workforces

Most organizations solve the wrong problem when they go global. They get the infrastructure right, find the talent, and figure out the cost model. Then the offshore team

Back of House: People-First HR in High-Turnover Hospitality

In most industries, culture lives in your annual engagement survey. In hospitality, it walks out to the dining room every single night. It shows up in how your server han

Meeting Makeover: Treating Your Meetings Like a Product

Most organizations treat meetings as the default answer to everything, but that's costing you more than you think. Rebecca Hinds, Head of the Work AI Institute at Glean,

EQ Is the OS: Leading with Emotional Intelligence in an AI World

Most high performers don't get passed over because of what they know. They get passed over because of how they lead. In this episode, Dr. Bushra Khan makes the case that

Grey Area: HR Strategy for Blue and White Collar Workforces

What does it really take to hire and retain people across a workforce that's part office, part shop floor? Jason Lerner, HR Director at Groundwater Treatment and Technolo

Gym to Boardroom: Building Resilience Through Physical and Mental Habits

Too many people treat resilience like a switch: either you have it or you don't. But what if the real way to build it is by showing up for hard things again and again, ev

Meeting Intelligence: Making Every Interaction Count

Your meetings are costing you more than you think. Between time lost to bad notes, missed context between conversations, and documents that take days instead of minutes,

Cornered Office: Why Leadership Mental Health Can't Wait

Leaders are burning out quietly, and most organizations are still pretending it isn't happening. Mel Doman, organizational psychologist, author, and founder of the Workpl

Flex or Break: Building the Agile Workforce Your Business Actually Needs

Your people strategy shouldn't be a support function. It should be a competitive advantage. In this episode, Dr. Shari Simpson sits down with James Terry, Head of US Reve

Three-Legged Stool: Building Accountability Through Responsibility, Authority, and Consequences

Most performance problems aren't about effort. They're about unclear expectations. When employees don't know exactly what they're responsible for, how much authority they

Flow States: Thriving in an AI World

Most leaders are quietly using AI tools to get more done, but the real question isn't whether AI can automate tasks. It's whether your team can do the work AI can't: buil

Human-Centered Leadership Strategies: Building Trust and Psychological Safety

In this episode, Dr. Shari Simpson speaks with Madeline Kipperman, Human Resource Leader at Gorilla Glue, about the importance of leading with humanity in the workplace.