Welcome to a new season of your favorite podcast!!!

It’s the new year, which means the internet is yelling about new goals, new strategies, and new tools, while HR is still over here duct-taping broken systems and being told (once again) to do more with less.

So this season, I picked a very simple theme: NEW.

New ideas. New rules. New levels of honesty about what’s actually working and what needs to be dragged out back and retired.

We’re kicking things off with an Ins and Outs episode, which is basically the stuff HR has been whispering about in group chats.

And because this topic deserved real honesty, I brought back my favorite fellow shit-talker, Jessica Winder!

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0:05:44 - Something New Jessica Wants to Learn This Year

0:12:23 - Ins and Outs, Inspired by TikTok

0:21:23 - Clarity Around Learning Skills vs Vibes-based Expectations

0:28:48 - Stop Assuming Everybody Wants to be Managers

0:35:27 - AI as a Co-pilot vs a Human Replacement

0:40:25 - Hiring Fewer, Better Defined Roles vs Overhiring

0:40:25 - Stop Pretending Pay is Not a Cultural Issue

0:56:45 - Why HR Needs a POV, Not Neutrality

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