I’ve been giving a virtual talk called “Ready for More” to employees and leaders at learning events, lunch-and-learns, and sales meetings. It’s about taking ownership of your work, making wise decisions, inspiring others, and finding momentum in a world that won’t stop changing. I’ve shared it with Fortune 100 companies, tech firms, healthcare groups, nonprofits,…
This week on Punk Rock HR, I’m joined by Scott Stratten, speaker, author, and one of my favorite people to chat with about work. We recorded this conversation live on LinkedIn to explore AI in HR. Instead of diving into features or vendors, we looked at what AI adoption really means for people and organizations.…
In this week’s episode of the Punk Rock HR Podcast, Laura Maffucci, Head of HR at G-P, joins me for a conversation about the changing world of HR. We dig into how companies can expand globally with Employer of Record (EOR) solutions, and why AI adoption is both an opportunity and a challenge for HR…
In this week’s episode of the Punk Rock HR Podcast, Blair Whitman, VP of Client Success at Homethrive, joins me for a conversation about caregiving. Why is it so hard to name at work? How does stigma keep people silent about its challenges? What can employers do to meaningfully support their people? Blair shares her…
“If you were my wife, I wouldn’t let you do this job.” A friend said that to me in 2010. We were offstage at a conference, and I’d just shown him the emails I was getting. Vulgar, obscene, stomach-turning messages. He was horrified. This was fifteen years ago. We were younger, optimistic, and the business…
In this week’s episode of Punk Rock HR, Robin Schooling joins Laurie Ruettimann for an honest conversation about what’s broken in HR and what it’ll take to fix it. Robin’s new book, Real HR: What It Is, What It Can Be, and How to Get There, is part memoir, part manifesto, and thoroughly grounded in…
There’s a lot of chatter on LinkedIn lately about how HR needs to be “AI fluent.” It sounds urgent. Strategic. Maybe even inevitable. It’s also mostly nonsense. The people pushing this idea often mean well. They want human resources and talent-focused professionals to understand how large language models (LLMs), automation, and predictive tools might reshape…
I won’t be attending SHRM’s annual conference this year. Instead, I’ll be at the beach, which is a better choice. But because I’m a nerd, I read through this year’s lineup, and it felt like flipping through a college coursebook—some required, some ridiculous, and a few surprising. I told my friend Jennifer McClure that these…
Facing a brain tumor and navigating menopause were not challenges Christine Muldoon ever anticipated would redefine her role as a leader and a woman. Her story is a powerful testament to the resilience and empathy that arise from confronting personal health challenges head-on. On this episode of the Punk Rock HR Podcast, Christine, Senior Vice…
During Nazi Germany, most ordinary citizens chose silence. The White Rose students, pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg are examples of outliers who actively opposed the regime. However, historians estimate that only 1–2% of the German population resisted. Now, America is facing its own rise of authoritarianism and a troubling surge in hate.…
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