I’m in a group chat with consulting friends, and the hot topic of the day is how W-2 employees are pretty clueless about how good they have it at work. They’re so out of touch with how work works, they’ve lost every ounce of curiosity, and they have no hustle. They don’t know how good…
PR is not hard. I don’t have a team who tries to get me on the news, but I talk to journalists weekly about work, power, politics, and money. It’s because I used to have a job in HR, and now I write and speak about those topics. When I stopped working in corporate America,…
Your Job Is Not Your Family Your job is not your family. This is settled law. I’ve been writing some version of this sentence since 2004: your job is not your family. I wrote it on old HR blogs before anyone called them Substacks. I wrote it in “Betting On You.” I’ll probably write it…
Steal My Claude Setup by Laurie Ruettimann Lots of drama over the way companies like Anthropic and OpenAI will begin adding an invisible, digital watermark to the work their bots create for you. You can read about it here. Allegedly, there’s no watermark if an LLM just lightly edits your work. But if it writes…
Every HR leader wants to be strategically involved in creating an AI playbook for their organization. But where do you start when you wonder, “What is AI? LLMs? GenAI? What are AI agents? How do I write a policy for all this? Training? What about governance?” You’re not the only one asking those questions. Gaining…
How do I feel about Zionism and Anti-Zionism? by Laurie Ruettimann I went to my synagogue on a weeknight and took a Jewish storytelling class where I explored my relationship to Israel. You’re probably like, “What? Huh? What’s that all about?” Me too. I am naturally suspicious of formal religion, including my own. When it…
Know Your HR History Years ago, there weren’t any HR influencers. Nobody was out on social media talking about inclusion, change management, compensation, or even AI. Then, one day, everybody was there. You had Brené Brown, Adam Grant, Josh Bersin, and even Corporate Natalie. But how did we get here? It started with a small…
The Very Daunting Data On Motherhood Sometimes the mom talk gets confusing for someone like me. I wanted to be a mom at times, but the world had other plans for my adulthood. I’ve made peace with my life, and I have plenty of joy. But here’s the question that keeps coming back. Am I…
The Grift That Won’t Die: Common Life Advice from Influencers by Laurie Ruettimann The most dangerous advice in your feed right now is coming from someone who believes they’re helping you, charges for the privilege, and never had to verify a single claim they make. You know the type. The life coach with a course…
Is the world a vampire, or is it full of abundance? Maybe it’s both. We are in the middle of a tough, terrible news cycle. And, yet, I ran this year’s London Marathon and enjoyed myself. I want to tell you about it. Important caveat: It’s not my first marathon, and I was not aiming…
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