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Why HCM rollouts are failing and what HR can do about it

Why HCM rollouts are failing and what HR can do about it

by Tara Watson | May 26, 2026 | Strategy & Workforce Culture

Your HR team is in overdrive. You are building processes from scratch and learning a system you will have to support for the next decade, all while trying to keep daily HR operations running. Meanwhile, your communications function (if you have a dedicated one) is...
Brené Brown’s big challenge (and advice) for every CHRO

Brené Brown’s big challenge (and advice) for every CHRO

by Tara Watson | May 26, 2026 | Strategy & Workforce Culture

Brené Brown has a challenge for every HR leader who starts their morning scrolling email before getting out of bed. During a recent fireside chat at BambooHR‘s HR Virtual Summit, Brown suggested opening whatever AI tool you use and building an agent. Tell it your...
AI sets up white-collar versus blue-collar jobs duel

AI sets up white-collar versus blue-collar jobs duel

by Tara Watson | May 26, 2026 | Strategy & Workforce Culture

In the new world of generative artificial intelligence, jobs have become a critical topic. A debate is being held on whether a large number of white-collar employees will find themselves out of work or if the seemingly unquenchable need for new data centers could keep...
Google, Apple top early-career workers’ engagement findings

Google, Apple top early-career workers’ engagement findings

by Tara Watson | May 26, 2026 | Strategy & Workforce Culture

As graduation season sends a new wave of early-career talent into the workforce, employers like Google, Apple, Mastercard, American Express, Walmart, Oracle, DXC Technology and Target are increasingly shaping what a first job experience actually feels like in 2026....
‘HR is the wrong energy’: Bolt CEO defends eliminating the entire department

‘HR is the wrong energy’: Bolt CEO defends eliminating the entire department

by Tara Watson | May 22, 2026 | Strategy & Workforce Culture

Speaking at Fortune’s Workforce Innovation Summit in Atlanta, CEO Ryan Breslow told the audience that Bolt’s HR team was “creating problems that didn’t exist.” Later on LinkedIn, he said, “Those problems disappeared when I let them go.” Breslow cofounded Bolt in 2014...
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