James Regan, CEO of Clutch, joins Bob to unpack what he learned leading some of the earliest generative AI deployments inside California state government under Governor Newsom's 2023 executive order. James traces his path from public health in Health and Human Services to Deputy Secretary for Workfo...

Abstract: Traditional organizational hierarchies are undergoing rapid compression driven by technological capability, economic pressure, and structural necessity. Analysis of recent workforce data reveals a fundamental disconnect: while leadership architectures designed for vertical progression rema...

In this episode of Up Next @ Work, Kate Achille returns to talk to industry analyst Pete A. Tiliakos about why payroll is so often misunderstood, undervalued, and left out of strategic conversations - and what Pete is doing to try to shift that narrative. Pete shares how his career journey, from aud...

Top Shelf Take: One Voice. One Take. A new segment of SpeakEasy HR where I step behind the mic solo for a quick five-minute conversation about one HR or workplace topic. While the podcast’s longer guest conversations aren’t going anywhere, Top Shelf Take is designed to be short, practical, and easy ...

HR has no shortage of stories. The problem is making people care about them. Audrey Surette says the best HR storytelling starts by stripping away the jargon and finding the human story people can actually relate to. AI, storytelling, HR tech, communications, AI agents, workforce trends. As AI moves...

Joey Price speaks with Rick Torrence, Chief Sales Officer, at PrismHR about how small businesses evaluate PEOs, why so many HR tech and services purchases stall, and what buyers should do before they ever sign a contract. The conversation focuses on practical ways to separate tactical pain from real...