The HR Huddle

The HR Huddle

From Follower to Leader

Welcome to the HR Huddle, the ultimate resource for all things HR. Cause when the shit goes down, you've got to huddle up.

The HR Huddle is comprised of three unique mini-shows:


Spilling The Tea On HR Tech — Join Stacey Harris and Cliff Stevenson as they break down the latest happenings in HR and HR tech.


HR We Have a Problem — Join Cliff Stevenson as he tackles the messy stories everyone in human resources has, featuring industry guests working on solving these problems.


The Pivot Effect is where followers become leaders. Join Teri Zipper and Susan Richards for the stories, skills, and mindset shifts that get you there.

The Pivot Effect- From Cleaning Fees to C-Suite Sales: The Wild Career Pivot of Summer Orellano
The HR HuddleAugust 13, 202600:35:57

The Pivot Effect- From Cleaning Fees to C-Suite Sales: The Wild Career Pivot of Summer Orellano

On this episode of The Pivot Effect, part of Sapient Insights Group's HR Huddle series, hosts Teri Zipper and Susan Richards sit down with Summer Orellano, who now leads sales at Sapient, to talk about her winding career journey from managing Airbnbs in Florida, to joining Sapient as a contract offi...

Spilling The Tea On HR Tech- Governance or Gatekeeping, Leadership Shakeups, and AI’s Moral Crumple Zone
The HR HuddleAugust 12, 202601:16:01

Spilling The Tea On HR Tech- Governance or Gatekeeping, Leadership Shakeups, and AI’s Moral Crumple Zone

This week on Spilling the Tea on HR Tech, Stacey Harris and Cliff Stevenson break down a busy news cycle spanning leadership moves in HR tech, emerging AI governance issues, and workforce trends to watch.  In this episode:  People on the move: SAP SuccessFactors shakes up&nb...

HR We Have A Problem- 15Five's CEO on Why AI Should Make Us More Human at Work
The HR HuddleJuly 30, 202600:43:04

HR We Have A Problem- 15Five's CEO on Why AI Should Make Us More Human at Work

Cliff Stevenson sits down with Jeff Smith, CEO of 15Five, to talk AI, performance management, and what it really takes to build trust with employees in the age of automation. 🎙️  In this episode of HR We Have a Problem: 15Five's new Work Context connecting Slack, ...

Spilling the Tea on HR Tech: M&As, Potential Loosening of AI Regulations, and Oracle’s Government Win over Workday
The HR HuddleJuly 23, 202601:16:19

Spilling the Tea on HR Tech: M&As, Potential Loosening of AI Regulations, and Oracle’s Government Win over Workday

Stacey Harris and Cliff Stevenson break down a scorching week of HR tech news. (Literally it's over 90 degrees everywhere.)    On the M&A front, they dig into the Engagedly and Energage merger and what it means for talent management data and dis...

The Pivot Effect - The Happiness Plan
The HR HuddleJuly 16, 202600:36:33

The Pivot Effect - The Happiness Plan

After years climbing the corporate ladder including stints at Fortune 100 companies and multiple runs in the C-suite as a Chief Marketing Officer Jenn Ravalli hit a wall. No matter how much she achieved, there was no finish line. So, she made the leap: she left it all behind to found&...

Spilling the Tea on HR Tech - Payroll Data, Pay Equity, and the Push for AI Alignment
The HR HuddleJuly 09, 202601:00:48

Spilling the Tea on HR Tech - Payroll Data, Pay Equity, and the Push for AI Alignment

Payroll data isn't just a compliance checkbox — it's one of the most valuable, real-time data sets an organization has. This week, we talk about why payroll data (unlike predictive data) reflects what's actually happening in your organization, and why that makes it a goldmine for AI-powered payroll ...

HR, We have a Problem: AI in Hiring: Explaining the 'Why
The HR HuddleJuly 02, 202600:43:50

HR, We have a Problem: AI in Hiring: Explaining the 'Why

The Future of HR Tech: Trust, Transparency, and Responsible AI AI is changing how HR teams recruit, evaluate, and build trust with candidates — but is the technology keeping up with the ethics? In this episode, we sit down with Daniel Joplin, Chief AI Officer, to unpack what responsible AI actually ...

Spilling the Tea on HR Tech - Global HR Tech Trends You Can't Miss
The HR HuddleJune 25, 202601:01:08

Spilling the Tea on HR Tech - Global HR Tech Trends You Can't Miss

In this episode of Spilling the Tea on HR Tech, Stacey Harris & Cliff Stevenson dig into the market shifts reshaping how organizations buy, build, and use HR technology. From AI-first HRMS platforms launched by former Workday leaders to global expansion plays from companies like PrismHR, the competi...

The Pivot Effect - How burnout, a pandemic, and a song about self-doubt led to a second career in leadership coaching.
The HR HuddleJune 18, 202600:38:43

The Pivot Effect - How burnout, a pandemic, and a song about self-doubt led to a second career in leadership coaching.

In this episode of The Pivot Effect, hosts Teri Zipper and Susan Richards welcome guest Amy Gerhartz, Founder & Lead Coach of A Higher Way Of Living, as they talk through what it actually looks like to leave a career you built from scratch - and why the hardest part of starting over is often convinc...

Spilling the Tea on HR Tech - How gaps in historical data are driving AI errors across women's healthcare, candidate screening, and HR tech decisions.
The HR HuddleJune 11, 202600:46:38

Spilling the Tea on HR Tech - How gaps in historical data are driving AI errors across women's healthcare, candidate screening, and HR tech decisions.

In this episode of Spilling the Tea on HR Tech, Stacey Harris and Cliff Stevenson cover several notable moves in the HR tech market, including Betterworks acquiring Rypple and Rod Johnson joining UKG as Chief Revenue Officer, with broader observations about where the performance management and front...