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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.
HR We Have A Problem- Igniting Employee Engagement: A Conversation with Mental Fitness Coach Todd Bertsch
Disengagement and burnout have barely budged in decades — Gallup still puts disengagement at 80%+. In this episode, host Cliff Stevenson sits down with mental fitness coach Todd Bertsch to talk about the early warning signs of burnout, why lasting change usually starts with an interruption rather th...
Spilling the Tea on HR Tech- Workday's $43B Buyout Rumor, Remembering Dolly Parton
In this episode, Stacey and Cliff remember Dolly Parton and her legacy as a philanthropist and advocate of workers’ rights and pay equity. In business news: Checkr acquires Truv, Lattice acquires Pando, and Adam Weber launches Helm. Silver Lake reportedly in talks to take Workday private...
Spilling The Tea On HR Tech- A Big Clarity Deal and More AI Chaos
Hosts Stacey Harris, Sapient’s chief research officer and managing partner, and Cliff Stevenson director of research and principal analyst, break down the week's biggest HR Tech news. In this episode: A preview of Sapient Insights Group's research heading into HR Tech 2026 (Oct...
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
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
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
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
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
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 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 ...