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The HR Huddle

The HR Huddle

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Summary
 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.All rights reserved by WRKdefined Economics Politics & Government
Episodes
  • The Pivot Effect: The Brutiful Pivot: Diane Weaver on Founding, Letting Go, and What Comes Next

    The Pivot Effect: The Brutiful Pivot: Diane Weaver on Founding, Letting Go, and What Comes Next
    Nov 5 2026
    What happens after the company you built doesn’t need you anymore? In this episode of The Pivot Effect, Teri Zipper and Susan Richards sit down with Diane Weaver, COO at Baryons and a tech founder. Diane is a fifth-generation entrepreneur and educator who grew up working on her family’s farm and being chased by paparazzi. Her grandfather was a television pioneer who taught her that technology should make life better for people. Diane talks about going from intrapreneur to founder, what she learned once she was finally “in charge,” and why she keeps a personal advisory board whose members don’t know they’re on it. She opens up about the “brutiful” experience of stepping away after her startup, Course Tune, was acquired, including the three days she spent crying in Paris. She also explains how ChatGPT’s release two months later led her to Baryons, where AI helps people find their own personal compass and work through big changes at work. The conversation wraps with resilience, self-compassion, and Diane’s view that the finish line comes when something you’ve built is changing someone else’s life.
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    50 mins
  • HR, We have a Problem: Live from the Cornerstone Rooftop at HR Tech

    HR, We have a Problem: Live from the Cornerstone Rooftop at HR Tech
    Oct 29 2026
    Episode description In this special edition of HR We Have a Problem, recorded live at HR Tech, Cliff Stevenson and Stacey Harris sat down with Cornerstone’s Chief Marketing Officer Mini Peiris and Guna Jayaraman, who leads product strategy and technology. They recorded from the top of Cornerstone’s double-decker booth, and Cornerstone used the conversation to break news on two launches. The first is Workforce Planning, which builds on the Workforce AI foundation Cornerstone introduced in May. It treats planning as a skills and capabilities conversation rather than a headcount exercise. The second is Agent Ready, a governance layer that continuously evaluates every AI agent in your organization against your policies, your data permissions and the conduct you expect from your people. Together they talk about why technology is a commodity and people are the winning recipe, and why HR should manage AI agents as carefully as it manages employees. They also explain why the best AI strategies start with the outcome you’re after instead of the tool. If you couldn’t make it to HR Tech, consider this your VIP access.
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    16 mins
  • HR We Have A Problem: Throwback Thursday: Teri Zipper & Melissa Reeve on Becoming Hyper-Adaptive

    HR We Have A Problem: Throwback Thursday: Teri Zipper & Melissa Reeve on Becoming Hyper-Adaptive
    Oct 22 2026
    Throwback Thursday: We’re revisiting one of our favorite conversations from HR, We Have a Problem. Teri Zipper talks with Melissa Reeve, creator of the Hyper-Adaptive Model and author of Hyper-Adaptive: Rewiring the Enterprise to Become AI Native, about why successful AI integration means spending 70% of the effort on people and only 30% on technology. They discuss how jobs will be deconstructed and reassembled as AI automates tasks, why every organization needs an “AI North Star,” and the structures companies need to build to support the shift. Her message is even more timely today. Key points covered include: ↪️ An “AI North Star” gives employees a clear, compelling business goal, so they understand why the organization is adopting AI and how their roles connect to that mission. ↪️ AI activation hubs and councils give AI leads programmatic support, building networks that spread learning and get relevant information to the frontlines quickly as new capabilities emerge. ↪️ Protected time and safe spaces let employees explore AI through their own curiosity. One example is “prompting parties,” where teams compare approaches and discover what’s possible together. ↪️ Empathy mapping helps identify the tasks employees dislike, like bug chasing, testing, and invoice processing. Showing how AI can handle those tasks shifts the mindset from fear of job replacement to capability enhancement. Whether you missed it the first time or you’re ready for a refresher, this thought leader conversation is worth another listen!
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    36 mins
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