OpenAI to Double Staff, Prioritizing Execution Over Research
OpenAI is scaling fast to match the pace of the AI race. The company plans to double its workforce to around 8,000 employees by the end of 2026, signaling a shift from research focus to full-scale business execution as competition intensifies. AI may be driven by models, but winning it still comes down to people, talent and speed of execution. https://t.co/FryUt4d6ui @GeorgeNHammond @sjhmorris @ft
Productivity's Future Needs Empowered Employees, Not Just AI
“The future of workplace productivity isn’t just AI-enablement. To reap the full benefits of such new technologies, orgs. must encourage & empower employees to rethink how they work & strengthen their personal effectiveness.” https://t.co/p5jUUCnzIs #leadership #management #HR https://t.co/CN1DeJPtRp
Not Everyone Thrives in Startup’s Fast‑Paced Culture
I had to let go a team member yesterday and it sucks but at the end of the day not everyone is fit for startup speed and life
Canada’s Social Media & Marketing Jobs Hiring Now
New jobs just dropped. Social media, marketing, media buying, and more roles across Canada are hiring right now. If you’ve been waiting for a sign to apply, this is it. Browse the full list now. https://t.co/hswAhZliaW
OpenAI to Double Staff, Add Business Ambassadors to Curb Anthropic
Anthropic and Google are making them dance :) -> OpenAI aims to grow to about 8,000 employees by the end of 2026, from ~4,500 today, as it seeks to arrest Anthropic's momentum with business customers "The ChatGPT-maker is also ramping up...
Weekly Substack Roundup: Travel, Media, and Content Jobs
New opportunities on my Substack this week: 💻 Rough Guides is looking for a Junior Travel Editor, maternity cover for 6 months 💻 Matador Network wants to collaborate with micro influencers (20k followers or less) on paid social content 💻 Real Simple is...
WFH Increases Productivity and Supports Reproduction
Nick Bloom and Steve Davis and your amazing colleagues - thank you for your research on WFH and humane shifts in work schedules that revealed the benefits of such shifts. Here is a new paper I have been following the...
Every Consulting Wing Claims Its Exec Owns AI
I was just looking at an article from one of the big consulting firms. The Human Capital practice wrote a compelling piece arguing that HR should lead the AI transformation. I then spent a few minutes on google / gemini...
Human-in-the-Loop: Balancing AI and Workforce
The Human-in-the-Loop Experience: Navigating #AI at Work @ABPsychologists https://t.co/Q7rWBniM5Y #HCM #HRM #HumanResources #HRTech #CHRO #FutureofHR
Stop Glorifying Low Pay in Conservation Jobs
Please stop romanticizing low pay in the conservation field with “well I make nothing but least I’m happy” It’s how you get less people wanting to work in conservation when you’ve normalized a generation of making $15-18/hr only ever doing seasonal...
Hire Truth‑seekers, Not People‑pleasers, for Lasting Success
Best part of building Hedgeye from scratch in 2008? I got to pick people who wanted to be right more than they wanted to be liked. That's a rare roster
600,000 Black Women Job Losses Amid New Trump EO
Im sorry I have to say it. While you all are arguing about unimportant things, and tearing each other down. 600,000 black woman are being pushed out from their jobs. Also Trump quietly passed Executive Order 14281, this directly affects...
AI Agents Matching Human Salaries Cut Costs Dramatically
In 2025, we predicted that 2026 would be the year agents would earn as much as a person. It’s already happening. In markets where there’s a labor shortage and an urgent need to hire people, we are seeing agents command 75%, 85%,...
New Startups Will Offset Graduate Unemployment Surge
All these “30% unemployment for new grads” predictions make a critical false assumption—they assume the number & composition of employers remains static. We’re going to see an explosion of new ventures, some of which will turn into new employers. My...
Crunchbase Is Hiring Remote Data Product Talent
We’re hiring at Crunchbase. 🚀 If you’re curious, collaborative, and excited about building products that help people make smarter decisions with data, we’d love to meet you. We’re hiring across multiple roles on our fully remote team. Apply here. 🔗: https://t.co/npZ2xjxvbC https://t.co/IdxpIrOWi6
HR Must Ditch Three Outdated Phrases for AI Era
Simon Sinek: 3 phrases HR needs to abandon in the age of #AI @HR_Exec https://t.co/yzxmQmyexH #HCM #HRM #HumanResources #HRTech #CHRO #FutureofHR
Recruiters Promise Quick Follow‑up, Deliver Months Later
Recruiter: I'll get back to you at the end of the week Candidates 2 months later: https://t.co/2WAzwO8MaI
10‑Minute Daily Clean‑Up Boosts Office Productivity
Tidy 10. At our office, once a day at 3 pm. Employees need to spend 10 minutes cleaning their workspace. If their space is clean, pick something else. We get so much done. I LOVE IT. Stole it from Rakuten company manual. Some...
Finishing a Workday App Proves You Deserve Interview
If you complete a Workday application, you’ve already proven resilience, focus, and emotional endurance. That alone should earn you an interview.
Trim Your Resume: Highlight Recent Roles, Not Entire Career
If your resume is creeping past 2 pages because you’ve been working 15–20+ years, this is usually why. It’s really easy for a resume to turn into… everything you’ve ever done. Every role, every bullet, going back 20+ years. Makes sense since there’s...
Icon Grids Make Headcount Instantly Understandable
This headcount format gets the fastest "got it" from every board I've presented to. Here's the thing about tables. They work. But nobody remembers them five minutes later. You say "Sales has 72 people." Board nods. Next slide. Already forgotten. But when you...
Meta's Mass Layoffs Signal HR Tech Disruption
HR Tech and AI Work Notes #9: Meta to Lay Off Thousands https://t.co/x8u9XJOF9P #HCM #HRM #HumanResources #HRTech #CHRO #FutureofHR
New Nexus Move Enables Selective SAP Payroll Migration
Selective Workbench Migration to Employee Central #Payroll with #Nexus Move https://t.co/wu8LcGXzCO >important new capability in @TIKNexus for #SAP Payroll to #SuccessFactors ECP migrations. #HRTech #EnSw
Positive Leadership Turns Post‑Trauma Survival Into Thriving
@EnergizersLLC Thanks for the repost, from @HRCurator From Surviving to Thriving: Positive #Leadership in the Aftermath of Trauma @ABPsychologists https://t.co/Hf1Xgv5lfH #HCM #HRM #HumanResources #HRTech #CHRO #FutureofHR
New Cloudflare Hires Showcase Inspiring Diverse Backgrounds
Sitting at a bar in Bentonville, Arkansas sending offers to new @Cloudflare employees. So incredible and inspiring to read all their backgrounds. #thefuture
Skill Development and Incentives Drive Business Outcomes
Helping employees learn new skills and offering incentives to accelerate the delivery of business outcomes should be two drivers of the partnership. #CIO https://t.co/IkMrUQXpxe
Women Needed in Fast‑Growing HR Technology Intersection
I want more Woman in HR Technology, its growing fast and there is a lot of opportunities. I've been in HR Technology for over 10 years, and this area has grown so much. The most important thing to understand about...
Accountability Means Understanding, Fair Expectations, Not Micromanagement
Holding people accountable means understanding them and their circumstances well enough to assess whether they can and should do some things differently, getting in sync with them about that, and, if they can't adequately do what is required, removing them...
Cybersecurity Talent Shortage Requires Sustainable Long-Term Pipeline
Cybersecurity talent is in high demand. But the real challenge is building a sustainable pipeline. With only 14% of organizations confident in their cyber skills, we must start treating cybersecurity as a long-term strategy. https://t.co/LM4JRaOLzk
Deel Unifies Worker Lifecycle on New Platform
We just wrapped The Big @deel 2026 - and this one felt different. 🚀 Today is also Deel's 7th birthday. 7 years, 40,000+ companies, $22B in payroll processed. This year we connected every stage of the worker lifecycle into one platform. Here's...
Seeking Team Members Who Match My Work Style
Literally I work like this so I only want to hire other people that work like this 🥲 Need an exec assistant, a video editor, a social media manager, and a graphic designer like this real bad
Monitor Stress Early to Prevent Costly Burnout
Don’t Wait for Burnout: Track Stress in Your Business Early https://t.co/llyHhxwoZ7 #Burnout isn't just an #HR issue; unchecked stress erodes business outcomes. It's expensive but avoidable: productivity crashes, quality errors, missed deadlines, increased absenteeism, turnover https://t.co/I9hKVfdVkl
Empower Top Talent: Hire and Step Aside
Hire high agency people and then stay out of their way. Too many companies put up too many speed bumps that just slow down the people who bring in the money.
Leadership Ignored Upskilling; Train Now or Be Replaced
Meta is laying off 20%. Block is laying off 40%. Both blame AI. Here's what actually happened: Leadership moved too slow. And employees waited too long. If you're a leader: The companies cutting teams right now had the same warning...
Off‑Duty Speech on Genocide Must Remain Protected
Employers can punish you for your off-duty speech. That’s the reality. But when that speech is about human rights—about genocide—that shouldn’t be allowed. That’s not politics. That’s conscience. A law that claims to protect human rights but fails to protect the voices defending...
Future Work Means Not Feeling Like Work
The future of work is not realizing you're working. We spend hours a day doing that already. https://t.co/zauZvHDOLj
AI Threatens Entry-Level Learning, Creating Future Talent Debt
RT AI isn't just changing senior roles - it's quietly erasing the "learn by doing" years. If we hollow out entry-level jobs now, we'll face a talent debt later. #AI #Hiring #CIO #CHRO @Star_CIO https://t.co/W7YbwP6jrL
Shift to Experience-First Culture to Revive Trust
Employee engagement 101: Rethinking EX in the age of declining trust https://t.co/xdbYxFC31N @CX_Network #EmployeeEngagement & #trust have stagnated, even declined. This 3-pillar framework helps reorg operations, shift from profit-first #culture to experience-first & drive profit https://t.co/BXgJE2sLyg
Tool Delivers 7.5× ROI on Recruiter Efficiency
Founders: Example ROI math that makes prospects pay attention: You have 10 recruiters at $125k fully loaded cost = $1.25M annual spend Our tool makes them 30% more efficient = $375k value created We charge $50k = 7.5x ROI Make the math dead simple.
Leaders, Not Gemba Walks, Determine Success
Gemba Walks Don’t Fail. Leaders Do. https://t.co/nqZ1wbhGKm Executed correctly, #Gemba walks are one of the most powerful tools #leaders have to understand reality, surface friction, drive meaningful change. When executed poorly, they become expensive theater. #employeeexperience https://t.co/Gkk0VGdoBe
Excelling at Your Job Can Stall Career Advancement
The best salesperson I ever hired never got promoted, and it’s because he was too good at his job. But leadership didn’t want to lose him where he was. Skills get you noticed, but strategy gets you out of the role you’re...
Talent Engineering Is the AI Speed Bottleneck
A good heuristic for whether your company is moving fast enough for AI: Append "engineering" to every function. Then rate it. GTM → GTM Engineering ✅ | Product → Product Engineering ✅ | Talent → Talent Engineering ❌ Talent is where it breaks....
Perfect Reviews Don't Guarantee Promotions, Corporate Lies Exposed
The biggest lie corporate tells you about "Promotions". You are told to wait for the year-end self-assessment. You think a perfect review form guarantees a step up. THE BLACK BOX REALITY:
Master 1x1 Meetings: Turn Waste Into Impact
Are 1x1 meetings still relevant? Yes. 1 on 1 meetings are one of the most important tools you have as a manager. But most people get them dead wrong. Wasting so much time and money... With a calendar full of useless...
Rippling AI Revolutionizes Payroll for 5K‑Employee Company
Rippling launched its AI analyst today. I'm not just the CEO - I'm also the Rippling admin for our co, and I run payroll for our ~ 5K global employees. Here are 5 specific ways Rippling AI has changed my job,...
Performance Now Measured by Weekly Surface Area Growth
The way we measure performance is changing. Now, it's how much is each person's surface area growing week over week? This will be the biggest challenge for people and managers. How are you measuring your team's output right now?
Know When to Stop Fixing Unwilling Employees
You are a manager now. You cannot fix someone who does not want to be fixed. Know when to cut your losses. THE HARSH REALITY:
Leaders Must Pause Speed to Acknowledge Teams During Change
Speed is one of the best tools a leader has. But I’ve seen it work against many of them. (Often before we even realize it.) CEOs are fast & decisive for a reason: It helps them get results. But when...
Six Key Questions Reveal True Employee Performance
6 Questions to Find Out How Your Employees Are Really Doing - https://t.co/wT6361bf7V - https://t.co/1oObzNjeuR by Rebecca Knight
WME Cuts 3% Workforce, Cites Industry Upheaval
WME Laying Off 30 Staffers, 3% of Headcount, After Going Private Last Year: ‘Our Industry Is Undergoing Profound Change’ https://t.co/gUlwX6zxPb via @variety