Field notes from an HRBP. Tools and strategies for the AI era.

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24
Jun
A new home for the HRBP Lab

A new home for the HRBP Lab

1 min read
22
Jun
Stop taking the first draft

Stop taking the first draft

Using AI is where everyone starts. Directing it — deciding what good looks like before the draft exists and rejecting the competent-but-wrong take — is the skill that separates the HRBPs getting hours back.
6 min read
22
Jun
Nobody owns the seams

Nobody owns the seams

Every HR mess has the same fingerprint, and it isn't an ER problem — it's a seam problem. The HRBP move isn't more trackers. It's naming the work that lives in the gap and forcing an owner.
6 min read
22
Jun
Where do tomorrow's HRBPs come from?

Where do tomorrow's HRBPs come from?

Entry-level postings in NYC are down 37% since 2022. The fourth deliberate decision is invest — and it starts by redesigning one entry-level role before the on-ramp quietly closes.
7 min read
16
May
What only a human can do (even when AI could)

What only a human can do (even when AI could)

Subtract. Codify. Protect. The third deliberate decision: the work HRBPs should keep human on purpose, even when AI could plausibly do it.
6 min read
15
May
The Extra Time Challenge

The Extra Time Challenge

What people actually do with the time AI gives them back — and the five questions HRBPs should ask before any automation initiative.
4 min read
14
May
PULSE: Death by Tracker

PULSE: Death by Tracker

Your tracker pile is a design problem, not a tools problem.
1 min read
14
May
What did you write this week that you've written before?

What did you write this week that you've written before?

Five questions to find the repetition in your leader's work — and turn it into a Claude skill by Friday.
5 min read