Every February 2nd, a chubby rodent emerges from a burrow in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, squints at the crowd, and delivers a weather forecast that’s accurate roughly 40% of the time. Which, depending on your perspective, is either charmingly hopeful or spectacularly
Two HR Lies We Need to Stop Believing in 2026
It’s almost 2026 but rather than another prediction post or retrospective listicle, I decided to offer a reckoning and call out two HR fictions we need to eliminate in 2026. Are these “lies we tell ourselves” malicious? Not really. But
Vibe HR: When Borrowed Policies and Gut Decisions Replace Real Strategy
There’s a term (and practice) that’s been floating around the tech/software development world this year that has given me pause: vibe coding. Coined by computer scientist Andrej Karpathy in February 2025, it describes a workflow where developers stop writing code
Introducing Velvet Cubicle: Because Corporate Bondage is your Favorite Workplace Kink
I announced a new beginning on LinkedIn yesterday and then got to thinking I should do a follow up to explain the name of this endeavor – Velvet Cubicle. It sounds soft, doesn’t it? Luxurious. Maybe a little sensual. Like
