Writing

Writing


Notes from LinkedIn on HR, organizations, AI and leadership.

Jul 2026

Efficiency goes to the machine; judgment and warmth stay human

Automating HR operations for 400+ people — with "human in the loop" kept at the center of the design.

#HR #AI #Automation

Jul 2026

I built a lake

Three months turning HR data scattered across systems into an HR Data Lake anyone can draw from — within their own permissions.

#HR #AI #Data #Decisions

Jul 2026

The World Cup semi-finals, and what HR is really thinking

A famous crest is no longer a ticket in. The teams that go all the way run on alignment, self-transcendence and contribution.

#Talent #Recruiting #Teams

Jul 2026

Pause for three seconds, and draw a card

Mapping 79 Osho Zen cards onto a fintech company's working attitudes — AI hands you the perspectives; the step is still yours.

#AI #Judgment #Career

Dec 2025

Issue 30 — organizational growth, kept on the record

A company magazine that started out trembling and pressing forward reaches issue 30 — the most real connection between people and the organization.

#Employer Brand #Company Culture #Content

Jul 2025

Coach one recruiter, grow the ability to run a magazine

From last July to this June, a colleague on recruiting learned, through coaching, to produce a company magazine from scratch almost on her own.

#Coaching #Talent Development #Employer Brand

Jun 2025

2025 Q1 — recording what's real, in light and shadow

Three festival themes in one quarter — writing spring with light, a workplace of reunion, and her strength in the light — turning human warmth into momentum.

#Employer Brand #Company Culture #Diversity & Inclusion

Jan 2025

The light-catchers' Christmas

Snowflakes, lights, a child's smile — carrying laughter and feeling in images, across time, kept forever.

#Employer Brand #Brand Storytelling

Dec 2024

Honouring life with images, honouring the good with gratitude

Every image carries a gratitude — the consultant's care, the stylist's hands, the photographer's story, the retoucher's detail.

#Employer Brand #Company Culture

Oct 2024

The marks of time

On waiting as a kind of faith. Working with an elder-care centre and a dementia association, recording flowing time through a lens.

#Employer Brand #Brand Storytelling #Craft & Legacy

Sep 2024

Light as the pen, the heart as the teacher

The Teachers' Day issue, focused down from a dozen candidate headlines — on why education matters to how a company grows.

#Education #Employer Brand #Content

Sep 2024

The brightest star in the night sky

Before HR, I was a stay-at-home dad for three years; before that, a music teacher and performing artist for nearly a decade.

#Career #HR #Reflection

Jul 2024

One spark of an idea

A company magazine is usually something only large firms can resource. With limited resources, we made a lot of the impossible possible.

#Employer Brand #Company Culture

Jul 2024

BluePath Program — Coffee Chat

A gathering of nearly 70 HR people. HR knowledge and skill have to be gained through people.

#HR #Learning #Legacy

Jul 2024

Catch your Sparkle

Every life is unique and good, and HOLO+FACE's mission is to catch and record that good.

#Employer Brand #Brand Storytelling