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Workforce capability gap: 5 lessons from HR leaders

Claire Fernando:

A workforce capability gap opens when a business changes faster than its people systems can keep up, and the fix is visibility, not more hiring. That...

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What a customer service award actually measures

Mathan Allington:

Compono just won The Talent Tech Customer Service Award at the TIARA Talent Acquisition & Talent Tech Awards ANZ 2026. Our Customer Success and...

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Product Update May 2026

Mathan Allington:

Last month we said the bigger AI news was weeks away, not months. Here’s the first of it. We’ve shipped roleplay coaching in Hey Compono, our...

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Product Update April 2026

Manisha Bullen:

Follow our monthly product updates as we share the latest features to help you strategically design and develop teams and the work environment. It's...

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Why Fluent Commerce made hours irrelevant

Rudy Crous:

Alex Pusenjak stopped tracking hours at Fluent Commerce and started tracking impact. The result: 96% employee willingness to go above and beyond and...

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Treat people how they want to be treated (the platinum rule for leading diverse teams)

Mathan Allington:

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Culture is not an event (it's the sum of your micro decisions)

Mathan Allington:

Sharon Gray doesn't think culture is academic. She thinks it's everything.

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The unconventional path (and why the best people leaders never started in HR)

Mathan Allington:

Edan Haddock was arranging wedding bouquets when most HR professionals were writing their first performance review.

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AI won't replace HR (but it will expose who's been coasting)

Mathan Allington:

One of Movember's founders pulled Edan Haddock aside and asked him, point blank, what on earth he was doing. "We're humanistic. Why are you bringing...

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The 'Brilliant Jerk' problem (and why every winner has a bad hire story)

Mathan Allington:

Alex Pusenjak was sitting across from someone who ticked every box. The technical skills were sharp. The KPIs were being smashed. On paper, this...