If you’ve ever read an HR Brew story on AI, you’ve no doubt learned that AI tools can help companies improve employee productivity, but—no surprise—AI technology is also without question impacting many, many other core areas of the HR remit.

Australian-based teamwork and collaboration software company Atlassian is taking a “slow and methodical and intentional” approach to bringing AI tools into its employee experience program by partnering with experience management giant Qualtrics.

Atlassian’s head of people insights, Emma Crockett, told HR Brew, the company is methodically redeveloping the way it gathers, analyzes, and acts on employee feedback. If there’s one word to describe the labor market right now, it’s “uncertainty.”

For more on identifying the pain points with AI at your company, keep reading here.—AD

When LaFawn Davis was growing up, she didn’t dream of becoming an astronaut, a doctor, or a teacher…she dreamed of becoming the CEO of seven companies, at once.

This ambition inspired a strong work ethic, one that propelled Davis into the workforce at 14, when she took her first job at a Black-owned flower shop in her hometown of San Jose, California. And once she started working, she never stopped.

Despite her strong work ethic, Davis—who landed her current job as Indeed’s chief people and sustainability officer in May 2024—told HR Brew that her career hasn’t always been smooth, in part because she didn’t have a bachelor’s degree.

For more on a career journey that has “indeed” been unique, keep reading here.—MC

As HR pros await the verdict in the case of flexible v. in-person work, many are hoping it’ll involve dropping the one-size-fits-all approach.

Business leaders often cite wanting to improve employee collaboration, connectivity, innovation, mentorship, and skill development as reasons to RTO, but a recent report from consulting firm McKinsey suggests these goals can be achieved no matter where employees work.

“We can’t just bring people back to the office, and changing nothing else, assume that all of a sudden we get collaboration, or all of a sudden we get connectivity,” Bryan Hancock, a partner at McKinsey, told HR Brew. “It does require practical actions of leaders and of managers to make that happen.”

For more on McKinsey’s findings and what they mean for employee engagement, keep reading.—MC