Where Research Meets Reality.
Research and advisory for the people leading HR, talent, and workforce transformation—practitioner-led, insight-rich, and actually useful.
Our Services
Here’s how we help teams cut through the noise and move from ideas to impact—whether through research, community, or hands-on strategy work.
Research
Our research is built for action—real data, real stories, and analysis that cuts through hype to show what’s actually working.
Human Centric AI Council (HCAIC)
The Human-Centric AI Council brings together practitioners and partners building the future of HR—responsibly, and together.
Strategy Workshops
Focused sessions that get the right people in the room, align priorities, and turn ideas into a plan moves the organization forward and grows with you.
Advisory Engagements
Partnerships that turn insight into motion. We help teams connect strategy to execution and move with clarity.
Meet The Team
We’ve all been in the seat, built the teams, and felt the pain. kyle & co turns that real-world experience into research and guidance that actually works.
Jake Paul
Head of Product Innovation
Product builder and practitioner who turns complex ideas into tools that make work, well, work.
Emily Wares
Head of Solutions Consulting
Solutions pro who’s been in the trenches with global TA teams, making big systems actually deliver on their promise.
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Recent Blogs
Your Screening Process Is Your Brand. AI Interviewers Just Made That Harder to Ignore.
I’ve been ghosted by recruiters who reached out to me first. Not a cold message that went nowhere. I mean screening calls, panel interviews, real momentum. And then nothing. Neither of those experiences involved AI. But both were brand moments, whether anyone treated them that way or not.
The AI Layoff Wave is a Trap. And Why This is HR’s Hero Moment
Everyone’s looking at the spreadsheet. Nobody’s looking at the humans in the middle. AI has handed HR the single greatest opportunity to redefine the function — but only if leaders are willing to play offense before the CFO asks for cuts.
From Risk Avoidance to Risk Readiness: What AI Is Really Demanding of Talent Leaders
Kyle Lagunas joins Matt Alder on Recruiting Future to unpack why talent teams must shift from risk avoidance to risk readiness — and what defensible AI in TA actually looks like in practice.