Raluca Ghete
@memeralu.bsky.social
Systems thinker. HR strategist. People ops whisperer.
As a mom, a People leader, and a systems thinker, I’m worried.
Not about AI replacing us.
But about how fast we’re restructuring our orgs as if it already has.
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Not about AI replacing us.
But about how fast we’re restructuring our orgs as if it already has.
open.substack.com/pub/peoplene...
What If We’re Building a Post-Labor World By Mistake?
TL;DR: The narrative that AI will eliminate jobs isn't neutral.
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June 21, 2025 at 10:07 AM
As a mom, a People leader, and a systems thinker, I’m worried.
Not about AI replacing us.
But about how fast we’re restructuring our orgs as if it already has.
open.substack.com/pub/peoplene...
Not about AI replacing us.
But about how fast we’re restructuring our orgs as if it already has.
open.substack.com/pub/peoplene...
👀 Everyone’s talking about AI in HR.
But try using it? That’s where the fun begins
We’re not scaling AI in HR. We’re still poking it with a stick.
But that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t use it.
open.substack.com/pub/peoplene...
But try using it? That’s where the fun begins
We’re not scaling AI in HR. We’re still poking it with a stick.
But that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t use it.
open.substack.com/pub/peoplene...
Step Right Up: AI in HR Is the Greatest Show We Don’t Understand
TL;DR: AI in HR is the new shiny thing—but most people selling it (and buying it) don’t really know what they’re doing.
open.substack.com
May 18, 2025 at 5:11 AM
👀 Everyone’s talking about AI in HR.
But try using it? That’s where the fun begins
We’re not scaling AI in HR. We’re still poking it with a stick.
But that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t use it.
open.substack.com/pub/peoplene...
But try using it? That’s where the fun begins
We’re not scaling AI in HR. We’re still poking it with a stick.
But that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t use it.
open.substack.com/pub/peoplene...
Sometimes being in HR feels like being Cassandra from Greek mythology: you can see the problems coming, you warn people, you even show them the data—and they still ignore you. Until it breaks.
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open.substack.com/pub/peoplene...
📣 The HR Cassandra Problem
Why knowing the truth and being ignored is the most exhausting job in the building
open.substack.com
May 3, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Sometimes being in HR feels like being Cassandra from Greek mythology: you can see the problems coming, you warn people, you even show them the data—and they still ignore you. Until it breaks.
open.substack.com/pub/peoplene...
open.substack.com/pub/peoplene...
New series: 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈𝐭 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐅𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐋𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐁𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐇𝐑 🧠💥
This isn’t a vent session. It’s a reality check.
We’re naming what really happens inside scaling companies—and how to survive it without burning out.
👉 First post is live: “𝐈 𝐀𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦”
open.substack.com/pub/peoplene...
This isn’t a vent session. It’s a reality check.
We’re naming what really happens inside scaling companies—and how to survive it without burning out.
👉 First post is live: “𝐈 𝐀𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦”
open.substack.com/pub/peoplene...
“I Am the System” → Overfunctioning as a substitute for infrastructure
aka: HR as the duct tape, the glue, and also the air
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April 30, 2025 at 6:55 AM
New series: 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈𝐭 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐅𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐋𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐁𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐇𝐑 🧠💥
This isn’t a vent session. It’s a reality check.
We’re naming what really happens inside scaling companies—and how to survive it without burning out.
👉 First post is live: “𝐈 𝐀𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦”
open.substack.com/pub/peoplene...
This isn’t a vent session. It’s a reality check.
We’re naming what really happens inside scaling companies—and how to survive it without burning out.
👉 First post is live: “𝐈 𝐀𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦”
open.substack.com/pub/peoplene...
Most companies say they listen to employees. But if your feedback loop takes five months and a committee to close, it’s not a system—it’s a suggestion box in a trench coat. 🕵️♂️
Read my latest on why voice channels break (and how to fix them): 👇
open.substack.com/pub/peoplene...
Read my latest on why voice channels break (and how to fix them): 👇
open.substack.com/pub/peoplene...
Surveys, Slack, and Silence: Fixing Broken Feedback Loops
“We’re big on listening,” someone told me at a networking thing.
open.substack.com
April 23, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Most companies say they listen to employees. But if your feedback loop takes five months and a committee to close, it’s not a system—it’s a suggestion box in a trench coat. 🕵️♂️
Read my latest on why voice channels break (and how to fix them): 👇
open.substack.com/pub/peoplene...
Read my latest on why voice channels break (and how to fix them): 👇
open.substack.com/pub/peoplene...