This week, Traci sits down with Steve Cadigan to explore what the future of work actually demands from HR leaders and why most organizations are still building for a world that no longer exists.

Steve is a globally recognized talent strategist, advisor, author, and founder of Cadigan Talent Ventures. Best known as LinkedIn's first CHRO, he helped scale the company from 400 employees through its IPO. His book Work Quake debuted as Amazon's #1 Hot New Release and a graduate-level course at Stanford was built around the culture he helped create.

In this conversation, Steve shares the frameworks, hard lessons, and contrarian thinking that have shaped his career and what they mean for HR leaders navigating today's workplace.

What We Cover:

Why high turnover might actually be your competitive advantage
The two things every HR leader must have and why you can't have one without the other
What LinkedIn taught Steve about building HR completely from scratch
Why working yourself out of a job makes you more valuable, not less
The happiness trap that's quietly leading organizations toward mediocrity
Why "Head of Diversity" might be creating more problems than it solves
Where AI delivers the greatest leverage in HR right now

Connect with Steve Cadigan: LinkedIn | TikTok | Podcast: Workplace Weekly | Workquake: Embracing the Aftershocks of COVID-19 to Create a Better Model of Working

Connect with Traci here:https://linktr.ee/HRTraci

Disclaimer: Thoughts, opinions, and statements made on this podcast are not a reflection of the thoughts, opinions, and statements of the Company by whom Traci Chernoff is actively employed.

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