The manager question that changed what I thought HR was for
A warehouse manager asked me whose side I was on. My honest answer took two years to work out.
Amara Okafor
3 min read
Professional turning points
A professional turning point is a specific experience that changed an HR practitioner's beliefs or habits — a question from a manager, a first solo HR role, a return after a break. These stories trace the earlier assumption, what shifted, and what remains unresolved.
3 stories in this collection
What changed when I became the only HR person
In a big team I had a lane. At a 60-person startup, I had to decide what the lane was — and say it out loud.
Sofía Marín
2 min read
Coming back to HR after two years away
I expected to be behind on tools. I did not expect to be ahead on patience.
Nadia Haddad
2 min read