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26 Aug 2025Use CasesAI hiring boom meets hiring freeze
AI is eating recruiting. And yet, hiring is slowing down.According to the Wall Street Journal, nearly half of US companies are planning to freeze or slow down hiring in the second half of 2025 , citing economic uncertainty, restructuring, and ...
21 Aug 2025Use CasesAre your hiring bots talking fair?
AI is revolutionizing the hiring process. From automated screening to video interview analysis, many tools promise faster, smarter recruitment. But faster isn’t always fairer.Recent studies, including one from researchers in Australia ( TheGuard...
29 Jul 2025The Big Five personality model: what it is and how it’s used in 2025
Beyond MBTI: why the Big Five mattersWhile MBTI still has its place, psychologists tend to rely on another model when scientific validity matters: the Big Five .Also known as the OCEAN model , the Big Five outlines five core traits:Openness -...
29 Jul 2025Use CasesUnderstanding MBTI in 2025: what it is, why it matters
What is MBTI?The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) is one of the most widely used personality frameworks in the world. It classifies people into one of 16 types based on four psychological dimensions: Extraversion (E) / Introversion (I) Sensing...
28 Jul 2025From meeting fatigue to meeting focus: how hybrid work demands smarter analytics
The hybrid work model was meant to be a balance. Fewer distractions, more flexibility, better meetings.Instead, many teams got the worst of both worlds: more calls, less connection - and a calendar full of meetings no one remembers asking for.We...
28 Jul 2025Use CasesTurning people data into profit
HR tech loves dashboards. Executives love results. Somewhere between the two lies a gap that most tools can’t bridge. But modern AI-driven HR Intelligence agents - like those in the Ulla family - are changing the story from “we saw the proble...
24 Jul 2025Use CasesWhat Team leads really want from AI
What Team leads actually need from AI (Hint: It’s not more dashboards)If you're leading a team, you probably don’t have time for another analytics tool.You don’t want more dashboards.You want answers.Who’s engaged, and who’s quietly slipping awa...
23 Jul 2025Use CasesAI or No Promotion? Why Amazon’s new rule is a wake-up call
Amazon just made it official: if you want to grow your career, you'd better be using AI.In a company-wide email sent to staff at Ring , Amazon’s smart home division, founder Jamie Siminoff announced a sharp turn in internal promotion policy. Fr...
17 Jul 2025Use CasesMeasuring engagement ≠ Monitoring people
Why meeting analytics are about support - not surveillance.If you work in a distributed or hybrid team, you’ve likely heard this before:"Let’s turn cameras on so it feels like we’re all here.Or worse:"Let’s track who’s speaking more and who’s ju...
11 Jul 2025UncategorizedIndia appoints AI Officers - should you?
In India’s Odisha state, a bold policy is taking shape ( The Times of India): every government department must now appoint a dedicated “AI Officer.” These officers will oversee how artificial intelligence is adopted, used, and governed across ma...
10 Jul 2025Use CasesWorkplace AI adoption: what managers get wrong
The buzz around AI in the workplace is deafening - and often, misleading. From AI-generated agendas to tools that promise to “run your team for you,” we’ve seen a surge in digital assistants being plugged into everyday workflows. But with all th...
04 Jul 2025UncategorizedAI in People decisions
A new Resume Builder study, covered by Axios, is raising serious questions in the HR and management world.According to the findings, nearly 4 in 10 managers now trust AI tools like ChatGPT, Gemini, or Microsoft Copilot to help them make h...