Inside this Edition:
Join Us in New York City at ENGAGE (by Workvivo, May 21 | Free to Attend, only register if you live in the NYC area)
LaunchHR Summit: Learn everything you need to know to launch your consulting or fractional HR business.
Next Week: Workplace Wellbeing and Mental Health Summit (May 5-7, Free & Virtual)
NEW: Full Bootcamp: Building Your Entire HR Operating System with Claude (only for Hacking HR’s Premium and Premium+ Members)
AI Experience Summit (Virtual and Free). Coming soon included in your registration: 3 Months FREE Read AI Access!
Included in your Premium/Premium+ Membership (for US-based members only) at no additional cost: 24/7 mental health support through Counslr. Click here to learn more
Hacking HR’s Team Membership: 10% off
Sign up your HR team for full access to all Hacking HR programs, live cohorts, and faculty. One price covers everyone. Your whole team learns the same skills at the same time, so you can actually apply what you learn together.
Other platforms charge per seat. We don't.
Get 10% off when you enroll your team (minimum five accounts).
FREE BOOTCAMP
LIVE: Let's Create Your People Analytics Dashboard (in 2 Hours!)
Virtual | Free | May 11, 2026 | 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Pacific Time
What does it actually take to build a people analytics dashboard?
Join us to build a real, working dashboard, connected to a database, running on the open internet, that a CHRO could share with the CFO that same afternoon. Exactly what you need, no more, no less.
This free, virtual, two-hour live workshop led by Hacking HR's founder, Enrique Rubio, builds from scratch in front of you using Claude Code, VS Code with Claude, and Codex, on synthetic data from a fictional company called Meridian Analytics, covering the metrics every HR team is asked about: attrition, engagement, hiring velocity, compensation, manager effectiveness, and the link between people data and business performance.
BOOTCAMP: HOW TO CREATE YOUR HR OPERATING SYSTEM WITH AI
June 8-12, 2026 | 8:00 – 10:00 AM Pacific Time
Exclusively for our Premium and Premium+ Members
What does it actually take to run an AI-powered HR function end to end?
Join us to build a complete, working HR operating system in your own Claude workspace, with your own data, your own documents, your own voice, and your own systems plugged in. By Friday, your hiring, onboarding, performance, compensation, policy, and analytics work all run through one integrated stack you built yourself. Exactly what you need, no more, no less.
This five-day, virtual bootcamp led by Hacking HR's founder, Enrique Rubio, runs Monday through Friday, 8:00–10:00 AM Pacific, with four 2-hour live builds plus a 2-hour Ninja Bonus session, and builds in front of you using Claude in Excel, Claude Projects, Claude's Deep Research, the Gmail, Google Drive, Calendar, and Slack integrations, and Claude Code, covering the work every HR team actually does: workforce analytics and headcount dashboards, compensation benchmarking, recruiting funnel visualization, workforce planning scenarios, the full HR document suite written in your voice, system-connected workflows that run where you already work, and a reusable library of Projects, custom Skills, and prompts your whole HR team can use.
UPCOMING FREE & VIRTUAL
WORKPLACE WELLBEING AND MENTAL HEALTH SUMMIT

Most organizations can identify the signals we described in this article. What’s challenging is redesigning work, helping leaders develop skills and change behaviors, and creating the organizational conditions and support systems to do it at scale.
These themes will be covered extensively at the Workplace Wellbeing and Mental Health Summit (May 5-7, 7:00 AM - 11:25 AM Pacific Time) — a three-day virtual event that will gather HR and business leaders from across the globe to discuss how to build healthier workplaces that support mental health, and where people can perform sustainably and speak up safely.
This event is 100% free to attend, and it’s brought to you by our amazing sponsors DeepCare and Leading Pathways
📜 All attendees who participate live or watch the post-event recordings may download a certificate of participation.
👑 Premium members of our community gain a Credly badge and HR Credits (13.5 SHRMs + 13.5 HRCIs + 13.5 IHRMs)
🌟 JOIN US! 👉 Check out the agenda and register here
If you are looking to improve your AI skills, we have a free workshop and a bootcamp designed for HR professionals, both free to attend!
From Support the Business to Building One!
LaunchHR Summit

Launching a business is one of the most exciting, yet scary things ever. We know this to be VERY true for HR people, who have spent their careers SUPPORTING the business, but not necessarily creating the fundamentals for them to BUILD their own business.
This is why we are so excited that Hacking HR and Fractional People People are partnering to bring this exclusive, 100% FREE and 100% virtual summit: LaunchHR.
We will cover the fundamentals, from the "why do I even want to create a business" to "ok, this is how use AI to help me out".
Also, we are HONORED to share that VirgilHR is sponsoring our LaunchHR Business Grant, including:
$5,000 Cash Grant: Put it toward the real costs of starting — tools, branding, legal setup, website, whatever you need most
6 Months Free VirgilHR Access: Complimentary access to the VirgilHR compliance platform to help you navigate HR regulations as you build your business
Second Prize: Business Accelerator (25–35 runner-up applicants will receive a complimentary 30–45 minute consultative call with the VirgilHR team to help you think through the launch of your business).
AI EXPERIENCE SUMMIT
AI EXPERIENCE SUMMIT LIVE + VIRTUAL
This year, the third edition of the AI Experience Summit will be LIVE and VIRTUAL!
June 16, LIVE in London (1 Basinghall Avenue)
Through our partnership with People Strategy Hub, we will host a high-intensity day of 30–40 minute sessions covering AI Leadership, Readiness, Governance, Work Design, Trust, and Responsible Scaling, with speakers from Microsoft, Imperial Brands, Moody's, and more.
Sessions span everything from leadership in the age of intelligent systems and diagnosing readiness gaps to agentic workflows, accountability in AI-augmented work, and proving measurable ROI in 2026.
Our Community members get important discounts:
Single Pass: £199 (Save £150)
Team Pass: £499 (Save over £500)
Team registrations are available. Reply to this email, and we'll take care of you.
🌟 Use our 50% discount code (valid only until the end of March): HACKINGHRSPECIAL
June 17-19 AI in HR Experience Summit (Virtual)
Registration is open for Hacking HR’s AI in HR Experience Summit Virtual (June 17–19, 2026) — 100% virtual, 100% FREE.
Over three days, each focused on a single theme, dozens of experts will join us to discuss the most pressing challenges at the intersection of people, culture, and AI-powered technologies.
JUNE 17: Strategic Leadership and AI Readiness
JUNE 18: Execution, Work Design, and Scaling
JUNE 19: Governing, Protecting, and Sustaining AI at Scale
Upcoming Partner Events
HRcoreREWARD seminar. Empowering Engagement & Performance through Reward & Wellbeing | May 6-7, Amsterdam | Register Here | Discount Code: HackingHR26 (10% discount on top of current discount)
HR Analytics Summit | September 3, London | People Strategy Hub's annual summit for HR analytics and people strategy leaders | Register now | Discount code: HACKINGHR (20% OFF)
Finally, if you’re looking to connect with HR decision-makers…
SPONSORSHIPS
Thousands of HR executives will gather at our upcoming summits to shape the future of work:
AI Experience LIVE in London (June 16)
AI Experience Summit, Virtual, Third Edition (June 17-19)
Workforce Strategy and HR Budget Planning Summit (September 8-10)
If your company provides solutions in HR tech, benefits, people analytics, DEI, or workforce strategy, these events are your opportunity to connect with the decision-makers who control HR budgets.
👉 Book an intro call with Laurie Baggarly: [email protected]




