Hello Community,

Last Friday marked the beginning of Mental Health Awareness Month.

This year’s theme, “More Good Days, Together,” invites us to reflect on what a “good” day looks like, for ourselves and for the people around us. It also challenges us to use that insight to connect people to the right support at the right time, and to shape advocacy, education, and community engagement to make more good days possible for all.

Over the past few weeks, we’ve been preparing for the Workplace Wellbeing and Mental Health Summit with this message:

Workplace wellbeing is how work is designed and led.

Research shows that 90% of wellbeing is shaped by systems, leadership behaviors, and team dynamics, not individual actions. On the first Day of the summit, the conversations revolved around:

If you couldn’t attend Day 1, no worries. You can still register for Days 2 and 3. And all the panels are being recorded and will be available on the Hacking HR LAB next Monday!

🗞️ In case you missed it: TODAY, we are kicking off the second day of the Workplace Wellbeing and Mental Health Summit (May 5-7, 07:00 - 11:25 AM PT) with a keynote session you don’t want to miss, “We Are not Built for Desk Work,” followed by amazing panel discussions. ▶️ Register here

This event is 100% free to attend, and it’s brought to you by our amazing sponsors and partners: Deep Care and Leading Pathways.

🌿 So what does real-time support for well-being look like?

Workplace stress doesn’t happen all at once.

It accumulates across hundreds of small moments: a meeting that runs long, dozens of notifications and interruptions that break focus, and a bad posture that goes uncorrected for hours. 

By the time employees feel the consequences, the pattern is already months in the making.

But what if we got support before the strain compounds? And by that, we mean guidance in the moment, easily, exactly when the strain begins, and without interrupting work? For example:

These small, repeated cues would help employees build healthier habits without asking them to think about them. Because the workday would be the space and the opportunity to do it.

And Deep Care has taken these needs seriously and created just that.

➡️ See what this looks like in practice

We are having two bootcamps to build things LIVE. Check them out…

📅 May 11, 2026  |  8 AM to 10 AM Pacific  |  Live

On May 11, we are running a free, two-hour live BUILD bootcamp to build a real, working people analytics dashboard. Connected to a database. Running on the open internet. The kind that a CHRO could share with the CFO that same afternoon.

We will build it from scratch in front of you using Claude Code, VS Code with Claude, and Codex, all working together as the build stack. A three-layer dashboard, not a one-layer report:

June 8 to 12, 2026  |  8 AM to 10 AM Pacific  |  5 Days Live

Five days. Four 2-hour live builds plus a 2-hour Ninja Bonus session. By Friday afternoon, your hiring, onboarding, performance, compensation, policy, and analytics will all work run through one integrated stack you built yourself in your own Claude workspace. This bootcamp is available for Premium and Premium+ members.

Our friends at LearnWorlds interviewed our team and created a case study on the challenges we faced when scaling learning content.

Most L&D teams have great content. Few have a workflow that delivers it to everyone who needs it.

At Hacking HR, we built a process to transform 40+ live Certificate Programs into on-demand learning programs. It was challenging. We analyzed our needs, set clear standards, found the right infrastructure, and built a process that is frictionless, scalable, and repeatable.

LearnWorlds asked us to share our story, including the challenges we faced, the decisions we made, and the results.  👉 Read our case study here

And as learning scales, so does the need to rethink how AI fits into every HR workflow.

This year, the third edition of the AI Experience Summit will be LIVE and VIRTUAL!

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. Team registrations are available. Reply to this email, and we'll take care of you.

🌟 Use our 25% discount code: HACKINGHR

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.

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For those of you who I haven't had the chance to get to know her yet, Danielle LaPage is our Chief Learning and Partnerships Officer at Hacking HR. A big part of what she does is bring together the right people to teach in our live programs.

We are now accepting faculty applications for the remainder of our 2026 programs, and we wanted to share what's open so you can see if anything aligns with your expertise and availability.

Strategic Human Capital and Global Business Leadership
Thursdays | Jul 23 - Dec 3, 2026 | 8:00-10:00 a.m. PT

This graduate-level program is where your experience in human capital strategy, global leadership, and organizational transformation directly shapes how the next generation of senior HR leaders thinks and acts. If you've navigated the intersection of people strategy and business performance, this is where that knowledge creates lasting impact.

Global Strategic HR Business Partner Leadership
Wednesdays | Jul 22 - Dec 2, 2026 | 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. PT

This program is designed to help HR professionals become true strategic advisors to business leaders. Your real-world perspective on business acumen, workforce planning, or stakeholder influence is exactly what participants need to make that shift. Teaching here is an opportunity to accelerate someone else's career trajectory while deepening your own reputation as a thought leader in the space.

Chief People Officer as Enterprise Business Leader
Mondays | Sep 14 - Nov 9, 2026 | 8:00-10:00 a.m. PT

Built for current and aspiring CPOs, this program addresses board governance, enterprise risk, workforce economics, and transformation strategy. If you operate or have operated at the enterprise level, your insights into what it actually takes to lead at the C-suite will resonate in ways that no textbook can replicate.

Employee Relations, Communications, and Conflict Resolution Strategist
Tuesdays | Sep 15 - Nov 10, 2026 | 8:00-10:00 a.m. PT

This program covers the high-stakes moments in organizational life: workplace conduct, conflict, investigations, and crisis communication. Practitioners who have navigated these situations firsthand bring something invaluable to this room. The judgment and credibility that only comes from experience.

Strategic Leadership and Manager Effectiveness Strategist
Tuesdays | Sep 15 - Nov 10, 2026 | 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. PT

This program addresses one of the most persistent challenges in organizations: turning strategy into consistent execution across leadership layers. If you've built or strengthened leadership systems, your ability to share what works and what doesn't is exactly the kind of grounded insight our community learns from most.

Strategic Workforce Planning Leader
Mondays | Sep 14 - Nov 9, 2026 | 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. PT

This program helps leaders move workforce planning from a reactive exercise to a forward-looking enterprise discipline. If you've worked at the intersection of workforce strategy, AI disruption, or organizational reinvention, teaching here puts your expertise in front of leaders who are actively trying to solve those exact challenges.

All times listed in Pacific Time (PT).

You're welcome to apply to one class or several, across one program or more. And if a class already shows an assigned faculty member, please apply anyway. Availability changes, and we regularly reach out to qualified alternates when it does.

Please feel free to get in touch with Danielle if you have any questions after reviewing the above. You can reach her directly at [email protected]

And before you leave,

This is your cup of tea… to remind you this month and every month, how we make a difference for people.

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Thousands of HR executives will gather at our upcoming summits to shape the future of work:

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]