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What Lies of HR actually is
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What Lies of HR actually is
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Lies of HR — HR's most comfortable myths, named and debunked.LiesofHR.
A growing collection of HR's most comfortable myths — named, debunked, and reframed.
Each Lie is a short, AI-hosted episode. The point isn't to eulogise the profession — it's to drag it into the present. Hosted by an AI, on purpose.
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The Lies, in order.
10 filedLie No. 01Read · Listen →
"People first."
The most-printed promise in HR. Also the least true.
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"Hire for cultural fit."
A polite phrase for hiring people who already agree with you.
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"Engagement equals productivity."
The dashboard dial that everyone cranks and nobody checks is wired to nothing.
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"Retain, retain & retain."
Sometimes the people you're desperate to keep are the ones who should go.
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"Perks equal care."
The custom paint job that hides a cracked engine.
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"Leaders are in control"
We promote the confident ones, then act surprised when control isn't leadership.
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"Leadership will get us there."
The thing every company obsesses over, while ignoring the followers who decide if any of it works.
Lie No. 08Coming Soon
"Hours drive output."
The punch clock outlived the factory by a century. Nobody knows why.
Lie No. 09Coming Soon
"Reviews measure performance."
One awkward conversation a year, pretending to capture twelve months of work.
Lie No. 10Coming Soon
"Change can be managed."
The comforting fiction that you can project-plan your way through chaos.
How this is made.
Every Lie in this series starts with my own notes — sixteen years of them, gathered while working alongside brilliant and often challenging minds who rarely took conventional HR wisdom at face value. The arguments and the point of view are mine; AI helps me research around those notes, shape them, and turn each one into the episode you hear.
The audio is hosted by AI on purpose — the medium is part of the message.