Fintech Grab Bag

The plan for today’s newsletter is for me to empty my notebook of all the idle observations, half-formed thoughts, dumb questions, and minor follow-ups that haven’t made it into the newsletter in the last few months. I’ll also be answering a few questions that I’ve gotten from the Fintech Takes community. Call it a Fintech…

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🪪 scenarios to certify & support

✍🏽 How important are HR certifications (HRCI + SHRM) and how to decide which one to get?! Context: Start-up, <20 people, currently fundraising for Series A. I’m an experienced admin professional, now doing mostly everything HR – and I’m the only one in the company doing HR. I have a lot of work experience that…

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The 3 Looming Event Horizons in Healthcare

Anyway, there are a few inflection points that will define healthcare over the foreseeable future, and I wanted to outline those trends below. If there are any others you consider equally as important, please feel free to reply to this email with your thoughts and opinions. I welcome any and all, as always.

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You don’t need 9 HR tools… you may just need 1.

I’ve said this a dozen times but it always needs to be repeated!  The average HR team spends their day logging into different systems. I’ve heard anything from 1 to 25 systems! 🤯 And, in a recent survey, 67% of HR professionals reported using more than one solution with 64% considering replacing their current HR…

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is more really better?

Out With The Old According to McKinsey, there are 5 outdated assumptions that need to GTFO: While I have some pretty strong opinions on all five outdated assumptions, there is ONE in particular that I wish people talked about more… More direct reports 🟰 more importance This is the one assumption that grinds my gears…

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Two tips for mastering the art of interviewing

Interviewing is an art, and it takes time and practice to get good at it. I could honestly end this week’s newsletter here by saying, “Just do it more often,” and overtime, you’d develop those skills naturally.  That said, I’ve gotten two main tips in my career around interviewing that I think can be helpful.…

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