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What I Couldn't Say In HR Executive

The column got traction. Here's the unfiltered version.

May 13 • George LaRocque

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Q1 2026 WorkTech VC Update: The Work Tech Market Is Making Two Bets Simultaneously

$1.9 billion, 58 deals, and a market concentrating at both extremes. Here's what the numbers actually say.

May 7 • George LaRocque

The Workday - A16z Debate Has Five Smart Takes. Here's What They're All Missing.

A platform shift is underway in enterprise HR technology. Most serious observers agree on that much. What they disagree on, sometimes sharply, is what…

May 6 • George LaRocque

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Voice Is the New Enterprise Interface. One Acquisition Just Made That Argument for Me.

What Greenhouse's move on Ezra AI Labs signals about the next layer of recruiting infrastructure, and who owns it.

May 5 • George LaRocque

The Anthropic Pricing Shift Is a Signal, Not a Surprise

What Anthropic's pricing change means for every Work Tech vendor built on top of a Frontier model.

May 3 • George LaRocque

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February 2026

The End of "Throwing AI at the Wall": A WorkTech Market Briefing

Stop throwing AI at the wall. How verticalization, explainability, and agentic rigor are redefining Work Tech's winners and losers.

Feb 24 • George LaRocque

Vibe Coding, The $6.24B Shift, and The End of the Black Box

Plus: Why "Black Box" AI is becoming a legal liability and how to avoid the "Aperture Trap."

Feb 18 • George LaRocque

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The 2-Month ROI: Why Adecco is "Screening In" (and opening the Recruiting AI Black Box)

Traditional AI has become a rejection engine in recruiting. Here is how the world’s leading TA teams are flipping the script to prioritize revenue and…

Feb 5 • George LaRocque

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The 2025 Work Tech Bifurcation: Why the "Messy Middle" is Disappearing

Global investment in Work Tech rose by 10.4% in 2025. But behind the $6.24 billion headline is a market ruthlessly splitting into two winners: the…

Feb 3 • George LaRocque

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August 2025

The Time Is Now: Rebecca Carr on SAP, Recruiting Tech, and the Future of Talent Platforms

SmartRecruiters CEO Rebecca Carr joins me to unpack SAP’s acquisition, AI in recruiting, and why now is the moment for TA leaders to invest.

Aug 6, 2025 • George LaRocque

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SAP Intends to Acquire SmartRecruiters, Recalibrating the Enterprise Talent Market

Reframing Talent Tech: Signals, Strategy, and Stack Logic

Aug 2, 2025 • George LaRocque

July 2025

Rewriting the Rules of Venture Capital: Allison Baum Gates on Founder-Market Fit, AI, and the Future of Work

The Truth About VC

Jul 30, 2025 • George LaRocque