Rubenstein Advisory
Most HR decisions get made outside HR.
I'm Paul Rubenstein. I advise CHROs on redesigning work, the workforce and the HR function for AI. I've worked on that problem as a CHRO, as Chief Customer Officer at Visier, and as a practice leader at Mercer and Aon Hewitt.
Thought Partner - Consultant - Advisor - Speaker
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HR is Dead. Long live HR. A complete set of writings on AI, Talent Strategy, The HR Function and work. The support material for my presentations.
Selected Podcasts & Panels Continue the conversation.
Most of HR's work is aligning thousands of decisions made outside HR. These podcasts and panels keep coming back to that, from people analytics in 2019 to AI and the redesign of work today. Titles reflect the role I held when each was recorded.
Podcasts
Apr 2026 · Digital HR Leaders with David Green · The CHRO framework for AI: culture determines AI outcomes, not spendApr 2026 · Elevate Your AIQ with Bob Pulver · Redesigning work and workforce strategy for the agentic eraApr 2026 · The POZCAST with Adam Posner · Why HR must rethink work in the age of AI (live at UNLEASH)Jan 2026 · Integrate or Die with Steve Hunt and Jordan Katz · HR analytics technologyAug 2025 · Capital H (Deloitte) with Kyle Forrest · HR innovated: insights from UNLEASH AmericaNov 2024 · The Josh Bersin Podcast · What's holding back people analytics?Oct 2024 · SAATKORN with Gero Hesse and Ingolf Teetz · Live from HR Tech 2024 (my segment starts at 49:03)Apr 2024 · People Fundamentals (Betterworks) · From insights to action: how analytics is transforming HRSep 2023 · Digital HR Leaders with David Green · The CHRO's outside-in approach to productivityOct 2023 · Paychex PULSE · Elevate your HR with analytics (live at HR Tech)Sep 2022 · Well Being Walks with Kip Hollister · The importance of using data to support othersJan 2022 · Uncaged · UNCAGED with Paul Rubenstein2021 · Innovators (BCjobs) · Your next job won't be about money, it will be about purposeApr 2021 · Mind at Work · Employee wellness, inclusivity and dataMar 2021 · HR Data Labs with David Turetsky · The CHRO should be to people analytics as a CFO is to financial analysisJun 2020 · Masters of Data (Sumo Logic) · Human capital data matters more than everMar 2020 · HR Happy Hour with Steve Boese and Trish McFarlane · Rethinking workforce planning in the new world of workAug 2019 · The Business Leadership Podcast with Edwin Frondozo · Workforce analytics leader
Selected Panel Discussions / HR Leaders
All on HR Leaders, chaired by Chris Rainey.Sep 2026 · The 2027 CHRO opportunity: turning unified workforce intelligence into competitive advantage · with Toshiba, Charles River Associates, North Highland and MerckJul 2026 · How to turn workforce intelligence into better business decisions · with Experian, Schneider Electric, ABM and SyngentaDec 2025 · The workforce intelligence advantage · with Microsoft, The LEGO Group, S&P Global and WärtsiläOct 2025 · The CHRO blueprint: scaling people analytics from function to enterprise · with HP, Merck, Zimmer Biomet and InariOct 2023 · The evolving role of the CHRO · I moderated, with Protective Life, Activision Blizzard, Cargill and McKinseyOct 2021 · The new possible: how HR is helping build the organization of the future · with Microsoft, PTC, Salesforce and Stanley Black & Decker