RaymondHayden

Publications and Speaking

Talks, media, and research.

I speak and write about what happens when AI meets the workforce: practical, human-centered, and grounded in results from real programs, for audiences ranging from HR practitioners to industry leaders and policy influencers.

Speaking Engagements

On stage: technology serves people.

Talks focused on giving HR leaders something they can use the next morning, not just a vision of the future of work.

  1. Skills First Future: Building the Future Workforce

    How a skills-first approach changes hiring, mobility, and development, drawn from building the Skills First Credential.

  2. Redefining the Human in Human Resources

    Where human judgment matters most as AI takes on more of the routine work of HR.

  3. Skills-First Hiring: Beyond the Resume

    Practical steps for evaluating what candidates can do rather than where they've been.

  4. Building a Better Workforce: HI + AI

    The case for pairing human intelligence with artificial intelligence, from the team behind the AI + HI Credential.

  5. Building a Workforce of the Future

    What workforce readiness looks like when the tools change faster than the org chart.

Media and Research

In print and on air.

Conversations and published work, from AI in HR to peer-reviewed clinical research.

Podcast

SHRM and The Coming Human Resources Renaissance

SHRM and AI Tool Report · 2024

A conversation about how AI reshapes the HR profession and why the human side of the equation matters more, not less.

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Feature

SHRM AI + HI Specialty Credential: Ushering in a New Era

SHRM · 2024

SHRM's launch story on the credential program, covering the design philosophy behind the learning journey.

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Research

Behavioral Evaluation and Counseling in Orthopaedic Surgery: A Systematic Review

Journal of Orthopaedics · 2020

Peer-reviewed work from my clinical research years, examining how behavioral factors shape surgical outcomes.

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