Welcome to 2026 and a new evolution of the HX podcast. For years, I kept my own 30-year battle with endometriosis hidden because I didn't feel safe discussing it at work. I've realized we can't tre...
Hey humans, Stacie Baird here. The truth is, nothing really changed in 2025—we just finally found the language for what has been true for a long time. This isn't a typical year-end review episode; ...
Hey, humans, we've arrived at the final and perhaps most powerful part of our "Why" series! We started with personal excavation, learned how to apply it to decisions, and now we're talking about th...
Hey, humans! Last week we excavated our "why", and this week, we're talking about how to make it actionable. I'm sharing the most powerful lesson I've learned: your "why" isn't just a statement; it...
Hey, humans! This episode is where we start a three-part journey that I truly believe will permanently alter your outlook, because that's what happens when you discover your "why". We all know the ...
It's not science fiction anymore; it's Agentic AI. We're moving past the era where AI just assists us. Now, we're talking about a coworker that can run entire recruiting workflows from start ...
Hey humans, let's talk about that hidden bottleneck that's absolutely killing your time to hire: scheduling. We're still playing calendar Tetris, sending those dreaded email chains back and forth. ...
Hey humans. So, 67% of organizations are prioritizing AI for talent acquisition, but here's the HX twist: they're also terrified of its inaccuracies. In this first episode of our HX Intel series, I...
In launching this series on talent, it had me thinking…where do we start? With that, we are re-broadcasting an episode with Allison Coward, an expert on #firstprinciples with the thought, why don't...
https://staciebaird.com/the-hx-podcastIn this episode, I'm kicking off a new series that's very near and dear to my heart: talent. I was struck by a McKinsey study called "The War for Talent," publ...
On this now two year anniversary, I felt that this deserved a replay! This is an episode that is an enormous part of why I've changed the brand of the podcast to encompass the broader human experie...
In this episode of the HX podcast, as part of our "Well at Work" series, I had the privilege of speaking with Justin Long, an author who shared his incredible story of resilience. I was so impacted...
If you remember making mixtapes off the radio and your parents' only rule was to be home when the streetlights came on, this episode is for you. Jenn and I are zeroing in on our specific slice of G...
In this episode, Jenn and I are diving deep into something we know a lot about: being Gen X and hitting that phase of life that people used to call a 'midlife crisis.' We're calling BS on that and ...
Hey humans, in this episode of the HX podcast, we're diving into the "Gen X Leadership Load". If you're a Gen Xer, you probably feel like the forgotten middle child, and I found some pretty jarring...
In this week's episode of our #WorkWell series, I'm building on last week's assignment with a new one that is both simple and challenging. After taking time to reset, I started asking myself a crit...
Hey humans, we're continuing our #WorkWell series, all about mental health in the workplace. In this episode, we're getting real about the difference between just being tired and being truly, deepl...
In the second of our small series on Mental Health at Work, Jenn Mason and I tackled a really challenging episode (as you can see by the title). We jumped right in by asking if resilience is being ...
In the first episode of our "Mental Health at Work" series, my colleague Jenn Mason and I tackled the critical distinction between being tired and being truly depleted. We start by defining burnout...
What if we could rewrite the rules of abundance? That's the question I tackle in my latest "What If" episode of the podcast. I believe we're on the cusp of a new era, one where we can move beyond t...
