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AI governance for people teams
Your HRIS shipped AI features this year, so you have an AI program now — the only question is whether it is the one you chose. What to inventory, what to decide, and what to be able to produce when someone asks.
Updated August 2026Read the guideGuideMigrationsThe parallel payroll run, step by step
One live pay period, processed in both systems and reconciled line by line. What to compare, which variances are benign, and who signs off.
Updated August 2026Read the guideGuideMigrationsHRIS data migration: what moves, what gets rebuilt, what stays behind
Sort people data into what moves, what gets rebuilt and what stays behind before anyone exports a file. The load order, and where migrations break.
Updated August 2026Read the guideGuideSelectionTwelve questions to ask on an HRIS demo
A demo runs on clean sample data. Twelve questions that find where the system does not fit, with the answer that should worry you attached to each.
Updated August 2026Read the guideGuidePrivate equityPeople ops in the first 100 days after a PE investment
Diligence proved the numbers once. Ownership produces them monthly. What to agree by day 30, fix by day 60, and make repeatable by day 100.
Updated August 2026Read the guideGuidePayrollRegistering as an employer in a new state
One employee in a new state creates the obligation. The five accounts to open, why processing time governs your timeline, and the four traps.
Updated August 2026Read the guideGuidePayrollThe payroll close: approvals, segregation and the audit trail
Payroll is the largest line in the P&L and often the least controlled. The two-person split, the close calendar, and what the approver checks.
Updated August 2026Read the guideGuideBenefitsYour first open enrollment on a new HRIS
The first enrollment on a new system tests every benefits decision the migration made. Work backwards from the effective date, and start earlier.
Updated August 2026Read the guideGuidePeople opsYour first HR hire, and what to fix before it
Headcount is the weakest signal for this decision and the one most companies use. Four better triggers, and the work to do before anyone starts.
Updated August 2026Read the guideGuideComplianceCalifornia pay data reporting, from your HRIS
The filing lands in May, but the data comes from a pay period you pick in Q4. What the report needs your HRIS to be able to produce.
Updated August 2026Read the guide20 minutes. No deck. No pitch.
You talk. We map what you’re running and where to start. The fixed quote follows the call, in writing.