Notes on work, operations and the platform.
Why payroll lives outside HR — and what to do about it
Payroll usually sits in finance, HR data sits with People, and attendance sits in yet another system. Here's why that's costly — and how a connected operations platform fixes it without a re-org.
From HR software to a connected workforce and operations platform
Why we stopped describing Twikkie as HR software, and how a connected workforce and operations platform changes the calculus for growing organisations.
The monthly payroll checklist that actually works
A practical, 15-step checklist for a clean monthly payroll run — based on the patterns we see in operationally mature finance teams.
Welcome to the new Twikkie
A unified platform to run your workforce, operations and internal workflows from one place.
Anonymised screening: a quiet upgrade to fairer hiring
How blind screening, paired with structured AI summaries, helps recruitment teams move faster while keeping decisions consistent.
Shadow IT and the document problem nobody owns
Every company has a document problem. Few have a document owner. Here's how to make the problem visible — then solvable.
AI that's actually useful at work (and the parts that aren't)
A practical view of where AI quietly removes work in HR, recruitment and operations — and the places we still ask humans to decide.
Approvals are an operating model, not a form
Why most approval workflows fail — and what changes when you treat approvals as a property of the operating model, not a request type.