Theresa

The Breaking Views

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Two seasoned HR leaders sit down twice a month to talk about what's actually happening at the intersection of HR, AI, and business. No scripted intros. No 10-minute bios. Just Theresa Fesinstine and Anthony Onesto pulling headlines, reacting to what's real, and breaking down what it means for people leaders trying to keep up. Theresa is a 25-year HR Executive, and the founder of peoplepower.ai, an MIT-certified AI Strategist, and author of People Powered by AI . She spends her days training HR teams to build real fluency with AI tools and stop waiting for permission to lead. Anthony is the cre...

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Episode 7: Hold My Beer, Says the Economy 10.07.2026 46:20

The economists called a jobs apocalypse. Then May added 172,000 jobs and doubled Wall Street's estimate. Theresa Fesinstine and Anthony Onesto unpack what that number really means, and why "AI is coming for your job" is the wrong story. This one runs from the hiring bias nobody intended to build (the scorecard that quietly follows you across every job you apply to for a year) to the...

Episode 6: The Truth About Measuring AI at Work 26.06.2026 49:35

Theresa Fesinstine and Anthony Onesto discuss the critical difference between tracking AI usage as a metric and using it to unlock new, billion-dollar human-led opportunities. From Anthony's major career move into an AI-focused role at Living HR to Theresa's new community for upskilling HR leaders, we tackle the "competence vs. confidence" gap. We're breaking down why gam...

Episode 5: Who's Driving the Bus? 19.06.2026 37:13

Coinbase did it. So did Snap, Dorsey, and a New York HR leader who fired every manager by text. Theresa Fesinstine and Anthony Onesto take on the "kill the managers" trend sweeping AI-era companies, and ask the question nobody seems to: if the managers are gone, who's actually steering? The pitch is that everyone becomes a "player coach." Anthony's response: when were...

Episode 4: HR's Identity Crisis: Are We Business Leaders or Not? 21.05.2026 40:27

In this episode of Breaking Views , Theresa Fesinstine and Anthony Onesto explore the intersection of HR, business strategy, and the evolving role of human capital. The conversation begins with reflections from the Troop HR Retreat, highlighting the importance of connection, intentional design, and creating space for meaningful dialogue beyond traditional conference formats. From there, the discus...

Episode 3: Fired by Text, Hired by AI 08.05.2026 41:30

Theresa and Anthony unpack why every HR conversation right now seems to be either 100% AI or nothing, and what that leaves out. They dig into the wave of AI-justified layoffs at Snap, Oracle, Block, and Allbirds, the Gen Z backlash showing up as employees refuse to train their own replacements, and where the unions are in all of it. Theresa makes the case for a workforce that's part W2, part...

Episode 2: AI Security, Layoffs, and the HR Leader's Dilemma 24.04.2026 34:18

Theresa and Anthony take on a full news cycle of AI security breaches, the wave of layoffs tied to AI bets at Disney, Amazon, and Block, and the pressure HR leaders are facing from every direction. They talk about what it means when companies announce layoffs in the name of AI and then quietly start rehiring, whether employees are "keeping receipts" on employer behavior, and why the peop...

Episode 1: The Break Out! 02.04.2026 29:09

Theresa Fesinstine and Anthony Onesto kick off their new podcast the only way that makes sense: by pulling a headline straight from LinkedIn and ripping into it. The conversation starts with the class action lawsuit filed against EightfoldAI in California, alleging the company scraped social media and public data to build candidate profiles without consent. But instead of piling onto the fear cycl...