Curated by a practitioner, for practitioners.
The Signal is a resource for HR practitioners: what's changing in HR technology, AI and regulation, with the sources linked and one practitioner's notes on what it may mean.
The curator
Alex Rivera is a practitioner in enterprise HR technology, with hands-on experience running migrations, fixing broken implementations, and advising leadership teams on HR systems and AI strategy. That experience shapes what gets covered and the questions each item raises. It isn't the final word: every item links its sources so you can check them, and readers who know more are invited to say so.
The editorial promise
- No vendor pays. Ever. No sponsorships, no affiliate links, no pay-to-rank. Comparisons describe what each platform documents, including what's costly to change, and every claim links to its source.
- Inform, never persuade. We explain what changed and what each platform documents. We don't rank vendors or tell you which product to buy; that decision is yours.
- Signal over volume. One weekly briefing and occasional longer analysis, not a stream of daily alerts.
- Context included. Every story carries a "so what": what it may mean in practice and what to check. It's one practitioner's read, labeled as analysis, not the final word.
- Free stays free. The weekly briefing and the comparisons are free, for good. Readers, not vendors, will fund the work: paid buyer kits are in development.
The method
The Signal tracks a wide range of primary and secondary sources across ten domains — vendor announcements, regulatory texts, analyst research, funding data, and practitioner communities. Items make the cut on three tests: Can it be verified in a source we've opened? Is it likely to matter to the work HR teams are doing? Can we add useful context beyond restating it? Every briefing item links its sources, and every page shows when it was last updated. Each update goes through automated checks and a separate source-by-source fact-check before Alex approves it.
How AI helps
AI tools help with the work behind The Signal: scanning sources for updates, drafting first versions of Briefing items, analysis and comparison profiles, and running a separate check of each claim against its cited source. AI can get things wrong, so every claim links to a source you can open, and Alex reviews and approves every update before it's published. Nothing publishes automatically.
Corrections
When we get something wrong, we say so — corrections run in the next briefing, and the page is fixed with a note. Spot an error? Email alex@thesignalhr.com or message on LinkedIn. Context and different views from other practitioners are welcome too.
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