Publications by Laurens Waling

All publications by year

The full archive: 29 articles and whitepapers from 2020 onwards, plus 4 earlier pieces from the Part-up years.

2026

• From hype to reality: what HR Tech Europe 2026 actually revealed23 April 2026
• AI May Be Creating More Jobs Than It Cuts. But The Real Story Is More Complex13 March 2026
• Bridging the Gap Between Emerging Talent, AI and Reality27 January 2026
• AI Does Not Need More Unicorns. It Needs a Skills Infrastructure.15 January 2026
• Responsible AI Sometimes Means Moving Forward, Not Slowing Down15 January 2026
• 2026 is here. HR is no longer a function. It is stewardship and orchestration.5 January 2026

2025

• From 2025 to 2026: why the future of work is already here19 December 2025
• A week full of opportunities to explore the future of work24 November 2025
• Blog: The AI Glasses Are Here – But Are We Allowed to Use Them at Work?12 November 2025
• Let’s Stop Expecting AI to Be Perfect — and Start Learning With It3 November 2025
• UNLEASH World Paris 2025 – Where HR, AI and Human Potential Truly Converged22 October 2025
• Don’t Fear AI in HR — Trust It.9 October 2025
• From Data to Decisions: Reflections on the Global Talent Strategy & Intelligence Conference 202525 September 2025
• Beyond Skills: Why Organizations Need Capability Orchestration in the AI Era20 August 2025
• Why WeTransfer couldn’t have avoided this— but can now lead with trust17 July 2025
• AI Matching in Recruitment: Why Generic AI Isn't Enough15 July 2025
• From Hype to Policy: How AI Is Fundamentally Transforming HR in Europe3 June 2025

2024

• People Analytics & Talent Intelligence in 2025: Where Data Precision Meets Human Intuition28 October 2024
• Uncovering Hidden Talent in Your Team9 October 2024
• How AI Liberates Talent and Solves the Labor Market Shortage9 October 2024
• How to leverage the Data of Millions of Public Profiles to your advantage25 April 2024
• Combating Discrimination with AI in Recruitment31 January 2024

2023

• We are heading for collective burnout. Or is there still a way out?6 October 2023
• Labor market crisis to be solved with AI23 August 2023
• The Labor Market of the Future Knows No Permanent or Flexible Contracts31 July 2023
• Poll Result: HR Professional Believes Their Own Profession Should Look More Beyond Their Field14 June 2023
• HR professionals are not very mobile in practice6 June 2023
• Should we pause AI development for 6 months?30 March 2023
• EW: Fear of Algorithms Offers Opportunities for Innovation23 January 2023

From the Part-up years (2015–2019)

Before joining 8vance I spent years writing about organising differently, self-managing teams, mission-driven work and the Part-up platform. Those pieces are listed here for completeness. They can be read via my LinkedIn profile.

• 7 lessons on successful collaboration, from our first start-up year15 September 2016
• The Spotify for Work and the Tinder for Teams9 September 2015
• Time to swarm!2 September 2015
• Are you a collapreneur?23 July 2015