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Leigh Elena Henderson

Leigh Elena Henderson

Founder and creator of HRManifesto and "toxic workplace" expert with ~2M followers; former Fortune 100 HR executive and author of Workable.

Sep 16, 2026

9:10
Can you explain to me how it was born? Was it kind of a happy accident? Was there intention behind it? Can you walk me through July 2021?
9:20
Absolutely.
9:20
Well, can I walk you through the end of 2020 first? You know, I love taking risks.
9:30
That's just part of who I am because I think that risks, you know, equal great rewards, right? So I'm not risk averse at all.
9:39
On the contrary, right? I love trying new things on and I did.
9:46
In the fall of 2020, I accepted a role as the top HR leader for a startup.
9:56
And I said, you know what, I've never worked in a startup.

19 MINS LATER

29:05
Um, but yeah, so like with that being said, what would you advise, uh, CHRO for their roadmap of implementing AI in their, uh, recruitment strategy or HR strategy?

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