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CEO eliminates HR, then rebuilds it under new name

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Ryan Breslow, CEO of Bolt, recently eliminated his company's entire HR department, stating it created non-existent problems. However, the author argues that Breslow's core diagnosis is flawed, as he subsequently rebuilt a similar function under the name "People Ops." The article posits that the issue lies not with the people function itself, but with leadership's framing of it as merely a compliance mechanism rather than a strategic asset. AI

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CEO eliminates HR, then rebuilds it under new name

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  1. Fortune TIER_1 English(EN) · KeyAnna Schmiedl ·

    The CEO who fired HR was right. About the wrong thing.

    Ryan Breslow eliminated Bolt's people function, then had to staff a "people ops" team to do the same job.

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