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🎉HR Playbook 5.0: We Came. We Learned. We Absolutely Slayed.

Replays, resources, takeaways, and a huge thank-you for making Playbook 5.0 magic.

December 05, 2025

In partnership with

2000+ live attendees
A whole HR army showed up, showed love, asked brilliant questions, and made every late night, rewrite, and Airmeet rehearsal totally worth it.

Thank you for showing up with the kind of energy that makes an event feel less like a webinar and more like a movement.
You made HR Playbook 5.0 unforgettable. 💛

Before you head into holiday mode and forget who said what, here’s a neat, binge-able recap you can revisit before 2026 kicks off.

Save it, star it, forward it to your team… future-you will thank you.

🔥 Your HR Playbook 5.0 session Takeaways

🧠 AI in HR: The Masterclass

  • HR + AI = the productivity duet we didn’t know we needed this badly.

  • Guardrails matter — smart tools still need smart humans.

  • Automation exists so you solve real people problems, not chase spreadsheets like a Victorian accountant.

🧭 The Leadership Multiplier: Building Organizations That Scale Judgment, Not Just Headcount

  • You can scale headcount fast; judgment? Not so much. It needs reps.

  • Decentralized decisions = faster org, happier leaders, fewer bottlenecks.

  • Shared logic > hero leadership. Always.

🤖The Rise of Zero-Touch Verification: How AI Is Quietly Rebuilding the BGV Engine

  • Background verification just got smarter (and way less painful).

  • SpringVerify now handles the repetitive stuff nobody wants to do.

  • Zero-touch is the future: faster checks, fewer errors, zero HR heartburn.

💬 The Experience Dividend: Building Business Value through EX

  • EX is not a “nice-to-have” anymore — it’s an actual business metric.

  • Happy employees stay and outperform.

  • Great EX today = lower attrition, fewer fire drills, more breathing room tomorrow.

⭐ What Makes a Workplace Great? How Great Workplaces Are Built, Measured, and Certified

  • Great workplaces are designed — not magically discovered.

  • Get certified as a TSOW Best Workplace: employee-led, data-backed, made for today’s teams.

  • EngageWith turns everyday appreciation into an actual culture, not a poster.

💰Beyond Numbers: Crafting a People-Centric Total Rewards Strategy

  • Rewards shouldn't feel mysterious or math-heavy.

  • Compensation is where culture shows up first (and loudest).

  • Transparency = trust. Plain and simple.

⚖️ Decoding the New Labour Laws

  • A clean, no-nonsense walkthrough of every major upcoming Labor Code shift.

  • Payroll, PF, gratuity, compliance — all finally clarified.

  • And yes, you left with exact steps HR must take this month. No guessing.

🔍What 50,000+ Interviews Taught Us About Hiring with AI

  • AI spots patterns humans miss — even the sneaky ones.

  • Goodfit makes interviews smarter, faster, more consistent across the org.

  • Use AI as your co-pilot, not autopilot — better judgment, better hiring, better teams.

📚 Playbook doesn’t end when the livestream does — the good stuff lives on.

✨ Slide decks, notes, and tools you’ll want to hoard
✨ Extra reading for the “I need to know more” brain
✨ Replays you’ll definitely forward to your team WhatsApp group

💛 A Big Thank You to Our Partners

HR Playbook 5.0 wouldn’t shine the way it did without our incredible sponsors backing the vision.
Your support didn’t just fuel the event — it powered every insight and every session, our 2000+ HR leaders took home.

Thanks for believing in this community and helping us make HR Playbook bigger, smarter, and bolder each year.
We couldn’t have done this without you. 🙌✨

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💛 Before We Sign Off…

Thank you for showing up.
Thank you for learning, laughing, questioning, sharing.
Thank you for giving HR Playbook 5.0 its heart.

We’re closing 2025 with full hearts and full notebooks — because of YOU.
See you in 2026 with even bigger conversations, smarter tools, and more HR magic.

Until then… enjoy your holidays, rest well, and keep shaping the shape of work. ✨

See you there,
– The TSOW Team