Robin Schooling is the author of Real HR, and an HR leader, strategist, and advisor with extensive senior level experience in all areas of people operations and human resource management. As People + Work Strategist with advisory firm Velvet Cubicle, she works with teams and organizations to design people strategies that are forward-looking, progressive and human-focused. A highly regarded global HR influencer, she regularly speaks to global HR and TA audiences, writes for various publications as well as her own popular HR blog, and serves as co-host of the long-running podcast Drive Thru HR. She’s been named by HR Executive Magazine as one of the Top 100 HR Tech Influencers in 2019 and 2020 and has served on the Advisory Boards for HROnboard (Melbourne, AUS), BlackbookHR, HR Open Source and the Louisiana Business Network.