Mike WinklerAdvisory

HR Workflow Review

Bring me one HR process that keeps breaking.

We map what happens now, find the weak handoffs, and decide what should change. AI may belong in one small part. It may not belong there at all.

Talk through the process

What this is

A focused working session for one HR process that is slower, messier, or more dependent on somebody’s memory than it should be. You leave with the current workflow made visible, the failure points named, and a practical sequence for improving it.

01

Bring one real process.

Examples include manager intake, a weekly HRBP brief, policy-question routing, compliance follow-through, or a recurring handoff that keeps losing its owner.

02

We trace where it goes sideways.

We look at inputs, decisions, owners, systems, review points, missing information, and what happens when the usual path fails.

03

You get a short action plan.

I document the workflow, the first changes worth making, the decisions that stay with people, and any small build that deserves a test.

A good fit

The process exists. It just does not behave.

Useful when

  • The same issue keeps resurfacing
  • Work lives across inboxes, spreadsheets, and memory
  • The owner or review point is unclear
  • You need to test whether a small automation would help

Not the right format when

  • You need legal advice or an employment decision
  • You want a company-wide system specified in one conversation
  • The work requires sensitive employee data before safeguards are agreed
  • You already know the answer and only need somebody to bless it

Inspect the work

I use the same approach on my own builds.

HR Mission Control started with a dull operational problem: a compliance update can be found and still never become completed work. The public trail includes the workflow, a failure that changed the design, dated local checks, and the boundary I would not cross.

Case studyHR Mission ControlProblem, artifact, failure, tests, and limits →Public build notesOpenClaw HR workflow libraryInspectable workflow patterns and source notes ↗Independent mentionAI for HR Community sessionExternal event description of the OpenClaw work ↗

Start with the process

Tell me what keeps falling apart.

The first conversation is for understanding the work and deciding whether a review would be useful. Please do not send sensitive employee information.

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