The Breaking Views
Two seasoned HR leaders sit down twice a month to talk about what's actually happening at the intersection of HR, AI, and business. No scripted intros. No 10-minute bios. Just Theresa Fesinstine and Anthony Onesto pulling headlines, reacting to what's real, and breaking down what it means for people leaders trying to keep up.
Theresa is a 25-year HR Executive, and the founder of peoplepower.ai, an MIT-certified AI Strategist, and author of People Powered by AI. She spends her days training HR teams to build real fluency with AI tools and stop waiting for permission to lead.
Anthony is the creator of AI in HR Today, VP of Platform and Product Marketing at 15Five, and author of The New Employee Contract: How to Find, Keep, and Elevate Gen Z Talent. He's been a CPO, scaled teams from 40 to 3,000, founded an HR AI company before ChatGPT existed, and has lived through every major tech wave from dot-com to mobile to social.
Together, they bring a combined perspective that's hard to find anywhere else: deep HR experience, real fluency in AI and technology, and zero interest in sugarcoating the hard parts.
Each episode starts with what's in the feed - LinkedIn, the news, the latest lawsuit or product launch - and turns it into the kind of conversation HR leaders actually need. When the topic calls for it, they'll bring in specialists. But mostly, it's the two of them doing what they do best: making sense of the chaos, calling out the hype, and figuring out what actually works.
For CHROs, CPOs, HR leaders, and anyone in the people space who's tired of being told AI will change everything without anyone explaining what to do on Monday morning.
The Breaking Views
Latest Episodes
Episode 13: Sip it or Skip it: This Week's Big Debate
A recruiter's post asking whether it's unprofessional to bring iced coffee into an interview set off a full-blown internet debate, and it turns out Theresa and Anthony land on opposite sides. Anthony says drink it before, drink it after, and st...
Episode 12: When the AI Panic Becomes the Story
In this conversation, Anthony Onesto and Theresa Fesinstine discuss various aspects of HR, including its role in supporting both employees and companies, the challenges faced by HR professionals, and the perception of HR within organizations. T...
Episode 11: Leaders Who Didn't Get the Trust Memo
This week on Breaking Views, Anthony and Theresa talk about a law firm owner who lost 23 employees overnight after issuing a return-to-office ultimatum, and what that says about how differently leaders and employees experience "work harder" whe...
Episode 10 - Workday's $43 Billion Wake-Up Call
Theresa and Anthony kick things off with a running joke about Breaking Views' generous bereavement policy before getting into something they've both been sitting with: change doesn't feel like a series of moments anymore, it feels constant. Tha...
Episode 9 - The AI Jailbreak Story Nobody's Talking About
Theresa and Anthony are back after a few weeks off, and they're catching up like it's been longer than it has. Anthony's relocated to the Jersey Shore (canal included, Snooki jokes mandatory), and he shares the news that his newsletter, AI and ...
