Perspectives

How HR is reorganising itself —
and how to spot it.

Position papers, briefings and manifestos on sovereign HR, the EU AI Act, and the right division of labour between humans and AI. Short, sharp, no PR gloss.

Position Paper · Featured

Why sovereign HR is now mandatory.

Three developments collide: the EU AI Act takes effect, US vendors become geopolitically tricky, and the first DACH corporations write "made in EU" into their HR-stack requirements. Anyone still without sovereign HR infrastructure in 2027 has a strategy problem — not just an IT problem.

Our argument: sovereignty is neither a nice-to-have nor a compliance ticket. It's what will decide the next generation of tooling. And it's achievable — if you start with methodology rather than the platform.

Position Paper · 12 min read · May 2026

Contents

  • What "sovereign HR" means — technically and legally.
  • Why the EU AI Act changes more than it seems.
  • The three stack architectures to choose from.
  • A checklist for your next RfP.
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Briefing

The EU AI Act for HR teams.

What HR departments need to address from 2026 — and the five decisions you cannot delegate. Pragmatic, without lawyer-speak.

8 min · April 2026
Manifesto

Human in the Lead.

Our take on the right division of labour between HR professionals and AI — and why 80/20 is the wrong question. A reply to the efficiency narrative.

6 min · March 2026
Analysis

Why DACH HR needs different tools.

Works councils, collective agreements, AÜG: four concepts US tools don't account for — which Hill Digital builds in from the ground up.

10 min · February 2026
Briefing

20–30 percent. What's behind it.

Where HR time really vanishes today — and which routines Hill Digital actually removes. With three anonymised examples from DACH mid-market.

7 min · February 2026
Analysis

What Korn Ferry, Heidrick and Randstad get right.

An honest read of the three big models — and where we push back, without bowing to them.

9 min · January 2026
Point of view

Why we don't want to be "the next HR platform".

A brief self-positioning. What we do, what we don't, and why we're not a software company that happens to do HR.

5 min · January 2026
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