The whole editorial process is public.
Where the articles come from, how each one is analysed and validated, and what we deliberately don't include.
On vendor sources
We include vendor blogs because they cover practitioner topics other sources don't. We never let them speak for the research. Every vendor article carries a "Vendor Insight" tag and an AI note flagging promotional framing, conflict of interest, or weak evidence. Vendor sources are excluded from our highest-trust tier.
The pipeline — 8 stages, every article
AI does the heavy lifting; a human editor maintains the gate.
Source monitoring
RSS feeds from 25 curated sources checked daily at 6:00 AM UTC. Google News Discovery supplements with broader coverage.
Pre-ingestion filter
Title/summary keyword check for HR/people-development relevance. Trusted sources bypass; unrelated topics skipped.
Full-text extraction
Trafilatura + BeautifulSoup scraping. Paywalled and registration-gated articles auto-rejected — we only publish what readers can fully access at the source.
Deduplication & classification
SHA-256 hash dedupe. Rule-based topic classifier assigns labels. Off-topic content removed.
AI analysis
Claude Sonnet 4.6 generates structured analysis: executive summary, key insights, frameworks mentioned, critical assessment of methodology and bias.
Fact validation
Automated cross-check of names, numbers, organizations against the source text. Each article gets passed / warning / failed status.
Editorial review
A human editor reviews every article for relevance and scope — does it fit people development and leadership? We confirm it belongs in our library; we don't grade the publisher's research. No AI-only publishing.
Publication
Approved articles indexed in Meilisearch and published to the library — homepage, topic pages, and the Monday Brief.
What we deliberately don't include: paywalled content, vendor press releases, market-research promo, AI-fabricated claims, anything that fails fact-validation. See Contact for corrections or takedown requests.
How we select sources
Research relevance
Source regularly publishes evidence-based people-development content
Editorial standards
Established organisation with a verifiable editorial process
Active RSS feed
Publicly accessible and actively maintained feed
Reader access
Articles must be readable without paywall, registration, or member-gate
Publication frequency
Regular, consistent output of new content
Vendor-bias disclosure
Vendor sources clearly labelled and AI-checked for promotional framing
Google News discovery (9 topic feeds)
Beyond our curated sources, we run 9 Google News topic feeds to surface relevant articles from any reachable publisher. Paywalled or terms-restricted publishers are automatically blocked. Every surfaced article goes through the same classification, fact-validation, and editorial review pipeline.
Tier 1 — Institutional research & peer-reviewed sources
World-leading research institutions, professional bodies, and peer-reviewed management journals. The highest-authority inputs in our library.
Tier 2 — Independent analysts & HR publications
Independent industry analysts and HR publications with verifiable editorial processes and no direct product to sell.
Tier 3 — Vendor blogs (practitioner content — bias flagged)
HR software vendor blogs. Included for frequent practitioner content; excluded from the highest-trust tier because their content can carry product bias. Every vendor article is flagged, and our AI analysis identifies vendor bias when present.
What an article on Peoplense actually is
Each article you read here is our editorial summary of a piece of research published elsewhere — an executive summary, key insights, practical takeaways, and the frameworks the source mentions. The full text, charts, figures, and the author’s voice live at the original publisher, which we link prominently on every page.
We are a triage and discovery layer: scan us in a few minutes to find what is worth your hour. When a piece looks essential, go read it where it was first published. That is the deal we make with our readers and with the publishers we cite.