Join Lance Blair, Liquid Death’s Senior Global Benefits & Employee Engagement Manager and Rippling’s 2025 Compliance Champion, as he shares how his team buried spreadsheets, banished SaaD systems, and brought HR back from the dead — all with Rippling’s automation and unified platform.

In this episode, you’ll learn how to:

• Bury the manual work: See how Liquid Death runs onboarding, payroll, compliance, and reporting — automatically — in one platform. No chaos. No ghosts.
• Bring open enrollment back from the dead: Discover how to turn Q4’s biggest nightmare into a one-click dream with automated benefits and carrier integrations.
• Slay costs with automation that actually works: See how unified data and no-code tools cut wasted time — and tools — for good.

Guest Quote

“ A lot of my job has become automated through Rippling… And obviously double, triple checking–crossing our T's, dotting our I's–is very important even within the rippling platform. But I definitely have a lot more bandwidth and time to focus on driving [our] year of connection.”

Time Stamps

[01:32] From Events to HR: Lance’s Unconventional Career Path

[03:16] Joining Liquid Death

[04:37] Early Days at Liquid Death

[06:19] Life Before Automation

[08:34] How Rippling Transformed HR Ops

[20:24] The Next Era: HR’s Role in an AI-Driven Future

[21:38] The Power of Human Touch in HR

[26:08] Leading the Culture Shift: Lance’s Vision for People & Engagement

[29:25] Advice for Aspiring HR Leaders

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I’m Telling HR is brought to you by Rippling, the #1 rated HR workforce management system that eliminates the friction from running a business. Visit Rippling.com to learn more.

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