ALTHR HIVE × SIGNAL FRAMEWORK™ Read the friction. Build readiness. Lead what’s next.
A practitioner framework and field community for people leaders navigating change, culture, and AI, so they can see what the system is telling them, and respond with clarity instead of reaction.
Built for
Heads of People, HRBPs, and Fractional Founder-operators at tech & tech-enabled companies, where the stakes are high, the org is shifting, and "wait and see" isn't an option.
THE SIGNAL FRAMEWORK™
You felt the friction.
Now name it.
SIGNAL is a six-step loop for turning the quiet signals in your org; the exits, the eye-rolls, the Slack silences…into clear, testable moves. Not a model to memorize. A practice to run.
S
Spot the Heat
Where is the system whispering? Name the friction before it becomes a fire.
I
Investigate
Get under the surface. Separate symptom from source.
G
Generate Hypothesis
Form a working theory you can actually test (not a 40-page plan).
N
Nudge
Ship the smallest move that shifts the system. Learn from the wobble.
A
Align
Bring people with you. Make the why legible, the ask doable.
L
Learn & Loop
Capture the signal. Feed it forward. The loop isn't the end…
it's the engine.
WAYS TO BRING SIGNAL INTO YOUR WORK
Whether you want to try it on your own or work with us directly, start where it makes sense. We’re built so you can try it, run it, or bring it inside your org.
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The SIGNAL Loop in your hands.
A self-paced experience designed to help you actually use the framework (not just understand it).
You’ll get short, focused trainings plus the exact templates we use in our own work:
Heat Snapshot
Opportunity Statement
Hypothesis Statement
Nudge Design
Learning Brief
Not an overbuilt model, just tools you can use immediately.
Best for:
People leaders who want to test this in their own org, on their own timeFormat:
Self-paced + downloadable templatesInvestment:
$35 -
GO DEEPER · APPLY IT TO YOUR ORG
If you’re sitting in something messy and need a thought partner, this is where we start.
Bring the friction you’re dealing with.
We’ll help you unpack it, pressure-test what’s actually going on, and figure out where SIGNAL fits into your world.You’ll leave with:
A clearer read on the situation
A focused next step
A written recap you can actually use
Best for:
Heads of People, HRBPs, and founders who want to move from “thinking about it” to actually doing somethingFormat:
60-minute working session + recapInvestment:
$170 -
BRING IT TO YOUR TEAM
At some point, this stops being an individual effort.
You need shared language.
Shared understanding.
And a way for your team to work through real friction together.That’s where we come in.
We offer:
Keynotes on culture, friction, and readiness
Workshops that apply SIGNAL to your actual employee experience
Leadership sessions that turn real challenges into something testable
This is where teams move from talking about culture…
to actually knowing how to work through it together.Best for:
Teams, companies, and communities ready to do the work togetherFormat:
Keynotes · Workshops · Custom facilitationInvestment:
Custom (starting at $3,500)
inside the hive
The Shift Podcast
2x monthly, on YouTube and your favorite podcast platform.
Real conversations about what it looks like to apply this work inside actual organizations. The wins, the misses, and what we’re learning.
Iterations
The monthly newsletter that actually respects your time.
Short, honest takes on what’s actually shifting inside the People function.
Join the Hive
A gathering space for change.
A space for People leaders who are figuring this out in real time. No posturing. No pitch. Just the conversations you wish your function had more of.
about althr hive
AltHR Hive was co-founded by Mindy Honcoop and Marnie Robbins.
AltHR Hive came out of a simple observation: the people closest to organizational friction, the HRBPs, Heads of People, founder-operators…were the ones with the fewest useful tools. Most change frameworks were built in rooms where change didn't happen.
We built SIGNAL by running it. On real orgs. With real stakes. Through real chaos. It's the practice we wished we'd had…and now we're teaching it out loud, so you don't have to build yours alone.
