Driving Healthcare outcomes by connecting leaders with high-impact talent | Founder at Talenta | CHRO

Chief HR Officer. Executive Recruiter. Founder. Business Builder.

The game of business is the challenge of a lifetime — and the one I keep coming back to.

I’ve built my career on a clear conviction: companies that scale well are led well. In private equity, founder-led, and high-growth environments, leadership and people systems determine whether momentum compounds or stalls.

I serve as Chief HR Officer at Premier Roofing, a Denver-based, Aurora Capital–backed business scaling in a fiercely competitive market. Alongside that, I run Talenta HR Group, my boutique firm helping PE-backed companies solve their toughest people challenges through executive search, fractional CHRO support, and talent strategy advisory.

I also created TalentSignal— an AI-powered recruiting visibility tool that helps growth companies uncover brand blind spots, benchmark funnels, and attract the right talent faster.

What you’ll find here: sharp takes on talent, performance, private equity, and business in general. Wins, mistakes, and the occasional contrarian view.

If you’re building something ambitious — or wrestling with the friction of scale — my DMs are open.

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Brian R. Spisak, PhD

I'm a leading voice in AI transformation and human factors in healthcare with a proven record for increasing employee engagement, boosting patient satisfaction, and achieving sustainable growth.  

- I have 15+ years of experience innovating next-level results with diverse organizations, including AdventHealth, the American College of Healthcare Executives, Harvard, Meta, NATO, and PwC Health Industries. 

- I leverage high-quality data, proven science, and cutting-edge tech to build a thriving and modern workforce in healthcare.

𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐀𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬

- Contributed to a multi-billion-dollar digital transformation initiative for a national healthcare agency.

- Helped formalize a data utilization strategy that significantly raised patient Net Promoter Score for a large health system.

- Co-created processes leading to a new multi-regional team for enhanced patient assessment and seamless service coordination across multiple providers.

- Authored the best-selling book, 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘶𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘓𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱.

𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩

- Spisak, B. R. (2023). How leading consultancies can better manage AI risk. 𝘏𝘢𝘳𝘷𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘉𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘙𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸.

- Spisak, B. R., Rosenberg, L. B., Beilby, M. (2023). 13 principles for using AI responsibly. 𝘏𝘢𝘳𝘷𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘉𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘙𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸. 

- Spisak, B. R. (2022). How data can make better managers. 𝘏𝘢𝘳𝘷𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘉𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘙𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸.

𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐅𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤

- “I think Dr. Spisak is an expert in this subject matter which highly elevated the substance of what we were reviewing. He is a thought leader, highly invested, and has created an opportunity for us to explore more alongside him. I have yet to have this kind of experience (it is invaluable exposure).”

- “Appreciated Brian's real-world experience, sense of humor, engagement with the group (rather than just 'reading through the slides'), and efforts to promote interactivity.”

- “[Brian's] program has definitely given me an awareness of the AI opportunities that exist and how we must lead first and use them [AI-powered solutions] as tools/co-pilots…Our [engagement with Brian] has helped me be better prepare for conversations internally and with our external partners.”

Strategic Partner - Hospital Workforce and Cultural Improvement 

• Integrating CareLuminate's comprehensive care quality data with my expertise in workforce and cultural improvement to empower executives with actionable insights that elevate provider and patient outcomes.

Brian PhD

‼️ 𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵!: "Across a pre-registered experiment (N = 269) and a follow-up survey (N = 270), we examine how different modes of AI use affect the confidence individuals have in completing work without AI assistance (self-efficacy), their sense of ownership over task output, and the meaning they perceive in their work."

𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 

"Participants completed occupation-specific writing tasks under one of three conditions: 

👉 no AI use, 

👉 passive AI use (copying AI-generated content), 

👉 active collaboration (drafting first and then using AI to refine)."

𝗥𝗲𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘀 

"We find that passive use undermined self-efficacy, psychological ownership, and work meaningfulness, with declines in efficacy and meaningfulness persisting even when participants returned to manual work."

"In contrast, collaborative AI use preserved psychological connection to the task, producing outcomes comparable to independent work."

"Although passive use initially boosted enjoyment and satisfaction, these benefits reversed once participants resumed manual work."

"A complementary real-world survey mirrored these patterns across tasks beyond writing."

𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 

"Together, these findings show that the psychological consequences of AI use hinge on how it is integrated into human workflows, underscoring that strategies promoting active, collaborative use may help capture AI’s productivity benefits while preserving human workers’ agency, competence, and connection to their work."

𝗠𝘆 𝟮 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀

Passive use of AI is no different from cheating in school or shirking responsibility at work.

So I’m not impressed when I hear people brag that “with one simple prompt, I created this amazing thing.”

That’s not innovation.

It’s risky for organizations hiring one-prompt all-stars and for individuals relying on this lazy strategy.

𝗜𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹.

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(Source in the comments.)

Brian Spisak PhD

Healthcare Executive | Harvard AI & Leadership Program Director | Best-Selling Author

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