Rails Optional
Nicole Eisdorfer, PhD, Mostly HumanRails Optional is a slightly feral exploration of the world where vulnerability meets curiosity, profound insights collide with ridiculous tangents, and two minds explore the scenic route through big ideas....with zero requirement to stay on the rails.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Weekly |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Issues | 7 | Subscribers | Read | railsoptional.substack.com |
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Rails Optional Episode 5: The Future is Bought
In Episode 5, Deb and I follow the money through the HR conference ecosystem — Transform, UNLEASH, SHRM, ATD, the whole alphabet soup — and ask a question that turns out to be more interesting than it should have to be: when the future of w...
Rails Optional Ep. 3 - The Sorting Hat
Filmed Live on Feb 24, 2026 on Substack - Deb and I jumped in to personality assessments, Personality at work sounds harmless, even fun—until your four-letter code or DISC color starts shaping who gets the “stretch” roles, who’s seen as “re...
Rails Optional Episode 2
In episode 2 of Rails Optional, we start with the HR trends decks everyone’s waving around right now and ask what they actually say about trust, leadership, and how wrecked the social contract at work has become. We unpack Edelman’s trust n...
Episode 2 scheduled!
Episode 2 of Rails Optional is our official response: “what in the spreadsheet hell is actually going on?”
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I majored in everything, you get to benefit. Here, I bring together HR, neuroscience, and organizational science to explore how values shape workplaces where people thrive. Come and play!
Who am I trying to kid? I'm a feral feminist GenXer and the self-nominated Queen of the Sparkle-Hearted Rebel Misfits. Anything else you've heard? Bollocks.
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