by Rich Cruz | Feb 19, 2026 | Change Management, Hermie the HR Hermit Crab, I-O Psychology, Leadership, Organizational Development, Workplace, Workplace Culture
Click here to download a printable PDF of this cartoon. Hermie Cartoon: Forgeddaboudit Panel 1: Hermie: Hey, Boss Betta… I’m afraid with that recent system change, you’ll need to forget everything I taught you from the last update… Boss Betta: Done! Panel 2:...
by Rich Cruz | Dec 9, 2025 | Career Development, Employee Engagement, Generations at Work, Hermie the HR Hermit Crab, Human Resources, Human Resources Management, I-O Psychology, Management and Leadership, Organizational Development, Workplace Culture
Download a free printable PDF of this cartoon by clicking here. Frame 1 Hermie: “Whiskers, can you mentor our new hire, Pipsqeak, this week?”Whiskers the Hamster: “Sure. I’ll give him the usual tour.” Frame 2 (Pipsqueak, fresh-faced hamster, looks wide-eyed as...
by Rich Cruz | Oct 30, 2025 | Hermie the HR Hermit Crab, Human Resources Management, I-O Psychology, Leadership, Management and Leadership, Organizational Development, Psychological Safety, Workplace, Workplace Culture
Download a printable PDF of this Cartoon by clicking here. When Your Team Feels More Undead Than Alive If your team groans at the sound of “Let’s have another quick status meeting,” you might not end up leading a productive meeting… you might be summoning the...
by Rich Cruz | Jul 29, 2025 | Hermie the HR Hermit Crab, Human Resources, I-O Psychology, Leadership, Management and Leadership, Workplace, Workplace Culture
Download a print-ready PDF of this cartoon by clicking here. In the latest Hermie the HR Hermit Crab comic, Boss Betta excitedly hires a “real unicorn”—Sam, an outgoing executive with AI tricks, cosplay talent, and a boatload of social media followers. The catch? He...
by Rich Cruz | Jun 24, 2025 | Hermie the HR Hermit Crab, Human Resources, Human Resources Management, I-O Psychology, Management and Leadership, Organizational Development
Download a printable PDF of this cartoon. “We’re Gonna Need a Bigger Whiteboard”: What Hermie the HR Hermit Crab Can Teach Us About PTO Chaos and Workforce Planning Summertime in the workplace often brings sunshine, BBQs, and… chaos. In our latest Hermie...
by Rich Cruz | Jun 13, 2025 | Change Management, Ethics, I-O Psychology, Management and Leadership, Organizational Development, Psychological Safety, Workplace, Workplace Culture
AI Changes Tasks, Not People As someone who uses AI tools daily – from ChatGPT, Google Gemini, and Perplexity to CoPilot, Consensus, and beyond – I see firsthand how these technologies reshape our work. I also teach as an adjunct professor who stands in front of...
