Josh Bersin Articles

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The Philosophical Debate About Superintelligence

There’s a raging debate going on about something called Superintelligence: the idea of a massive AI network that knows everything and does everything for us each day.

Bill Gates, Dario Amodei, Elon Musk, Sam Altman, Peter Thiel, and Nick Bostrom are all talking about this, and they’re painting a future where we won’t have to ... Read more»

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AI Pacesetter: Seneca Polytechnic Transforms HR As Frontier Firm

What do you do when the funding that anchored your HR transformation disappears unexpectedly? For Seneca Polytechnic, a public college with 44,000 students in the greater Toronto area, the answer was redesigning the transformation itself.

In this episode, we speak with Diana Mohan, Executive Director of Transformation and Change at Seneca Polytechnic — ... Read more»

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Inside Databricks: The Dynamic Learning Operation That Fuels Hypergrowth

Rochana Golani, VP of Enablement at Databricks, is one of the most innovative and business-focused learning executives I’ve met. In this action-packed conversation Rochana shares the secrets of the company’s AI-powered dynamic training, learning, and enablement system, and how she runs internal and customer learning like a fast-growing business.

Databricks is one of the ... Read more»

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Workday Earnings Call: Company Is Moving Swiftly To An AI Future

Workday’s Q2 2027 earnings were a pivot point, showing how Workday has shifted to its “AI-Forward Future.” The company reported $600 Million of recurring AI revenue and a clear and confident position in the market.

While Workday’s 12.8% YTY revenue growth is nowhere near that of a Frontier Lab, my takeaway is that Workday is ... Read more»

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Post-AI Labor Market Appears, How To Prioritize AI Investments, More

Today I share some research we’re doing on wages in the inflationary “AI-economy.” While many people are studying the labor market (it’s a huge industry), it’s not hard to see that most wages are not keeping up with inflation, yet some are. As you’ll hear we now see the “Superworker” jobs and roles that are ... Read more»

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Does AI Have Consciousness?

This week I wade into a global philosophical debate about whether advanced AI systems have consciousness. In other words, are they aware of their feelings and do they truly reflect on their own thoughts?

Well we do know that LLM-based AI systems do “talk to themselves,” as new Anthropic has been studying in the J-Space... Read more»