Insights on Work, Talent, Learning, Leadership, and HR Technology
We’ve now spent years debating the use of AI for human decision-making: who to hire, who to promote, how much to pay someone, and hundreds of other things. Leaders are faced with complex, difficult decisions every day: can we trust AI to make them for us?
I’d suggest the answer is no, and that’s the ... Read more»
This week the White House issued a dynamic, pro-business AI Action Plan focused on “winning the race” for AI supremacy. As I discuss in today’s podcast, this 28 page document details the Government’s comprehensive policies to support infrastructure-building, energy production, and investments in AI across government, the military, commercial businesses, and our own careers.... Read more»
Have you ever wondered where all your personal and professional data goes? Here’s a peek into the multi-billion dollar “people data” market.
One of the most dynamic and important parts of our economy is the marketplace for people data. Every recruiter, location planner, HR executive, economist, university head, and government planner wants to know where ... Read more»
If you think software programming is a techie niche for hoodie-clad coders pounding on keyboards, think again. Welcome to a new era, one where every business leader, HR professional, and even frontline manager is, in effect, a software engineer.
That may sound strange, but stay with me. Because this shift is about empowerment, AI, and ... Read more»
I’m continuously surprised by the hyperbolic articles and comments about AI ruining the job market, the web, or our lives. Yuval Noah Harari believes this is an existential change to humanity. Mark Benioff claims that 30-50% of Salesforce ops is now done by AI. And media sites like The Verge (Nilay Patel) worry that all ... Read more»
This week SAP SuccessFactors announced the acquisition of SmartRecruiters, one of the fastest-growing talent acquisition platforms. This is much more than a technology deal: it demonstrates the value of talent and the massive redefinition of “applicant tracking systems” taking place today.
While the deal is not final and details are yet to come, I highlight ... Read more»
This week the WSJ highlighted the latest trends. CEOs proudly announcing layoffs and hiring freezes, only to see their stock price go up in celebration. The AI Superworker era has arrived, and companies are now plowing ahead with automation-induced workforce reductions.
All this is not as simple as it sounds. AI budgets are skyrocketing (... Read more»
After many dozens of conversations with companies and AI vendors about AI transforming work, I’m left with one burning question. If we actually succeed in automating all our work tasks, data analysis, coding, and content generation, are these systems truly able to replace humans?
I”m left with a very simple answer: NO. And the reason ... Read more»
Yesterday the White House released The American AI Action Plan, a 28-page policy document which covers many of the most important national (and global issues) we face in the new world of AI.
As I briefly discuss today, there are many fantastic policy positions in here (a few odd ones, but they’ll be worked ... Read more»
One of the most fundamental issues in business is “how we make decisions.” Should top management make all the decisions? Or should we let front-line staff collaborate and weigh in on company strategies.
Well in the political sphere, we’re testing these two models out in real time. And as I discuss, the “democratic” model leads ... Read more»
Now that everyone is deep into AI transformation and flooded with personal productivity tools, it’s time to take a step back and consider “what new capabilities (not skills) do we need to thrive here?”
Well after 60+ interviews and discussions with hundreds of companies so far, I want to share the four “big things” that ... Read more»
This week Lightcast, one of the largest providers of people, jobs, and labor market data, acquired Rhetorik, a leading data collection company. Since this space has become highly strategic and ever-more essential to HR leaders (and it’s just getting more important with AI), I decided to try to explain the space.
In this podcast ... Read more»
This week I had a variety of meetings with companies and looked at some new research on the impact of AI in the workplace. Despite all the positive things going on in the economy, a strong signal came back about fear. A large percentage of workers are fearful for their jobs and the impact of ... Read more»
One of the most explosive changes in our new world of AI is this: every one of us can now “program” our AI assistants as if we were engineers. In other words, the “prompts” we conceive and use as queries are actually instructions, so we, as non-engineers (I am an engineer, but long ago), can ... Read more»
Max Legardez Coquin is one of the most fascinating entrepreneurs I’ve met. His new company, Maki People, is likely to revolutionize talent acquisition, and then revolutionize much of talent management. In this interview I ask Max to explain his fascinating background and how he sees AI Agents revolutionizing the entire process of screening, assessment, ... Read more»
In this episode I discuss our findings on AI systems architectures, and how they are going to completely change our HR Technology stack. As you’ll hear, I’m not predicting a quick disruption of $50+ billion in corporate software, but over the next decade we will see a quantum shift. (Quantum meaning “from A to ... Read more»
Imagine if you knew every task of every worker in your company. With such a database you could quickly make decisions about what to automate, where to centralize work, and what business platforms to buy.
This is the goal of Reejig’s new Work Architecture Platform, launching today. Let me explain.
Just as talent intelligence ... Read more»
This week we launched the culmination of three years of research into the leadership and HR strategies of the world’s leading “Superworker Companies,” the highest performers in their industries.
More than three years ago we started the GWI (Global Workforce Intelligence) project. Using data intelligence from Eightfold, we examined the skills, ... Read more»
This week we finished a series of events in Riyadh, Abu Dhabi, and Dubai and met with more than 100 company HR leaders. In today’s podcast I discuss the business and HR issues these companies face and more significantly give perspectives on the management culture in these fast-growing companies.
We discuss AI transformation in detail ... Read more»
New research shows a level of pessimism we haven’t seen in a long time. While there are many reasons for this (politics, climate, economy, AI fears), we all need to do something about it.
In this podcast I share the research and give you five important steps you can take to avoid, reduce, and eliminate ... Read more»
