Insights on Corporate Talent, Learning, and HR Technology
I’ve been an HR analyst and consultant for 30 years and there’s always a story that HR is “useless” or “a waste of time” or “going away.” And this will always continue, because most managers really do believe they are already experts at this domain.
And at this month’s SHRM conference, according to Bloomberg, ... Read more»
Wages play a huge role in frontline work. The 70%+ of employees who work in these roles often jump from job to job, employer to employer, just to make a few more dollars per hour.
Here’s the dynamic: a typical restaurant, retail, service, or transportation job requires no deep pre-requisite skill (Type 1 and Type ... Read more»
Fuel, transportation, housing, and food costs go up, but wage growth is far behind. Is this episodic or is there something bigger going on?
A NYT article explains that in San Francisco a combined salary of $370,000 is not enough to find a nice apartment. And this issue is national. For 2026 YTD gas prices ... Read more»
Today Eightfold introduced its AI powered Candidate Agent, which fits together with its AI Interview agent. Not only is this an important announcement for Eightfold as it goes after the red-hot high volume hiring market, it’s emblematic of the whole new Multi-Agent AI solutions coming in the world of HR 2030. (I explain ... Read more»
The explosive AI market is changing everything, and even Handshake, the leader in university recruiting and early career growth, is taking the bait. Today Handshake acquired Uplimit, one of the pioneers in AI-native corporate learning, with a goal of building a massive AI skills academy and job network for young workers.
I talked ... Read more»
While Anthropic and OpenAI have massive valuations, the ROI from enterprise AI is coming from applications and data, not the model itself. It’s not unlike the relational database market, which went through a similar shift in the 1990s.
Podcast here: Is AI Becoming A Commodity? Or Is it Just A Normal Enterprise Technology like other?... Read more»
This week we welcome 450 senior HR leaders to our fifth annual Irresistible Conference at the beautiful USC campus in Los Angeles. I want to highlight the big announcements we’re making.
First, the launch of The Josh Bersin Institute and the Global HR Excellence Certification Program.
Yes, we’ve taken all our research, case studies, ... Read more»
One of the most interesting (and disruptive) aspects to enterprise AI is the simple fact that AI Agents and Superagents (read our HR 2030 architecture for more) are not “systems” or applications in the traditional sense. They are “your systems” that learn, grow, and “become your company.”
In other words, an AI Agent that does ... Read more»
Let me pose a controversial (but logical) premise: the price we pay for AI tools is going to start to skyrocket. And this price increase is going to have some very disruptive effects.
First, why will AI prices likely rise?
It’s pretty simple: this is extremely expensive technology to deliver. Already,spending on data centers, ... Read more»
This week Cornerstone, the largest provider of corporate learning technology (around $1 Billion in revenue, roughly four times the size of Docebo), launched its reinvention into the deep and complex world of AI. Let me detail what’s going on and give you my perspectives, as we prepare to launch HR 2030.
Cornerstone Today
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Last week SAP launched one of the most sweeping announcements in years – a complete enterprise AI architecture that Christian Klein, the CEO, claims makes SAP an AI company at its core. It’s called The Autonomous Enterprise.
“The Autonomous Enterprise includes a unified AI platform for building, contextualizing and governing agents, an autonomous suite
ServiceNow just unleashed a barrage of announcements that set the stage for its goal: doubling revenue to $30 billion in the next four years. In a nutshell, they want to own the management tools, security, and front door to every AI agent in your company. And they’re going to ask you to pay for ... Read more»
Workday, a pioneer in enterprise applications for finance and HR, has struggled to reinvent itself in the age of AI. This week, in a compelling and integrated way, the company unveiled a clear strategy for the future, leveraging its almost $3 billion of acquisitions (HiredScore, Evisort, Paradox, Sana), a new management team, and a repositioning ... Read more»
As OpenAI and Anthropic talk about going public, everyone is fascinated. These two companies with battling CEOs make up the drama of today’s AI industry. And as more information comes out from their public offering, everyone is wondering how they will compete with each other. (Listen to my latest podcast on culture in AI companies... Read more»
As AI expands its role all over our companies, a big question comes up: What will AI Agents do to HR and all our human capital practices?
One could imagine the HR department “going away” or being replaced by agents, and managers interacting with this AI Agent Cloud for hiring, pay, promotion, hourly scheduling, and ... Read more»
