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The Workday Economy – As AI Disrupts, A New Strategy Emerges

By Kathi Enderes, SVP Research and Global Industry Analyst with comments by Josh Bersin

The Workday Innovation Summit 2025 was more than an analyst meeting: it was a signal that Workday is attempting a full-scale reinvention. Under CEO Carl Eschenbach and Board Chair Aneel Bhusri, Workday is shifting from a product-centric model to an ... Read more»

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The L&D Revolution: Docebo Goes AI-Native, Sana Expands, What Do You Do?

As many of you know, we believe we’re beginning a massive AI revolution in corporate learning. This revolution will dramatically change what L&D does, how L&D operates, and how the content and coaching market evolves. In this article I’ll update you on the major vendors and give you a roadmap for evolution.

Paradigm Shift: ... Read more»

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Galileo Learn™ – A Revolutionary Approach To Corporate Learning

Today we are excited to launch Galileo Learn™, a revolutionary new platform for corporate learning and professional development.

Originally designed as a major upgrade to The Josh Bersin Academy, Galileo Learn™ is a paradigm-shattering system which leverages AI, the Galileo Agent, and more than 700 new courses and professional development experiences derived from ... Read more»

Yes, HR Organizations Will (Partially) Be Replaced by AI, And That’s Good

I adore the human resources profession. These folks are responsible for hiring, development, leadership development, and some of the most important issues in business. And despite the history of HR being considered a compliance function, the role is more important than ever. CHRO salaries, for example, have increased at 5-times the rate of CEO pay ... Read more»

The End of HR As We Know It? AI Is Starting To Change Everything.

I just spent a week in London meeting with several dozen companies and most of the discussion was about AI. The overwhelming majority of the conversations were about how companies are struggling, pushing, and agitating about the implications of AI, both within HR and within their teams.

Coming from the CEO and CFO, HR team ... Read more»

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Microsoft Launches People Skills In Copilot, Altering The HR Tech Market

Today Microsoft announced a wide range of Copilot features, many focused on Agents (research agent and analyst agent, agent development and management tools, and personal productivity features).

But one feature set that is significant to HR is Microsoft’s new skills infrastructure: a skills-inference agent (and a skills management agent) that lets companies identify ... Read more»

Degreed Plots A Comeback With Major AI Announcements

Degreed is one of the most interesting business stories in the HR tech space. Founded in 2012, the company pioneered the idea of a Learning Experience Platform (LXP) to let anyone find and consume any form of learning. The original vision, which was well ahead of its time, was to democratize content beyond the clunky ... Read more»

The Mercury Release of Galileo™ Signals a New Era for Intelligent Agents

Introducing the Mercury release of Galileo™, the world’s most powerful AI agent for HR. This upgrade adds reasoning power and new data to Galileo, increasing its power by an order of magnitude. Galileo is more than an AI assistant: it has become a consultant, now delivering world-class benchmarking and talent intelligence at your fingertips.... Read more»

The White Collar Recession Is Real: What Should We Do About It?

Over the last six months we’ve seen much evidence of a white-collar recession. Employees have stopped changing jobs, wage growth is slowing, and research shows that workers with college degrees are the least “in-demand” in the market.

Note this new research by ADP which shows that jobs requiring advanced degrees (“extensive preparation”) are ... Read more»

A Revolution In Corporate Learning Begins, Join The Journey

The $360 billion corporate learning industry has entered a revolution, and we invite you to join us on this journey. Today we launch our 2025 Corporate Learning In The Age of AI Study, and we encourage you to participate.

Why L&D Reinvention Is So Urgent

Corporate learning is a massive imperative: companies spend ... Read more»

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Busting Bureaucracy: Are Layoffs The Only Way To Go?

As we discuss in The Rise of the Superworker, we’ve entered a period of productivity-led growth in business. The economy is slowing (US consumer sentiment plummeted and GDP growth in the EU and China has slowed), expectations for AI are high, and CEOs are looking to redesign operating models.

Core to this ... Read more»