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Hot Jobs Report Shows A New Economy And Why CHROs Are Key To Growth

In this podcast I discuss the Q1 2024 jobs report and what it tells us about the post-industrial economy. I also not that CHRO pay is rising, talent intelligence is taking over core HR technology, and AI is not, despite John Stewart’s monologue, taking all our jobs away. Lots to think about here, some important ... Read more»

Are Chatbots eating the world?

Will Chatbots Take Over HR Tech? Paradox Sets The Pace.

Chatbots used to be tinker-toys. You type, try to get help, but usually result in “please call support.” Well all this has changed.

Thanks to advanced NLP (natural language processing) and AI (retrieval-augmented generation) chatbots are entire applications. They can answer complex questions, search databases, and invoke transactions on your behalf.

Pretty soon we’ll be ... Read more»

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The Labor Market Has Totally Changed: Are You Really Ready?

The labor market has changed before our eyes. Employers and HR teams better watch out.

Over the last five decades baby boomers defined the workforce. Today things could not be more different, and this change impacts all of us.

I was born in the 1950s, growing up in a world where the middle class experienced ... Read more»

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Lynda Gratton, Professor at London Business School, And I Discuss How Life and Work Have Changed

This was such a fun discussion: Lynda Gratton, who wrote The Hundred Year Life, and I discuss the new world of work, careers, and policy issues we face. As I discuss in the beginning, the changing demographics and demands workers are essentially forcing companies to become what we call “Dynamic Organizations.” Note that this ... Read more»

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How To Take A Pragmatic (and winning) Approach To Skills

Companies all over the world are buying and implementing skills technology throughout HR. But how do we know what to buy and make sure it’s all going to add value? In this video I unpack a different approach: the pragmatic approach to skills, and how this approach will unlock you from vendor paralysis and make ... Read more»

The $340 Billion Corporate Learning Industry Is Poised For Disruption

Companies spend more than $340 billion on employee training and development, averaging more than $1500 per employee per year. And this massive spend, which supports a global industry with hundreds of content and technology companies, is about to be reinvented at its core. Let me explain.

From E-Learning to We-Learning to Autonomous Learning

In the ... Read more»

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What The World Happiness Report Teaches Us About Work

Each year I pour through the World Happiness Report and this year it’s particularly insightful, so let me interpret some of the results.

First, the US happiness ranking (1-10 scale) dropped to #23, a full 13% below Finland, the happiest country in the world. And this is disappointing. Over the last 15 years the level ... Read more»

Cornerstone Acquires Talespin: AI Meets Metaverse In Corporate Learning

I’ve written about the Immersive Learning market often, each time pointing out the astounding learning power within these platforms. Now that we have consumer VR headsets like the Meta Quest and Apple Vision-Pro, this market is ready to explode.

Today, Cornerstone, the $1 Billion+ leader in corporate learning platforms, is announcing the acquisition of ... Read more»

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Why The 4-Day Week? Because 33 Year-Olds Now Run The World.

Why are we having a national discussion about the 4-day week? Because the workforce has radically changed, and 33 Year-olds now run the world.

In this podcast I talk about how and why the workforce has radically changed and what this means to managers, leaders, and HR. I also discuss why talent density, talent activation, ... Read more»

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Why “Talent Density” Is So Critical In Business Today

In this podcast I discuss our meetings in NYC with senior HR leaders about our Dynamic Organization research, and how “Talent Density” is becoming one of the key strategies for growth. I also discuss how “change has changed” and why we have to take advantage of front-line employees and managers in our organizational development and ... Read more»