Are OpenAI and Anthropic Missing The Big Enterprise Opportunity?
As we prepare for these juggernauts to go public, I’m reminded of Yahoo, Excite, and AOL who dominated the first four years of the internet. Despite their lead, Google stole the market away. Could...
Irresistible Wrapup, New Economics of AI, And Why AI is Like Traditional IT
Here’s my brief recap of the amazing Irresistible 2026 (photos coming), and my discussion with clients about many things, including the new insane costs of AI. I just read a study that Ramp (credit...
Irresistible Kickoff: Preparing You For HR 2030 with The Josh Bersin Institute
Welcome to IRRESISTIBLE 2026 at USC in beautiful Los Angeles! Today we welcome 450 of our closest friends and introduce The Josh Bersin Institute Global HR Excellence Certification (GHRE). This is all focused on...
Why Does HR Exist? AI Redefines Everything, And Here’s Why.
As we prepare to launch the HR 2030 Initiative next week, I pose an important question. What IS the real role of Human Resources in a world of AI, automation, and business acceleration? As...
Addressing High Cost of AI, Frontier Fine Tuning, Edge Computing, Microsoft and NVIDIA
This week was pretty exciting: Microsoft unveiled its Frontier Fine Tuning along with a new hardware stack and developer tools, while NVIDIA launched its foray into PC powered AI. Two big themes here: first...
Understanding The New Words of AI: Harness, Layer, Fabric, Surface, And More…
I’ve decided that the biggest challenge we have in AI is now keeping track of the new words being created. Words like harness, layer, mesh, vector, orchestrator, tools, surface, memory – they all mean...
Google I/O Enterprise Strategy, HR 2030, Avoiding A Bag of Doorknobs
Here’s an update on Google’s Gemini Flash 3.5 (bad name) and how it impacts the enterprise market, an update on Google AI in Search, and an update on the HR 2030 architecture coming out...
Laurent Aufils, Chief People Officer at Orange Business: AI Transformation Is a People Project
What if the biggest mistake companies make with AI transformation is treating it as a technology problem? Laurent Aufils, Chief People Officer at Orange Business, knows that it’s all about people. In this episode,...
The Pope’s Encyclical on Safeguarding Humans In The Face of AI
The Pope’s Encyclical on AI is well worth reading. It’s not only about the perils and risks of technology, it’s really a manifesto about power. I found the essay extremely valuable to read so...
Reflections On The Sana AI Summit In New York City
This week I attended the Sana AI Summit in NYC, so I wanted to share the various conversations and new ideas that came from this multi-disciplinary meeting. I hope my summary helps you see...
Surprise, Your AI Doesn’t Train Itself. Building and Maintaining AI Agents.
Many of our clients are playing with Claude, building things, and telling us about their amazing new innovations. But there’s a strange misconception out there – the idea that you can just “buy an...
New Research On Frontline and Cornerstone Goes Big Into AI
This week I’m in New York “Live!” and there are some exciting things happening: we launched our newest research on “The Five Types of Frontline Worker” which will help you dramatically improve that part...
Long Live A Liberal Arts Education: Why Humanities And Science Matter In Life and Careers.
This week I turn 70 so and we’re in college graduation season, so I took some time to give you my perspectives on “The Liberal Arts Education,” and why it matters so much. Not...
How Do Some Employers Hire Frontline Workers 5X Faster With Higher Quality?
Frontline workforce hiring is important: these are the workers who deliver services, care for patients, and deliver the food or products that we rely on every day. Yet as we look at benchmarks for...
Build vs. Buy. It’s So Easy To Build HR Software Now! Or Is It?
I just attended the Eightfold user conference where they introduced TalentForge, a toolset to build agents, and the CEO Ashutosh Garg told us their HR team could build their own HRMS. Gloat is offering...