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I discuss new research on all areas of management, leadership, economics, and HR, informed by our proprietary research and deep discussions with clients, vendors, and technology providers.
We also publish interviews and case studies from some of the most fascinating and innovative leaders in HR and business.
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Draup CEO Vijay Swami Helps Companies Transform Work for AI
Vijay Swami (https://www.linkedin.com/in/vijay-swaminathan-a44101/), co-founder and CEO of Draup (https://www.linkedin.com/company/draupplatform/posts/?feedView=all), believes the future of workforce planning is not about studying people; i
Understanding Microsoft's Voluntary Exit Program
As I discuss in this week’s article (https://joshbersin.com/2026/10/microsofts-voluntary-exit-is-not-a-layoff-its-a-new-model-of-management/), Microsoft introduced a “voluntary exit offer (https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2026/10/26/introdu
A New, Reinvented HCM Market Has Arrived, And It's Hot.
The HCM (human capital management) market is being reinvented by AI. In this podcast I explain why and how HCM may become the center of the corporate AI revolution. Why? There are many reasons, but perhaps the biggest is that AI agents are
Economics of AI: Prices will Fall, Wages will Rise, and Lessons from 1873
Today I summarize my keynote from Unleash Paris this week, where I draw a line between generative AI’s birth in November of 2022 and the Railroad Era of 1873. Not only are the parallels uncannily similar, it points out that AI’s takeover of
Introducing Superpowered, How AI Unlocks The Power Of You
This week we launch our new book “Superpowered, how AI Unlocks The Power of People, Leadership and Teams. (https://amzn.to/4yxr2C8) Based on more than 100 case studies and years of research on organizations and careers, this book sets the s
What Is Task Intelligence And Can We Decompose Every Job For AI?
There’s a big flurry of interest in Job-Task Analysis (an old discipline) to break down jobs into tasks, categorize and inventory these tasks, and then “Voila,” you can build AI agents to automate these tasks. It sounds like a great idea. S
HCM is Back! Why AI Means The HCM Market Is Poised for Growth.
Today, after in-depth meetings with Workday, SAP, UKG, Dayforce, Hibob, Gloat, and others, I’m ready to say “the SaaSPocalypse is over.” HCM is poised for massive growth ahead. And there’s more – I describe the five new “redefining” feature
Workday: Agent Strategy, Sana as Core, Usage-based Pricing, and Our Partnership
Workday Rising Announcements: Sana as core interface, 17 major new Superagents including “autopilots” (that we call “monitoring agents”), Sana Concierge for self-service, Sana Coach for performance coaching, massive improvements to talent a
Introducing Business 2030: How AI Can Transform Our Companies
Now that corporate AI tools from Workday, SAP, Oracle, Databricks, ServiceNow and many others have hit the market, it’s time to think about how we apply AI strategically. In this podcast I introduce the idea of Business 2030, a framework bu
Safely Managing Networks of AI Agents and SAP Autonomous Enterprise
This week SAP explained its new Joule Work and Autonomous Enterprise strategy (https://www.sap.com/products/autonomous-enterprise.html) at its SAP Connect conference. As you’ll hear, SAP is building a solid set of AI agents to compliment an
The Philosophical Debate About Superintelligence
There’s a raging debate going on about something called Superintelligence: the idea of a massive AI network that knows everything and does everything for us each day. Bill Gates, Dario Amodei, Elon Musk, Sam Altman, Peter Thiel, and Nick Bo
How HR 2030's Architecture Works & Amazing World of Personal AI Agents
I’m really excited about the potential for Personal AI Agents. While GrokBot (https://x.ai/bot) and Muse (https://ai.meta.com/muse/) and Microsoft Autopilot (Scout) (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/copilot/blog/2026/06/02/introducing-micros
TechWolf CEO Andreas DeNeve Wants to Infer Skills With Precision
Andreas DeNeve (http://linkedin.com/in/andreasdeneve), founder of TechWolf (https://www.linkedin.com/company/techwolf/), believes AI can “infer” your skills with great precision. After years studying this problem TechWolf has built a variet
How News Corp Thrives In A World of AI: Ruth Allen, Global CHRO
News Corp (https://newscorp.com/), with more than $9 billion in revenue, is one of the most important and iconic media and digital real estate companies in the world. The company owns mastheads like The Wall Street Journal, Barrons, The Tim
AI Safety Is an Engineering Problem, Not A Research Program & Introducing Business 2030
Perspectives on AI safety and alignment, and what you as a business leader need to know. I’m attaching a good set of resources for you to read, this is a fascinating issue. Second, I introduce the idea of Business 2030 – the new, ai-powered
Introducing The Jupiter Release of Galileo: An Inside Story
Today we launch the Jupiter release of Galileo (https://getgalileo.ai), which we call “HR Intelligence for the Enterprise.” In this podcast I explain the history of Galileo, its evolving and new technical architecture, and how AI agents can
Perspectives on AI Safety, Rogue Bots, and the Frontier Lab Slowdown
We are all living in a world of “beta products” from AI vendors, and whether we like it or not we’re stuck with the risks. Today I weigh in with my perspectives about what’s going on and how we, as consumers and builders, need to push back
The AI-Fueled Labor Shortage and Why HR Is Now A Growth Function
Guess what. There is no AI jobs apocalypse, there’s an AI-fueled labor shortage. And this means human capital and leadership strategies will be more important than ever as we transform our companies around AI. It also means that you, as a p
AI Pacesetter: Seneca Polytechnic Transforms HR As Frontier Firm
What do you do when the funding that anchored your HR transformation disappears unexpectedly? For Seneca Polytechnic (https://www.senecapolytechnic.ca/about/stats.html), a public college with 44,000 students in the greater Toronto area, the
Labor Day 2035: Why Workers Will Become More Valuable Than Ever
The BLS forecasts an almost flat growth in the labor market in the next decade yet US GDP is expected to grow by 22-24% cumulatively. In order for this to work we are all going to be focused on “labor productivity.” In this podcast I explai
Inside Databricks: The Dynamic Learning Operation That Fuels Hypergrowth
Rochana Golani (https://www.linkedin.com/in/rochana/), VP of Enablement at Databricks, is one of the most innovative and business-focused learning executives I’ve met. In this action-packed conversation Rochana shares the secrets of the com
Workday Earnings Call: Company Is Moving Swiftly To An AI Future
Workday’s Q2 2027 earnings (https://investor.workday.com/financials/quarterly-results/default.aspx) were a pivot point, showing how Workday has shifted to its “AI-Forward Future.” The company reported $600 Million of recurring AI revenue an
Security Of Enterprise Agents, Frontier Labs Challenged, Superworker Wages
Today I review the various jailbreaks by both OpenAI and Anthropic and the challenges which Frontier Labs are having with AI “alignment.” So in keeping with HR 2030 (https://joshbersin.com/hr2030/), I share some general advice and stay tune
Post-AI Labor Market Appears, How To Prioritize AI Investments, More
Today I share some research we’re doing on wages in the inflationary “AI-economy.” While many people are studying the labor market (it’s a huge industry), it’s not hard to see that most wages are not keeping up with inflation, yet some are.
Does AI Have Consciousness?
This week I wade into a global philosophical debate about whether advanced AI systems have consciousness. In other words, are they aware of their feelings and do they truly reflect on their own thoughts? Well we do know that LLM-based AI sy
The New, Post-AI, World Of Employment: How Everything Has Changed
I’ve been talking with hundreds of companies about AI and employee issues, and in many ways the entire world of HR, management, and leadership has changed. Employers are worried about job redesign, AI solutions, skills, and strategic of hig
The Messy World of AI-Powered Recruiting Where Nobody Is Happy
AI-powered recruiting has so much potential, yet job seekers, recruiters, and executives remain frustrated. This massive $100+ billion market is filled with AI systems that work very well, yet as you’ll hear, this market is still immature.
Workday, Zuckerberg, Galileo, and Frontline Work
Today I discuss Workday and the potential Silver Lake buyout, Meta’s personal AI strategy and it’s potential for business, update on Galileo, and our new research on frontline work. Most of today’s podcast is “analyst perspectives” but lots
Despite Massive AI Spending, HR Jobs Are Booming. What's Up?
The job market is changing in unpredictable ways. Human Resources, a profession often considered optional and filled with bureaucracy, has been a target for AI disruption. Yet when you look at the numbers, HR job postings are growing faster
Why Vertical and Domain Specific AI is the Biggest Business Opportunity of Them All.
As AI experts leave Google (https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/05/jeff-dean-and-other-top-ai-researchers-are-leaving-google-to-launch-their-own-startup/) and new startups emerge, engineers are consumed with Superintelligence: building models th
