Recruiting Future with Matt Alder - What's Next For Talent Acquisition, HR & Hiring? Ep 777: Why AI Needs To Drive Value Not Efficiency
Mar 23, 2026
Kelly Monaghan, founder of Beyond the Desk and labour economist with a PhD in organizational behavior, advises firms on responsible AI adoption. She unpack s the fork between using AI for efficiency cuts versus creating new value. Short segments cover evolving skills, risks of cutting entry-level roles, three core AI skill areas, data privacy, and how talent teams should protect high-value human touchpoints.
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The Great AI Skills Paradox
- AI is creating a skills paradox where technical roles need more human skills and human roles need more technical skills.
- Kelly Monaghan cites software engineers needing human skills and frontline roles needing tech skills as recent examples.
Define AI Skills By Role Not Buzzword
- Measure and define AI skills by role rather than using a single vague label like “AI skills.”
- Kelly recommends talent acquisition lead the rewrite of job playbooks, defining domain-specific AI capability and how to measure it.
Three Essential AI Capabilities For Everyone
- Build three core capabilities: domain expertise, basic data analytics/statistics, and fluency in buy vs build decisions for AI.
- Kelly warns domain knowledge catches hallucinations and data literacy helps evaluate AI outputs' probabilities.