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Josh Bersin
Insider Insights on Corporate Talent, Learning, and HR Technology, with analyst perspectives, executive interviews, and in-depth vendor analysis.
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Mar 28, 2026 • 15min
What Does "AI-Literacy" Really Mean?
A practical tour of what “AI literacy” really involves, from prompting and context to role-specific skills. They compare prototypes to production-grade agents and explain why data sources, rubrics, and governance matter. The conversation also touches on bias, legal risk, and how IT and business teams must collaborate to build reliable AI tools.

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Mar 27, 2026 • 24min
Ashutosh Garg, Co-Founder & CEO of Eightfold.ai and Viven.ai
Ashutosh Garg, machine‑learning PhD and serial entrepreneur who co-founded Eightfold.ai and started Viven.ai, discusses AI for talent, recruiting, and digital twins. He talks about building HR AI, using LLMs while keeping humans in charge. Conversation covers AI interviewing, career mobility, preserving expertise with digital twins, and practical advice for AI founders.

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Mar 25, 2026 • 21min
Why AI Is A Massive Job Creation Technology. Automated Integration. Findem. And Thank You.
A deep look at why AI is driving net job growth and reshaping careers. A breakdown of looming disruption in software integration and middleware. An exploration of labeled talent data and how automated labeling transforms recruiting and internal mobility. A personal note of thanks and the launch of an AI superagent to scale research and guidance.

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Mar 21, 2026 • 17min
AI Is Not A Strategy. AI Is A Tool For You To Accelerate Your Strategy.
A practical dive into using AI as a tool to accelerate real business strategy. Talks about treating workforce skills as products and keeping taxonomies current. Covers AI-driven pricing, dynamic proposals, and talent marketplaces. Describes AI-enabled employee portals, targeted L&D pods, and six-month SWAT teams for measurable impact.

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Mar 18, 2026 • 18min
Galileo® Mars Release Adds Workflows, Integrations, Orchestration & More
A deep look at the Mars release that turns an HR AI into a programmable, integratable Superagent. New workflow coding lets companies build and share reusable apps. Learning tools auto-create courses from PDFs, slides, audio and video. Strong system integrations enable orchestration across Workday, ServiceNow and 60+ apps.

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Mar 17, 2026 • 8min
Workday-Sana Announcement Overview
A concise run-through of Workday’s new SANA front-end and how it layers a conversational AI experience atop existing systems. Discussion of SANA as an agent platform that supports multiple LLMs, file sharing, and secure data access. Overview of workflow-building tools, Galileo HR assistant integration, licensing model, and how SANA could become a productivity front door competing with major cloud players.

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Mar 16, 2026 • 19min
Future of HR Tech: Is The Front-End Eating The Back End, or Vice Versa?
A tour of HR tech tensions as legacy ERPs collide with AI tools and modern productivity apps. Traces the evolution from mainframes to employee portals and why front-end UX fights back-end data. Discusses intelligent orchestrators, agent demos for scheduling and pay, and who might control the future employee experience.

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Mar 13, 2026 • 15min
AI News: Oracle, Workday, Microsoft, Galileo, Why AI-Layoff Stories Are Misleading
A fast tour of how major tech firms and HR vendors are racing to embed AI into work and life. Conversations cover AI infrastructure moves, agent capabilities and privacy risks. The show questions sensational AI-layoff narratives and highlights why humans must train and supervise AI systems.

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Mar 11, 2026 • 14min
Oracle's AI Business Model Is Working, And Others Need To Watch Out
A deep look at how one company is blending software and infrastructure into a new business model. Traces the firm’s database roots, acquisition-driven growth, and cloud hardware play. Covers big bets on AI tools, data centers, and partnerships reshaping enterprise software. Compares this integrated approach to competitors and highlights recent momentum and customer wins.

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Mar 8, 2026 • 27min
Bonus Episode: Understanding The US Job Numbers And Why Anthropic's Economic Report Is Misleading
A brisk look at recent US job trends and sector shifts, from frontline roles to healthcare and hospitality. A critique of Anthropic’s AI-job methodology and why task exposure does not equal job elimination. New ways AI is reshaping work: job recomposition, AI-enabled frontline tools, and higher-level roles emerging from automation. A call for organizational redesign and HR to enable AI-driven reinvention.


