Future Ready Leadership With Jacob Morgan

OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra, the Surprising Jobs Boom, and the Question of Whether AGI Has Arrived

September 4, 2026: I look at OpenAI's new GPT-6 Astra model and why even powerful AI agents still may not be ready to take over full jobs. Then I get into the August jobs

Uber's 10% Workforce Cut, Employers Fight AI Interview Fraud, & iFood Builds a CEO Digital Twin

September 2, 2026: I share key lessons from my CHRO session with iFood CEO Diego Barreto, including why he is investing in AI even with negative ROI, how he built a digit

Why Enterprise AI Adoption Is Failing: AI Sprawl, Low Trust, and the ROI Problem

I talk with Ofir Bloch, SVP of Corporate Marketing at WalkMe, about why enterprise AI adoption is harder than buying tools and handing out licenses. We get into WalkMe's

How to Redesign Work With AI, Jensen Huang vs Bill Gates on Robot Taxes, & the Jobs AI Won't Replace

August 28, 2026: I break down what redesigning work with AI actually means and share a practical framework for removing human glue, handoffs, waits, and routine work whil

Meta's AI Workforce Plan Implodes, Anthropic's $30 Trillion Bet & Gallup Reveals What Gen Z Is Missing

August 26, 2026: I look at Reuters' report on Meta's Project OT, the internal plan to turn Meta into an AI-native company with smaller, talent-dense teams overseeing soft

Three-Year College Degrees, Junior Tech Jobs Get Harder, and Why Performance Reviews Won't Die

August 24, 2026: I look at the rise of three-year bachelor's degrees and why the 120-credit college model was never really designed to measure learning. Then I get into n

CEOs Face Higher Borrowing Costs, NYC Beats San Francisco in Tech Talent, & Resumes Hack AI Screeners

August 21, 2026: I look at why the bond market is sending CEOs a blunt message: the era of cheap money is over, and higher borrowing costs may push companies toward leane

Most Workers Reject Promotions, Anthropic Out-Earns OpenAI, & Boomerang Hiring Hits a New High

August 19, 2026: I look at new research showing that most workers would reject a promotion if it meant sacrificing their work-life boundaries, and why the traditional man

Gallup's AI Culture Warning, Siemens CEO's No-Meeting Rule, and Dario Amodei's AI Trust Problem

August 17, 2026: I look at Gallup's new research showing that AI adoption can improve or damage workplace culture depending heavily on one person: the direct manager. The

How CHROs Can Own AI Transformation, Reskilling, and the Future of Work

I talk with Lindsay Crawley-Herbert, Chief People and Transformation Officer at SCAN, about why AI transformation is really a people and workforce challenge. We get into

OpenAI's AI ROI Problem, Wall Street's Jobless Boom, & Elon Musk Calls Workers Grok's Parents

August 14, 2026: I look at OpenAI's own study on how companies use ChatGPT at work and why usage volume is not the same thing as ROI. Then I get into the Wall Street Jour

Stanford Says Young Workers Feel the AI Squeeze, Companies Cap AI Usage, & Anthropic's Watermark Fight

August 12, 2026: I look at Stanford's updated Canaries in the Coal Mine research, which finds young workers in highly AI-exposed jobs are falling behind while experienced

Meta's Superintelligence Bet, Nissan's AI Worker Cameras, and the Problem With AI Job Interviews

August 10, 2026: I look at Mark Zuckerberg's new Meta manifesto and why he's positioning open superintelligence as a direct challenge to OpenAI and Anthropic's more centr

Bad Pay Costs Talent, Worker Share Hits Record Low, and LinkedIn Cracks Down on AI Slop

August 6, 2026: I look at why more than a third of U.S. employers are handing out flat "peanut butter raises" even as top performers use AI to do more. Then I get into ne

Parents Invade Gen Z Careers, KPMG Interns Want the C-Suite, and LinkedIn Ranks Top Colleges

August 5, 2026: I look at the Wall Street Journal story on parents getting involved in their adult children's careers, from job fairs to calls with hiring managers. Then

Billionaire CEO Naveen Jain on Why Non-Experts Win, Raising Builders, and Why Socialism Kills Innovation

I talk with Naveen Jain, founder and CEO of Viome Life Sciences and author of Counterintuitive, about why entrepreneurs should focus on big problems instead of small idea

Amazon's AI Cost Disaster, Florida's Classroom AI Rules, and Anthropic's Security Test Failure

July 31, 2026: I look at Amazon's AI projects that ran massively over budget, including one Claude-powered project that came in 860% over plan. Then I get into Florida's

Meta's AI Bet Gets Expensive, AI Fund Sells Portfolio After Drop & PwC's Fake AI Citations

July 30, 2026: I look at Mark Zuckerberg's argument that AI superintelligence should be for everybody, and why Meta's falling operating margin and massive AI spending tel

KPMG Rebuilds Entry-Level Jobs, AI Hits the CFO Cost Wall, and Where Hiring Is Coming Back

July 29, 2026: I look at how KPMG is rebuilding the entry-level audit role as AI takes over routine testing and forces companies to rethink how young employees learn judg

Human Prompting Is The AI Leadership Skill Nobody Is Talking About

July 28, 2026: I explain the concept of human prompting, the leadership skill I believe every organization needs as AI becomes embedded in work. I get into why AI can mak