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Hiring Is Changing: Why Human Judgment Still Matters in the AI Era: ManpowerGroup

Hiring managers are struggling to find the talent they need, while job seekers face one of the toughest markets in recent memory. Jonas Prising, Chair and CEO of Manpower

Be less reactive: A Buddhist monk on how mindful leaders make better decisions

In a fast-moving world, the ability to pause and reflect gives leaders a valuable edge: the clarity to make better decisions, sidestep conflict and know when to pivot or

The books that shaped and inspired 5 tech founders

In this episode of Meet the Leader, five founders share books that have helped them drive sector-leading innovation and navigate uncertainty — from classics like Isaac As

Find your purpose after major setbacks: Katie Piper on how to adapt, reinvent and lead

What do you do when life changes in an instant—and the future you expected disappears? Advocate, activist and author Katie Piper explains how she rebuilt her life after s

How to Focus on What Matters Most: 5 Leaders' Effective Strategies

How do you focus on what matters most in a distracted and noisy world? In this special Meet the Leader episode, leading thinkers and adventurers share practical ways to r

How to Face Uncertainty and Take Action: Lessons from a Blind Sailor's Pacific Crossing

How can leaders move forward when pressure is high and the way is not clear?  Blind adventurer Hiro Iwamoto and his 'seeing eye Doug" guide Doug Smith sailed across the P

AI and Jobs series: How entry level jobs are changing in an AI era

Entry-level jobs provide a special window into the wider changes we'll see to job design and skill development. In this episode of Meet the Leader, Peter Brown of PwC exp

AI and Jobs Series: Fixing the Skills Mismatch and Navigating Upskilling's 'Messy Middle' - An Expert Explains

New research shows many labor markets face a skills mismatch, not a talent shortage. And in the 'messy middle' of the AI transformation, that mismatch will be harder for

AI and Jobs Series: What one company stopped doing - an HR exec shares lessons shaping the future of work

As AI grows more powerful and takes on more rote work, what should humans stop doing? Fertility benefits company Progyny took on this question as a company to re-evaluate

5 leaders from NVIDIA, Goldman Sachs and more share career advice for uncertain times

Top leaders from NVIDIA, Walmart International, TIAA, Goldman Sachs and NYU share career advice, leadership lessons and practical ways to stay resilient through uncertain

AI 'workslop' is a leadership problem. Here's how to fix it

  Workslop – low-quality work produced through poor human-AI collaboration – is wasting time, slowing teams down and limiting the productivity gains leaders expect from

How to Lead People Through AI Change: Questions to Ask from a Transformation Expert

Are you building game-changing AI solutions? Or just automating low-stakes work that makes the "irrelevant efficient"? Nigel Vaz, Publicis Sapient's CEO and a digital

What women's sports reveals about building future leaders: Deloitte's Lara Abrash

How can we strengthen leadership pipelines? One overlooked answer: Invest in women's sports. Data shows that investment in women's sports creates a powerful yet under-app

The Attention Crisis: How leaders can fix focus and happiness in an AI Era - Psychologist Jonathan Haidt

As tech and AI transform productivity and free us from rote work, will humanity finally crack happiness? Maybe not, warns Jonathan Haidt. This social psychologist, NYU pr

How mentoring shaped top leaders - and how it's changing in an AI era

As more professionals turn to AI for career guidance, is human mentorship extinct? Not by a long shot, according to our experts. Mentors will continue to be critical in s

What Astronauts Know About High-Performing Teams (That Many Don't Understand)

Teamwork beats raw talent. It's a fact astronauts know well but one that Earthbound teams can sometimes overlook. European Space Agency astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti s

Meet The Leader at 200: 20 Leaders Share Their Best Tips, Aha Moments and Advice

Learn when you listen. Know your strengths can be weaknesses. Take your space before someone takes it for you. This 200th 'Best of' episode collects hard-won lessons lear

Why Smart Ideas Don't Always Land — and How to Build Creative, Curious Teams

In an AI era, the real competitive advantage won't come from generating more ideas, but picking the right idea to take forward. Leaders who foster cultures of creativity

Matt Damon and Gary White: Why the Global Water Crisis Is Really a Finance Problem

2.1 billion people lack access to safely managed drinking water. Solving this problem will take more than charity - it will take innovation and a new approach to scaling

Suleika Jaouad: Harnessing Creativity and Curiosity to Lead Through Uncertainty

For Suleika Jaouad, a best-selling author and 3-time cancer survivor, journaling became a life-changing creative outlet during her battles with leukemia as well as a powe