Now to Next: The Signal

EP2: AI Is Moving Faster Than Your Operating Model with Johannes Sundlo

Six months can now make an AI idea go from sounding years ahead of its time to something people are already using every day. That compression creates a difficult question

EP1: You Can’t Lead an AI Strategy You Haven’t Experienced with Alison McCauley

Most executives are being asked to make consequential decisions about AI before they have personally experienced what the technology can actually do. That creates a funda

Intro Episode for Now to Next: The Signal

Everyone wants to know which AI tool to buy, but far fewer people are willing to talk honestly about what happened after they bought it. After 28 episodes of his previous

EP28: Giants Will Fall: Rewiring the Enterprise to Become AI-Native with Melissa Reeve

Most organizations are treating AI like a technology rollout. Buy the tool, train the team, check the box. Melissa Reeve has spent 25 years watching that exact playbook f

EP27: Adaptability, Trust, and the Human Skills AI Can't Replace with Lara Albert

What happens when AI can do more of the work we've traditionally assigned to people? For many organizations, the conversation quickly turns to automation, efficienc

EP26: The Human Side of AI: Trust, Fear, and Why Change Management Must Change with Dr. Xenia Wade

What happens when employees walk into AI training already convinced the technology might replace them? Most organizations are treating AI adoption as a technology challe

EP25: The Trust Collapse: Why Your Workforce Has Stopped Believing Your AI Strategy

BCG dropped two studies that should be taped to the wall of every CHRO's office. One shows that adding AI "employees" to org charts is making human workers sloppier

EP24: The Function Nobody Owned: HR, IT, and AI Finally in One Room with Tracey Franklin

What does it really take to integrate people, culture, and technology in a way that drives transformation, not just change? As organizations race to adopt AI and digital

EP23: The Agent Illusion: Why Most “AI Agents” Aren’t What You Think

What if the “AI agents” your organization is investing in aren’t actually agents at all? I woke up one morning, checked my phone, and saw yet another company announcing

EP22: The Embodiment Gap: Why AI Adoption Was Never the Goal

What if the reason AI investments are not delivering value has nothing to do with the technology itself? Across industries, organizations are pouring billions into AI to

EP21: The Entry Level Collapse and the Rise of 22nd Century Leadership with Heather Jerrehian

What if by automating entry level work, we are quietly eliminating the future leaders we will need in five years? As AI accelerates productivity across enterprises, I se

EP20: The K-Shaped Knowledge Economy: Why AI Fluency Is Splitting the Workforce

What if the biggest divide in your organization is no longer about role, pay, or seniority, but about how people think with AI? In this solo episode of Now to Next, Jaso

EP19: Voice AI, Hiring Ethics, and the Future of Recruiting with Ophir Samson

In this episode of Now to Next, Jason Averbook is joined by Ophir Samson, Founder and CEO of Ezra, to explore how voice AI is reshaping the front end of hiring and why re

EP18:Leading Through Change, AI, and the Future of Work with Al Dea

What if the real challenge with AI is not the technology, but how humans respond to change? In this episode, Jason Averbook sits down with Al Dea, Founder of The Edge of

EP17: Why Career Advice No Longer Works

In this timely solo episode of Now to Next, Jason Averbook takes on a feeling many people are struggling to name. A sense that the usual paths around education, careers,

EP16: The New AI Gap: What Leaders Aren’t Seeing Yet

What if your organization is already running on a new operating model—and no one realizes it yet? In this third solo episode, Jason unpacks two major reports from OpenAI

EP15: Why Education Must Change Now — and How Work-Based Learning Delivers

What if the most important shift in education isn’t more degrees — but earlier, real-world experience? In this conversation, Jason sits down with Alexandra Levit, renown

EP14: The November 2025 Reckoning: The Four Forces Reshaping Work Right Now

Is the world of work experiencing a normal cycle—or are we in the middle of a true workforce reckoning? In this solo episode of Now to Next, Jason Averbook breaks down t

EP13: From Reactive to Ready — with Alexandra Zea, HR Digital Transformation Leader at Mercer

As technology and AI reshape how organizations work, what happens when we react too late? In this episode of Now to Next, Jason Averbook sits down with Alexandra Zea, HR

EP12:Leading with Humanity in the Age of AI — with Patricia Frost, EVP and Chief People and Places Officer at Seagate Technology

As organizations everywhere race to adopt AI, what does it take to lead with humanity at the center? In this episode of Now to Next, Jason Averbook sits down with Patric