The Josh Bersin Company

The AI-Fueled Labor Shortage and Why HR Is Now A Growth Function

Guess what. There is no AI jobs apocalypse, there’s an AI-fueled labor shortage. And this means human capital and leadership strategies will be more important than ever a

AI Pacesetter: Seneca Polytechnic Transforms HR As Frontier Firm

What do you do when the funding that anchored your HR transformation disappears unexpectedly? For Seneca Polytechnic, a public college with 44,000 students in the greater

Labor Day 2035: Why Workers Will Become More Valuable Than Ever

The BLS forecasts an almost flat growth in the labor market in the next decade yet US GDP is expected to grow by 22-24% cumulatively. In order for this to work we are all

Inside Databricks: The Dynamic Learning Operation That Fuels Hypergrowth

Rochana Golani, VP of Enablement at Databricks, is one of the most innovative and business-focused learning executives I’ve met. In this action-packed conversation Rochan

Workday Earnings Call: Company Is Moving Swiftly To An AI Future

Workday’s Q2 2027 earnings were a pivot point, showing how Workday has shifted to its “AI-Forward Future.” The company reported $600 Million of recurring AI revenue and a

Security Of Enterprise Agents, Frontier Labs Challenged, Superworker Wages

Today I review the various jailbreaks by both OpenAI and Anthropic and the challenges which Frontier Labs are having with AI “alignment.” So in keeping with HR 2030, I sh

Post-AI Labor Market Appears, How To Prioritize AI Investments, More

Today I share some research we’re doing on wages in the inflationary “AI-economy.” While many people are studying the labor market (it’s a huge industry), it’s not hard t

Does AI Have Consciousness?

This week I wade into a global philosophical debate about whether advanced AI systems have consciousness. In other words, are they aware of their feelings and do they tru

The New, Post-AI, World Of Employment: How Everything Has Changed

I’ve been talking with hundreds of companies about AI and employee issues, and in many ways the entire world of HR, management, and leadership has changed. Employers are

The Messy World of AI-Powered Recruiting Where Nobody Is Happy

AI-powered recruiting has so much potential, yet job seekers, recruiters, and executives remain frustrated. This massive $100+ billion market is filled with AI systems th

Workday, Zuckerberg, Galileo, and Frontline Work

Today I discuss Workday and the potential Silver Lake buyout, Meta’s personal AI strategy and it’s potential for business, update on Galileo, and our new research on fron

Despite Massive AI Spending, HR Jobs Are Booming. What's Up?

The job market is changing in unpredictable ways. Human Resources, a profession often considered optional and filled with bureaucracy, has been a target for AI disruption

Why Vertical and Domain Specific AI is the Biggest Business Opportunity of Them All.

As AI experts leave Google and new startups emerge, engineers are consumed with Superintelligence: building models that can reason, learn, and capture “all the world’s kn

Living A High Agency Life: How Should Companies Respond?

The word of the decade is “Agency” – giving each of us the power, tools, and opportunity to do what we want with our life, jobs, and careers. This new buzzword, now one o

Elon Musk Believes AI Will Exceed Human Intelligence In Five Years. Here's Why I Disagree.

The word “intelligence” is a loaded word. Here’s what Elon Musk said to the Economist last week: “I think AI may exceed the sum of human intelligence in around five year

Open Source Models: An Exciting New Business Model For Enterprise AI

New names: Kimi K3, Llama, Nemotron, Mistral, Cohere, Deepseek, Phi-4 – these are just a few of the fast-growing open source models from major AI providers. These systems

How People & Culture Accelerate Growth and Innovation at SharkNinja, Elizabeth Norberg.

SharkNinja is one of the most fascinating, innovative, high-performing companies I’ve seen. Elizabeth Norberg, the People and Culture leader, is also one of the most inte

The AI Jailbreak, Implications for Business Agents, And Skills Model for Users of AI

This week we learned of OpenAI’s Jailbreak security breach, which opens the door to many new issues with enterprise AI and HR 2030. This week, following up on the introdu

New SHL Assessment Identifies Skills For AI-Ready Workforce

SHL, one of the pioneers in industrial and psychological assessment, has now built a new instrument to assess an individual’s readiness for AI. Sara Gutierrez, Chief Sci

Workers Disengaged, Worried, Frustrated Yet Economy Is Booming? What To Do?

It’s a strange time: the economy and capital markets are booming, yet worker engagement is as low as it was during the pandemic. It’s a strange combination of events: sto