Gen AI Is Going Mainstream: Here’s What’s Coming Next
After 60,000+ miles of travel and meeting with hundreds of companies, I’m here to share what I’ve learned. The simple message is that Gen AI has now gone mainstream, yet many companies are thinking about this in different ways. The current state is what we call “Stage 1 AI” focused on individual productivity, but more advanced AI solutions are coming.
Here is my discussion of where we are and what’s coming next, and we look forward to sharing much more (and our AI Agent Blueprint) in the coming weeks.
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Additional Information
Gen AI Is Going Mainstream: Here’s What’s Coming Next (and Wharton survey)
AI and HR Trends for 2026: Webinar
BBC Finds That 45% of AI Queries Produce Erroneous Answers
AI: Not Always Right, But Seldom In Doubt (podcast)
Galileo: The World’s Trusted Agent for Everything HR
Chapters
(00:00:00) - A Year in the Life of HR and AI(00:00:32) - The AI adoption and maturity of business(00:07:47) - The Need for Multifunctional AI(00:12:27) - Can we Build an AI-based HR System?(00:14:16) - The role of the builder in the multifunctional world(00:15:35) - Fear of AI in the Workforce(00:17:54) - Will Your Jobs Be Eliminated?(00:23:24) - On Job displacement and the future of AI(00:24:55) - The Super Manager Webinar
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AI Adoption and Optimism: More Power Plants, Transformed Companies
AI vendors are building infrastructure, companies are shedding jobs, and we’re starting to witness the most rapid business transformation in centuries. In this podcast I look back on 2025 and show you where we are – with AI transformations, the job market, and the massive organizational changes in business. And I explain the Rise of the Superworker an its impact on you.
New research by Wharton shows that AI optimism and adoption is increasing dramatically.
For more details, join me next week for the webcast “2025 Market Trends: AI, HR, and What’s Next for 2026.” This presentation summarizes our 2025 “Year of AI Emergence” and set the stage for our big 2026 Predictions which launches in January.
Are you ready for the new job market and how your HR department will change? Here are the trends and what you can expect for the year ahead.
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Additional Information
The Rise Of The Supermanager
The Pivotal Role Of Chief HR Officer in AI Transformation
Wharton Survey: AI Adoption and Optimism Is High
BBC Finds That 45% of AI Queries Produce Erroneous Answers
Galileo: The World’s Trusted AI Agent for Everything HR
Chapters
(00:00:00) - The Future of AI and the Workforce(00:06:56) - Will the AI Increase Productivity?(00:09:33) - The transformation of work and the role of AI(00:10:57) - The future of the super-manager(00:13:47) - Top 10 issues for CFOs in 2021(00:16:41) - What's the future of HR?(00:18:37) - How Do I Transform HR around AI?(00:20:47) - The Skills of HR professionals in 2026
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Hari Srinivasan Explains The AI-Powered LinkedIn Hiring Assistant
Hari Srinivasan, VP of Product at LinkedIn, has been building world-class recruiting products for 11 years. In this podcast Hari gives us the details behind the LinkedIn Hiring Assistant, one of the leading AI-powered talent acquisition products in the market.
Not only is Hari an amazing product leader, he also has enormous expertise in the entire talent acquisition process. He explains how LinkedIn thinks about recruiting in general and the company’s bigger view of this massive market. Every time I talk with Hari I am amazed at the expertise and focus LinkedIn brings to the world of HR.
Additional Information
LinkedIn Enters AI Agent Race With LinkedIn Hiring Assistant
Digital Twins, Digital Employees, And Agents Everywhere
Talent Acquisition at a Crossroads: Certificate Program In Galileo Learn
Introducing Galileo, Your Personal AI Assistant for HR
Chapters
(00:00:00) - LinkedIn's CEO on the World(00:00:11) - In the Elevator With LinkedIn's Hiring Assistant(00:01:23) - Hiring Assistant(00:03:48) - LinkedIn Hiring Assistant: An AI Assistant(00:08:30) - Microsoft Dynamics: Internal Mobility Filter and External Mobility(00:09:37) - Is Your Interviewing More AI-Friendly?(00:11:40) - Is LinkedIn an ATS fit for hiring?(00:13:40) - How Talent Acquisition is Being Disrupted(00:17:10) - The Future of Skills-based Hiring(00:19:41) - Hiring Assistant: Future of AI Jobs(00:21:13) - Skills Taxonomy: How do I navigate an organization by title(00:23:51) - AI on Recruitment: More Resumes Than Ever(00:26:06) - What Makes LinkedIn So Successful?(00:28:35) - Is AI Going to Replace Recruiters?(00:33:03) - Employees Say They're Lucky to Work at LinkedIn(00:33:25) - Questions for the
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AI Agents: Not Always Right But Seldom In Doubt
This week I discuss the latest BBC study on AI answer quality from public data sources. As I discuss, the BBC and EBU found that 45% of news queries produce erroneous answers, so the reality has set in: public domain AI engines are neither “superintelligent” nor are they perfect.
Yet they are very self-confident. So we, as users, need to be careful.
As you’ll hear, there are three things to consider here, and you can read more about this in my latest article on the topic. For those of us in corporate roles, the message is clear: data quality must be our #1 priority, and this is a whole new domain for HR and other service functions.
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Additional Information
BBC Research Findings
Interpretation of the Findings and the “polluted corpus” problem
Claude’s admission of the “polluted corpus” problem
AI Thinking Skills You Need To Stay Safe (podcast)
Galileo: The World’s Trusted Agent for Everything HR
Chapters
(00:00:00) - The Lack of Trust in AI Agents(00:12:18) - Human Decision-Making in an AI World(00:16:09) - Third area of business re-engineering AI systems(00:20:19) - Crucial Data Source: Galileo for HR Data
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Why 45% Of AI Answers Are Incorrect: Thinking Skills You Need To Stay Safe
In this podcast I discuss the risky business models AI labs are considering for their products and why accuracy, trust, and information quality is so so important (and difficult to ascertain). And that leads to a question we’re all asking: what are the real skills you need to flourish from AI and how does AI possibly change our mode of thinking? After all, they’re enormously “self-confident” about the answers they generate.
New News: A research study by the BBC just found that 45% of all inquiries of AI agents produce incorrect results. This podcast explains why.
My hypothesis, as I explain and discuss with clients, is that you’re going to have to become a “debater” to use AI really well, and that’s good for all of us.
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Additional Information
Is AI About To Bite Us? Debunking The Three Fears About AI (podcast)
What Happened To Our Sense Of Trust? (podcast)
The Rise of the Supermanager: People Management in the Age of AI (research)
Galileo: The World’s AI Assistant for Leaders at all Levels
Chapters
(00:00:00) - OpenAI's Problems With Monetizing AI(00:05:48) - A Voice for AI in HR?(00:08:04) - The Complex Thinking Skills of Using AI(00:14:27) - One more thing about AI in HR
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