In today's episode:

A company with over 100,000 hourly workers reveals why there's no such thing as a single national labor market for them.

There's a coming AI tool built for frontline managers working the night shift alone, and it could change how tier one HR support actually works.

Language turns out to be one of the biggest hidden barriers in a massive frontline workforce, and AI is stepping in to close that gap.

CEO Daily Brief with Dr. Jessica Kriegel is a 5-minute daily podcast where business pragmatism meets inner wisdom.

Raúl Valentín, CHRO of ABM Industries, joins Jessica to discuss recruiting at massive scale, why hiring has to stay hyperlocal, and how AI is being woven into nearly every corner of HR.

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Almost everyone answers the same way when asked why they're using AI. But they’re answering the wrong question entirely.

A study of 7,000 knowledge workers found real time savings from AI, but something surprising happened when it came to organizational results.

What happens when your workers get work done… early?!

CEO Daily Brief with Dr. Jessica Kriegel is a 5-minute daily podcast where business pragmatism meets inner wisdom.

Jessica launches her new partnership with SHRM on The Work Signal newsletter, unpacking why individual AI productivity gains rarely translate into organizational transformation without a clear culture and leadership response.

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A call from one of the largest HR organizations in the world sets off a partnership that's about to change what shows up in your inbox every two weeks.

There's a specific gap between what research predicts, what companies attempt, and what actually happens, and that gap is exactly where the real signal lives.

Why Culture Partners' new partnership with SHRM makes a lot more sense than it first appears.

CEO Daily Brief with Dr. Jessica Kriegel is a 5-minute daily podcast where business pragmatism meets inner wisdom.

Jessica announces her new partnership with SHRM to launch The Work Signal, a biweekly newsletter analyzing the forces shaping work and translating them into action for leaders.

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In today's episode:

A number that moves markets every single month turns out to be built on a shakier foundation than most people realize, and it's wrong by design.

There's a specific reason unemployment might actually be a full point higher than what's being reported.

A clever alternative to the official jobs report is tracking a much better signal, but even that comes with a catch.

CEO Daily Brief with Dr. Jessica Kriegel is a 5-minute daily podcast where business pragmatism meets inner wisdom.

John Frehse, Global Head of Labor Strategies at Ankura, joins Jessica to explain why the monthly jobs report is essentially a rough draft prone to major revisions, and why CEOs might be reacting to numbers that aren't even close to accurate.

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In today's episode:

The AI and talent pipeline panic sweeping the workplace world might be asking the wrong question entirely.

A 23 year-old associate reveals the surprising, deeply human way she actually landed her job in a tough market.

Learning to lead turns out to be a lifelong process that never really stops, no matter how senior someone becomes.

CEO Daily Brief with Dr. Jessica Kriegel is a 5-minute daily podcast where business pragmatism meets inner wisdom.

John Frehse, Global Head of Labor Strategies at Ankura, joins Jessica to debate whether AI eliminating entry-level work threatens the future talent pipeline, or whether the real story is a shrinking workforce overall.

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In today's episode:

A 25 year supply chain veteran reveals why the biggest risk to automation and AI rollouts has nothing to do with the technology itself.

There's a specific reason brilliant, well-funded projects fail, and it happens long before implementation ever begins.

A supply chain executive and a culture consultant discover they solve the exact same problem.

CEO Daily Brief with Dr. Jessica Kriegel is a 5-minute daily podcast where business pragmatism meets inner wisdom.

Todd Kolber, Partner at Reply Logistics North America, joins Jessica to discuss why trust and people, not technology, determine whether automation and AI initiatives in supply chain actually succeed.

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In today's episode:

A sales team facing shutdown turned things around not through a new dashboard or incentive plan, but through one weekly habit a leader started doing.

There's a mindset shift separating leaders who use AI to cut costs from those who use it to fuel growth, and it changes everything downstream.

A rule requiring zero existing role names in a new org design reveals a clever trick for breaking free of incremental thinking.

CEO Daily Brief with Dr. Jessica Kriegel is a 5-minute daily podcast where business pragmatism meets inner wisdom.

Rashmi Badwe, EVP and CEO of TIAA, joins Jessica to discuss how leaders can use AI-created capacity to drive growth rather than cuts, and why a leader's attention shapes behavior more than any incentive structure.

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New research shows companies are pulling back sharply on training budgets this year, and there are three specific reasons behind the drop.

Why a personal AI assistant is replacing the two day workshop that companies used to pay thousands for.

There's a hard question facing anyone with "Learning and Development" in their job title, and the answer determines whether that role survives or changes.

CEO Daily Brief with Dr. Jessica Kriegel is a 5-minute daily podcast where business pragmatism meets inner wisdom.

Jessica breaks down new SHRM research on shrinking L&D budgets and argues that AI is replacing traditional training, forcing the entire function to evolve or disappear.

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In today's episode:

One 17 year-old's one minute AI experiment left a top executive stunned enough to completely rethink his company's leadership strategy.

There's a growing question about truth and reliability that AI raises, and Jesper believes society isn't nearly skeptical enough yet.

A theory about multiplying critical thinking a hundredfold offers a surprising way to navigate a world with more information than ever.

CEO Daily Brief with Dr. Jessica Kriegel is a 5-minute daily podcast where business pragmatism meets inner wisdom.

Jessica speaks with Jesper Brodin, CEO of IKEA, about why his AI strategy began with educating leaders rather than deploying tools, and the risks AI poses to how we understand truth.

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In today's episode:

Handing every employee a small monthly AI budget and calling it innovation turns out to be hiding a much bigger problem underneath.

How companies adjust when employees secretly pay out of pocket for AI tools.

A manufacturing site visit shows exactly what real AI-driven time savings looks like when it's pointed at the right kind of work.

CEO Daily Brief with Dr. Jessica Kriegel is a 5-minute daily podcast where business pragmatism meets inner wisdom.

John Frehse, Global Head of Labor Strategies at Ankura, joins Jessica to discuss why handing employees a small AI budget isn't a real strategy, and what more thoughtful approaches to enterprise AI adoption look like.

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