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Summary:

Kathi Enderes is the Senior Vice President of Research and Global Industry Analyst at The Josh Bersin Company. She brings insight from some of their recent research concerning the labor shortage and what can possibly be done to help close the gap.

In this episode, Kathi talks about the current state of HR and what she expects to change in the next two years especially in regard to AI and how it can enable skills-based workforce planning.

Chapters:

[0:00 - 3:55] Introduction

• Welcome, Kathi!
• Today’s Topic: How AI Enables Skills-Based Workforce Planning

[3:56 - 16:00] Looking back at 2023

• AI turned the world of HR (and the world of business) upside down
• Industries are converging and many companies are effectively becoming tech companies
• How career frameworks and re-skilling can steer companies away from massive layoffs

[16:01 - 32:14] How can AI help with skills-based workforce planning?

• AI is and will be far better at analyzing vast databases of information, which can help identify opportunities more quickly
• HR’s increased complexity over the last few years drives the need for AI to take over low-value tasks

[32:15 - 42:56] Will AI increase the speed of work and employee burnout?

• How we burden ourselves with work and how we can avoid burnout
• There will still be areas of work that we simply can’t automate

[42:57 - 43:52] Closing

• Thanks for listening!

Quotes:

“One big theme that we see for [the coming years] is: how can HR operate in a more integrated way? ”

“I think a lot of companies are waking up to the fact that they need to do much more agile and dynamic workforce planning.”

Resources:
Research from The Josh Bersin Company

Contact:
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Podcast Manger: Karissa Harris
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